中国物资再生协会是中国再生资源回收再生利用最大的行业自律组织，所辖会员单位主要从事再生资源的回收、分选、拆解加工、精炼、再生产品经销业务，是专业经营再生资源的采购和再生产品的经销；在中国各地、口岸均有仓储、货运的能力；不仅经销国内社会上生产资料和生活资料中产生的废旧材料、废旧机电产品、报废汽车和军队退役报废的各类装备、飞机、船舶、车辆等，还从事国外再生资源进出口贸易；具有拆解这些再生资源的加工贸易能力，是国内冶金、机械、轻化工等行业的重要的原材料供应商。中国政府对物资再生产业高度重视，明确规定“将资源节约和再生资源回收利用列为一项重大经济政策”、“制定和实施有关措施，鼓励再生资源的资源化”。

　　中国物资再生协会以服务于再生资源回收再生利用行业及服务于政府管理为主旨，坚持以市场为导向, 热心为会员服务, 积极发挥组织协调作用, 维护会员的合法权益；对物资再生资源的开发利用进行指导；宣传物资再生利用事业对节约资源、节约能源、保护生态环境的重要意义；坚持科教兴业, 开发教学育才，推广新技术、新工艺；推动物资再生事业的发展；协助政府部门制定行业发展规划, 参与制定、修订本行业法规政策及标准规范，组织推进法规政策、标准的贯彻实施；开展全国物资再生行业信用等级评价工作，引导行业企业诚实守信；促进我国再生资源回收利用工作在世界各国开展多种方式的贸易合作，从而对环境保护和资源永续做出贡献。

　　中国物资再生协会的下设16个直属单位12个职能部门。具体包括：中再协报废汽车专业委员会；中再协军队退役报废装备专业委员会；中再协再生资源加工园区分会；中再协再生资源加工设备与技术应用分会；中再协再生油专业委员会；中再协再制造专业委员会；中再协再生资源贸易促进委员会；中再协进口再生资源工作委员会；中再协贵金属再生专业委员会；中再协塑料分会；中再协再生资源技术服务工作委员会；中再协再生资源供应链管理工作委员会；中再协（北京）会展服务公司；国家开放大学循环经济学院；《中国资源综合利用》杂志；资源强制回收产业技术创新战略联盟。主要职能部门有：综合部（统计部、会员部）、财务部、信息部、汽车部、行业发展部、科技发展部、国际合作部、会展部、信用评价工作部、军源管理办公室。

　　China National Resources Recycling Association Brief Introduction

　　China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA) was founded in 1993. It is a national-level industrial organization registered with Ministry of Civic of People’s Republic of China. It is affiliated to State Council SASAC. CRRA’s members are composed of processers and trading companies, including recycling resources specialized companies (groups), mining enterprises, scrap traders. It also includes scientific research institutes, collages, social groups and certain expertise individuals. Currently it has more than 1200 members, headquarter in Beijing.CRRA is the biggest self-discipline organization of Chinese resources recycling and utilization industry. Its members specialized in purchase of secondary resources and sales of recycled products, are mainly operating in areas of scrap resources collecting, sorting, dismantling, refinery and recycled products sales. They have warehouses and logistic all around China and alone the coast line. They not only sell used materials and scrap appliances and ELV from domestic market, and the military retired equipments, aircrafts, ships and vehicles, and also they are involved in export and import of scrap materials. They have the abilities to dismantling these recyclable resources and processing them as well. They are the important raw material suppliers of domestic metallurgy, machinery and light chemistry industries.The China government has laid high emphasis on resources recycling industry and has taken the policy of resources-saving and material-recycling and utilization as a key and important economy policy and has formulated and is carrying on related measurements and encouraging materialization of recyclable resources.    Guided by the market, CRRA plays the role of services to resources recycling and utilization industry and to the government administration. It functions actively as an organization for coordination and it strictly protects its member’s legal rights and advantages. It gives guides for resources recycling exploring and utilization, make it public that the important meaning of the resources recycling industry to energy-saving, resources-saving and ecological environmental protection, and supports the industry with the concept of science, education and innovation of technologies and methods. It eventually pushes the development of resources recycling industry by assistance to the government to make industrial development plan, and make joint-effort to policy and standards formation and emendation. It also contributes to explanation of regulations, rules and standards. It guides the industrial companies to operate their business with honest and credits, by being an auditor of national resource recycling industry credit and reputation system. It works hard to make it possible that Chinese resources recycling and utilization would find its own way to various trade cooperation with other countries all over the world so that China recycling industry could also contribute to environmental protection and sustainable resources.    There are altogether 16 affiliated departments and 12 functional departments in CRRA, including: ELV Committee, Military Retired Equipments Committee, Recycling Resources Processing Park Committee, Recycling Resources Processing Equipments and Technology Application Branch, Secondary Oil Committee, Re-generating Committee, Recycling Resources Trade Coordination Committee, importing Recycling Resources Committee, Precious metal Recycling Committee, Plastics Branch, Recycling Resources Supply Chain Committee, Recycling Resources Technology Service Committee, Zhong Zai Xie(Beijing) Conference & Exhibition Service Company, State Open University of Recycling Economy College, the magazine China Resources Integrated Utilization, compulsory recycling resources technology innovation strategy federation. The main functional departments are: General Department (statistic and membership), Financing Department, Information Department, Automobile Department, Industrial Development Department, Scientific and Technology Development Department, International Communication Department, Conference & Exhibition Department, Credit and evaluation Administrative Department and Military Resources Administrative Office.