China's CNCA adjusted the conformity assessment system for restricted use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products from GB/T 26125 to 8 series standards for the determination of the certain substances - GB/T 39560.1, GB/T 39560.2, GB/T 39560.301, GB/T 39560.4, GB/T 39560.5, GB/T 39560.6, GB/T 39560.701, and GB/T 39560.702 (hereinafter referred to as GB/T 39560 series standar..

CQC has informed that the center is going to have a Spring Festival holiday for 8 days - from February 10 to February 17, 2024. To reduce any delay for the holiday, the center works on February 4 (Sunday) and February 18 (Sunday). It is expected, however, that the long holiday should cause some delays in CCC certifications.

On December 28, 2023, China's CCC announced six essential standards for EMC. The standard will come into effect on July 1, 2024. The newly announced regulations are as follows: standard content Existing standards replaced Remark GB 17799.3-2023 General standard for electromagnetic compatibility Part 3: Emission of equipment in residential environment GB 17799.3-2012 "Electromagnetic Compatibilit..

On December 27, 2023, TEC issued a notification partially amending no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 and 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/172. Accordingly, the mandatory certification date of 12 products out of 44 products under MTCTE Phase 3 and 4 has been postponed from January 1, 2024 to April 1, 2024. The mandatory date of the remaining 32 product shall remain unchanged. The postponed products are as follows: Phase Pr..

In accordance with "Announcement of the National Certification and Accreditation Administration on Improving the Management of Compulsory Product Certification Certificates and Marks" (No. 12, 2023), CCC certificate has started to be issued in electronic certificate form from January 1, 2024. As informed before, it is possible to issue in hard copy upon the applicant’s request. It is recommended..

SASO has issued a new SASO EMC regulation, which lists 84 EMC standards and 46 HS Codes. All products, covered by the listed on the regulation, should go through conformity assessment procedures, which requires the supplier’s declaration of conformity. The products as follows are excluded from the scope of the regulation: (1) Radio Equipment and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) (2) A..

On December 14, 2023, China's NDRC organized the formulation & revision of the "Products Catalog for Implementing Energy Efficiency Labeling in the People's Republic of China (Sixteenth Batch)", which includes implementation rules for the products as follows: Rules Product Applicable standards Scope CEL 043-2023 Welding machine GB 28736-2019 Arc welders and resistance welders designed and powere..

China's SRRC announced a notice on Strengthening and Standardizing Matters Related to Radio Management in the 2400MHz, 5100MHz and 5800MHz Frequency Bands, which has been implemented from the announced date. According to the notice, WLAN equipment, which adopts the IEEE802.11be, should comply with the requirements on Multi-Link Operation (MLO) characteristics, Multi-Resource Unit (MRU) spectrum ..

The new SAR standard for mobile communication devices GB 21288-2022, which replaces the old standard, GB 21288-2007, has been implemented from January 01, 2024. Therefore, all mobile communication devices, operating within 100 kHz ~ 300 GHz and used within 20 cm of the human body, should now comply to the new standard, GB 21288-2022. The main technical changes are as follows: 1. Scope The scope ..

As per JNM’s previous news, BIS had implemented parallel testing as a pilot project for certain period & 3 products categories – Mobile phones, wireless headphones, and Laptops. Based on the stakeholder’s consultation and consent from the Regulator, the bureau has now decided to convert the pilot project into a permanent scheme for all product categories under Electronics and Information Technol..