The licensing system for industrial
products is an administrative licensing system where the State Council’s competent
department conducts on-site inspections and product inspections for
manufacturers.
Inspections can include a range of
products and services such as processed foods for human consumption, products
that endanger personal safety or property, products related to financial
security and communication quality, products that guarantee labor safety,
products that affect production safety and public safety.
In addition, other products that are
required by law and regulation to be subject to production license management
in accordance with the Administrative
Regulations to confirm that they have the ability to continuously produce
qualified products, are also covered through this licensing system.
Moreover, the department can issue
production license certificates that allow manufacturers to produce, in order
to ensure the quality and safety of essential industrial products directly
related to public safety, human health, life and property safety, implement
national industrial policies, and promote the healthy and coordinated development
of the socialist market economy.
The “Lifejacket Product Review
Department of the National Industrial Product Production License Office” (the “Lifejacket
Product Review Department”) has been established within the China
Classification Society (CCS) since 2003.
In September 2018, the State Council
issued a document to cancel the management of production licenses of 14 types
of industrial products (including life-saving equipment), and delegate the
management authority of production licenses of four types of industrial products
to the quality and technical supervision department (market supervision and
management department) of the provincial people’s government.
In a later move, with a view to drastically reducing
production licenses, the state issued a document to again cancel the production
licenses of 13 types of products, and merge two types into one for unified
management. Only 10 types of products under the management of industrial
product production licenses will remain, which are only about 2% of the
historical high (487 types).
Although life-saving equipment is no
longer included in the catalog of industrial product production license
management, the “Lifejacket Product Review Department of the National
Industrial Product Production License Office” still maintains the relevant
functions, and the review department will continue to undertake and complete relevant
tasks. Efforts will be made to effectively implement the relevant requirements
of the State Council and the Ministry of Transport, give full play to industry
advantages, and strengthen the product quality management of the industry.
More convenient services:
ENotice on issues related to the renewal of production
licenses for life jacket products
EContact information of the Lifejacket Product Production
License Review Department and the inspection agency
EGeneral Rules for the Implementation of Industrial
Product Production Licenses
EDecision of the State Council on further reducing the
management catalog of industrial product production licenses and simplifying
the approval procedures
