Name: Standardization
Administration of the People's Republic of China
Abbreviation: SAC
Address: Zhichun Road No. 4, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Zipcode: 100088
Tel: +86-10-62000675
Fax: +86-10-62033737
Email:webmaster@sac.gov.cn
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Introduction: Standardization
Administration of the People's Republic of China was established by the
State Council of China in April 2001 and authorized by the State Council
to exercise the administrative functions and carry out centralized administration
for standardization in China.
The Main Responsibilities
1. To draft and revise the state laws and regulations on standardization,
to formulate and implement the policies on standardization; to prepare
the national administrative rules on standardization and develop relevant
systems; to organize the implementation of laws, rules and systems on
standardization;
2. To be responsible for formulating the development programs on standardization
of China; organizing, coordinating and drafting the programs on development
and revision of national standards;
3. To be responsible for organizing the development and revision of national
standards; to be responsible for the examination, approval, numbering
and publication of national standards;
4. To be responsible for the management of funds used for developing and
revising national standards and the funds specially used for research
on standards and standardization activities;
5. To manage and guide scientific & technical work related to standardization
as well as the dissemination, education and training concerned;
6. To be responsible for coordinating and administering national technical
committees of standardization concerned;
7. To be responsible for coordinating and guiding sector and local standardization
work; to be responsible for registration of sector and local standards;
8. To represent China to join the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and other international
and regional standardization organizations; to be responsible for organizing
the activities of Chinese National Committee for ISO and IEC; to be responsible
for organizing domestic sectors and local areas to participate in the
international or regional activities on standardization; to be responsible
for signing and implementing international cooperation agreements on standardization,
and to examine, approve and organize the implementation of international
cooperation and exchanging projects on standardization; to be responsible
for examining work on international activities related to standardization;
9. To administer the work of national systems of organizational entity
codes and commodity bar codes;
10. To be responsible for dissemination, implementation and popularization
of national standards; to supervise the implementation of national standards;
11. To administer nationwide information work on standardization;
12. To carry out the notification and inquiry work of standards stipulated
by WTO/TBT Agreement;
13. To achieve some other works from AQSIQ.
Based on the main
responsibilities, the SAC is setting 6 executive departments: General
Office, Dept. of Planning and Information, Dept. of International Standards,
Dept. of Agriculture, Light Industry and Local Standardization, Dept.
of Industry and Transportation, Dept. of New & High Technology.
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