中国黄金协会是2001年经国家经济贸易委员会和中华人民共和国民政部正式批准和注册登记的全国性社团组织。中国黄金协会英文译名为CHINA GOLD ASSOCIATION，缩写为CGA。协会是由黄金勘探、生产、加工、流通企业、投资企业、科研院所和与黄金相关的企事业单位、社团组织等依法自愿组成的全国性、非营利性、自律性社团组织。

中国黄金协会的宗旨是坚持党的基本路线，遵守宪法法律法规和国家政策，遵守社会道德风尚；坚持为政府、为行业、为企业服务的宗旨；建立和完善行业自律机制，在国家宏观调控指导下，逐步实现行业自我管理；充分发挥政府的参谋助手作用，发挥在政府与企业间的桥梁纽带作用，为会员单位提供中介服务；开展国际合作与交流，促进对外经济技术合作；开展黄金科技评奖和科技应用与推广；推介黄金产品，培育民族品牌，扩大黄金应用领域，推动黄金消费。

真诚希望通过多种形式、多种渠道与世界各国、各地区的有关组织和机构建立密切联系，开展国际间合作与交流。同时，也真诚希望与国内的相关组织建立联系，加强学习与合作，共同为黄金事业发展做出贡献。

China Gold Association is approved by former State Economy and Trade Committee and the Ministry of Civil Affair, and registered as the nation-wide corporative organization in 2001. The English name of the association is China Gold Association, and is abbreviated as CGA. According to the relative laws and on the base of voluntary, CGA is incorporated as a nation-wide, unprofitable and autonomic organization, and includes the enterprises of gold exploration, operation, processing, logistics, investment, research institutes, and other institutions having relationship with gold industry.

The principle of CGA is insisting the basic route of Communist Party, in correspondence with the constitution, laws and provisions, abiding with social morality. CGA keeps supplying the services for the government, enterprises and the operators of the sectors, and establishing and improving autonomic mechanism in the industry. On the guidance of macro-economy adjustment of the government, the industry self-management could gradually be realized. As the assistant of the government, CGA is a bridge between the government and the members, the role of middleman could supply relative service to the members. International cooperation and communication could be carried out through CGA, and the cooperation for foreign economy and technology could be promoted. CGA is also to be involved in the activities such as: judgment of award for science and technology in gold industry, the application and promotion for science and technology, promoting gold products, cultivating national brand, expanding the realm of gold application, increasing the consumption of gold.

CGA is sincerely eager to establish a closed relationship with the relative organization and institutions in different countries and regions of the world. At the same time, CGA also like to build up the relationship with the relative domestic organizations, to learn from each other and cooperate to make contribution to the development of the gold industry mutually.