On december 22, china newsnet, according to the website of the directorate general of markets, is clearOnline salesPriority industrial productsElectronic commerceOperator'sQuality securityResponsibilities and obligations to strengthen safety controls on the quality of priority industrial products sold on the internet. Recently, the general directorate of market supervision issued the " safety of quality of priority industrial products sold on the internet "Oversight managementThe regulations (hereinafter referred to as the regulations) shall become fully effective on 1 december 2026。
The regulatory provisions, which adhere to the principles of bottom line, risk prevention, problem orientation, and coordinated governance, further clarify the primary responsibility of e-commerce operators for quality safety, and refine the regulatory requirements for quality safety oversight of network sales of priority industrial products。
In terms of clarifying the scope of application, priority industrial products to which the regulation applies include industrial products subject to licensing of the production of industrial products, compulsory product certification, and industrial products related to human health and the safety of life and property and subject to mandatory national standards. The general directorate of market supervision conducts inventory management for the sale of priority industrial products on the internet, adjusting them dynamically to the characteristics, risks and quality security of the network。
In defining the quality obligations of the operator within the platform, it is stipulated that the operator within the platform shall establish and implement a system of inspection and record-keeping of incoming and outgoing shipments, fulfil the obligation of basic product information and corresponding industrial product production licences, compulsory product certifications and product inspection reports displays, and fulfil the obligation to facilitate recall。
In terms of clarifying the quality obligations of the operators of e-commerce platforms, it is required that the operators of e-commerce platforms should provide technical support to the operators of the platforms to comply with their product information disclosure obligations in accordance with the law, by requiring the operators of e-commerce platforms to fulfil their obligations with regard to verification of product-related information, authentication, self-checking of regulatory information, day-to-day verification, quality security monitoring, problem handling and reporting, cooperation with recall, cooperation with regulatory enforcement, awareness training, etc。
With regard to the regulation requirements for the sale of priority industrial products on the internet, in conjunction with the characteristics and regulatory practices of the sale of priority industrial products on the internet, regulatory measures such as monitoring of the network, risk monitoring, monitoring of spot checks, disposal of illegal leads, administrative interviews, credit regulation and coordinated regulation are identified, and regulatory tools are regulated and enriched to strengthen the supervision and control of the implementation of quality safety responsibilities by e-commerce operators。
