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IAF is the abbreviation of International Accreditation Forum. It is a multilateral cooperation organization with the participation of relevant national accreditation bodies. It was founded in January 1993 and has more than 30 members. China National Accreditation Service for conformity assessment (CNAs) is one of its members and China is also one of the 17 sponsors. Its main goal is to coordinate the certification systems of all countries, and to ensure effective international mutual recognition by standardizing the qualification requirements of auditors, training standards and the assessment and certification procedures of quality system certification bodies in all member countries, so as to make them consistent in technical operation. It includes two major organizations in the world, namely the European accreditation organization (EAC) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation Group Weaving (PAC).