QUALITY INSPECTION AND TESTING

The Certification and Accreditation Administration of China recently announced that its revised implementation rules for the certification of toys and baby carriages (CNCA-C22-01: 20220 and CNCA-C22-02: 2020) (new-version rules) will take effect on 1 July (Announcement No. 14 [2020]). More

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has issued its 2020 national plan for supervision and random sampling inspection of product quality. More

Hong Kong’s testing and certification industry has grown substantially since the 1980s. In 2018, the industry comprised 830 establishments, most of which were private laboratories, employing a total of 18,690 people. Hong Kong is well positioned to act as an independent third party to provide quality certification and product testing services for mainland enterprises to boost the confidence of overseas and local buyers. More

Guangdong has recently issued a supplementary notice on testing, inspection and certification services during the Covid-19 prevention and control period (Yue Shi Jian Ren Jian No. 139 [2020]), calling on the market regulation administrations and departments concerned in cities at or above the prefectural level, as well as relevant inspection, testing and certification institutions in the whole province More