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This chapter gives an overview on China’s standardization-related laws and regulations, supervisory agencies and other institutions and on the types of Chinese standards. It compares the old (1988) and the new “Standardization Law” of 2018 and gives an insight into the reform process citing relevant regulations starting with the issuance of the “Reform Plan for Deepening Standardization Work” in 2015. It further gives details on the responsibilities of relevant departments and bureaus of the State Administration for Market Regulation and elaborates on the responsibilities of scientific research institutions and associations. With the example of standardization technical committees related to consumer products, and especially the National Consumer Product Safety Standardization Technical Committee it introduces the work of these institutions which support the standardization work of the government. All the materials in this chapter are from official websites.
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Website SAC: http://www.sac.gov.cn/.
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Website SAMR: http://www.samr.gov.cn/.
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SAMR has been established in 2018 in order to consolidate the market regulation functions in one unit which were previously shared by three separate ministries, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) (Wikipedia engl. 2021, and in more detail Chinese version of Wikipedia: 国家市场监督管理总局, Wikipedia chin. 2021).
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The Regulation for the Management of the TCs is “全国专业标准化技术委员会管理办法” of October 2017, see SAMR 2017.
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Website CNCA: http://www.cnca.gov.cn/.
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Website of SAMR Department of Accreditation and of Inspection Supervision and Administration. http://www.samr.gov.cn/rzjgs/.
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Website of SAMR Department of Accreditation and of Inspection Supervision and Administration. http://www.samr.gov.cn/rkjcs/.
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Website of CNIS. https://www.cnis.ac.cn/pcindex/.
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Website of CAS: http://www.china-cas.org/.
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Website of CAST: http://sj.cast.org.cn/.
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As for the classification of Chinese standards after the reform see also chapter “Die Modernisierung des chinesischen Normungssystems” by Sabrina Weithmann in this edited volume.
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Information by the author who currently functions as secretary general of this TC. September 2021.
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Liu, X. (2022). An Overview on Legislation and Organization of Standardization in China: With Special Reference to Consumer Products. In: Freimuth, J., Kaiser, S., Schädler, M. (eds) Normungs- und Standardisierungsstrategien in China und Indien. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38204-9_9
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