MIIT Published New Rules on the Management of Radio Transmitting Equipment

15/04/2020

In March 2020, MIIT published the Rules for the Management of Radio Transmitting Equipment (Call for comments), hereinafter the Rules. The Rules were released as a supporting document to offer detailed measures for the implementation of the Radio Regulation of China. Radio transmitting equipment refers to equipment that emits radio waves in order to carry out various radio services. According to the Rules, except for micropower short-range radio transmitting equipment, other radio transmitting equipment manufactured and imported for sale and use in China must apply to the State Radio Regulatory Agency for type approval.

The Rules include seven chapters and forty-seven articles. The content is presented below:

Chapter 1: Rules on Radio Transmitting Equipment Type Approval.

Chapter 2: Micropower Short-range Radio Transmitting Equipment Management System.

Chapter 3: Radio Transmission Equipment Import Management.

Chapter 4: The Supervision System.

In China, a license must be obtained before using radio frequencies. Besides, to set up or use a radio station, the applicant must apply to the radio regulatory authority for the radio station license. The radio transmitting equipment type approval license is a new part of the Chinese radio management system.

Radio transmission equipment import management.

The consignee of the imported radio transmitting equipment, the person who brought the radio transmitting equipment into China, and the receiver of the radio transmitting equipment must take the initiative to declare to customs, and go through the customs clearance procedures with the approval certificate of the radio transmitting equipment. The Rules also include the procedures of applying for the license.

Background:
The Radio Regulation of China applies to the use of radio frequencies, the setup and use of radio stations, the development, production, import, sale and maintenance of radio transmission equipment, and the use of non-radio equipment which radiates radio waves within China. In 2016, the State Council revised the Regulation, and cancelled the approval of the development of transmission equipment, exempted the type approval of the production or import of micropower short-range equipment, clarified the conditions for obtaining the type approval, and added the filing management of radio transmission equipment sales.