China Fire Bulletin Issue #1 September 2014 | Page 17

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or sufficient feedback to motivate
strides in quality and performance
improvement.

CCCF takes a very hands-on
approach to inspections and
testing. They do not support a
network of international agents
for certifications at international
locations, as is the norm for major
certification organizations like UL.
Nor do they accept self-certified
declarations like NFPA or CE. Their
intention, rightfully so, is to require
access for their test engineers into
the factories of those manufacturers
(mostly domestic Chinese firms) to
introduce the required concepts and
force accordance to their testing

What is CCC ？

requirements for quality testing,
monitoring and documentation, most
of which have never been introduced
to these companies in the past. This,
needless to say, has caused stirs,
and some heated conversations, in
the boardrooms of many foreign
fire equipment manufacturers who
pride themselves on top quality
and who have been proudly holding
themselves to the demanding selfcertified standards of NFPA since the
organization began in 1896.
To give the new requirements
more weight to throw around, the
authorized organization overseeing
and undertaking CCC certification
of fire equipment is now the Quality

CCC, also known 3C by Chinese, has
a slightly shorter official name than
some of its quality related brethren,
China Compulsory Certification.
After China joined the WTO, all
trading activities of China should
be in accordance to WTO principles.
In order to become more deeply
involved into the world's broader
economic circle, China had to make
some big changes in its certification
system to adapt to the WTO
requirements.

fire fighting use. This benefits your
company, your manufacturing
processes, and eventually the users
of your products as international
standards are spread throughout
your product range.

1. China National Center for Quality
Supervision and Test of Fixed Firefighting Systems and Fire-Resistant
Building Components
2. China National Fire Service
Equipment Quality Supervision and
Inspection Center
3. China National Supervision and
Test Center for Fire Electronics
Product Quality

4. China National Quality Supervision
and Examination Center of Fire Proof
Building Material

CCC regulations, like UL, are
theoretically designed to effectively
protect consumer safety. To achieve
this, CCC increasingly holds greater
influence on manufacturing
companies because, according to
some laws, the products which are
on the CCC list are forbidden to pass
through China Customs or be sold in
mainland China until those products
achieve CCC certification and are
applied with the infamous CCC logo.

:
【Domestic Manufacturers】 Do
whatever needs to be done to make
your products according to CCC
requirements. Do not take short cuts.
This is serious and could very much
affect the lives of the firefighters
that use it.

Control Center of the Ministry
of Public Security. Laboratories
undertaking CCC work are:

Some Advice:

Appoint a full time compliance
manager to oversee CCC compliance.
●

Seek other international
certifications from standards
organizations that are known for
requirements related to real-world
●

:
【International Manufacturers】
We at CFB have heard our fair share
of horror stories from manufacturers
that use local Chinese agents for
getting their CCC certifications. Be
careful. Control as much as you can
in house, and double and triple check

work that agents conduct on your
behalf.

● Changing names on CCC
certificates into Chinese to show the
name of the agent's company, instead
of the manufacturer, as a way to
claim exclusive importation rights is
common.
● Sample equipment being returned
to agent, instead of manufacturer
where sample was delivered from.
What happens to it? Sold for some
fast cash, most likely.■

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