中国制冷学会成立于1977年4月25日，是全国制冷行业的非营利性学术法人社团，是中国科学技术协会所属的全国一级学会之一。1978年1月，经国务院批准加入国际制冷学会（IIR），为二级会员国。学会现有单位会员600家，资深会员88人，高级会员800余人，重新登记普通会员8,000余人，学生会员5,000人，海外会员3人。

      学会自成立以来，始终以团结服务全体会员和广大制冷行业工作者为宗旨，以促进制冷科学技术的发展为己任，广泛开展国内、国际学术交流和科技咨询活动，编辑出版《制冷学报》和《中国制冷简报》、专业书籍、技术资料和科普读物，促进制冷科技人才的成长和进步，积极制定、修订各种制冷技术、产品标准并完善冷藏链标准化体系，发起并成功举办中国制冷展，举办和组织参加国际性展览，为中国制冷事业的繁荣和发展做贡献。

      Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR) was founded on April 25th, 1977. CAR is a national scientific organization in the field of refrigeration and air-conditioning industry and trade, which is subordinated to China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). CAR formally joined in the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR, headquarter in Paris) in January 1978, and became a second category membership country. Up to now, CAR has 600 company members, 88 super-senior members, more than 800 senior members, more than 8,000 ordinary members, 5,000 student members, and 3 oversea members.

      CAR always aims at solidifying and serving members and technical personnel in the field of refrigeration. For the development of science and technology of China refrigeration, CAR has conducted many activities, such as facilitating domestic and inter-national scientific communication, formulating and revising standards of the technologies and products in the field of refrigeration, initiated and successfully organized the indluential China Refregeration Expo, organized to participate the oversea international exhibitions. CAR continuing contributes to the prosperity and development of the China refrigeration and air-conditioning Industry.