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Supplementary Requirements for Qualification Recognition Review of Motor Vehicle Inspection Institutions
(Revised Draft)
Chapter One: General Principles
Article 1 [Purpose and Basis] To standardize the qualification recognition review work of motor vehicle inspection institutions, this supplementary requirement is formulated based on the “Road Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China” and its implementation regulations, the “Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China”, and the “Regulations on the Qualification Recognition Management of Inspection and Testing Institutions” and other laws and regulations.
Article 2 [Definition] The motor vehicle inspection institutions referred to in this supplementary requirement include institutions conducting motor vehicle safety technical inspections and those conducting motor vehicle emission inspections.
An institution conducting motor vehicle safety technical inspections refers to an institution that conducts safety technical inspections on motor vehicles operating on the road in accordance with the provisions of the “Road Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China” and its implementation regulations, according to the motor vehicle safety technical inspection standards.
An institution conducting motor vehicle emission inspections refers to an institution that conducts emission inspections on motor vehicles operating on the road in accordance with the “Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People’s Republic of China”, according to national standards and specifications formulated by the competent ecological environment department of the State Council or local relevant regulations.
Article 3 [Scope of Application] The qualification recognition review of motor vehicle inspection institutions shall comply with this requirement.
Article 4 [Impartiality Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions operating in the fields of motor vehicle repair, maintenance, and sales shall ensure the independent operation of motor vehicle inspection business and other related businesses to guarantee the impartiality of the inspection.
Chapter Two: Technical Capability Assessment Requirements
Article 5 [Capability Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall simultaneously possess the full safety technical inspection capabilities for one or more types of motor vehicles applicable in the “Motor Vehicle Safety Technical Inspection Items and Methods” (GB 38900), and shall also possess the emission inspection capabilities for the corresponding types of vehicles in the “Emission Limits and Measurement Methods for Gasoline Vehicles” (GB 18285) and “Emission Limits and Measurement Methods for Diesel Vehicles” (GB 3847).
Article 6 [Multi-site Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions with multiple sites shall ensure that each inspection site possesses the capability for safety technical inspection and emission inspection of the same type of motor vehicles and has the complete capability and service capacity to independently conduct vehicle inspections.
Chapter Three: Personnel Assessment Requirements
Article 7 [Inspection Personnel Configuration Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall allocate the appropriate inspection personnel according to qualification recognition requirements. The inspection personnel of motor vehicle inspection institutions shall include, but not be limited to, registrars, appearance inspectors, chassis component inspectors, vehicle drivers, OBD inspectors, emission inspectors, etc. The professional technical background, work experience, and inspection capabilities of the inspection personnel shall match the vehicle inspection activities conducted.
Article 8 [Inspection Personnel Assessment Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall train and assess inspection personnel, and only those who pass the assessment and confirm that they meet the technical capability requirements may engage in inspection activities related to their positions.
Article 9 [Inspection Personnel Quantity Requirements] The number of inspection personnel in motor vehicle inspection institutions shall match the number of inspection lines and the number of vehicles inspected, and meet the requirements for motor vehicle inspection.
Article 10 [Technical Leader and Authorized Signatory Requirements] The technical leader and authorized signatory of the motor vehicle inspection institution shall be familiar with relevant laws, regulations, standards, and motor vehicle inspection business, as well as the theory and structure of motor vehicles, basic knowledge of emission control systems, and be familiar with various inspection work processes and related professional knowledge, as well as the structure and performance of inspection instruments and equipment, and proficient in the operational procedures of inspection instruments and equipment.
Article 11 [Technical Leader and Authorized Signatory Qualification and Capability Requirements] The technical leader and authorized signatory of the motor vehicle inspection institution shall have intermediate or higher relevant professional technical titles (qualifications) and have more than three years of experience in motor vehicle inspection and testing work, or possess equivalent capabilities. The authorized signatory of motor vehicle inspection institutions conducting inspections for large buses and vehicles transporting dangerous goods must have intermediate or higher relevant professional technical titles (qualifications).
The term “relevant professional” refers to: graduates with a bachelor’s degree in vehicle engineering, power engineering (internal combustion engine), automotive engineering, automotive maintenance engineering education, automotive service engineering, and related fields, or graduates with a diploma in automotive detection and maintenance technology, automotive manufacturing and assembly technology, automotive electronic technology, automotive marketing and service technology, automotive new energy technology, etc.
Equivalent capability refers to: meeting the equivalent capability requirements stipulated in the “Qualification Recognition Assessment Criteria for Inspection and Testing Institutions”; or graduates with a bachelor’s degree in vehicle engineering, automotive engineering, automotive service engineering, etc., or graduates with a college diploma in motor vehicle design, manufacturing, inspection, maintenance, evaluation, modification, and related fields, with more than three years of relevant inspection work experience; or having technician or higher technical level in motor vehicle inspection and maintenance, with more than three years of relevant inspection work experience.
Relevant inspection work experience refers to: working in product quality inspection and testing institutions conducting inspections on complete motor vehicles, or working in motor vehicle manufacturing enterprises conducting complete vehicle inspections, or working in automobile repair enterprises conducting complete vehicle inspections, or engaging in motor vehicle safety technical inspections, motor vehicle emission inspections, and comprehensive performance inspections.
Article 12 [Driver Requirements] The driver during the motor vehicle inspection process shall hold a valid motor vehicle driver’s license corresponding to the inspected vehicle type.
Article 13 [Personnel Management Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall sign labor or employment contracts with their inspection personnel to establish labor relations. Inspection personnel shall sign a letter of commitment to integrity inspection, promising to strictly conduct vehicle inspection work according to laws, regulations, technical standards, and other requirements.
Chapter Four: Venue and Facility Assessment Requirements
Article 14 [Venue Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall have a fixed workplace with ownership or full usage rights, and its working environment should ensure the accuracy of inspection results.
Article 15 [Venue Area Setup Requirements] The site, buildings, and other facilities of motor vehicle inspection institutions shall meet the needs of inspection items for the inspected vehicle types and safe operations, and set up corresponding office, inspection, service, and other areas.
The office area should set up offices, archives (classifying and storing technical archives and vehicle archives), and computer rooms.
The external inspection area should set up external inspection sheds or external inspection workshops.
The inspection area should set up a pre-inspection area, appearance inspection area, vehicle chassis component inspection area (which can be combined with the inspection area with the same function), inspection workshop (instrument and equipment automatic control area), chassis dynamic inspection area, brake performance road test inspection area (if applicable), parking performance inspection area (if applicable), maintenance/empty vehicle quality and overall dimensions inspection area (if applicable). All inspection areas should be managed in a closed manner during vehicle inspections, and isolation facilities should be in place to prevent unrelated personnel from entering, ensuring inspection safety.
Article 16 [Internal Road Requirements] The internal roads of motor vehicle inspection institutions should be made of cement or asphalt, ensuring good visibility and smooth flow, and the length, width, and turning radius of the road should meet the normal driving requirements of the inspected vehicles.
Article 17 [Internal Route and Sign Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should reasonably plan the internal driving routes. Sufficient traffic signs, traffic markings, guide signs, and safety signs should be set up. The internal traffic signs and markings should comply with the “Traffic Signs and Markings” (GB 5768) requirements, and the information on the signs and markings should be concise, clear, continuous, and directed, ensuring the safety of vehicle and personnel passage and smooth entry and exit.
Article 18 [Trench Requirements] The operating space for vehicle chassis component inspection should meet inspection requirements, with good lighting, ventilation, and signal facilities, and fall prevention measures around the trench. The entrance and exit stairs should be set on the side of the trench or other measures that can protect the health and safety of personnel inspecting the vehicle chassis components, and the entrances and exits should have safety guardrails, without affecting vehicle passage.
Article 19 [Inspection Workshop Requirements] The inspection workshop should be a fixed building and not a temporary structure such as a canopy. The inspection workshop should be spacious, and the safety protection measures for ventilation, lighting, drainage, rainproof, and fireproof should meet requirements. The area of the office area, service facilities, and archive storage facilities should meet the needs of inspection work.
The length, width, internal space, space and interval of each workstation, and the entrance and exit doors of the inspection workshop should meet the needs of the corresponding inspected vehicle types and inspection items. The inspection workshop should fully consider air circulation, and if necessary, install vehicle exhaust discharge devices to reduce air pollution in the workshop, and ensure good ventilation in the emission inspection workshop, without accumulation or gathering of motor vehicle exhaust in the emission inspection area.
The inspection workshop should have a hard floor that is easy to clean (such as cement, terrazzo, etc.), and the floor strength should meet the load-bearing requirements of the inspected vehicles, with the longitudinal and transverse slopes of the driving surface not exceeding 0.1%. The coefficient of friction of the driving surface within 6m before and after the large vehicle inspection line and within 3m of the small vehicle inspection line should not be less than 0.7 (except when using a flat brake inspection platform).
The entrance and exit doors of the inspection workshop should be set separately and should not be mixed.
If pedestrian passages (if any) are set in the inspection workshop, isolation barriers and signs should be set up, isolating them from the inspection passage, with a width of no less than 1m.
The entrance and exit of the inspection workshop should have a driver lane and necessary traffic signs.
Article 20 [Driving Brake Road Test Lane Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should have a driving brake road test lane, and the length and width of the lane should meet the requirements of inspection work.
The road test lane should be paved with a flat, hard, clean cement or asphalt surface, with standardized traffic signs and markings set up, with a slope of not exceeding 1% within any 50 meters in length, and a surface friction coefficient of not less than 0.7. For vehicles with a total mass of less than 4500kg, the effective length of the road test lane should be no less than 80m, and the width should be no less than 6m; for vehicles with a total mass of 4500kg or more, the effective length of the road test lane should be no less than 100m, and the width should be no less than 6m. The road test lane should have safety signs and safety protection measures.
Road test lanes should not be set on rooftops, basements, and areas outside the site.
When using a flat brake inspection platform to test the driving brake performance of non-operational small and micro passenger cars, a road test lane is not required.
Article 21 [Parking Ramp Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should have a parking ramp or parking brake testing instruments and equipment meeting the requirements of the “Motor Vehicle Safety Technical Inspection Items and Methods” (GB 38900).
Inspection institutions that do not have parking testing instruments and equipment should have parking ramps that meet inspection requirements, with a slope of 15% or 20%, and the surface friction coefficient of the ramp should not be less than 0.7, and the ramp length should be 1m longer than the maximum wheelbase of the inspected vehicle, and the width should be 1m wider than the maximum width of the inspected vehicle. Safety signs and safety protection measures should be set up. The length and width of the ramp should meet the requirements of inspection work.
Parking lanes should not be set on rooftops, basements, and areas outside the site, and parking ramps should have auxiliary buffering facilities.
When using a flat brake inspection platform to test the parking brake performance of non-operational small and micro passenger cars, a parking ramp is not required.
Article 22 [Chassis Dynamic Inspection Area Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should have a chassis dynamic inspection area (except for motorcycles) within their site, meeting the requirements for the inspected vehicles.
Article 23 [Parking Lot Requirements] The area of the parking lot of motor vehicle inspection institutions should be commensurate with the inspection capacity.
The parking lot should have a cement, asphalt, or other hard surface that can withstand the pressure of vehicles. The parking area should be marked with parking lines and vehicle passageways, keeping the entry and exit unobstructed; lighting equipment should be installed, and safety requirements such as fire safety should be met, with a reasonable layout to ensure smooth inspection processes and minimize vehicle cross-interference. If unavoidable, effective control measures should be added.
Chapter Five: Inspection Equipment Assessment Requirements
Article 24 [Instrument and Standard Substance Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should correctly equip the inspection and testing instruments and equipment required for motor vehicle inspection according to the range of inspection capabilities applied for. Inspection and testing instruments and equipment and standard substances should meet national standards and specifications for the inspected vehicle types.
Main inspection and testing instruments and equipment for vehicles, such as brake platforms, weighing platforms, side slip platforms, headlight luminous intensity testing platforms, external dimension measuring instruments, chassis dynamometers, should be fixed equipment, and automatically controlled instruments and equipment should be installed in the inspection workshop. The main inspection and testing instruments and equipment for motorcycles and tricycles can use mobile equipment.
Motor vehicle inspection institutions should have ownership of the inspection and testing instruments and equipment used.
Article 25 [Software Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should ensure that the software used for inspection and testing and affecting the results complies with relevant laws, regulations, and standards, and has been verified and maintained, with version changes recorded after re-verification, and a unique identification.
Motor vehicle inspection institutions should ensure the uniqueness and integrity of the software used for inspection and testing, and shall not modify the software without authorization. If an upgrade is necessary, the version number, time, and functional modification description should be recorded.
Chapter Six: Management System Assessment Requirements
Article 26 [Impartiality Commitment Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should publicly display a legally binding impartiality and integrity commitment signed by their legal representative or highest management in a prominent position in the service area.
Article 27 [Confidentiality Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should establish a customer information confidentiality system, and the confidentiality content should include at least the following:
(1) Documents and materials submitted by the client;
(2) Client information involved in inspection records and reports;
(3) Information obtained by inspectors during on-site inspections, including inspection conclusions, etc.;
(4) Information obtained by motor vehicle inspection institutions from sources other than clients (such as regulatory agencies, complainants).
Article 28 [Subcontracting Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall not subcontract motor vehicle inspections.
Article 29 [Non-conformance Notification Requirements] For vehicles that fail inspection, motor vehicle inspection institutions should notify the sender of the inspection of the non-conformance content in writing at one time.
Article 30 [Data Processing Requirements] Fixed inspection instruments for motor vehicle inspection should have data communication interfaces, capable of network control and computer networking.
Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall not change the testing principles, resolution, effective digit count of measurement results data, and inspection results data of networked inspection and testing instruments and equipment. Emission inspection results should be executed according to the “Regular Emission Inspection Specification for Motor Vehicles” (HJ 1237-2021).
Fixed inspection and testing equipment used in motor vehicle safety technical inspections should use digital data processing secondary instruments.
Digital data processing secondary instruments include: industrial control computers, microcontrollers, single-board computers, digital signal processing systems (DSPs), etc.
Article 31 [Record Security Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should establish procedures to protect and back up electronically stored records and prevent unauthorized intrusion or modification.
Article 32 [Record Traceability Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection records (including re-inspection records, road test records, electronically stored records) should be traceable to the personal identity of the inspectors through paper signatures, electronic media, or other means.
The personal identity of the inspectors should be unique and secure, preventing theft and misuse.
If electronic signatures are used by authorized signatories, inspectors, or acceptance personnel, corresponding images or features such as facial recognition or fingerprint recognition should be retained to ensure record traceability.
Article 33 [Report Traceability Requirements] All items in the motor vehicle inspection report should be traceable to the inspection records, and the report and inspection records should have unique corresponding numbers.
Article 34 [Report Modification Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions shall not make any modifications to issued inspection reports. If modifications to the inspection report are necessary, the issued report should be recalled and voided, and if necessary, a new inspection should be conducted, and a new report issued.
Article 35 [Report and Record Electronic Storage] Motor vehicle inspection institutions may use electronically stored records and reports to replace paper documents for archiving, provided that safety, integrity, and traceability are ensured.
Article 36 [Report and Record Retention Period] Vehicle inspection reports and original records (including re-inspection records or road test records) should be retained for no less than six years, and the electronic file retention period for vehicle emission inspection information should be no less than ten years.
Motor vehicle inspection institutions should retain inspection reports and original record information for the same vehicle inspected multiple times during each inspection process.
Monitoring videos, images, and data information related to inspections connected with public security, ecological environment, and transportation departments should be retained according to the requirements of relevant departments.
Article 37 [Public Display Requirements] Motor vehicle inspection institutions should set up a public display area in the service hall to display their service commitments, qualification information, inspection items, inspection standards, charging standards, vehicle inspection flow charts, and complaint supervision areas, etc. Mobile motorcycle and tricycle inspections do not need to set up vehicle inspection flow charts.
Article 38 [Service Requirements] During the motor vehicle inspection process, motor vehicle inspection institutions should provide the following service requirements:
(1) Appointment inspection services, ensuring priority inspection for appointed vehicles.
(2) “Turnkey project” service, where the inspection work is handled at once by the inspection institution’s staff. Integrate window service processes to achieve full-process handling at one window. The service window implements queuing and calling management.
(3) The service hall should have a comprehensive consultation desk to provide ticketing and consultation services; an electronic screen should display the entire vehicle inspection process and results in real-time.
(4) Publicly display supervision and reporting phone numbers in a prominent position, and set up a reporting box to respond promptly and appropriately to reasonable opinions from the public.
Provincial, municipal, and autonomous region market regulatory departments may formulate relevant service specifications or standards based on the actual situation in their regions based on the above requirements.
Chapter Seven: Supplementary Provisions
Article 39 [Inspection Capability Assessment Requirements for Repair and Sales Enterprises] Automobile brand sales service enterprises with Class I and II maintenance qualifications pilot the inspection of non-operational small and micro passenger cars, and the qualification recognition review requirements shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant requirements of the “Notice on Deepening the Reform of Motor Vehicle Inspection System and Optimizing Vehicle Inspection Services” issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Ministry of Transportation.
Article 40 [Implementation Date] These supplementary requirements shall come into effect from XXXXX. The “Supplementary Requirements for Qualification Recognition Review of Motor Vehicle Safety Technical Inspection Institutions” issued by the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the former National Certification and Accreditation Administration on September 24, 2015, shall be simultaneously abolished.
