On 19 May 2022, SAMR issued the Special Conditions for the Accreditation and Market Access of Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bodies. This regulation lays down the basic requirements for import and export commodity inspection bodies operating in the Chinese market.

These requirements cover various fronts, including the impartiality of the body, its emergency plan, organizational structure, scale, personnel management system, workplace, measures and procedures to ensure the safety of personnel and facilities, procedures of sample management, procedures to guarantee the effectiveness of monitoring results, objectiveness, accuracy, clearness, completion, traceability of inspection reports, its recording and archiving systems, etc.