According to the issued by the State Council on June 29, 2023, "Several Measures to Promote Institutional Opening-up in Pilot Free Trade Zones and Free Trade Ports with International High Standards". On March 4, 2024, the China Quality Certification Center issued the country's first compulsory product certification (CCC) certificate for electromagnetic compatibility using self-declaration evaluation method for Shanghai Hewlett-Packard Trading Co., Ltd. The pilot areas mentioned in the measures include Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, Fujian, the Beijing Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Hainan Free Trade Port, and the products involved are information technology equipment products.

In order to implement the requirements of the Announcement of the CNCA on Improving the Management of Compulsory Product Certification Certificates and Marks (No. 12 of 2023), the China Quality Certification Center issued a notice on December 26, 2023 that it will issue certificates and issue electronic certificates in accordance with the requirements of the above announcement from January 1, 2024. The main points are as follows:

1. the new version of the certificate style: the new version of the compulsory product certification certificate style is detailed in the official website of the China Quality Certification Center (www.cqc.com.cn) certification sample section, including Chinese version and English version.

2. E-certificate document format: It is recommended that the authentication client only obtain the e-certificate. The electronic certificate document format is issued in accordance with China's electronic document exchange and storage format standards, and the OFD (Open Fixed-layout Document) document format is used to issue electronic certificates. You can use OFD professional tools such as Kingsoft WPS (https://www.wps.cn/) and Digital OFD Reader (http://www.suwell.cn/) to view the information of the electronic certificate and verify the electronic signature information of the certificate.

3. Implementation arrangement: From 1 January 2024, certificates will be issued and electronic certificates will be issued in accordance with the above requirements.

4. Note: This adjustment does not involve the requirement of renewal of issued certificates. For CCC certification certificates issued before January 1, 2024 and electronic certificates in PDF file format, the electronic certificates in the new format and OFD document format will be replaced with the renewal of certificates and certificate changes.

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In accordance with the relevant requirements of the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Management System of the Electronic and Electrical Industry" (Guo Ban Fa [2022] No. 31), the State Administration for Market Regulation has decided to implement compulsory product certification (CCC certification) management for lithium-ion batteries and battery packs, mobile power supplies and power adapters/chargers for telecommunications terminal products used in electronic and electrical products (hereinafter referred to as newly included products), and the relevant requirements are hereby announced as follows:

1. From August 1, 2023, the designated certification body will begin to accept the CCC certification entrustment of the newly included products, and carry out the certification work in accordance with the applicable standards listed in the "Compulsory Product Certification Implementation Rules Information Technology Equipment" and the annex; The new inclusion in the list of designated certification bodies and laboratories for products will be announced separately.

2. The scope of CCC certification for newly included products is detailed in the annex. Among them, for lithium-ion batteries and battery packs used in electronic and electrical products, CCC certification is carried out for lithium-ion batteries and battery packs for portable electronic products at this stage, and CCC certification is carried out in a timely manner for lithium-ion batteries and battery packs used in other electronic and electrical products.

3. In view of the GB31241-2022 "Safety Technical Specifications for Lithium-ion Batteries and Battery Packs for Portable Electronic Products" will be mandatory on January 1, 2024, in order to reduce the cost of obtaining certification for enterprises, the designated certification body will carry out CCC certification of relevant products in accordance with this standard.

4. Under the premise of controllable certification risks and ensuring the quality of certification, designated certification bodies and laboratories should actively adopt the existing conformity assessment results to reduce the burden on enterprises and facilitate enterprises to obtain certifications.

Attachment: Scope definition of CCC certification for newly included products