The official certificate of CDGDC is referred to as China Qualification Verification (CQV), which is an authentication launched by China Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development Center (i.e. CDGDC) with the permission of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and China’s Ministry of Education since 2000. CDGDC is responsible for authenticating various diplomas, academic transcripts, studying certificates and other kinds of academic records officially issued by mainland China’s institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes and other levels of national education institutions. CDGDC is the exclusively authoritative institution that authenticates the diplomas and transcripts of higher education in China.

Since 2013, USA universities require CDGDC authentication for credit transfer of the courses offered by mainland Chinese universities. Universities such as Purdue University, Ohio State University, Northwest University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, etc., explicitly make requests for CDGDC authentication for credit transfer on their university websites. Additionally some USA universities require CDGDC authentication to process students’ applications for school transfer and postgraduate education.

The example of authentication and report is as follows:

WES Authentication

World Education Services (WES) is USA’s largest qualification assessment company that engages in providing academic performance authentication for people who intend to study or work in USA or Canada. WES has been founded for more than 40 years and WES reports are well acknowledged by USA and Canadian universities. In 2009, CDGDC officially established cooperation with WES, and the holders of mainland China’s higher education diplomas and transcripts need to apply for CDGDC authentication reports before applying for WES authentication.