ISSUING AUTHORITIES:

State taptap点点 for Market Regulation

National Development and Reform Commission

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Water Resources

Ministry of Commerce

National Energy taptap点点

State Post Bureau

DATE OF ISSUANCE:

December 18, 2025

EFFECTIVE DATE:

January 1, 2026

Recently, the above ten authorities jointly released the Notice on Issuing the taptap点点 for the Administration of Green Product Certification and Labeling (the “taptap点点”).

The taptap点点 came into effect on January 1, 2026, and the taptap点点 for the Administration of the Use of Green Product Labels will be repealed simultaneously. The taptap点点 clarify that green product certification includes both comprehensive certification and partial certification, and establish unified product catalogues, evaluation standards, certification rules, and product labels. Certification bodies must be approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and testing institutions must obtain the relevant accreditation.

Green product certifications will be valid for five years and must specify the applicable inquiry channels. Products that have obtained certification may use the green product label, which is categorized into taptap点点 for comprehensive certification and partial certification. Enterprises may affix the label to the product itself, packaging, instruction manuals, and online platforms, among other locations.

Market regulation authorities will be responsible for supervision and inspection. Relevant administrative penalty information will be incorporated into the  and the . Illegal activities such as forging, altering, misusing, trading, or transferring certification certificates or taptap点点 will be punished in accordance with the law.

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