中国分析测试协会 CAIA China Association for Instrument Analysis  
中国分析测试协会是经中华人民共和国民政部批准登记的专业性社会团体，于1986年成立，业务主管单位是中华人民共和国科学技术部。协会由全国分析测试及相关业务的单位和组织自愿组成的非营利性的专业性社会团体，宗旨是：团结全国分析测试单位和组织及分析测试工作者，以邓小平理论和“三个代表”的重要思想为指导，与时俱进、开拓创新，认真实施科教兴国战略和可持续发展战略，促进我国分析测试科学技术的普及、提高和发展，为建设有中国特色社会主义的伟大事业作出贡献。

协会开展如下工作：承担分析测试方面的技术咨询和服务；承担科学仪器市场调查；开展分析测试仪器和分析测试方法的技术开发；举办“北京分析测试学术报告会及展览会（BCEIA）”；组织分析测试科学技术交流和培训；开展国际交流和合作；主办和出版分析测试科技期刊；设立中国分析测试协会科学技术奖（CAIA奖）和技术开发基金；接收政府有关部门委托的任务等等
 

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.

1. Organizing various kinds of exchanges and discussions on experiences among the member bodies, pushing forward the development of the member bodies.

2. Holding the Beijing International Conference and Exhibition on Instrument Analysis (BCEIA) every two year, including conference with scholars and experts from all over the world attending; international analysis instrument, life science instrument exhibition, top lever forum on instrument analysis. BCEIA has been the largest and most influential international academic conference and exhibition ever held in the field in China.

3. Developing various forms of technical consulting activities, undertaking the consulting business on instrumental analysis projects, purchase of instrument, establishment of analysis laboratory, investigation and evaluation of the market for analysis instrument and regularly announcing the recommended products of home made scientific instruments.

4. Establishment of the following two items of prize:
(1) The BCEIA Gold Prize to be awarded to the object instrument chosen from the exhibits participating in every session of BCEIA with the aim to encourage the technical innovation of home made science instrument.
(2) The CAIA Science and Technology Prize, which had been registered at the National Science and Technology Awarding Office with the aim to encourage the outstanding achievements of research result on instrumental analysis by the member bodies.

5. Establishment of the Technical Development Foundation with the aim to support the development of analysis instrument and technology.

6. Developing the international technical exchange and cooperation on instrumental analysis. CAIA has established jointly with foreign instrument company many instrumental analysis centers conducting cooperative research on analysis methods and analysis techniques; CAIA also has established long term contact and cooperative relation with the related organizations in many foreign countries.

7. Information service. In cooperation with the Beijing Net Instrument Co., Ltd., CAIA has established the instrument information net (http://www.instrument.com.cn) and is initiating the establishment of a number of data base to serve the user more effectively. In the meanwhile, CAIA has regularly held online instrument show (http://www.netshow.com.cn) to enable the user to timely be informed of the status of instrument market and to enable the instrument manufacturer to understand the demand of user.

8. Publishing academic publications. CAIA has published "Journal of Instrumental Analysis"and " Modern Scientific Instruments"with open circulation at home and abroad. " Journal of Instrumental Analysis"has been chosen as an entry to the " Chinese National Science Core Periodicals".