What the 11 September notice actually says

China's Certification and Accreditation Administration published Announcement No. 19 of 2026 on 11 September. The announcement itself is dated 9 September and says that the inspection and testing institution qualification certificates of 25 institutions had already been cancelled upon application under the cited administrative measure. Its three-page attachment identifies each institution, certificate number, entity bearing legal responsibility and the fields included in the cancelled certificate.

The listed fields span areas such as electronic and electrical products, daily chemical products, food, medical devices, motor vehicles, eyeglasses, electrical products, printing materials, jewellery and engineering materials. This is a notice about the specified certificates and scopes. It does not call the 25 institutions a fraud or misconduct blacklist, state that every service of each institution has ceased, or say that every report issued before cancellation is automatically invalid. Do not add those conclusions to the notice. The buyer checks below are Yifeng's procurement workflow, not requirements imposed by these notices or legal advice.

First define what the report is meant to prove

Before checking a mark, write down the report's intended use: supplier quality control, a contractual acceptance condition, evidence required under Chinese rules, or proof requested by the destination regulator, certification body, bank or customer. The same report may be useful for one purpose and insufficient for another. A CMA mark identifies a Chinese qualification context; it is not automatically a market-access certificate for Taiwan, Indonesia or an African country.

SAMR's Announcement No. 14 of 2026, published on 23 April and effective from 1 June, introduced management through a qualification-item list and capability database. It says institutions must use CMA certificates and marks within the covered qualification and capability scope. For items outside that database, an institution may provide testing by agreement where capability and risk conditions are met, but the resulting report must not display the CMA mark. Therefore, the right question is not simply “Does the PDF show CMA?”

Check the institution, scope and report as three records

For the institution, compare the legal name, address or testing location, certificate number, current status and capability appendix with the report. For the scope, match the product or material, test item, method or standard and relevant site. For the report, check its unique number, issue date, sample or batch identity, model, applicant, manufacturer, test basis, results, authorised signature and any stated limitations. Keep the official lookup URL and the date of your check with the order file.

On 10 September 2026, SAMR said it had restored and enhanced the public report-number query service. The announced public fields include the report number, institution name, issue date, client name, authorised signatory and institution contact details. A matching query is a useful traceability step, not proof that the tested sample is the same as the goods ordered or that the destination accepts the result. No result or a mismatch should trigger clarification with the institution and relevant authority; by itself, it is not enough to label a report fraudulent.

If an institution appears on the list, pause the assumption—not every order

Ask which certificate and capability field covered the test, when the report was issued, when the cancellation was processed, and whether another current qualification is being relied on. Request the original report and applicable capability appendix rather than accepting a cropped CMA logo or a sales screenshot. If the evidence is required by contract or regulation, ask the party competent for that requirement—such as the contracting parties or their adviser, the relevant Chinese authority, or the destination authority or body—whether existing evidence remains usable and whether confirmation or retesting is required.

Use a recorded decision: accepted for the stated limited purpose; held for written confirmation; retesting required; or not accepted. Do not silently replace one report with another model's report, backdate a new test, or assume that a supplier's internal inspection can satisfy a regulator. The CNCA notice provides no general rule for the treatment of earlier reports, so that question must be resolved against the actual report date, scope, contract and applicable authority.

Add a live-status gate before relying on test evidence

A practical procurement gate can record the report purpose, report number, institution, certificate and scope, sample or batch, standard, official status check, destination acceptance check, reviewer and decision. Repeat the live-status check when a report is first proposed and again if the order changes, the report is replaced, or a significant period passes before shipment. Save public business evidence only; do not collect account credentials or unnecessary personal data.

This update was verified on 14 September 2026 and explains the cited Chinese notices, not every laboratory or destination rule; it is not legal or conformity-assessment advice. Importers in Taiwan, Indonesia and each African country must separately confirm current product-specific testing, certification and import requirements with their own authorities and competent service providers. These checks reduce the risk of relying on the wrong evidence, but they do not guarantee product quality, regulatory acceptance, customs clearance or recovery of funds.

Your next-order checklist

  • Define the exact contractual or regulatory purpose for which the report will be used.
  • Check the institution's live certificate status and the applicable capability scope on an official source.
  • Match the report number, issue date, model, sample or batch, standard, applicant and manufacturer.
  • Treat a missing or inconsistent lookup as a question to resolve, not automatic proof of fraud.
  • If a listed certificate is relevant, obtain written confirmation or retest as required before relying on it.
  • Confirm destination acceptance separately and archive the source, check date and decision.

Sources & reference dates

  1. 国家认监委2026年第19号公告：注销25家机构《检验检测机构资质认定证书》Source published: 2026-09-11
  2. 市场监管总局2026年第14号公告：检验检测机构资质认定实施“一单一库”管理Source published: 2026-04-23Effective: 2026-06-01
  3. 市场监管总局（国家认监委）完善检验检测报告编号查询系统，引入区块链技术强化报告真实性核验Source published: 2026-09-10

Prepared by the Yifeng Sourcing editorial team with AI assistance from the primary sources listed below. Source dates are recorded; destination-specific requirements should be reconfirmed before acting. This is not legal or tax advice.