General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, Measures for the Administration of Certification Training Institutions

Promulgated: September 29 2005
Effective: November 1 2005
Interpreting authority: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
Applicability: The term 'certification training institutions' refers to organizations that conduct fundamental training activities for those engaging in certification assessment, examination or inspection, or other related certification activities (Article 2). These Measures apply to those engaging in certification training activities in the PRC (Article 3). Applicants from the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan for the establishment of certification training institutions or resident representative offices in other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in the PRC shall, mutatis mutandis, handle the examination and approval procedures and other matters in accordance with these Measures (Article 41). Any examination, approval or other administrative provisions relating to certification training institutions that fail to comply with these Measures shall no longer be implemented as of the effective date of these Measures (Article 44).

Main contents: The registered capital for establishing a certification training institution shall be no less than Rmb200,000. To establish a foreign-invested certification training institution, a foreign investor shall have obtained certification training qualifications and authorization as required by laws of its residing country or region, and have instructors commensurate with the certification training authorization (Article 7). A resident representative office in the PRC established by a foreign certification training institution shall have filed a record with the Certification and Accreditation Administration before it may engage in promotional activities related to business contact, market survey and research, and technology exchange, etc., but may not engage in business activities related to certification training (Article 10). Certification training institutions sub-contracting relevant training courses from foreign certification training institutions or organizations shall be subject to approval of the Certification and Accreditation Administration (Article 11).
Related legislation: Administrative Licensing Law, Aug 27 2003, CLP 2003 No.7 p.7 and PRC Certification and Accreditation Regulations