The certification for energy saving and environmental-friendly products is a voluntary program aiming to save energy and reduce emissions through stimulating manufacturers to produce more resource efficient products and helping consumers to make more sustainable purchase decisions.
In 1998, CECP began the energy conservation certification program with residential refrigerators. This soon expanded to more than ninety product categories covering home appliances, lighting, electronic, office equipments, industrial products, water saving products and environmental-friendly products.

In light of the rapid development of the decoration industry in recent years and the instability of product quality, safety and health performance, Certification Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) has initiated the compulsory certification in order to enforce the product supervision regarding the health, safety, sanitation, and environmental protection, and safeguard the public benefit and safety.
At the beginning of 2004, CECP has been authorized by CNCA to undertake the certification work of China Compulsory Certification (CCC) mainly engaged in the decoration stuff for construction such as solvent carpentry paint and ceramic tile that provides CECP with a new stage for further contribution to the certification work of China.

Principle
CECP aims to continually aid improvements in energy efficiency and environmental protection and to assist social and economic sustainable development. To achieve this goal CECP seeks to harmonize social value and economic benefit by stimulating technical development in industry, increasing pubic awareness of resource consumption and environment protection and ultimately increase the market share of the energy-efficient and water-saving products. CECP undertakes specific projects within the national and international arena and actively supports cooperation and harmonization across international borders.

Tasks
In performance of its role, CECP undertakes the following tasks:
*　Establish and develop the certification system for energy conservation, water-saving and environmental-friendly products;
*　Undertake the work for China Compulsory Certification;
*　Conduct fundamental research regarding energy, resources and environmental protection to provide the technical basis for policy making;
*　Promote energy efficient, water-saving and environmental-friendly products and removing the market barriers for energy conservation products;
*　Undertake international cooperation in the energy efficiency field.