bureau veritas first presence in china was with its marine business in 1901. in 1993, bureau veritas set up a new office in shanghai. now it has around 40 offices in china supporting over 3000 clients, with more than 5000 employees working in the greater china region. in china, bureau veritas business operations are under 4 divisions: marine, industry & facilities, consumer product services, and government services & international trade.



the marine division provides expertise services in ship classification and related services such as certification, training and consultancy. the services cover the entire ship's life cycle, from design stage through to the surveys of vessels in operation, and their decommissioning. by partnering with our clients, we bring value to ship-owners, shipbuilders, shipyards, equipment manufacturers, insurers, brokers and flag states.

the industry & facilities division serves more than 2,000 clients with a large scope of services such as certification, inspection, construction project management, and technical consulting.for example we inspected the turbines and generators for the three gorges dam project, we certify off-shore and on-shore oil & gas facilities for cnooc, we control construction quality for air bus, we audit and ＤＥＬ iver iso 14000 certification for all sony sites across the world, we carry out risk based inspection for more than 30 refineries of sinopec and cnpc.

the consumer products services division provides independent, impartial and professional services to our clients. our services are organized by product lines: testing and inspection for toys and hard lines; testing and inspection for textile products; certification, testing and inspection for electrical and electronic products (lcie); social accountability audit & factory assessment

the government services & international trade division specialized in trade facilitation, import valuation and inspection of goods, in order to provide our clients with an effective safety and quality control, as well as compliance with trade regulations



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