QUALITY INSPECTION AND TESTING

A national catalogue (2022 edition) of key industrial products subject to quality and safety supervision recently released by the State Administration for Market Regulation covers home electrical appliances and accessories, furniture and decorative building materials, electronic and information technology products, and products for children and elderly people. More

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