Announcement: In Dec.2001, China announced “the principles for compulsory certification management”, applied to products related to human life and health, animals, plants, environmental protection and national security. The first CCC catalogue covers all products in 132 categories about 19groups. The catalogue is stated in the following.
The China Compulsory Certification (CCC) mark serves as evidence that catalogue-covered products can be marketed, imported or used in China. The certificate holder must abide by the Regulations for Compulsory Product Certification Mark when using the mark.

Replacement: As part of China's commitment for entry into the World Trade Organization, the new Compulsory Product Certification System (CPCS) CCC mark integrates the two previous Chinese compulsory inspection systems, the CCEE (Certification of Conformity for Electrical Equipment)approval, which certified product contents for import and export, and the CCIB (China Comity Inspection Bureau) product safety mark. A one-year transition period began May 1, 2002 and ends April 30, 2003.

After the one-year transition period is over, consumers in China will no longer see the symbols 'CCIB' and 'CCEE' on products, as they will be replaced by 'CCC'.

Implementation: The new compulsory certification will be formally implemented from May 1st, 2002. From Aug 1st, 2003, any products covered by the catalogue can’t be marketed, imported or used for any commercial purpose if not obtained the CCC mark.

Abolition: The previous marks, CCIB and CCEE will be abolished at the same time.