【Hong Kong, 29 May 2023】Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre (STC) and Hong Kong Certification Centre (HKCC) jointly held the Certificate Award Ceremony cum Product Safety Carnival 2023 at Citywalk I, Tsuen Wan. On this occasion, Professor SUN Dong, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, was invited to attend as the Guest of Honor. Mr. Tom TANG, JP, the Chairman of STC, welcomed and thanked Professor Sun for his support. He congratulated the winning enterprises and the winners of the "STC 60th Anniversary Logo Design Competition."  Professor Sun delivered a speech encouraging the award-winning enterprises and co-hosted the opening ceremony with other honored guests. He also presented the "Hong Kong Safety Mark", “STC Certified” Mark, "Eco Products Certification Scheme", and "Excellent Service Certification Scheme" certificates to a number of renowned companies.

During the event, Mr. Tang appointed two well-known artists, Ms. Miranda LEE Jia and Ms. Venus CHI Kuk Yi from "Midlife, Sing & Shine!", to be the ambassadors of the "Hong Kong Safety Mark" and “STC Certified Mark" respectively, adding a touch of glamour to the event. Ambassadors Lee and Chi presented awards to the winners of the "STC 60th Anniversary Logo Design Competition." They shared their experiences of buying safe and high-quality products and went on to entertain the gathering with their rousing performances.

Aside from giving out certificates, a 7-day Product Safety Carnival went underway bringing businesses and consumers together with sales booths offering certified products for purchase by customers.

As Hong Kong’s first independent, not-for-profit testing, certification, and inspection organization, STC actively promotes product safety messages to all levels of society and is committed to promoting the development of the testing industry. STC and HKCC have been strictly monitoring the safety of household products and food through product certification programs for many years. In addition, HKCC closely follows the pulse of society and actively introduces certification programs in Hong Kong, including the "Hong Kong Safety Mark", “STC Certified” Mark, "Eco Products Certification Scheme," and "Excellent Service Certification Scheme" to protect consumers' rights in various ways.

Mr. Tang said, “STC celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. We will continue to build on our six decades of dedication to safety and quality testing and inspection by working towards a safe and better future, actively cooperating with national policies and especially integrating into the fabric of development of the Greater Bay Area.”

About STC

Established in 1963, STC (Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre) is Hong Kong’s first independent, not-for-profit testing, inspection and certification organization.  STC offers a wide range of conformity assessment services on products covering Toys, Children’s products, Textile, Apparel, Footwear, Furniture, Electrical and Electronic Products, Medical Devices, Food as well as Chemical and Pharmaceutical products.  In order to meet the global demand for testing and certification services, not only has STC set up testing facilities and customer service offices in China’s major cities such as Dongguan, Shanghai, Changzhou and Guangxi, but also in countries like Vietnam, Japan, the USA and Germany.   

To better support STC's brand and the Group’s diversified development needs, we are pleased to announce that STC’s member organization "STC (Dongguan) Co. Ltd." is renamed "STC (Guangdong) Company Limited" (“STC (Guangdong)”) with immediate effect.

STC (Guangdong) was first established in 2005 with premises of ​​over 35,000 square meters. It has several advanced testing laboratories providing testing and certification services for a wide range of products.  Following sustained development, today, STC has become a major testing, inspection, and certification institution in the South China region.

This renaming is an important step in STC's global development.  STC (Guangdong) is based in the Greater Bay Area, allowing STC (Guangdong) to readily serve China and the international community.  As a result of years of development, STC (Guangdong) has become an independent third-party testing and certification organization, and has obtained accreditation fromChina Inspection Body and Laboratory Mandatory Approval (CMA), China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Consumer Product Safety Committee (CPSC), Govmark Flame Laboratory (Govmark), Industry Canada (IC), Lucideon, SATRA, Nemko, Japan Safe Product Association (CPSA), and Gulf Cooperation Council (GC). Notably, STC (Guangdong) is also an accredited testing laboratory (CBTL) in the international IECEE-CB scheme.

Services cover a diversified range of products, offering comprehensive testing solutions for toys, children's products, textiles, clothing, footwear, furniture, electronics and electrical products, medical devices, food, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, among others.

Meanwhile, the company's website and email address have also been revised accordingly, while other contact details, company bank accounts and other information remain unchanged.