# CCTCC

based at Wuhan University, the China Center for Type Culture Collection is a Budapest Treaty international depositary authority holding tens of thousands of bacterial, fungal and cell-culture deposits.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/cctcc/
Updated: 2026-07-24

- Country: China

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Founded | 1985 | https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/116, https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/118, https://www.sciengine.com/doi/pdfView/854FE01D1D2345B1A2E57E7EEA49E95D, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/notifications/details/treaty_budapest_139 |
| Certification | ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 quality, environment, and occupational health and safety management certifications | https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/116, https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/118, https://www.sciengine.com/doi/pdfView/854FE01D1D2345B1A2E57E7EEA49E95D |
| Regulatory approval | International Depositary Authority (IDA) under the Budapest Treaty since 1995 | https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/116, https://doi.org/10.1360/ssv-2022-0052, https://www.sciengine.com/doi/pdfView/854FE01D1D2345B1A2E57E7EEA49E95D, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/notifications/details/treaty_budapest_139 |
| Headcount | 6 full-time staff and 20 contract personnel as of 2022 report | https://www.sciengine.com/doi/pdfView/854FE01D1D2345B1A2E57E7EEA49E95D, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/notifications/details/treaty_budapest_139 |
| Capacity | storage capacity expanded to 230,000 samples | https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/118 |
| Production site | Wuhan University, Wuhan, China | https://cctcc-en.whu.edu.cn/portal/article/about/id/116, https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/wipo_bp_ge_25/wipo_bp_ge_presentation_item_2_p2.pdf, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/notifications/details/treaty_budapest_139, https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/notifications/details/treaty_budapest_305 |

Independent sources: doi.org, sciengine.com, wipo.int

## Technologies

- [Reference materials & certified reference strains](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/reference-materials-certified-reference-strains/)