China Association for Instrumental Analysis (CAIA)

Founded in 1986, and supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China Association for Instrument Analysis (CAIA) is a professional social organization voluntarily composed of the institutions and organizations of instrumental analysis and other related fields through out China. Its aim is to organize nationwide institutions, organizations and workers of instrumental analysis to promote the popularization, improvement and development of the science and technology of instrumental analysis in China, to strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the international community of instrumental analysis and instrument manufacturing. CAIA has now 172 member bodies, of which national center of instrumental analysis accounts for 8%, university center of instrumental analysis for 28%, research institute for 28%, professional testing laboratories for 4%, local center of analysis for 14%, instrument manufacturer for 15% and instrument importer and exporter for 3%, forming a nationwide net of the instrumental analysis sector.