In particular, the establishment of the Inspection, Testing and Certification Industrial Park in Nantong Economic & Technological Development Area, demonstrated the local government’s predictive layout of quality infrastructure. It is highly consistent with the concept of “risk management and sustainable development” promoted by LRQA globally.

By Wang Weili

‘The government’s strong support for enterprises, the diverse, open and inclusive environment and policy innovation, gave us confidence in LRQA’s operation in Nantong!’ On 24th July, Ian Spaulding, CEO of LRQA, spoke highly of Nantong’s business environment in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Nantong Daily.

Ian Spaulding said that Nantong’s industrial clusters in fields such as high-end manufacturing, green energy and chemical industries provide a broad range of application scenarios for the inspection, testing and certification industries. ‘In particular, the establishment of the Inspection, Testing and Certification Industrial Park in Nantong Economic & Technological Development Area, demonstrated the local government’s predictive layout of quality infrastructure. It is highly consistent with the concept of “risk management and sustainable development” promoted by LRQA globally.’

LRQA is one of the world’s leading security service partners. In the past few decades, it has accumulated extremely rich professional knowledge in auditing, inspection, consulting and cybersecurity services. In the view of Ian Spaulding, LRQA’s core competitive advantages lie in its technical authority, global network and localized services, as well as industry customization. These can effectively match Nantong’s strategic positioning and industrial upgrading needs.

‘As a participant in the formulation of international standards such as ISO, LRQA can provide the most cutting-edge certification services for Nantong's advantageous industries, help enterprises seize the right to speak on technical standards, support enterprises to go abroad and upgrade to more international enterprises.’ Ian Spaulding said.

Nantong Economic & Technological Development Area signed an agreement to cooperate with LRQA (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. This marks the beginning of in-depth cooperation between Nantong and LRQA. It is estimated that by 2030, the demand for local inspection, testing and certification in Nantong will exceed 10 billion yuan, and the market scale radiating the Yangtze River Delta can reach hundreds of billions of yuan, which lays a solid foundation and broad space for Nantong and LRQA’s joint development.

Looking to the future, Ian Spaulding expressed his hope that LRQA will not only delve deeper into local advantageous industries such as intelligent manufacturing and shipbuilding and offshore engineering, but also radiate to a broader market through Nantong's positioning as the ‘north hub of the Yangtze River Delta.’