Do you think selling a few ordinary walkie-talkies is a risk-free "small business"?
An electronics company gave a negative answer with a real lesson.
Case
In June 2025, during an on-site inspection of a local electronics company, the Quanzhou Radio Administration Bureau discovered that the radio walkie-talkies it sold had not obtained type approval.
This act violated Article 48 of the "Radio Administration Regulations of the People's Republic of China." In accordance with Article 78 of the same regulations and the provisions of Category 1, Serial Number 10 in "Table II of the Fujian Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology's Administrative Penalty Discretion Benchmark," the law enforcement department imposed an administrative penalty on the company, confiscating the illegal equipment and illegal gains.
Case Insights:
This case is typical of neglecting compliance checks in the sales process. As common radio transmission equipment, walkie-talkies have always been a key focus of law enforcement supervision. Businesses must never take chances just because the product is common; they must treat "requesting approval certificates" as a mandatory threshold for procurement.
SRRC Certification Full Process
As a professional institution specializing in SRRC certification, ETS understands that any equipment involving radio signal transmission (such as walkie-talkies in this case), whether in production, sales, or import, must obtain the SRRC Type Approval Certificate issued by the national radio administration authority (marked with a unique CMIIT ID). Equipment without this certificate is considered illegal radio transmission equipment and is strictly prohibited from production, sales, import, and use.
1. Application Acceptance
（1）Submit the SRRC certification application to the State Radio Monitoring Center.
（2）Fill out the "Radio Transmission Equipment Type Approval Application Form"
（3）Provide the business license of the applicant
（4）Provide the technical specifications of the equipment
（5）Provide the circuit diagram and block diagram of the equipment
2. Technical Review
（1）Conduct technical review of the application materials to confirm the product meets application requirements.
（2）Review product technical parameters.
（3）Confirm frequency usage compliance.
（4）Check completeness of application materials.
（5）Develop testing plan.
3. Prototype Testing
（1）Conduct radio transmission characteristic testing at the designated testing institution (ETS).
（2）RF power testing
（3）Frequency range and frequency tolerance testing
（4）Bandwidth testing
（5）Spurious emission testing
4. Document Review
（1）Conduct final review of test reports and application materials.
（2）Review test reports
（3）Confirm product compliance with relevant standards
（4）Check data consistency
（5）Assess certification feasibility
5. Approval and Certification
（1）After approval, issue the Radio Transmission Equipment Type Approval Certificate.
（2）Issue SRRC certification certificate
（3）Assign equipment type approval code
（4）Register product information
（5）Publish approval announcement
Legal Basis and Penalty Standards
Article 44 of the "Radio Administration Regulations of the People's Republic of China"
Except for micro-power short-range radio transmission equipment, other radio transmission equipment produced or imported for domestic sale or use shall apply to the national radio administration authority for type approval. The radio transmission equipment type approval catalog is published by the national radio administration authority.
Radio transmission equipment that should obtain type approval for production or import shall, in addition to complying with Article 43 of these regulations, also comply with the technical indicators specified in the radio transmission equipment type approval certificate and shall be marked with the type approval code on the equipment.
Article 48 of the "Radio Administration Regulations of the People's Republic of China"
Selling radio transmission equipment that should obtain type approval according to Article 44 of these regulations shall be registered with the radio administration authorities of provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the central government. It is prohibited to sell radio transmission equipment that is not marked with the type approval code as required by these regulations.
Article 78 of the "Radio Administration Regulations of the People's Republic of China"
Selling radio transmission equipment that should obtain type approval according to Article 44 of these regulations but has not obtained such approval shall be ordered by the radio administration authority to make corrections, with confiscation of the illegally sold radio transmission equipment and illegal gains, and may also be fined up to 10% of the value of the illegally sold equipment; if corrections are refused, a fine of 10% to 30% of the value of the illegally sold equipment shall be imposed.
