China Legal Metrology

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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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• 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.

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

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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.

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• In 221 BC, Chinas 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.

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

1950 A weights and measures division was established in the Technical Management Bureau of the Central Finance and Economy Committee
1955 National Bureau of Metrology was established under the State Council
1959 The State Council issued the Decree Concerning the Unification of the System of Measurement and Scheme Concerning the Unification of Name of Metric System Measuring Unit
1965 National Institute of Metrology (NIM) was established
1960s-1980s 191 national primary standards was established
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• 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.

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• 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.

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Metrology Legislation
Part of Metrology In Other Laws
Part of Metrology In Other Statutes
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Metrological Traceability System

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

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• Metrology Standard

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• 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.

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• Technical Regulations for Metrology

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Guarantee System

• Technical institute for Metrology

NIM
Regional measuring and testing centers(7)
National and sector professional measuring
stations(1931)
Institutions at Province level (31)
Local professional measuring stations(1499)
Institutions at city level
Institutions at county level
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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.

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• Information

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• Propagandize

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Verification
2004 2005 2006
compulsory verified working measurement instruments 30,000,000 34,000,000 37,300,000
compulsory verified standards 796,000 1,290,000 1,270,000
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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.

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• Supervision of the quantity of pre-packaged
  products

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Metrology renovate in the market

• In 2002, renovation of metrology on 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

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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.

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Arbitral verification

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thank you for your attention!

• Best regards!