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China Legal Metrology

China Legal Metrology. Mr. Liu Xinmin Deputy Director General, Department of Metrology General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).

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China Legal Metrology

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  1. China Legal Metrology Mr. Liu Xinmin Deputy Director General, Department of Metrology General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)

  2. Metrology is the science of measurement. It is the action to realize the unification of measuring units and ensure the precision and reliability of measuring value. It is an important technological base of economy construction, science technology, national defend construction and society development. • The government of China pays high attention to Metrology.

  3. Outline: • The History of China Metrology • The Current System of China Metrology Law • The Current Legal Metrology Administration of China • Revise Metrology Law

  4. The History of China Metrology Ancient Metrology in China • From ancient times, China begin the measurement of length, area (especially soil area), volume (provision quantity) and quality (weight). • Metrology was named weights and measures for a long time in history of China. It means the measurement of length ,capacity and weight. The measuring tool is ruler, scoop and balance.

  5. In 221 BC, China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang, immediately after his unification of China, issued a law to uniform weights and measures. • During the next two thousands of years, every dynasty continued to use Qin System. In the middle of 19 century, last of Qing dynasty, meter system was introduced to China.

  6. China Metrology after the Founding of P.R. China

  7. Sep.6, 1985, Metrology Law was adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress and effective as of July 1, 1986. • Hundreds of thousands of enterprises in all sectors regulated their metrological management. • The “Authentication of Quality Inspection Organs” regulated the measurement and testing activities of nearly 10,000 metrological institutes and laboratories. • From 1960s, China joined Meter Convention, OIML, IMECO, COMAR, IAEA/WHO SSDLs, APMP and APLMF etc.

  8. The Current System of China Metrology Law Legislation system of China The Legislation Law of China regulates: legislation includes: law, administrative statute,local statute, autonomy statute, separate statute and regulation.

  9. Metrology Legislation Part of Metrology In Other Laws Part of Metrology In Other Statutes

  10. State Council Central Military Committee General Armament Department Governments Ministries under the State Council COSTIND AQSIQ BQTS at provincial level The Metrological Administrative Departments of Ministries The Metrological Administrative Departments of COSTIND The Metrological Administrative Departments of the Army BQTS at municipal level AQSIQ: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine COSTIND: Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense BQTS: Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision BTQS at country level

  11. Metrological Traceability System • 178 national primary standards at present. • Participated in 132 international comparisons and 30 bilateral and multilateral comparisons.

  12. Metrology Standard

  13. Reference material There are 1399 kinds of national first-class reference material and 2575 kinds of national second-class reference material. There are more than ten thousand information of reference material in the information warehouse which is based by seven countries of China, France, and so on.

  14. Technical Regulations for Metrology

  15. Guarantee System NIM • Technical institute for Metrology Regional measuring and testing centers(7) National and sector professional measuring stations(19+31) Institutions at Province level (31) Local professional measuring stations(1499) Institutions at city level Institutions at county level

  16. Personnel Establishment • There are more than 40 thousand metrological verification personnel coming from institutions of legal verification, more than 27 thousand coming from authorized institutions and more than 96 thousand coming from other departments, enterprises and institutions. From 2006, the rule of Registered Metrological Personnel was issued by AQSIQ and Ministry of Personnel.

  17. Information

  18. Propagandize

  19. Legal Metrology Administration • Legal Measurement Units Legal measurement units include: SI base units, SI supplementary units, SI derived units with special names and symbols, off-system units adopted by the state, units expressed in term of above mentioned units, and decimal multiples and submultiples of units expressed in terms of prefixes and above mentioned units.

  20. Administration of new type of measuring instrument • Pattern approval is the assessment for the new type of measuring instrument which has not been produced in the state and is checked by AQSIQ and Quality Technical Supervision Bureau of province level. • Prototype testing is the appraisal for new type of measuring instrument which has not been produced in its factory but has the type in the state, being checked by Quality Technical Supervision Bureau of province level. • Recently, AQSIQ adopted international current way and unified the pattern approval, type appraisal and prototype testing to pattern approval and pattern appraisal.

  21. License for Manufacture of Measuring Instrument or License for Repair of Measuring Instrument • Any measuring instrument which satisfied the definition of measuring instrument and is listed in the legal management catalogue is at the range of licence system. • Presently, there are 2700 examinations of licence for manufacture of measuring instrument or licence for repair of measuring instrument, • There are more than 14000 enterprises having obtained the licence for manufacture of measuring instrument and 3300 enterprises having obtained the licence for repair of measuring instrument in China.

  22. Pattern approval of imported measuring instrument • Any enterprise or institution engaged in importing or selling imported measuring instruments which are listed in the Imported Pattern Approval Catalogue must apply for pattern approval to AQSIQ. • There are 1567 series of product having obtained the certificate of pattern approval of imported measuring instrument and more than 600 series of product having obtained the temporary certificate.

  23. Verification

  24. Supervision and check on measuring instruments quality • We take national quality supervision and check on measuring instruments involved fare deal, safety defense, medical treatment sanitation every year. It is mainly to 24 kinds of measuring instruments of water meter, electricity meter, gas meter, greaser, blood-pressure meter etc.

  25. Supervision of the quantity of pre-packaged products

  26. Metrology renovate in the market • In 2002， renovation of metrologyon farm market and gas station In 2003， metrological supervision and inspection on shop of making glasses In 2004， metrological supervision and inspection on restaurant In 2005， metrological supervision and inspection on foodstuff , cotton market and coal mine In 2006， metrological supervision and inspection on measuring instruments which are used in vehicle checking institutions

  27. Metrology authorization • The aim of metrology authorization is to make the best of social metrology resource and service to Metrology Law. It includes authorizing the metrology technical institutions as metrology verified institutions, establishing primary standards, social public standards, taking some work on legal metrology.

  28. Arbitral verification • According to Metrology Law, metrological dissension is judged by the data of primary standards and social public standards.

  29. Revise Metrology Law • Background The regulative range does not adjust to the need of economic development. Some rules are lag and does not adapt to the market economic development. The way of value dissemination does not satisfied with demand of value dissemination from different social field. The supervision on domestic and overseas product is different. Administrative admission on metrology is to be perfect. Legal obligation is so light that can not get the reject usage on irregular behavour.

  30. Revise Metrology Law • Revise course In 2000, startup. In 2004, list in the second legislation plan. In 2006, first solicit suggestion by State Council. In 2007, second solicit suggestion by State Council.

  31. Revise Metrology Law • Revise content Adjust legislation system, unite the mother-law and son-law. Adjust the regulative range to measuring instrument and product quantity. Adjust the managing way, the affair inside enterprise and adjusted by market were handed to enterprise and market. Adjust the managing catalog, unite the three catalogs to one catalog. Adjust the way of value dissemination to verification and calibration. Strengthen the management of reference material. Strengthen the law obligation. Encourage measure.

  32. Thank you for your attention! Best regards!

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