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.

Click this link to view the original notice of China Quality Certification Center.