The many years of effort by KEMA in China have not gone unnoticed. The Cathay Pacific China Trader Award 2007 has been granted to KEMA.  This award is presented each year to a Dutch company that has developed its commercial activities in the Chinese market in an innovative, creative and successful manner. The award was
presented on November 15.

The Cathay Pacific China Trader Award was instituted 12 years ago by Cathay Pacific Airways, the China Chamber of the Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. In addition to the initiators, the jury is also made up of representatives from industry such as ABN AMRO and Schiphol, trade organizations and government, such as the Dutch Ministry for Economic Affairs.

The award was won thanks to all the KEMA activities in China. KEMA already has four laboratories in China for testing electro-technical products. In Arnhem and the US Chinese low, medium and high voltage components have been tested for years. Moreover, KEMA has been the first foreign certification institution in China to receive an approval for the establishment of a local independent certification institution in China. And, last but not least, KEMA undertakes consultancy activities in (ultra) high voltage connections and coal blending in China.