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What evidence is needed for a network access permit? Direct answer

The core file contains the MIIT application form, applicant and manufacturer evidence, quality-system and after-sales information, a product description, and an accepted test report or product certificate. Some equipment also needs a technical plan and at least three months of network-trial evidence.

The exact checklist depends on the current MIIT equipment-directory entry and applicant structure. Foreign manufacturers apply through a Chinese agent and provide registration and authorization records.

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Sorena AI
Published
Jul 5, 2026
Updated
Jul 24, 2026
Overview

The exact evidence for a depends on the equipment's current MIIT directory entry, the applicant and manufacturer relationship, and whether the equipment needs a or expert review. The standard file is in Chinese and includes the official application form, corporate and agency records, applicant and manufacturer capability information, quality-system evidence, a technical product description, and an accepted test report or product certification certificate. Wireless communication equipment, interconnection equipment and new telecom equipment also require a technical plan and a report from at least three months of testing on a Chinese telecom network or an MIIT-designated simulated network.

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Short answer

Use the current equipment-directory entry to confirm the product name, applicable standards, required test scope and whether expert review applies. Do this before commissioning tests because a marketing name or radio module approval does not establish the finished product's network-access category.

All application materials must be in Chinese. A certificate or licence originally issued in another language needs a Chinese translation. Applications are submitted online through the MIIT network-access system; if the applicant does not use an electronic signature, the signed and sealed paper application form must reach MIIT by the time the decision is collected.

  • Application and legal identity: the official application form; the domestic applicant's business licence, or the foreign applicant's registration record; and, for a foreign applicant, the Chinese agent's licence and authorization letter.
  • Organization and quality: an applicant profile covering production conditions, instruments, quality assurance and after-sales measures; records for any legally required repair, replacement and return responsibilities; and the manufacturer's quality-system certificate or qualifying audit report.
  • Product and conformity: functions, performance indicators, block diagram, internal and external photographs, instructions, and a test report or product certification certificate from a recognized qualified body.
  • Conditional trial file: for wireless communication, interconnection or new telecom equipment, the overall technical plan and the trial body's report covering at least three months of network testing.
Question 2

Control the application and approved model

Retain the submitted version of every document, the online receipt, any correction request and response, expert-review materials when MIIT uses that process, the decision, and the final licence or trial approval. The service guide states a statutory 60-day decision period after acceptance of a complete, formally compliant application, with expert review taking up to 45 days outside that period. MIIT's 2023 reform separately states a 15-working-day administrative commitment after acceptance, except where a lawful reason prevents it; plan around the official case status rather than treating either period as a guaranteed launch date.

After approval, keep the commercial product consistent with the approved model. Record the new network-access mark design and placement, licence number and validity, associated product data, and any modification or manufacturer change. Since 1 March 2023, a new or changed contract manufacturer and a technical or appearance change that does not alter main functions or core components can be filed online without new testing or a new permit; a change to information shown on the licence follows the licence-change process.

  • Link every test sample, report, photograph, software version, antenna and hardware configuration to the exact model submitted.
  • Record why a and expert review do or do not apply, with the current directory entry used for that decision.
  • Keep the licence or trial approval, new network-access mark approval and associated data, public query result, expiry date, and renewal or change filings.
  • Treat the 2023 reforms as controlling where the older service-guide wording differs: trial approvals now have a two-year validity period, and qualifying product-family changes use online filing.
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References and citations

jwxkwap.miit.gov.cn3 citations
Referenced sections
  • Current official service guide for scope, applicant conditions, application materials, online filing, review, approval and post-approval duties.
  • Sections 7-10 list applicant conditions, Chinese-language requirements, the seven application-material groups, foreign-applicant agency records, network-trial evidence and online submission.
  • Supports application receipts and corrections, statutory review timing, expert review, approval records, consistency, renewal and change controls.
miit.gov.cn2 citations
Referenced sections
  • Official reforms effective 1 March 2023, including equipment removals, the administrative review commitment, two-year trial approvals and product-family change filings.
  • From 1 March 2023, sets the 15-working-day administrative commitment, extends trial approvals to two years, removes 11 equipment types from new licensing, and creates filing treatment for qualifying product-family changes.
miit.gov.cn2 citations
Referenced sections
  • Official requirements for applying, displaying and maintaining records for the new network-access mark.
  • Sets the design, application, display and linked-data records for the new mark; from 1 January 2024 MIIT no longer issues the former paper mark.
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