Private design firms are about to face a wave of reduced qualifications or withdrawal from the market
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This post was last edited by The wise are enlightened on 2019-3-9 at 21:22. With the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development’s Supplementary Notice on Carrying Out Special Rectification Actions Against Illegal and Irregular Practices Such as the Use of Fake Professional Qualifications in the field of engineering construction, it is expected that private design firms will face a wave of downgrades in their qualification levels or even closures during the second and third quarters of this year. In accordance with the requirements of the notice, the issue of \"hanging up\" professional and technical personnel’s qualifications has been addressed: the deadline for self-inspection and self-correction has been extended to March 31, 2019. The comprehensive inspection has been postponed to the end of August 2019. The deadline for guidance and supervision has been extended to the end of November 2019. What do you think? Welcome to join the discussion @DesertFish @RedLee_ZZHI
Illegal practices such as the \"substitution\" of professional qualifications by registered personnel, which are widespread in private design firms, will be the primary targets of this special rectification campaign. Those who misuse such registered qualifications will have their misconduct recorded and included on the \"blacklist\" of construction industry entities; those who obtain design qualifications illegally will have their qualifications reduced or even revoked entirely.
By February 2019, various regions had begun to release lists of those suspected of holding licenses in other locations. The list mainly includes various suspected individuals such as those with “inconsistent social insurance records”, those without social insurance, and those with multiple social insurance records. A storm is approaching; the cold wind fills the building. In the era of big data, it’s very easy to retrieve data; therefore, those who hold fake certificates must either align their identity with the certificate or cancel it as soon as possible. There’s no need to take the blame for unqualified companies just for a few dollars.
:(It seems there’s really no way to affiliate with them anymore.)
According to the information released by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, several design institutes have voluntarily applied to have their design qualifications revoked.
Indeed, many small design institutes lack sufficient talent and can only rely on the certificates of their affiliated personnel to meet the requirements set by higher authorities regarding hardware and software capabilities. Now, relevant authorities are conducting strict inspections in this regard; if a thorough review is carried out, it is likely that some design institutes will fail to meet the requirements, and they could face downgrades or even have their qualifications revoked.
Well, the certificate obtained through exams might not be useful for now :(
Private design firms can no longer directly benefit from having certified professionals on staff
It’s okay; projects can be undertaken using the qualifications of large design firms in the area.
Why apply to cancel the design qualification voluntarily? If you’re no longer in business, you can sell the qualifications
Previously, some people would borrow qualifications to undertake projects and charge a few percent as a fee. Now a lifetime responsibility system for design has been established, so it’s generally not advisable to lend out qualifications.