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China Website Filing Check: What the Sichuan Government Portal's Certification Record Tells Foreign Founders

A practical read of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government portal's website identity certification and accessibility evaluation record, and what foreign founders operating in China can learn from it about website filing, certification validity periods and inspection schedules.

Why a Government Portal's Certification Record Matters to Foreign Founders

When foreign founders set up and run a company in China, their websites and online channels are subject to a registration and identity certification regime. A useful way to understand how that regime looks in practice is to read the public certification record of an official site. The source for this summary is the identity management page for the Sichuan Provincial People's Government portal (www.sc.gov.cn), published on the website of the Internet Society of China.

The record is technical and administrative, but it illustrates the structure foreign founders will encounter: a sponsoring institution, a certification body, a validity window, periodic inspections and an evaluation score. Below is a practical breakdown.

Who Is Behind the Website

The record identifies the institution operating the site as the General Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, classified as a Party and government organ. The site name is the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and its address is www.sc.gov.cn. The record carries an electronic identity number, DZJG20260100003479PW.

For a foreign founder, the takeaway is the pattern rather than the specific entity: a Chinese website's identity record ties the site to a named responsible organisation, a formal institutional type and a unique electronic identifier. Expect the equivalent information to be required when your company's site is registered.

The Two-Tier Evaluation: PC and Mobile

The portal is assessed separately for its PC website and its WAP (mobile) website. Each assessment covers two areas — accessibility for elderly users and general accessibility — and each area is scored by three parties: self-evaluation, institutional evaluation and user evaluation.

PC Website Scores

• Elderly-friendly evaluation: self-evaluation 100; institutional evaluation 82; user evaluation 83.
• Accessibility evaluation: self-evaluation 100; institutional evaluation 83; user evaluation 83.
• Performance index: completeness 100%, reliability 100%, robustness 100%.
• Overall score: 86.2.

WAP Website Scores

• Elderly-friendly evaluation: self-evaluation 100; institutional evaluation 82; user evaluation 81.
• Accessibility evaluation: self-evaluation 100; institutional evaluation 80; user evaluation 82.
• Performance index: completeness 100%, reliability 100%, robustness 100%.
• Overall score: 85.4.

Two observations are relevant to founders. First, self-evaluation is consistently higher than institutional and user evaluation, which suggests external review is a meaningful check rather than a formality. Second, the mobile site is evaluated as a distinct asset. If your company operates both a desktop and a mobile presence in China, plan for both to be assessed.

Identity Management and Validity Periods

The identity management section names the supervising authority as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the issuing body as the Internet Society of China. Both the PC website identity certification and the WAP website identity certification carry a validity period of two years, running from 27 January 2026 to 26 January 2028.

For founders, the important practical point is that certification is time-limited and must be renewed. A two-year cycle means the renewal date should sit on your compliance calendar alongside other recurring filings. The record also includes a certificate download: an accessibility evaluation report for the Sichuan Provincial People's Government portal, in sealed PDF form.

Scheduled Inspections

The record lists a regular inspection schedule with three inspection dates: 26 July 2026, 26 January 2027 and 26 July 2027. The inspection result recorded is "passed", with no remarks noted.

This is a useful signal for foreign founders: certification is not a one-off event. Periodic inspections are scheduled in advance, roughly every six months in this record, and the outcome is published. Build internal checks so that your site's technical performance and accessibility features remain in order between inspections, not just at the point of initial filing.

What Foreign Founders Should Take Away

This record is a government portal, not a commercial company, and its scores are specific to that site. It should not be read as a benchmark your business must match. What it does offer is a template of the information and obligations involved:

• Identify the responsible institution and electronic identity number for each site.
• Treat desktop and mobile sites as separate assets for evaluation purposes.
• Expect evaluation across multiple dimensions, including accessibility and performance indicators such as completeness, reliability and robustness.
• Track a defined validity period and renew before expiry.
• Prepare for scheduled inspections and published results.

None of the figures above are guarantees of outcomes for any other website. They are the published results for one government portal, and they illustrate how the regime is documented.

Next Steps for Founders

If you are registering or operating a company in China and planning a website, the practical work is to confirm which certifications apply to your site, how long they last, and when inspections fall due. Reading published records like this one is a reasonable starting point for understanding the format, but the requirements for your entity depend on your own circumstances.

For hands-on support with company registration and ongoing operations in China, foreign founders can contact ChinaMNC on WhatsApp or WeChat at +86 153 1898 8535.

This summary is based on information published by the relevant Chinese government website and is general information, not legal or tax advice.