On The Leading Function Of The Government In Building Certification And Accreditation System With Chinese Characteristics

The article discusses how the Chinese government ought to play a role in the construction of certification and accreditation system with Chinese characteristics . There previously was few specialized research on certification and accreditation system from political science in China, and there was no scholars use theories of the political institutions and public administrative to analyze the certification and accreditation system. This article tries to think theoretically how China should establish its own system of certification and accreditation. From governmental theory , basing on clarifying the relationship between government and the market ,we suggest that the view of government credit should be made to understand an important role of the certification and accreditation in the social and economic development.This article first clarifys the certification and accreditation system for its own characteristics and the role of credit; The next section is the discussion of foreign relatively mature certification and accreditation system which mainly focuses on how to establish a good reputation, won high trust of the society; After that the article sorts out the development process of Chinese certification and accreditation system, from which we can learn the experiences and lessons; In front of the basis, we explore an effective way to establish Chinese certification and accreditation system with own characteristics.Certification and accreditation involves all areas of social . It is the good functioning of the market economy of protection, but also related to the safe of people's production and life Although the certification and accreditation are the two parallel systems of conformity assessment , but accreditation is higher than the certification in status. The departments of accreditation generally have close ties with the government at home and abroad. The relations between credibility of certification and accreditation credit is inseparable, and accreditation credit is linked directly with the government credit. Therefore we analyze the certification and accreditation system from government credit. The basic function of certification and accreditation is through publicity credible proof, passing relevant information to make the demand side trust certification and accreditation . An effective certification and accreditation system can build understanding and trust between the demand side and the general public and products and services, management, institutional and human capacity , which will also help enterprises to expand their markets, expand sales to safeguard the public interest and safety, protecting the ecological environment and promoting social harmony and stability and sustainable development.Foreign certification and accreditation systems can be divided into three modes. The first one is market-driven. The main features of this model is based on market demand, that guiding the development of certification, while supporting the work of the government's accreditation. This model is represented by the United States. The second is government-driven, that the government follow the rules of market economy , focusing on building an unified development platform of certification and accreditation which has ability to attract a variety of subjects. Such as certification and accreditation system of Japan. The third is a hybrid development model,which is mixed by market-driven mode and government-driven mode . Its representative sample of the United Kingdom. There is an important message for us: the government as a regulator, we must strictly their perform duties, and safeguard the credibility of certification and accreditation.In drawing on the basis of international experience, China has established a government-led certification and accreditation system. This is consistent with China's actual conditions. Chinese governments at all levels, as the dominant socio-economic, involve in the supervision and operation of certification and accreditation.From the perspective of political science, Paying attention to certification and accreditation, we can find that: certification and accreditation system itself in order to provide the relevant standards and information in market, lower transaction costs to make up for market failure; and government regulatory certification and accreditation is the government's interference in the market ,also faces the risk of government failure. It at least contains such theoretical issues that the limits of government interference in market, the role of government, and political legitimacy . The government's inaction and chaos will lead government lose it's credibility , meaning the performance of government's default and failure. Certification and accreditation system, presently in China, faces the enormous challenge of lack of government credit. It can be said that the Chinese government-led certification and accreditation system, which aims to solve the problem of market failure, but because of the improper interference of government, government failure occurres, leading to a serious problem that the validity of certification and accreditation in market is less than before. Lack of certification means that the effectiveness of certification and accreditation is not credible, does not have credibility. This is closely related with citizen trust in government, or government credit. The government credit is the foundation of certification and accreditation, and certification and accreditation is a concrete manifestation of government credit. Government loses its credibility mainly for misuse of public power, and because government does not provide sufficient public goods, or not protecting the people's welfare, or severe society injustice. So we should do the following work :we should regulate the operation of public power specifically for the Chinese the institutional issues at all levels of government, regarding the value of fair as the pursuit of certification and accreditation, improve the existing certification and accreditation system , strengthening the overseeing the government fully, At the same time government departments must follow the requirements of effective government, withdrawing from the certification market optionally.