The measurement department of the government generally belongs to a department of the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. Its main function is to promote the national legal units of measurement; Organize the formulation of local verification regulations and measurement technical specifications; Manage measuring instruments and organize the transmission and comparison of values; Supervise and manage commodity quantity, market measurement behavior and measurement arbitration verification; Managing the qualifications of metrological verification institutions, social justice metrological institutions and metrological verification personnel according to law; Carry out modern industrial measurement management system; Manage the qualification of motor vehicle safety technical inspection institutions.
As the technical support institutions of government departments, they are generally called provincial metrology institutes and municipal metrology and testing institutes. , mainly responsible for the value transfer in the region, providing accurate and reliable metrological verification, calibration and testing services, undertaking the finalization and prototype test of new and imported measuring instruments, carrying out scientific research and development of metrological technology, providing consulting on quality assurance system certification and laboratory accreditation for enterprises and inspection institutions, and training of metrological verification and calibration personnel.