CQC as a Certification Provider for the Bed and Breakfast Service in the countryside Nationwide
On February 24, 2023, the National On-site Promotion Meeting of Rural Bed and Breakfast(B&B) Service Certification was held in Deqing, Zhejiang Province. Liu Weijun, Director of Certification Department of SAMR, and Zhang Yiwen, Party Committee Member and Deputy Director of Zhejiang Market Supervision Bureau attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Responsible person from Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Huzhou Municipal Government, provincial market supervision bureaus, Deqing County Government and representatives from B&B Service Certification International Alliance, B&B Reservation Platform, B&B and news media attended the meeting. CQC, as the member of the International Alliance for B&B Service Certification, was invited to attend the conference.
Liu Weijun highly praised the achievements made by Zhejiang Province in the certification of B&B services. He highlighted that quality certification is an important starting point for promoting rural revitalization and high-quality development of B&B. He also gave important instructions on the next step of B&B service certification.
Zhang Yiwen said in his speech that in the future, Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision Bureau will further improve the supply level of service certification, take advantage of the momentum and take the initiative to push the service certification work to a higher level.
At the meeting, the International Alliance for B&B Service Certification (Alliance) was officially unveiled and signed a cooperation agreement with the B&B reservation platform, and released the first national B&B service certification standard "Rural Bed&Breakfast Service Certification Requirements" (RB/T081-2022) and certification marks. As a member of the alliance, CQC issued certificates to the first homestays that passed the service certification of B&B (five diamonds).
As a "national brand" quality certification body, CQC has been actively involved in local regional brand building for a long time, deeply cultivating and developing regional brands of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, extensively participating in the formulation of relevant industry standards and group standards, serving the comprehensive quality improvement of local industrial clusters, and promoting the improvement of credit and management systems of various subjects. In the future, CQC will uphold the initial service philosophy, stick to the red line of quality, forge ahead, rely on rich experience in regional public brand building, standardized application and quality certification, earnestly promote the high-quality development of local homestays, help the homestays improve their service and management level, and boost rural revitalization.