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SAMR 76-2023: Industrial product seller implement regulations on supervision and management of quality and safety subject responsibilities
SAMR Order 76 [2023]
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Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Implementing Primary
Quality and Safety Responsibilities by Sellers of Industrial Products
Decree of the State Administration for Market Regulation (No. 76)
Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Implementing Primary Quality and Safety
Responsibilities by Sellers of Industrial Products was adopted at the 6th executive meeting of the
State Administration for Market Regulation on 27 March 2023. It is hereby promulgated and shall
be implemented from 5 May 2023.
Director: Luo Wen
4 April 2023
Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Implementing
Primary Quality and Safety Responsibilities by Sellers of Industrial
Products
Article 1 In order to urge sellers of industrial products (hereinafter referred to as sellers) to fulfill
the primary product quality and safety responsibilities, strengthen the product quality and safety
responsibilities of the main persons in charge of sellers, and regulate the behavior of quality and
safety management personnel, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Product
Quality Law of the People’s Republic of China, Standardization Law of the People’s Republic of
China, Certification and Accreditation Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, Regulations
on the Administration of Industrial Product Production Licenses of the People’s Republic of China
and other laws and regulations.
Article 2 These Provisions apply to the acts of fulfilling product quality and safety responsibilities
in accordance with the law and their supervision and administration by the main persons in charge,
quality and safety directors and quality safety officers of sellers of products subject to the industrial
product production license and compulsory product certification management, and products that
involve personal health and safety of life and property and subject to the requirements of
compulsory national standards, within the territory of the People’s Republic of China.
Article 3 Sellers shall establish and improve the product quality and safety management system,
implement the product quality and safety responsibility system, equip quality and safety directors
and quality safety officers that are suitable for the seller scale, product category and risk level in
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accordance with the law, and specify the job responsibilities of the main person in charge of the
seller, quality and safety directors and quality and safety officers.
The main person in charge of the seller is fully responsible for the seller’s product quality and
safety work, and establishes and implements a long-term mechanism for primary product quality
and safety responsibilities. The quality and safety directors and quality safety officers shall assist
the main person in charge of the seller to do a good job in product quality and safety management
according to their job responsibilities.
Article 4 The main person in charge of the seller shall support and ensure that the quality and
safety directors and quality and safety officers carry out product quality and safety management
work in accordance with the law, and shall fully listen to the opinions and suggestions of the quality
and safety directors and quality and safety officers before making major decisions involving
product quality and safety.
When the quality and safety directors or quality safety officers discover that a product has defects
that endanger safety, they shall veto suggestions such as stopping the sale of the corresponding
product. The main person in charge of the seller shall immediately organize analysis and judgment,
take disposal measures and eliminate hidden risks; for products that have been sold and are
confirmed to be defective, the seller shall cooperate with the manufacturer to recall them in a
timely manner.
Article 5 On the basis of equipping quality and safety officers in accordance with the law, the
following sellers shall be equipped with quality and safety directors:
(1) Sellers that sell products subject to industrial product production license management;
(2) Sellers that sell products subject to compulsory product certification management;
(3) Other large and medium-scale sellers of industrial products that involve personal health
and safety of life and property and subject to compulsory national standards.
Local market supervision and administration departments at or above the county level shall guide
qualified sellers in their jurisdiction to appoint quality and safety directors based on the actual
conditions of the region.
Article 6 Quality and safety directors and quality safety officers shall have the following quality
and safety management capabilities:
(1) Be familiar with laws and regulations related to quality and safety of industrial products,
compulsory national standards and the seller’s quality management system;
(2) Have professional educational background and work experience related to the work they
are responsible for, be familiar with the work tasks and requirements of the position, and
have the professional knowledge and skills to identify, prevent and control the quality and
safety risks of corresponding industrial products;
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(3) Implement control over non-conforming products, urge employees to take effective
measures to rectify quality problems and report to the quality and safety director in a
timely manner;
(4) Manage and maintain the quality and safety files of the products sold by the seller, and
save relevant information as required;
(5) Accept and cooperate with tasks such as supervision and inspection, defective product
recall, accident investigation, quality and safety traceability that are carried out by the
market supervision and administration department, and truthfully provide relevant
materials.
Sellers shall formulate the Code of Quality and Safety Officers in accordance with the provisions
of the preceding paragraph and in light of actual conditions.
Article 9 Sellers shall establish a dynamic management mechanism based on the prevention and
control of industrial product quality and safety risks, implement self-inspection requirements based
on the actual situation of the seller, formulate an Industrial Product Quality and Safety Risk
Management and Control List that includes incoming goods inspection, certificate and invoice
request, establishment of ledgers, verification of product quality information, etc., and establish
and improve daily management and control, weekly inspection and monthly dispatching work
systems.
Article 10 Sellers shall establish a daily management and control system for quality and safety of
industrial products. The quality and safety officer shall conduct daily inspections according to the
Industrial Product Quality and Safety Risk Management and Control List and form a Daily
Industrial Product Quality and Safety Inspection Record. For any hidden quality and safety risks
discovered, preventive measures shall be taken immediately and reported to the quality and safety
director or main person in charge of the seller in a timely manner. If no problems are found, it shall
record and implement zero-risk reporting.
Article 11 Sellers shall establish a weekly inspection system for quality and safety of industrial
products. The quality and safety director shall organize risk inspections at least once a week,
analyze and judge the product quality and safety status based on the problems discovered during
daily control, and form a Weekly...