QUALITY INSPECTION AND TESTING

Under guidelines recently issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation, greater efforts will be made to enforce and supervise certification of Beidou Navigation Satellite System (Beidou) products. Uniform catalogues, rules and labels will be introduced for Beidou products. More

The General Administration of Customs announced that random inspections will be carried out on some import and export commodities that are not subject to statutory inspection after 12 August. Import commodities subject to random inspections include dishwashers and air purifiers, while export commodities affected include festival light strings and children’s bikes. More

According to a circular jointly issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation and four other government departments (Guo Shi Jian Jian Ce Fa No. 33 [2021]), the mainland has decided to organise a review on 300 inspection and testing agencies (including 80 national quality supervision and testing centres) nationwide between June and October 2021 on random sampling basis. More

On 8 April, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released new measures for the supervision and regulation of inspection and testing agencies which issue data, results and reports to the public for purposes of certification (SAMR Order No. 39 [2021]). More