Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation.

These Regulations are hereby formulated for the purpose of regulating the certification and accreditation activities, improving the quality of products and services and the level of administration, as well as promoting the economic and social development.
The State shall implement a uniform certification and accreditation supervision system (art.4). The certification and accreditation administration department of the State Council shall strengthen the supervision over the activities of the certification training institutions and certification consultation institutions (art.5).
To be qualified as a certification body shall be subject to the approval of the certification and accreditation administrative department of the State Council, and certification activities shall be conducted within the approved scope(art.9). Article 10 provides for the conditions for qualification to be met by a certification body. The State shall popularize the certification on products, services and management systems in conformity with the requirements of the economic and social development (art.16). In order to safeguard the national security, prevent fraudulent acts, protect the health or safety of human body, safeguard the life or health of animals and plants, and protect the environments, no products, which must be certified as prescribed by the State, may leave the factory, or may be sold, imported or used in other business activities until after being certified and labeled with the certification marks (art.27). The accreditation bodies determined by the administrative department of the State Council shall carry out accreditation activities independently (art.36). Further provisions concern the supervision and administration of certification and accreditation bodies, and legal liabilities.