China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Conducting quality inspections on key products such as lithium batteries and photovoltaic components

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued a notice, deploying the work on industrial and information technology quality in 2026. The notice clearly states that six key tasks will be accomplished, including implementing the enterprise quality improvement action, implementing the quality technology advancement action, implementing the product and service quality leap action, strengthening the quality technical foundation, optimizing the quality development ecosystem, and implementing the "Made in China" brand construction action. This will promote the upgrading of the quality management capabilities of a number of enterprises, form a batch of quality transmission industry models, promote the application of quality technological innovations, cultivate a batch of quality public service carriers, and create a batch of outstanding "Made in China" brands. This will provide strong support for building a manufacturing power, a quality power, and a network power.

The notice requires strengthening quality supervision and management. Jointly carry out central quality and food safety assessments, cooperate in conducting national quality supervision inspections of products, conduct key product quality inspections such as those for lithium batteries, photovoltaic components, civilian explosive items, and radio transmitting equipment, and strengthen the supervision of production consistency of road motor vehicle products. Guide e-commerce platforms to carry out self-declaration of online shopping product quality, increase the intensity of inspections, enhance consumers' ability to identify quality, and leverage the role of public quality supervision. Advocate the concept of high quality for high price, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

Notice on Doing a Good Job in Industrial and Information Technology Quality Work in 2026

Jiexin Industry and Information Technology Department Office Letter [2026] No. 147

The industrial and information technology authorities of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as the communication administrative authorities of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the relevant departments under the Ministry, and the relevant industry associations (associations):

In order to implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and the 2026 Government Work Report, and to deeply implement the manufacturing excellence quality project, systematically promote the quality work of enterprises, products and services, strengthen quality technological innovation, consolidate the quality technical foundation, optimize the quality development ecosystem, promote the upgrading of the quality management capabilities of a number of enterprises, form a batch of quality transmission industry models, promote the application of a number of quality technological innovations, cultivate a batch of quality public service carriers, and create a batch of outstanding "Made in China" brands, to provide strong support for building a manufacturing power, a quality power and a network power. The following are the instructions for doing a good job in the industrial and information technology quality work in 2026:

1. Key Tasks

(1) Implement the enterprise quality improvement initiative

Carry out evaluations of enterprise quality management capabilities. Guide and support key enterprises that involve the vital interests of the people, especially those related to life safety and health, closely linked to national strategies, have a strong leading role in regional and industrial development, have a strong driving effect on the quality linkage improvement of the industrial chain and supply chain, have a high market share, strong development potential, and considerable space for quality improvement. These enterprises as well as specialized, innovative, and small and medium-sized enterprises, should conduct quality management capability evaluations. Guide enterprises to gradually enhance their quality management capabilities along the "experience level, inspection level, guarantee level, prevention level, and excellence level" gradient path. Further improve the evaluation mechanism, orderly expand the assessment institutions and assessment personnel teams, and improve the supporting standards for quality management capabilities. Timely publish the list of enterprises with high quality management capabilities, and promote the wide acceptance of the evaluation results.

2. Implement the "Quality Along the Chain Enhancement" plan. Support local areas in focusing on their advantageous key industrial chains, organize leading enterprises and龙头企业 to introduce advanced quality management systems， clearly define the quality goals and implementation paths for the entire chain， convey quality requirements along the industrial chain， drive the quality improvement of upstream and downstream enterprises in the chain together, and create a number of quality consistency control models for industrial chains.

(2) Implement the Quality and Technology Enhancement Initiative

3. Promote the application of quality innovation technologies. Explore the adoption of the "challenge-proposed by enterprises, government provides platform, capable individuals solve problems" "challenge-offering and commanding" research and development model. Elaborate on key quality technology requirements, develop a high-level quality consortium cultivation and selection work plan, support local establishment of high-level quality consortia, accelerate the research and development of quality key common technologies, and promote the transformation of quality innovation achievements. Promote the popularization of typical experiences in quality innovation technology application, and exert leading and driving effects.

4. Deepen the application of artificial intelligence to enhance quality. Develop a comprehensive map and transformation roadmap for the application of "artificial intelligence + quality" in key industries, clearly defining the key areas of integration between artificial intelligence and quality, the implementation steps, and expected goals for each industry, to provide clear guidance for enterprise transformation. Accelerate the integration and application of high-quality quality large models and industrial intelligent agents, improving the accuracy and efficiency of quality control.

(3) Implement the action to enhance the quality of products and services

5. Carry out the "foundation-building" and "doubling" projects for reliability. Focus on the equipment industry and the electronic information industry, strengthen the reliability design of complete machines and complex systems, break through a number of core basic components, and promote the reliability of key core products to reach the international advanced level. Focus on key areas to compile the "Product Reliability Enhancement Manual", guide the improvement of the reliability of key products. Explore a number of typical experiences for enhancing reliability with significant driving effects.

6. Implement differentiated policies to enhance the quality of key manufacturing products. Promote the development of key product quality grading standards in key industries, and establish mechanisms for releasing and validating quality grades. Develop and release industry standards such as those for raw materials, testing methods, and technical procedures, and enhance mandatory standards requirements in key material fields. Promote the certification of green building materials products, and improve the quality and efficiency of raw materials products. Accelerate the construction of high-level intelligent factories, and strengthen the construction of scenarios such as precise quality traceability, quality analysis, and improvement. Strengthen research, formulation, and application of key product standards in the equipment field, and improve the quality level of equipment products. Deepen digital assistance in the "three products" actions for consumer goods, accelerate the construction of technical standards systems for light industry products and the pharmaceutical industry, strengthen quality supervision, quality integrity, and traceability systems in food and pharmaceutical fields, and introduce more high-quality, cost-effective products based on market demand, promoting the transformation of consumer goods quality from production end conformity to consumption end suitability. Revise the list of requirements for limiting the use of harmful substances in electrical and electronic products and the list of exceptions for the application of restricted substances. Promote the construction of capabilities for standard formulation, standard dissemination, and certification evaluation in the electronic information manufacturing industry, increase the intensity of software product quality supervision and inspection, improve the incentive policies for the first edition of software applications, and promote the upgrading of the quality of information technology products and services.

7. Improve the quality of information and communication services. Launch ten key initiatives for warm-hearted information and communication services in 2026, guide enterprises to refine measures such as telecommunications business processing, customer service guarantee capabilities, and personal information protection, and promote the improvement of service levels by enterprises. Strengthen the main responsibility of enterprises, enhance personal information protection and the governance of telecommunications network fraud, and safeguard users' personal data and property security.

8. Improve the quality of communication construction projects. Implement the "Action Plan for Quality Enhancement and Safety Production in Communication Construction Projects (2025-2027)", continuously enhance the quality of communication construction projects, strengthen the inspection of materials and equipment required for the projects, urge the construction units and construction companies to strictly control the quality of incoming materials and equipment, strengthen quality management and acceptance management during the construction process, and enhance the investigation and elimination of quality risks in communication projects.

(4) Strengthening the foundation of quality and technology

9. Strengthen standard leadership. Improve relevant standards in line with the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, striving to achieve synchronization of standard iteration and technological iteration, and promoting enterprises to enhance product quality. Focus on key advantageous industries to comprehensively promote the formulation of standards throughout the entire industrial chain, continuously consolidating the foundation of quality advantages. Deeply implement the leading standardization project for new industries, strengthen standard research and application, conduct standard technical verification, and provide technical support for accelerating the high-quality development of new industries. Improve the reliability standard system for manufacturing, and promote the addition of reliability indicators in mandatory standards for key products, using high standards to drive the upgrading of product quality.

10. Strengthen measurement assurance. Guide industry associations to strengthen their measurement professional committees. Support measurement service institutions in conducting measurement technology research, developing high-end measurement instruments and standard substances, and formulating and revising measurement technical specifications, so as to provide integrated solutions for enterprises to enhance their precision measurement capabilities. Accelerate the breakthrough of a number of testing equipment and promote the development of the measurement calibration instrument and meter industry.

11. Implement high-end quality certification. Encourage professional institutions to enhance their certification technologies and services, and support the promotion of high-end quality certification in key fields such as equipment and electronics. Accelerate the digital development of quality certification, strengthen the application of advanced digital technologies, and establish and implement quality certification systems, evaluation rules, and technical specifications that meet the requirements of high-quality development.

12. Enhance the efficiency of public quality services. Strengthen the quality control and technical evaluation laboratories in the industrial sector and build them at a high level. Enhance the "one-stop" comprehensive quality service capabilities. Encourage localities to incorporate laboratory layout and construction into regional development plans, and guide the laboratories to provide quality public services for regional industrial development. Accelerate the layout and construction of pilot production platforms in the manufacturing sector, strengthen their public service functions, support enterprises in improving quality standards, control and analysis methods, verify process parameters and processes, and promote technological iteration, quality improvement and product upgrading.

(5) Optimize the quality development ecosystem

13. Support the conduct of mass quality activities. Support industry associations and professional institutions in organizing quality diagnosis, quality innovation, user experience, professional consultation and other activities aimed at enhancing quality. Regularly carry out experience exchanges, result showcases, on-site observations, and training on implementing advanced quality standards. Identify and promote a number of typical experiences and practices that have a leading effect in quality improvement, and promote the culture of excellent quality management.

14. Enhance the quality-related professional competence. Support local governments, industry associations, and professional institutions in organizing quality training programs. Encourage domestic universities and research institutes to promote the construction of quality-related disciplines and courses, deepen industry-academia integration, and cultivate high-quality quality professionals. Support the establishment of reliability training bases, strengthen reliability vocational education and training, and accelerate the cultivation of high-level reliability talents. Improve the quality talent evaluation system and incentive mechanism, optimize the quality talent service guarantee measures, and expand the quality talent pool.

15. Strengthen quality development monitoring. Improve the quality monitoring system for the manufacturing industry, enhance the analysis and tracking of the quality development situation, establish a manufacturing excellence quality index, build an industrial quality big data platform, conduct dynamic monitoring and analysis of the quality development levels in different regions and industries, and release the manufacturing quality development report at appropriate times.

16. Strengthen quality supervision. Collaborate in conducting central quality and food safety assessments, cooperate in carrying out national quality supervision inspections of products, conduct quality inspections on key products such as lithium batteries, photovoltaic components, civilian explosive items, and radio transmitting equipment, and strengthen supervision of the production consistency of road motor vehicle products. Guide e-commerce platforms to implement self-declaration of online shopping product quality, increase the intensity of inspections, enhance consumers' ability to identify quality, and leverage the role of public quality supervision. Advocate the concept of high quality for high price, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

(6) Implement the "Made in China" brand building initiative

17. Enhance the ability of enterprise brand building. Incorporate quality indicators into brand standards, establish a complete brand standard system for the manufacturing industry, guide enterprises to establish a brand cultivation management system, and promote the integrated development of brand building and quality improvement. Support industry associations and professional institutions in providing services such as brand creation assessment and overseas connection, to enhance the brand building capabilities and international operation capabilities of enterprises.

18. Cultivate new advantages in industries and regional brands. Promote the quality improvement and upgrading of national advanced manufacturing clusters, implement the new track development action for national high-tech zones, and build and cultivate regional brands for industrial clusters. Encourage renowned enterprises to accelerate the development and cultivation of high-value-added classic products and masterpieces, accelerate the construction of the China Consumption Classic Product Cluster, cultivate outstanding brands in textile and clothing, and local specialty food industries, and create international first-class consumer brands.

19. Strengthen the cultivation and promotion of the "Made in China" brand. Support localities, industry associations, and professional institutions in organizing various activities such as brand-building salons, brand story exhibitions, and brand scenario performances. Increase the promotion of typical experiences in brand building, disseminate the concept of excellent quality, establish the idea of high-quality being equivalent to superior products, create a favorable atmosphere for brand building, and continuously enhance the brand awareness, reputation, and influence of "Made in China".

II. Safeguard Measures

The industrial and information technology authorities and communication administrative departments at all levels should strengthen overall coordination, fulfill their work responsibilities, refine the annual plans, enhance effectiveness assessment, increase policy incentives, fully leverage the roles of all parties, and form a powerful synergy to promote the quality work of industrial and information technology. Important situations should be reported to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (Science and Technology Department) in a timely manner.