The Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People‘s Republic of China (CNCA) officially issued the Rules for Environmental Management System Certification (CNCA-EMS-01:2026) (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") on January 14, 2026, which shall be formally implemented as of March 1, 2026. As the basic basis and bottom-line requirement for Environmental Management System (EMS) certification activities, the Rules are also an important basis for local certification supervision departments to implement certification supervision on certified orga...

The new version of the Rules for Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification (CNCA-OHSMS-01:2026, hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") shall be implemented as of March 1, 2026, and the original version of the Rules for Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification shall be repealed simultaneously. The new version of the Rules is the legal basis for certification bodies and certified organizations to carry out certification activities. To help your organization accurately grasp the changes in the Rules, the requirements closel...

The Rules for Quality Management System Certification (Announcement No. 16 [2025] of CNCA) will be implemented as of January 1, 2026, and the original version of the Rules for Quality Management System Certification will be abolished simultaneously. The new version of the Rules is the legal basis for certification bodies and certified organizations to carry out certification activities. To help your organization accurately grasp the changes in the Rules, we hereby attach the full text of the new version of the Rules and supporting interpretations together with this notic...

In June 2022, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released ISO 22003-1:2022, "Food Safety - Part 1: Requirements for Food Safety Management System Audit and Certification Bodies"; The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) released the mandatory document IAF MD27:2023 "ISO 22003-1:2022 Conversion Requirements" on August 30, 2023, which specifies the implementation arrangements for the conversion of ISO 22003-1:2022 as a recognized standard for food safety management systems (FSMS) and hazard analysis and critical control poin...