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LiuzhouMay 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, TÜV SÜD, an international third-party testing and certification body, granted the EU certification witness laboratory capability certificate to Liuzhou Automotive Testing Co., Ltd. (CNAS L13957) (hereinafter referred to as “Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company”). Xiong Jun, General Manager of TÜV SÜD Greater China Transportation Service South China and Taiwan Region, Chen Liguang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Liuzhou Dongcheng Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Liuzhou Dongcheng Group”), along with relevant leaders from Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company, attended and witnessed the ceremony.
TÜV SÜD Grants EU Type Approval Witness Laboratory Qualification to Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company
After rigorous technical audits and document reviews, TÜV SÜD confirmed that Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company meets the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 laboratory accreditation standard and certain EU automotive technical regulations in key elements such as testing equipment, testing environment, quality system, and laboratory personnel. This means that Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company now possesses testing capabilities and a quality management system that comply with EU market access requirements, and its test data can be directly used for EU type approval applications under the witness of TÜV SÜD.
Chen Liguang of Liuzhou Dongcheng Group welcomed the visit of the TÜV SÜD team on behalf of the company and expressed gratitude for TÜV SÜD’s professional support during the audit process. He stated that compliance testing and certification serve as a “passport” for enterprises to enter the international market. The acquisition of the TÜV SÜD EU type approval witness laboratory authorization qualification marks that Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company has aligned its testing capabilities with international standards. This will create a convenient “testing – certification – going global” channel for local automotive companies, helping them reduce product export costs and efficiently expand overseas markets, thereby providing strong support for Liuzhou’s automotive industry chain to move up the value chain.
As China’s automotive exports continue to grow, the technical compliance requirements of major global automotive markets are becoming increasingly systematic. As an important force driving the internationalization of China’s automotive industry, TÜV SÜD and Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company jointly shoulder the responsibility of ensuring product quality and safety. Against this backdrop, close cooperation between testing and certification bodies helps shorten certification cycles and reduce compliance costs for regional vehicle and component manufacturers. During the exchange, Xiong Jun of TÜV SÜD stated that the authorization of witness testing for Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company marks that both parties can jointly conduct high-quality automotive product evaluation and certification work for vehicle manufacturers in Guangxi and South China, providing professional and convenient technical support. He expressed hope that in the future, both sides will leverage their respective advantages in forward-looking experience and technical capabilities to engage in deeper collaboration, offering comprehensive and efficient services to help China’s automotive industry address overseas risks and compliance challenges.
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Currently, China’s automotive industry is transitioning from “scale expansion” to a new stage of “high-quality development.” Compliance capabilities in a single market are no longer sufficient to cover the diverse overseas expansion needs of vehicle manufacturers. As a globally renowned third-party testing and certification body, TÜV SÜD possesses deep technical expertise in automotive safety and type approval. Liuzhou Automotive Testing Company is an influential public service platform for automotive testing in the region. Both parties agreed to take this laboratory authorization as an opportunity, based on the requirements of high-tech development and industrial upgrading, to deepen cooperation in areas such as capability building, joint regulatory research, and resource sharing. They aim to collaboratively explore adaptive solutions to address industry pain points, jointly empowering Chinese automotive companies to build sustainable compliance resilience in global competition.