Article 20 The State Administration for Commodity Inspection and the commodity inspection authorities shall, on the basis of the requirements in their inspection, entrust competent inspection organizations at home and abroad with the inspection of import and export commodities after examining their qualifications.

Article 21 The State Administration for Commodity Inspection and the Commodity inspection authorities shall exercise supervision over the import and export commodity inspection conducted by the inspection organizations designated or approved by them and may make a random inspection of the commodities which have been inspected by such organization.

Article 22 The State shall, when necessary, institute a quality licence system for important import and export commodities and their manufacturers. The specific measures thereof shall be drawn up by the State Administration for Commodity Inspection in conjunction with the relevant competent departments under the State Council.

Article 23 The commodity inspection authorities may, when necessary, place commodity inspection marks or sealings on import and export commodities proved to be up to standard through inspection.
Article 24 In case an applicant for the inspection of import and export commodities disagrees with the results of inspection presented by the commodity inspection authorities, he may apply for reinspection to the same authorities, to those at the next higher level or to the State Administration for Commodity Inspection. The conclusion on reinspection shall be made by the commodity inspection authorities or the State Administration for Commodity Inspection which has accepted the application for reinspection.

Article 25 The commodity inspection authorities, the inspection organizations designated by them and other inspection organizations approved by the State Administration for Commodity Inspection may handle the business of superintending and surveying import and export commodities as entrusted by parties involved in foreign trade or by foreign inspection bodies. The scope of business of superintending and surveying import and export commodities shall cover: inspection of the quality, quantity, weight and packing of import and export commodities; inspection of cargoes with respect to general or particular average; inspection of container cargoes; damage survey of import cargoes; inspection of technical conditions for the shipment of exports; measurement of dead tonnage; certification of the origin or value of exports and other superintending and surveying services.