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Accessibility

We want everyone to be able to use this website. Here is where we stand, and how to tell us about a problem.

On this page

The Chinese Business Association of Ireland wants everyone to be able to read and use this website, including people who use a screen reader, a keyboard instead of a mouse, screen magnification, or other assistive technology.

This page describes what we aim for, what we have done, and what we know is not yet good enough. We would rather be honest about the gaps than claim more than we can support.

The standard we aim for

We design, build and test this website against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 at level AA, published by the World Wide Web Consortium. This is the standard most widely used to judge whether a website is accessible.

We have not had an independent accessibility audit of this website. For that reason we do not claim that the site fully meets WCAG 2.2 level AA. It is the standard we work towards, not a certification we hold.

What we have done

  • Every page can be used with a keyboard alone, and there is a "Skip to content" link at the top of each page so that keyboard users can go straight past the navigation.
  • Text and background colours are chosen to meet the WCAG 2.2 AA contrast levels.
  • Pages use headings in order, and page landmarks, so that screen reader users can navigate by structure.
  • Each page declares its language, so that a screen reader pronounces English and Simplified Chinese correctly.
  • Images that carry meaning have text alternatives, and images that are decorative are marked so that screen readers skip them.
  • The background video on the home page is decorative and silent. It carries no information, it is hidden from screen readers, and it is not shown at all if your device or browser is set to reduce motion.
  • The site works when text is enlarged and on small screens, and it does not use colour alone to communicate anything.
  • The whole site is available in English and Simplified Chinese.

What we know is not yet good enough

We are aware of the following limitations, and we are working on them.

  • The site has not been independently audited, and it has not been tested with every combination of browser and assistive technology. There will be problems we have not found.
  • Some older news items and event pages were published before we adopted this standard and may not fully meet it. Their images may lack good text alternatives.
  • Documents we publish for download, such as PDFs, may not be fully accessible. If you need one of them in another format, ask us and we will provide it.

This list is not complete. If you find something that is not on it, please tell us.

Telling us about a problem

If you cannot use part of this website, or you need information from it in a different format — for example large print, plain text, or a document read out to you — please contact us.

  • Email: info@ichina.ie
  • Post: Chinese Business Association of Ireland, 508B Mitchelstown Road, NW Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 15, D15 A276, Ireland

Please tell us the address of the page, what you were trying to do, and what went wrong. If you can tell us which browser and assistive technology you use, that helps us reproduce the problem.

We will acknowledge your message within five working days. We will tell you what we have found and what we intend to do within twenty working days. If a fix will take longer than that, we will tell you why, and we will give you the information you asked for in another way in the meantime.

If you are not satisfied

If you are not happy with how we respond, please write to us again and say so, and a member of the Chamber's committee will review it.

Service providers in Ireland have obligations towards people with disabilities under the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2018. If you believe you have been treated unfairly, you can seek information from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (www.ihrec.ie) or make a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (www.workplacerelations.ie).

How we keep this up to date

We review this page when we make significant changes to the website, and at least once a year. We update it when we fix something listed above, or when we become aware of a new problem.

This page was last reviewed on 20 July 2026.