Controversies

SAMR Summons Eight CCC Certification Bodies, Including China Testing & Inspection Holding Group, over Lax Certification and Weak Post-Certification Oversight

On July 30, 2026, the State Administration for Market Regulation conducted a collective administrative regulatory talk with eight compulsory product certification (CCC) bodies, including the China Quality Certification Centre and China Testing & Inspection Holding Group, reporting problems such as failure to effectively conduct follow-up investigations, failure to suspend certificates that should be suspended or revoke certificates that should be revoked, deviations in implementing certification rules, and lax review in issuing certificates, and requiring rectification. The talk was a regulatory warning, not an administrative penalty. Progress: regulatory measure. Entity involved: China Testing & Inspection Holding Group Co., Ltd. Scope: performance of certification and testing duties.