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， Register of Shipping of the People's Republic of China (ZC) was established in Beijing on August 1 under the Ministry of Communications (MOC) after five-year preparation, following the instruction of Chen Yun, director of National Finance and Economy Committee of the Government Administrative Council, and started ship survey business using ZC as its logo.
， The first set of statutory certificates for ships trading on international voyages was developed by ZC, and ZC surveyors were sent to East Germany to carry out ship survey for the first time.
， In June, the MOC clearly stated to the outside the function of the Register of Shipping as a class society handling the classification business.
， In January, the MOC changed the Register of Shipping from a government administration to an institutional organization, enabling it to charge for ship survey according to international practices.
， In June, Register of Shipping was renamed in Chinese as Register of Shipping of People's Republic of China but leaving the English title untouched.
， In August, construction survey and certification was performed for the first time to an inland waterway passenger ship Jiang Rong built by Jiangnan Shipyard and a costal cargo carrier He Ping 25 built by Dalian Shipyard.
， In October, the MOC convened the 1st National Work Meeting on Ship Survey in Shanghai, which stressed that ZC was a state organization exercising technical regulation and ship supervision but maintaining its external role of class society.
， The first 65 surveyors were on the job after 3 training sessions given by the USSR Register of Shipping's survey offices stationed in Dalian and Shanghai.
， In January, ZC published the first set of rules for seagoing ships, containing 15 rules covering seagoing ship classification, hull construction and related materials, welding, fire protection, lifesaving, etc. Among them, the Statute of Classification for Seagoing Ships clearly defined ￥ZC1 as its highest class character.
， In January, survey offices were established in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, Tianjin and Qingdao to perform ship surveys.
， In February, the first version of Regulations for Survey of Ships and the Regulations for Survey of Ships Navigating in the Changjiang River were published.
， In May, ZC began to issue, on behalf of the Chinese government, safety certificates for international ships.
， In June, ZC published the first version of Regulations for Ship Certificates and Technical Documentation, unifying ship survey certificates.
， Started works approval and survey for marine products.
， In April, ZC completed survey to a Vietnamese ship Peace as so delegated, and started the business of surveying foreign ship acting on behalf of other class societies.
， In May, Changjiang Office was established to perform ship survey.
， In December, ZC completed the initial classification survey of and issued China's International Safety Certificate to an ocean-going passenger ship MV Guang Hua, and formally started the business of initial classification survey.
， Completed the initial classification survey and certification to 11 cargo and passenger ships converted for international services.These ships formed the initial class fleet of the Register of Shipping of the People's Republic of China.
， Ship certificates as properly issued were mutually recognized between China and Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, UAE, Albania and India.
， In April, ZC issued the first version of Rules for the Construction of Steel Ships Navigating in the Yangtse River.
， In May, ZC signed the Agreement on Mutual Delegation for Technical Survey of Ships with the USSR Register of Shipping. Subsequently,such agreements were signed with Poland, DPRK, Romania, Yugoslavia and the former East Germany.
， In July, ZC took over control of the Dalian and Shanghai survey offices from the USSR Register of Shipping.
， In October, the State Council promulgated the Statute of the Register of Shipping of the Republic of China, establishing the legal status of ZC to perform statutory survey and certification and handle classification business for Chinese ships.
， In April, the first version of the Provisional Requirements on the Scope of Supervision and Survey of Marine Products was published.
， In August, according to the MOC's Regulations for Organizing Technical Committee of the Register of Shipping, the ZC Technical Committee was established.
， In December, ZC independently completed the classification survey and certification of the ocean going cargo carrier Dong Feng (in 10,000dwt) during construction, which marked the beginning of ZC's classification and survey of ships during construction.
， In February, ZC helped Albania to train surveyors and establish ship survey organization.
， On March 1, the Chinese government ratified and accepted the Convention on the Inter-governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), as amended, and declared to accede to the IMCO, later renamed the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
， In July, ZC completed survey and certification for a Chinese self-elevating offshore drilling unit Bin Hai.
， In October, ZC, as a representative on the Chinese delegation, attended the 8th Assembly of the IMCO for the first time. From then on,ZC began to involve in relevant assemblies, technical committee and subcommittee meetings.
， On November 13, the Chinese Government ratified and accepted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 and the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and appointed ZC to issue international convention certificates on its behalf.
， In December, the first version of Rules for the Construction of Small Ships Navigating in the Yangtse River was published.
， In March, training classes were held on ship technology and English language for the first time, and over 100 people attended the concerned training.
， In November, ZC signed the Agreement of Cooperation on Technical Survey of Ships with the French classification society (BV),which marked the beginning of ZC's cooperation with western class societies. Subsequently, ZC signed cooperation agreements with the class societies of Norway, Germany, England, US, Japan, Italy, South Korea and India.
， ZC completed inspection of the first liferaft for a foreign vessel.
， The first computer station of MOC was installed on ZC Guangzhou Office.
， In September, the Statute of Classification for Seagoing Ships was changed into Rules for Classification of Sea-going Ships, with the highest class character changed to ￥ZC and added class notations for service area, purpose, ice strengthening, anti-flooding and stability.
， In January, ZC established its Far East Marine Surveyor Ltd. to perform survey and certification of ships in Hong Kong.
， In December, ZC published its first English version of the Rules for the Construction of Seagoing Steel Ships.
， The first version of Rules for the Construction of Steel Ships Navigating in Yangtse River was published.
， The total classification fleet reached 510 ships, 5m gross tonnage and 6m deadweight tonnage.
， In August, the first group of professional people were sent to Det Norske Veritas the Norwegian classification society for international business training.
， In December, the 1st version of Rules for Survey of Containers was published.
， In July, the Provisional Measures on Statutory and Classification Survey of Offshore Mobile Drilling Units and the Regulations on the Construction and Equipment of Offshore Mobile Drilling Ships were published.
， In September, the method of continuous machinery survey was introduced in the survey of ships.
， In August, the first version of the List of Approved Marine Products was published.
， On January 1, the MOC transformed ZC from an administration to a fully institutionalized organization and placed all previous offices along the coast and the Changjiang River under the direct control of ZC. Since then, following its guiding principles of strengthening infrastructure, perfecting the system, adapting to development, facing the nation and opening to the world, ZC began to construct and develop its own system.
， In June, the Regulations on Supervision and Survey of Marine Products was published.
， In December, the first version of Rules for the Construction and Classification of Offshore Drilling Units was published.
， In January, ZC issued the first set of Rules for the Construction and Classification of Sea-going Steel Ships which complied with the international practices after full revision according to the international conventions, and divided the class character into hull, machinery and refrigeration with the highest classification characters changed to ￥ZCA (for hull), ￥ZCM for machinery and ￥ZCR for refrigeration installations.
， In June, the first version of Register of Ship was published.
， In August, ZC Shanghai Rules and Research Institute was established, which completed the software development of COMPASS (COMPUTER PLAN APPRAISAL SYSTEM FOR SHIPP) and put it into application .
， In September, the Regulations on Safety of Offshore Platforms was published.
， In January, the first version of the Rules for the Construction and Classification of Fixed Offshore Drilling Units was published.
， In July, the Regulations on Approving the Qualifications of NDT Operators for Chinese Ships was published.
， In March, the ZC Shanghai Training Center and Wuhan Training Center were established, where surveyors were trained to provide services for sea-going and inland waterway ships respectively.
， In May, ZC Wuhan Rules and Research Institute was established.
， In August, resident offices in the name of CCS were set up in Japan, West Germany and Egypt, beginning the construction of overseas service network.
， On January 1, the MOC announced the Articles of Association for China Classification Society (CCS), recognizing CCS as an organization within the Register of Shipping responsible for classification and notarial survey of ships and offshore installations, sharing the Register of Shipping brand (ZC).
， In March, ZC was included in the Rules for Navigation in Suez Canal and the Suez Canal Tonnage Certificate issued by ZC was accepted by the Suez Canal Administration of Egypt.
， In June, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China recognized the Container Inspection Certificate issued by ZC as the necessary document for sealing cargo and undergoing customs procedures for international container transportation.
， In August, China Classification Society stamp was formally used.
， Classed fleet reached 1062 ships, exceeded 10m gross tonnage and 10.46m deadweight tonnage.
， In July, the first Board of Directors of China Classification Society was established.
， In August, the first set of certificates and reports in both Chinese and English was put into use.
， In May, the China Classification Society (then still abbreviated as ZC) was accepted as a full member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) and became a member of the IACS council.
， In September, the first Training Committee was established.
， In June, China Classification Society Shanghai Rules and Research Institute established the Fire-resistant Material and Structure Laboratory (also called Far East Fire-Resistant Testing Center).
， In December, the Ship Survey Management Information System (SSMIS) was put into use, which brought all classification ships under unified control of the head office.
， In July, China Classification Society signed a full authorization agreement with the Liberian Maritime Administration to act on its behalf in the statutory survey of Liberian ships. The agreement marked the beginning of China Classification Society performing statutory survey for foreign governments when so authorized.
， In September, China Classification Society sent representatives to attend the 11th ISSC conference and was admitted as members of its Design Committee and the Fire Structure and Explosion Prevention Committee.
， In December, ZC published its first version of Rules for the Construction of Inland Waterway Steel Ships which applied to all main rivers across the country.
， In October, the Technical Regulations for Statutory Survey of Sea-going Ships was published.
， In January, the China Classification Society Quality Assurance Ltd. (CSQA) was established to perform the quality management system certification according to international standards (ISO standards).
， In February, the State Council announced the Regulations for Survey of Ships and Offshore Installations of People's Republic of China, which established CCS as a ship survey organization responsible for classification, certification, notarial and statutory survey when so authorized by the government of China and other international governments.
， In February, CCS Classification Committee was established.
， In March ZC, the original abbreviation of the China Classification Society was changed to CCS which was subsequently used as its official logo certificates and reports.
， In April, CCS Hong Kong Branch was set up.
， In June, CCS invested in the establishment of the China Classification Society Industry Corporation (CCSI), and began developing industrial services for land-based industries.
， In June, CCS began data transmission through emails.
， In October, the CCS Quality Management System successfully passed the IACS audit and was issued a Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity by IACS.
， In June, the highest class notation of CCS was included in the classification clauses of Institute of London Underwriters (ILU),enabling CCS classed ships to enjoy the same preferential insurance premium for cargo as ships classed with other well-known class societies.
， In July, the highest class notation was changed to ￥CSA 5/5, machinery classification notation to ￥CSM and class notation for refrigeration installations to ￥CSR.
， In October, CCS established its Hong Kong Committee, followed by South China Committee, Shanghai Committee, Changjiang Committee and Bohai Bay Committee.
， CCS was amongst the first group of class societies recognized by the USCG.
， Ship survey in Hainan Province was placed under direct control of CCS.
， On June 29, the first Work Meeting on Ship Survey Science and Technology was held.
， In January, CCS published the first version of Rules for Certification to Safety Management System for Safe Operation of Ships to begin ISM audit and certification.
， In March, CCS was authorized by the MOC to carry out certification of shipboard safety management systems according to the ISM Code.
， In November, CCS Hamburg Branch was set up.
， CCS initiated the Informal Meeting for Top Executives of Classification Societies in Asia (later changed into the formal meeting of Asia Classification Societies (ACS)), which enhanced communication and cooperation among class societies in Asia.
， In July, following the decision of the 33rd IACS Council meeting, CCS assumed the chairmanship of IACS for a one-year term for the first time in its history.
， In October, IACS GPG41 was held in Beijing.
， In November, CCS was among the first group of classification societies recognized by EU as per relevant EC directive.
， In March, IACS GPG42 was held in Beijing.
， In October, CCS successfully developed the software of its own intellectual property CCSS ?China Classification Society Safety-Structure Solutions (Bulk Carrier)
， Classed fleet reached 1907 ships and 15.24m gross
， In June, following the organizational reform of the state council, China Classification Society was separated from the Register of Shipping of the People's Republic of China which was merged with other governmental functions with the formation of the Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China. CCS becomes a technical organization to perform concrete surveys for ships and offshore installations.
， In June, CCS Website was formally opened.
， In September, EU assessment was performed to CCS for the first time.
， CCS established its Lubricating Oil Monitoring Center in Guangzhou.
， CCS organized a Seminar on Expanding Internal Demand of Shipping and Shipbuilding, which urged national ships built domestically, national cargo carried by national ships and national ships flying national flag.
， In June, CCSI was recognized by the MOC as a supervisory body for infrastructure construction and obtained Category-A qualification for waterborne transport engineering supervision.
， In July, during the reform, the MOC took back the administrative functions that were originally delegated to ZC and brought CCS under direct control of the MOC to perform statutory survey of ships when so authorized. All previous organizations of ZC were transferred to CCS, bringing to an end the era of the single organization with two names. CCS began to adopt the corporate management system.
， In October, CSQA obtained qualification for the certification of environment management systems (EMS) according to ISO 14000 standards and began to carry out EMS certification services.
， In November, the ro-ro passenger ship MV Da Shun Hao caught fire and sank in Bo Hai Bay. The MOC decided to delegate survey and certification of ro-ro passenger ships to CCS, that trade on trans-provincial servicess.
， CCS performed NDT services for the construction of Xiamen Hai Cang Bridge, starting engineering testing services for bridge construction.
， The systems of CARCV (computerized certification) and MOUMS (offshore mobile platform management system) were put into use.
， CCS began to organize research on BCBP project, one on survey technology of large ships including VLCC, large containership, large bulk carrier and platform.
， In March, based on extensive investigation in collaboration with the State Council Development and Research Center, CCS conducted the study on its development strategy and the policy and regulatory environment, and completed the subject on Study of Policies and Regulatory Environments Faced by CCS Reform.
， In April, an extraordinary work meeting was held to start full rectification of substandard ships.
， In September, CCS Information Technology and Consulting Centre was established in Beijing.
， In September, CCS carried out type approval of the FL600 wind power generated gearbox, beginning to offer technical services for the wind power sector.
， CCS set up its Technology Development and Research Institute in Beijing.
， In February, CCS identified risk management as the core nature of its main services in survey, approval, audit, certification and supervision, adopted the operational management mode for its main business lines of classed ship survey, domestic ship survey and industrial service and set up its development conception of developing the society on technology and trust.
， In June, Beijing Digital Easy Technology Development Co. LTD.was established to perform software technology development.
， In September, CCS published its firt version of Rules for the Construction and Classification of Sea-going Steel Ships which contained the high technology of large ships and developed on the basis of the research findings on the VCBP project.
， In September, CCS Europe Centre was established.
， In December, CCS began to consolidate the subordinate companies and formed a unified industrial service system under the management of head office.
， CCSI succeeded in bidding for providing supervision services for the upper structures of the suspension part of the Changjiang Runyang Road Bridge, starting engineering supervision services for bridges.
， In January, the 2nd Work Meeting on Ship Survey Science and Technology was held, which defined the working polices on science and technology development, i.e., faced to the dual needs of market and field work, and directed toward policy, safety and market.
， In January, CCS established its Offshore Plan Approval Center in Tianjin.
， In June, Double Hope Evaluation Co. Ltd. was established in Shanghai to provide maritime technical services.
， In June, the CCS Mediterranean Committee was established in Athens, Greece.
， In July, the formula for minimum bow height proposed by the CCS Shanghai Rules and Research Institute was adopted by the IMO's sub-committee meeting on Stability, Load Line and Fishing Vessels and was incorporated into the amendment to International Convention on Load Lines, 1966.
， In July, CCS America Centre was established.
， In August, the Optimum Bulk Carrier (OBC) project was launched in Beijing, which involved the efforts of shipyards, shipowners and class society.
， In September, A-3 (CCS, KR and NK) met in Beijing and decided to start technical cooperation on the rules of bulk carrier and oil tanker.
， In December, classification survey to the first VLCC Yuan Da HU under construction was completed.
， In December, CCS participated in the Study on Long and Medium-Term Development Strategies of Chinese Shipbuilding Industry and took up the subjects on Study on Technical Support System to Chinese Shipbuilding Industry and Study on Ship Financing and Chartering.
， In January, the Chinese Government announced the Code for Management of Safe Operation and Pollution Prevention of Ships (NSM Code), which required ships and their companies to establish safety management systems in accordance with the NSM Code and authorized CCS to carry out NSM certification of safety management systems.
， In February, CCS completed classification survey to the first 5668TEU large containership Xin Pu Dong.
， In March, CSQA successfully passed the UKAS assessment.
， CCS completed the innovative system of three main business lines and two support systems, i.e., classification division, domestic ship inspection centre and industrial division as well as the technology research and development centre and the information technology development centre, and began to promote the development of the land-based classification society.
， In June, a joint venture with UK P& I China Maritime Services Ltd. was established.
， In September, a joint venture ABS-CCS Risk Management Consulting Ltd. was established.
， In October, CCS began to perform ISPS Code certification and issued the first batch of International Ship Security Certificates(ISSC).
， In October, CCS completed classification survey to the first 175,000 dwt capsize bulk carrier Xin Wang Hai.
， In October, CCS South East Asia Centre was established.
， Implemented Phase-II development of VCBP project.
， In March, the General Administration of Customs of PRC announced the regulations for the carriage of container cars loading cargoes subject to customs control, which specified the Works Approval Certificate issued by CCS as a necessity for domestic container manufacturers. CCS was also authorized to handle customs plates for container passage.
， In September, the so-called four-mechanism reform on personnel, distribution, motivation and restriction that lasted for two years was primarily completed.
， In November, CCS was assessed by China's Equipment Supervision Association (CAPEC) for the qualification of equipment supervision and was recognized as Category-A equipment supervision unit capable of performing supervision services in five areas; port construction, ship building, power generation, railway and city light rail as well as oil and petrochemicals.
， In December, the highest class notation was changed to ￥CSA, the machinery classification notation to ￥CSM and the classification notation for refrigeration installations to ￥CSR.
， On April 8, CCS classed fleet broke the threshold of 20m gross tonnage, reaching 1827 ships and 21.57m gross tonnage.
， In April, CCS Intranet was put into use, realizing the integration of audio, video and data transmission.
， In April, CCS joined INTERTANKO as an associate member.
， In June, IACS reached a consensus on the Common Structural Rules for Bulkers and Tankers (CSRs) in the CEO meeting held in Paris, in which CCS was actively involved.
， In June, CCS was elected as the first vice chairman of the IACS Council from 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 and chairman for the succeeding term from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, at the 51st IACS Council meeting.
， In July, China Seminar on IACS CSRs was organized in Beijing.
， In July, CCS issued classification certificates to the first group of compliant domestic ships, thus beginning classification management of domestic ships.
， In November, the CCS-RINA joint venture YIZHONG Marine Technical Services Co. Ltd. was established.
， In December, the joint venture CCS-LR Technical Services Co. Ltd. was established.
， Participated in the survey and research of China's first made 147,000m3 LNG carrier Da Peng Hao.
， In April, the Magazine of China Ship Survey was formally launched.
， In April , CCS published new edition of Rules for the Classification of Sea-going Steel Ships which incorporated the first version of IACS Common Structural Rules.
， In May, CCS Shanghai Science and Technology Testing Centre was completed and put into use.
， On May 12, CCS moved into its new office building (Add.: CCS Mansion, 9 Dongzhimen Nan Da Jie, Beijing 100007, China) to meet the needs of business, research and information development.
， On May 23, Mr. Wu Bangguo Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) attended the signing ceremony in Greece on the authorizing agreement between the Hellenic Government and CCS to perform statutory survey of the Hellenic flagged ships.
， On June 7, CCS Committee to China Seafarers Labor Union was established.
， On July 1, on the IACS C53 meeting held in the US, CCS President Li Kejun formally took over the chairman of IACS.
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