International System of Units and other units of measurement selected by the State for the national legal unit of measurement. The names and symbols of the national legal units of measurement shall be announced by the State Council.
Non-state legal units of measurement shall be abolished. Abolition of the State Council to develop. Article IV of the State Council measurement of the administrative department of the national measurement of the implementation of unified supervision and management.
Measurement of local people's governments at or above the county level administrative departments of the administrative region of the measurement of the implementation of supervision and management. Chapter II measurement of reference instruments, measurement standards and measuring instruments and metrological verification Article V measurement of the State Council administrative department is responsible for the establishment of a variety of measurement reference instruments, as a unified national value of the highest basis. Article VI of the local people's governments at or above the county level measurement of the administrative departments in accordance with the needs of the region, the establishment of social common measurement standard instruments, by the people's government of the higher levels of measurement of the administrative departments under the auspices of the examination and approval for use. Article VII of the relevant departments of the State Council and the relevant departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, according to the special needs of the department, you can establish the department of measurement of the standard apparatus, the highest measurement of the standard apparatus by the people's government of the same level of measurement of the administrative department to preside over the examination and approval of the use. Article VIII enterprises, institutions, according to the need to establish the unit can be used in the measurement of standard instruments, the highest measurement of the standard instruments by the people's government measurement of the administrative department to preside over the examination after passing the use. Article IX of the people's governments at or above the county level measurement of the administrative departments of the public measurement standard instruments, departments and enterprises, institutions using the highest measurement standard instruments, as well as for trade settlement, security protection, health care, environmental monitoring included in the mandatory verification directory of the work of measuring instruments, the implementation of mandatory verification. Not in accordance with the provisions of the application for verification or unqualified verification, shall not be used. The implementation of mandatory verification of the work of measuring instruments catalog and management, developed by the State Council.
Other than the provisions of the preceding paragraph of the standard measuring instruments and measuring instruments for work, the use of units should be regularly calibrated or sent to other metrological verification institutions, measurement of the people's government at or above the county level should be supervised and inspected by the administrative department. Article X measurement and verification must be carried out in accordance with the national measurement and verification system table. National metrological verification system formulated by the State Council measurement of administrative departments.
Measurement verification must be implemented measurement verification procedures. State metrological verification procedures by the State Council administrative department to develop measurement. There is no national metrological verification procedures, by the relevant departments of the State Council and the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central People's Government metrological administrative departments to develop departmental metrological verification procedures and local metrological verification procedures, and to the State Council metrological administrative departments for the record. Article XI of the measurement and verification work should be in accordance with the principle of economic rationalization, local proximity. Chapter III of the management of measuring instruments Article XII manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments, enterprises, institutions, must have with the manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments appropriate facilities, personnel and testing instruments and equipment, measured by the people's government at or above the county level of the administrative department of the assessment of qualified, to obtain a "license to manufacture measuring instruments" or "repair of measuring instruments license".
Manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments, enterprises did not obtain "manufacturing measuring instruments license" or "repair measuring instruments license", the administrative department for industry and commerce shall not apply for a business license. Article XIII of the manufacturing of measuring instruments, enterprises and institutions to produce the unit has not produced new products of measuring instruments, must be measured by the people's government at or above the provincial level of the measurement of the administrative department of the samples of the measurement of the performance of the assessment of the qualified, before they are put into production. Article XIV without the approval of the State Council administrative department of measurement, shall not manufacture, sell and import the State Council abolished non-statutory units of measurement instruments and the State Council prohibits the use of other measuring instruments. Article XV manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments, enterprises, institutions must be manufactured, repair of measuring instruments for verification to ensure that the product measurement performance is qualified, and qualified products issued by the product certification.
Measurement of the people's governments above the county level, the administrative department shall manufacture and repair of measuring instruments for quality supervision and inspection. Article XVI of the imported measuring instruments, must be measured by the people's government at or above the provincial level after the qualification of the administrative department, before sales. Article XVII of the use of measuring instruments shall not destroy its accuracy, to the detriment of the state and the interests of consumers. Article XVIII of individual businessmen can manufacture, repair simple measuring instruments.
Manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments, individual businesses, must be measured by the people's government at the county level administrative department of the assessment, issued by the "manufacturing measuring instruments license" or "repair measuring instruments license" before applying for a business license to the administration for industry and commerce.
Individual business manufacturing, repair of measuring instruments and the scope of management, measured by the State Council administrative department.