16 regional and subregional centres of the Stockholm Convention (SCRCs) have been established around the world. The role of the regional centres is to advance the implementation of the Convention by providing technical assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to Parties that are developing countries or countries with economies in transition.

Basel Convention Regional Center for Asia and the Pacific/Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific (BCRC China/SCRCAP or BCRC-SCRC China) is hosted by The School of Environment (SoE) of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The coordinator and executive director is Prof. Jinhui Li of Tsinghua University. The core functions of the centre include training, technology transfer, information exchange, counselling and awareness raising.

By decision BC-III/19 of the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1997, China was selected to host a Basel Convention Regional Centre (BCRC) for the Asia-pacific region. In November 2007, BCRC China was nominated to serve as a Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC) and was endorsed as a regional centre for capacity building and technology transfer under the Stockholm Convention in 2009. In May 2011, a framework agreement was signed between the Government of China and the Secretariat of Basel Convention for the formal establishment of BCRC China. However, the the centre was already in operation before 2011.

Performance evaluation of all the regional centres are conducted every four years to ensure the quality of services provided to eligible Parties. SCRC China was scored full marks in both of the two rounds of evaluation so far.

Parties served by SCRC China include: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, India, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Nepal, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam.