- Sets the manufacturer and distributor duties for disclosure, consent, traceability, complaints, supervision and app removal from 1 July 2017.
Product
China Telecom and Wireless
China connected-device rules: check telecom network access, radio approval, treatment and mobile-terminal app duties.
- classify separately
- MIIT's current permit commitment
- renewal lead time
- radio technical transition
Understand China Telecom and Wireless
Decide whether a China connected-device launch needs telecom , , treatment, mobile-terminal app controls, or several routes in parallel.
MIIT controls telecom equipment network access and national radio-equipment rules; provincial radio authorities handle the station licences triggered by specified deployments. Start with the finished model's public-network functions, radio bands and antenna, deployment environment, operating system and preinstalled apps. Check the current equipment catalogue and later MIIT reforms instead of assuming every connected product follows the same approval route.
Quick scan
1. Classify the finished model
Record the exact telecom catalogue entry or out-of-scope reason, every transmitter and band, any catalogue item, and whether the finished product meets all three parts of the definition.
2. Complete every triggered route
A product can need and together; a high-power outdoor deployment can add a provincial station licence, and mobile-terminal app duties remain a separate software track.
3. Preserve model and build evidence
The manufacturer or China applicant should link permits, RF and antenna configuration, marks, app inventory, user-choice tests, expiry dates and change decisions to the exact China release.
Decisions to make
- 1
Classify the finished model
Record the exact telecom catalogue entry or out-of-scope reason, every transmitter and band, any catalogue item, and whether the finished product meets all three parts of the definition.
- 2
Complete every triggered route
A product can need and together; a high-power outdoor deployment can add a provincial station licence, and mobile-terminal app duties remain a separate software track.
- 3
Preserve model and build evidence
The manufacturer or China applicant should link permits, RF and antenna configuration, marks, app inventory, user-choice tests, expiry dates and change decisions to the exact China release.
Key dates for China Telecom and Wireless
Separate rule commencement and historical transition dates from model-specific application, certificate-expiry, renewal and product-change dates.
Choose the next China launch decision
Start with the launch workflow and requirements map. Then open the approval, radio, software, evidence or deadline guide that matches the finished model.
Start here
Classify the finished model and identify every applicable route before arranging tests.
Network access permission
Confirm catalogue scope, applicant, application evidence, timing, marking and lifecycle duties.
Radio route
Separate ordinary model approval, band-specific controls and catalogue-based treatment.
Mobile-terminal software
Review preinstalled-app governance, user information, consent, removal and build consistency.
Deadlines, enforcement and questions
Calendar model-specific deadlines, understand supported enforcement consequences and answer focused route questions.
Sources
- Explains the policy changes, two-year product transition, interference controls and treatment of equipment already in use.
- Sets the catalogue-based exemption, operating conditions, user-information duties and historical production/import transitions.
- From 1 January 2023, narrows basic-function software to listed categories, requires every other preinstalled app to be removable and applies a who-preinstalls-is-responsible rule.
- Sets the band uses, technical and station-licensing rules, 1 January 2022 commencement and 15 October 2023 model-approval transition.
- From 1 March 2023, removed 11 equipment types from new licensing, added satellite internet and functional-virtualization equipment, committed to a 15-working-day review, made trial approvals valid for two years and simplified specified product-family changes.
- Explains the electronic, printed and label forms of the new mark, full rollout from 1 January 2024 and the end of the separate permit-number display requirement.
- Sets the application scope, applicant conditions, Chinese-language materials, statutory 60-day review period, three-year permit validity and renewal process.
Next steps
Prepare the China connected-device launch file
Sorena AI turns China network-access, radio and mobile-terminal software requirements into model-specific decisions, evidence records, owners and change reviews.
- Start with the finished model, public-network function, radio configuration, deployment environment and China software build that create the approval question.
- Research Copilot keeps the cited rule, decision owner, evidence record, and approval history connected.
- SSOT preserves cited rules, model facts, approval evidence and refresh history when the manufacturer, hardware, radio, antenna or app build changes.
- Open Research Copilot
Map network access permit, radio technical evidence, checks, mobile terminal app controls, and launch approval to cited rules, owners, and review checkpoints.
- Open SSOT
Keep cited rules, decisions, approvals, and evidence with the relevant product and compliance records.
- Review unresolved triggers
Check catalogue, applicant, radio, deployment, transition and software edge cases before import, production or sale.