Test whether a covered China mobile smart terminal gives users the required app information, consent and removal controls.
Test the exact China terminal build for disclosure, consent, non-basic-app removal, post-upgrade behavior and consistency with the network-access record.
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Test user choice in the exact China release candidate and verify that any privacy-policy description matches the product. First confirm that the product is a : it connects to a public mobile network, has an operating system and lets users install and uninstall apps. Then inventory every manufacturer-preinstalled program with an independent user-interaction entry on the main or auxiliary screen, classify it against the closed effective 1 January 2023, and reproduce the notice, consent, charging, removal and upgrade journeys.
Manufacturers and app providers must make the relevant app information clear through user prompts, websites, product instructions or packaging as specified. The terminal instructions must list each covered and state where users can find the detailed information; the network-access application must include the manufacturer's declaration that the product meets those disclosure requirements. Keep the disclosure tied to the tested app version because a later change in permissions, charging, or personal-information handling can make the release evidence stale.
Only software within the current may use non-removable treatment: system settings and file management; multimedia capture; calls, SMS, contacts and browser; and the app store. At most one for each basic function may be non-removable. Every other covered preinstalled app needs a safe, convenient uninstall method; the 2017 provisions also require associated resource, configuration and user-data files to be conveniently removable when removal does not affect safe terminal use.
The manufacturer must keep the app list consistent with the terminal's network-access state and reopen review for software changes. Report a newly added or major function change to MIIT in a timely manner; a routine app update still needs reassessment if it changes permissions, data practices, charging, removal behavior or the claimed basic function.
Connect the applicable China route, cited source, accountable owner, approval, product configuration and change history in one reviewable model file.
Research Copilot connects the citation, decision, owner, retained evidence, and change history.
Review unresolved equipment classification, approval, transition or product-change questions before release.