The Market Supervision Administration has launched a special action to raise the threshold for certification authorities.

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09/05/2026
Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Implementation Plan for Special Action to Raise the Threshold for Certification Institutions", deciding to organize and carry out a special action to raise the threshold for certification institutions nationwide from now until December. According to the plan, the special action deploys 15 specific measures in four aspects including strict institutional access, standardizing certification activities, enhancing certification capabilities, and increasing supervisory efforts. By improving the qualification examination system for certification institutions, conducting strict qualification examinations for certification institutions, strengthening expert technical review support, and implementing on-site qualification conformity checks, the goal is to strictly review and approve entry permits in accordance with the law. By improving certification management methods, establishing national unified certification rules, strengthening certification rule filing reviews, and solidifying institutional and personnel responsibilities, efforts are made to standardize certification activities. By intensifying efforts to cultivate brand certification institutions, strengthening special supervision for accreditation, enhancing the innovative capability of certification institutions, the aim is to promote the enhancement of certification capabilities. By enhancing risk monitoring and early warning for certification activities, strengthening supervision and inspection through "double random, one public" methods, improving the efficiency of intelligent supervision, and establishing an institutional exit mechanism, efforts are made to effectively increase supervisory efforts, promote the healthy and orderly development of the certification service industry.