Duties
1) Wholly responsible for the registration of certification consultants, including registration, treatment of the application for re-registration, checking and evaluating, making registration decision, announcing registration result, managing database, providing information about certificate making, distributing certificates, managing archives, annual confirmation, and qualification disposal, etc.;
2) Responsible for the confirmation of personnel in new fields (including green market, good agricultural practice, wine & spirit grade, measurement system auditor, sports service certification, voluntary product certification, etc.), including the formulation, issuance, and implementation of confirmation rules;
3) Wholly responsible for the written tests of registered personnel (including national tests and routine tests);
4) Responsible for organizing the capacity evaluation for subcontractors of written tests, evaluating and supervising the performance of subcontractors, and maintaining the list of subcontractors;
5) Responsible for accepting the registration for written tests, auditing the qualification, and establishing and maintaining the database of examinees;
6) Responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing the written tests for the registered applicants and marking their papers;
7) Responsible for the input and announcement of the results of written tests;
8) Responsible for deploying invigilators, and selecting, training, evaluating, supervising, and managing the paper designers, and approving and marking personnel;
9) Responsible for the tests for the sustainable professional development of registered personnel;
10) Responsible for compiling and auditing the tests and keys, and establishing, maintaining, and updating the examination bank;
11) Entrusted by the personnel registration technology and complaints committee of CCAA, responsible for accepting, investigating, and treating complaints and reporting the results;
12) Responsible for the maintenance and operation of the quality management system of the personnel registration department, including managing systematic documents, standard documents, part of the external documents, and records excluding the records of personnel registration course, and assisting administrative representatives to plot, organize, and record the internal audition and management review.

On the written tests:
In May of 2006, the department formulated relevant test outline, and launched such written tests for consultants as QMS, EMS, and OHSMS;
In Oct. of 2006, the department formulated relevant test outline, and launched a variety of tests for certification registered personnel, such as certification inspectors for organic products and compulsory products;
In 2007, the department formulated relevant test outline, and launched national tests for QMS, EMS, OHSMS, and FSMS auditors.
By June of 2008, the department has launched 4 national tests for QMS, EMS, OHSMS, and FSMS auditors, with 25,921 examinees, 8,981 passers, and an average passing rate of 34.6%.

On registration items:
Namely consultant registration, including the acceptance, evaluation, registration, and annual confirmation of QMS, EMS, and OHSMS practice consultants, official consultants, and senior consultants.
Registration items of new fields include:
Software evaluator
Certification inspector for good agricultural practice
Certification inspector for green market
Certification inspector for voluntary products
Certification inspector for wine & spirit quality, certification bartender
Certification inspector for management system of information security
Certification evaluator for the evaluation system of after-sale service of products
Certification inspector for sports service
Certification auditor for measurement management system