By Wang Weili

‘The government’s strong support for enterprises, the diverse, open and inclusive environment and policy innovation, gave us confidence in LRQA’s operation in Nantong!’ On 24th July, Ian Spaulding, CEO of LRQA, spoke highly of Nantong’s business environment in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Nantong Daily.

Ian Spaulding said that Nantong’s industrial clusters in fields such as high-end manufacturing, green energy and chemical industries provide a broad range of application scenarios for the inspection, testing and certification industries. ‘In particular, the establishment of the Inspection, Testing and Certification Industrial Park in Nantong Economic & Technological Development Area, demonstrated the local government’s predictive layout of quality infrastructure. It is highly consistent with the concept of “risk management and sustainable development” promoted by LRQA globally.’

LRQA is one of the world’s leading security service partners. In the past few decades, it has accumulated extremely rich professional knowledge in auditing, inspection, consulting and cybersecurity services. In the view of Ian Spaulding, LRQA’s core competitive advantages lie in its technical authority, global network and localized services, as well as industry customization. These can effectively match Nantong’s strategic positioning and industrial upgrading needs.

‘As a participant in the formulation of international standards such as ISO, LRQA can provide the most cutting-edge certification services for Nantong's advantageous industries, help enterprises seize the right to speak on technical standards, support enterprises to go abroad and upgrade to more international enterprises.’ Ian Spaulding said.

Nantong Economic & Technological Development Area signed an agreement to cooperate with LRQA (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. This marks the beginning of in-depth cooperation between Nantong and LRQA. It is estimated that by 2030, the demand for local inspection, testing and certification in Nantong will exceed 10 billion yuan, and the market scale radiating the Yangtze River Delta can reach hundreds of billions of yuan, which lays a solid foundation and broad space for Nantong and LRQA’s joint development.

Looking to the future, Ian Spaulding expressed his hope that LRQA will not only delve deeper into local advantageous industries such as intelligent manufacturing and shipbuilding and offshore engineering, but also radiate to a broader market through Nantong's positioning as the ‘north hub of the Yangtze River Delta.’

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劳盛集团全球总裁伊恩·斯波尔丁：

携手南通打造检验认证新高地

“政府对企业的大力支持，多元、开放、包容的环境与政策创新，让我对劳盛在南通的运营投入充满信心！”7月24日，劳盛集团全球总裁伊恩·斯波尔丁在接受南通日报记者专访时，对南通的营商环境给出高度评价。

伊恩·斯波尔丁说，南通在高端制造、绿色能源和化工等领域的产业集聚，为检验检测认证行业提供了广阔的应用场景，“特别是南通开发区检验检测认证产业园的建立，展现了地方政府对质量基础设施的前瞻性布局，这与劳盛集团在全球推动的‘风险管控与可持续发展’理念高度契合。”

劳盛是世界知名的保障服务合作伙伴之一，数十年来在审核、检验、咨询和网络安全服务方面积累了极为丰富的专业知识。在伊恩·斯波尔丁看来，劳盛的核心竞争优势在于技术权威性、全球网络与本地化服务，以及行业定制化，这些都能够有效匹配南通的战略定位及产业升级需求。

“作为ISO等国际标准的制定参与者，劳盛可为南通优势产业提供最前沿的认证服务，助力企业抢占技术标准话语权，支持企业走出国门，升级为更加国际化的企业。”伊恩·斯波尔丁表示。

南通经济技术开发区与劳盛质量认证（上海）有限公司签约合作，为南通与劳盛集团的深度合作拉开序幕。据测算，到2030年，南通本地检验检测认证市场需求将突破100亿元，辐射长三角的市场规模更可达千亿级规模，这也为南通与劳盛的携手发展奠定了坚实基础、提供了广阔空间。

展望未来，伊恩·斯波尔丁希望，劳盛集团既能深耕本地智能制造、船舶海工等优势产业，又能通过南通“长三角北翼枢纽”的定位，辐射更广阔市场。