Shanghai Institute of
Quality Inspection and Technical Research (SQI) is a legally-established,
non-profit scientific and research governmental laboratory. It is a national
institute of product quality inspection and research in Shanghai.
SQI takes the leading
position in its comprehensive strength in China. It has 9 national centers of
supervision and inspection, namely National Center of Supervision and
Inspection on Food Products Quality, Consumer Goods Quality, Cosmetics &
Cleaning Products Quality, Electrical Appliance Energy Efficiency and Safety,
Electric Light Source Quality, Smart Grid Distributed Power Equipment Quality
(under construction), Furniture, Building Materials and Decoration Materials,
Lighting Fitting. It also has 5 industrial quality inspection centers and 8
municipal-level product quality inspection stations. With multiple
qualifications of inspecting Industrial Products and Food Production Licenses
issuing, it also undertakes the work entrusted by China Quality Certification
Center to conduct CCC (China Compulsory Certification) certification, etc. SQI
offers services of quality inspection, system certification, standardized
service, metrology verification and calibration, energy saving monitoring
inspection, training and consulting.
SQI is a qualified testing laboratory and inspecting organization complying
with international standards ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17020 respectively; it
is accredited by China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment
(CNAS), and has gained CAL and CMA qualifications that are accepted by
Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of
China£¨CNCA£©and Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision.
SQI is one of the Chinese CB laboratories that have been assessed by IECEE. It
is capable of issuing CB test reports accepted by over 50 countries and areas
according to international standards of 12 product categories involving more
than 260 standards.
SQI has already obtained nationally and internationally accredited
qualifications of more than 4600 items£¬ referring
to more than 8500 standards. The main inspection scopes include: food,
cosmetics, household-use electrical appliances, electronic appliances, electric
light sources, lighting fittings, light industrial products, furniture,
construction and house decoration and furnishing materials, chemical products,
mechanical and electrical products. Meanwhile, its calibration scope covers:
liner measurement, mechanics, acoustics, thermometry, electromagnetism,
wireless sets, time and frequency, chemistry, optics, excluded-used instruments
and meters, etc.
SQI, the chief
secretariat of National Technical Committee 480 on Furniture of Standardization
Administration of China and secretariat of National Lighting Standardization
Tech Committee, is affiliated by several industrial and Shanghai
standardization organizations. It also has a branch of Shanghai Standard
Reference Library.
SQI is committed to the construction of quality inspection public service
platforms, with a number of qualifications like Quality Control and Technical
Evaluation Laboratory by Ministry of
Industry and Information Technology of the People`s Republic of China, Shanghai
Public Service Platform for Small and Medium Enterprises, Shanghai Food Safety
Inspection and Evaluation Platform and so on.
SQI is constantly promoting the development of relevant industries and
inspection services. As a leading member of China Quality Inspection
Association, China Association for Standardization, Shanghai Certification
Association, Shanghai Association of Quality Inspection, Shanghai Association
for Instrumental Analysis, Shanghai Furniture Association and Lighting
Association, it takes an active part in organizing academic and technical
exchanges. It also initiated technical alliances of furniture, household-use
electrical appliances & electronic products, lighting appliances quality
inspection centers.
SQI has provided
inspections to ensure product and food safety during the Beijing Olympics,
Shanghai EXPO 2010, FINA World Championships and other grand events and has
offered reliable technical support for over 70 emergency food and product
safety events. SQI enjoys the honor of keeping ahead in quality safety risk
monitoring and evaluation nationwide, which plays an innovative role in product
quality safety supervision system perfection.
SQI is dedicated to fulfilling its social responsibilities and quality
inspection culture. It has won the titles of National/Shanghai Municipal Model
Unit, National/ Shanghai Quality Education Social Practice Base for Primary and
Secondary Students, Shanghai Peace Demonstration Unit, Volunteer Team of
Shanghai Volunteer Association and so on. With the constant participation in
social welfare activities, SQI offers consulting and testing services on food
and product quality safety for consumers, communities and people of all walks
of society.