| Since entrance into the WTO, China has been accelerating the move to harmonize its national standard (GB standard). The GB standard is the technical criteria for the CCC certification system, with international standards such as IEC and ISO. The CCC certification system started with target products of 132 items in 19 categories as the first catalogue of products subject to compulsory certification. For concrete descriptions, refer to public announcement 2002 No. 60 issued on July 1, 2002 under joint signature of AQSIQ and CNCA (URL: http://www.cnca.gov.cn/20040420/article/04-04/2313.htm [in Chinese]). This URL is effective as of February 2005. |