On 25 March 2009 at EB 46, two Chinese Applicant Entities (AEs), the China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) and China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) were accredited as Designated Operational Entities (DOE) for both verification and verification/certification functions. CEC and CQC are the first two Chinese DOEs which can now perform CDM project validation and verification services both in China and around the world after participating in the EU-China CDM Facilitation Project’s DOE traineeship in 2008.