• Formulating and implementing the policies, laws and regulations in metrology, standards and quality control;
• Carrying out quality and safety supervision and inspection in industrial sectors and market places;
• Arbitrating disputes over the quality of products;
• Cracking down on illegal activities of manufacturing and selling counterfeit and poor-quality goods in accordance with the appropriate laws and regulations;
• Implementing the Program for Quality Improvement;
• Popularizing the latest experiences and methods of quality management;
• Issuing licenses to industry for production of goods;
• Developing, approving, issuing and revising national standards (including reference materials -- CRMs);
• Coordinating programs for developing national and sectoral standards and local standards;
• Supervising the implementation of standards;
• Establishing and maintaining the national measurement system and encouraging the adoption of the legal system of units;
• Disseminating information on physical quantity values down the complete calibration chain and preparing technical specifications and verification regulations;
• Performing a compulsory verification of measuring instruments used for purposes of public hygiene and health, safety, and environmental protection;
• Giving pattern approval for imported measuring instruments;
• Performing on-site inspections of measuring instruments and quantities of commodities in transit;
• Authorizing and monitoring operation of national accreditation bodies;
• Carrying out a unified administration of safety inspection and supervision of special-type equipment such as boilers, pressure vessels, elevators, etc;
• Giving approval for imported and exported boilers and pressure vessels;
• Carrying out educational and training programs;
• Representing China in international or regional organizations in standardization, metrology and quality control;
• Signing and implementing international cooperative agreements, facilitating technical and information exchange on standardization, conformity assessment activities and technical regulations.

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