The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said China will deepen
alignment with international rules and accelerate mutual recognition of
standards and conformity-assessment systems, prioritising key partner regions
and major trading partners. SAMR will proactively benchmark international
conformity-assessment rules, technical regulations and standards, and speed up
alignment of domestic certification rules, testing methods and evaluation
metrics with global practice while participating in international rule‑setting
to facilitate cross‑border trade. The agency plans to establish
mutual‑recognition mechanisms to clear the ‘last mile’ of implementation,
promote international recognition of certification results, cross‑border
acceptance of testing data and shared use of audit experience, aiming for a “one
test, one certification, multi‑country acceptance, global circulation” model and
to have domestic certification results included in international acceptance
lists. SAMR said these measures are intended to lower certification costs,
shorten certification cycles and expand overseas acceptance to address
exporters’ difficulties, high certification expenses and lack of
interoperability.
