Any enterprise legally operating within the People's Republic of China may apply for certification, including enterprises manufacturing tangible goods, selling tangible goods, and providing intangible goods (services).

Commodities refer to products entering the consumption field. In addition to tangible products, commodities also include intangible services. Both industrial goods and consumer goods are categorized as commodities.
Tangible commodities feature external forms, intrinsic quality and promotional elements, such as quality, packaging, brand, shape, style, color tone and cultural connotation.
Intangible commodities cover labor‑based services and technical services, including financial services, accounting services, marketing planning, creative design, management consulting, legal consultation and programming services. Intangible commodities generally occur along with tangible goods as well as tangible infrastructure, such as airline services, hotel services and beauty services.
Therefore, all production, trading and service enterprises with independent legal‑person status are eligible to apply for certification.

• Certification application form, including description of service‑providing activities and other information of the applying organization;

• Copies of legal‑status documents (including: enterprise business license, public‑institution legal‑person certificate, social‑organization registration certificate, non‑enterprise legal‑person registration certificate, establishment documents of Party and government organs, etc.).

• If services cover multi‑site activities, copies of legal‑status documents for each site shall be attached (if applicable);

• Copy of organization‑code certificate (not required for three‑in‑one license);

• Copies of administrative licenses, qualification certificates, mandatory‑certification certificates and other documents required by laws and regulations for activities covered by services;

• Information on multi‑site activities and activity subcontracting;

• Service manual and necessary procedure documents;

• Statement that services have been effectively operated for a certain period;

• Scope of applied‑for certification;

• Commitment by the applicant to comply with service‑certification requirements and provide information required for review;

• Brief introduction of the auditee, including organization nature, name, address, legal status, as well as relevant human and technical resources;

• General information on services and related activities of the auditee;

• Description of applicable standards or other referenced documents for services to be certified;

• Other necessary documents relevant to certification review.