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China's Official Website ID System: What Foreign Founders Should Know About the Heilongjiang Government Portal Certification Record
A practical read of a published Chinese website identification record for foreign founders: how official site IDs, aging and accessibility evaluations, certification validity periods, and scheduled inspections work in practice.
Why a website identification record matters to foreign founders
When you register a company in China and build a web presence, you will encounter a layer of official website governance that most foreign founders do not see in their home markets. Chinese government bodies publish structured records covering site identity, certification validity, accessibility and elderly-user evaluations, and periodic inspections. The record reviewed here is the identification management page for the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government portal. It is not a guide to company registration, but it is a useful window into how Chinese authorities document and monitor official websites, and it shows the kind of compliance vocabulary you will meet when dealing with regulators, partners, and platform operators.
Who is behind the record
The source page lists the sponsoring institution as the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government, classifies the institution type as a Party and government organ, and gives the site name as the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government, with the site address at www.hlj.gov.cn. The electronic identification number is DZJG20260300003507PW. For foreign founders, the practical takeaway is that official Chinese websites carry a traceable identifier attached to a named institution. When you verify a counterparty or a government service portal, look for that identifier rather than relying on the domain name alone.
How the site was scored
PC website evaluation
The record separates evaluations for the PC version and the WAP (mobile) version. For the PC site, the elderly-friendly (适老化) evaluation shows a self-assessment of 100, an institutional assessment of 82, and a user evaluation of 80. The accessibility (无障碍) evaluation shows a self-assessment of 100, an institutional assessment of 83, and a user evaluation of 84. The effectiveness index (效能指数) is recorded at 100% for comprehensiveness, 100% for reliability, and 100% for robustness. The overall evaluation score is 85.8.
WAP website evaluation
The mobile site follows a similar pattern. The elderly-friendly evaluation records a self-assessment of 100, an institutional assessment of 83, and a user evaluation of 83. The accessibility evaluation records a self-assessment of 100, an institutional assessment of 80, and a user evaluation of 83. The effectiveness index again shows 100% for comprehensiveness, 100% for reliability, and 100% for robustness. The overall evaluation score is also 85.8.
Two features stand out. First, self-assessments are consistently higher than institutional and user scores, which suggests external review carries real weight. Second, the effectiveness index is reported as full marks across all three dimensions on both site versions. If you operate a China-facing site, expect accessibility and elderly-user usability to be assessed as measurable criteria rather than optional extras.
Identification management and certification validity
The identification management section names the competent authority as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the issuing body as the Internet Society of China. Both the PC website identification certification and the WAP website identification certification carry a validity period of two years, running from 5 March 2026 to 4 March 2028.
For foreign founders, this two-year cycle is a planning signal. Website identification is not a one-off stamp; it has a defined term and must be renewed. Build renewal dates into your China compliance calendar alongside other recurring obligations.
Scheduled inspections
The record lists periodic inspection dates of 4 September 2026, 4 March 2027, and 4 September 2027. The inspection result for each is recorded as passed. The pattern is roughly every six months, which reinforces the point that certification is actively monitored during its validity period rather than simply granted and forgotten.
Certification and reports
The certificate certification section restates the two-year validity from 5 March 2026 to 4 March 2028. It also provides a downloadable document described as the sealed version of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government portal accessibility and elderly-friendly evaluation report.
Practical lessons for foreign founders
- Verify identity, not just domains. Official Chinese sites carry a unique electronic identification number tied to a named institution. Use it when checking government portals or partners.
- Treat accessibility as a scored criterion. Elderly-friendly and accessibility evaluations are recorded with separate institutional and user scores, not just self-reported ones.
- Track validity windows. Website identification certification here runs for two years, with fixed start and end dates. Diarise the renewal.
- Expect periodic checks. Scheduled inspections appear at roughly six-month intervals with recorded results.
- Keep documentation. Sealed evaluation reports are published alongside the certification data, showing that evidence files matter.
This record concerns a government portal, not a commercial company registration. Even so, the structure is instructive: named authority, issuing body, defined validity dates, scheduled inspections, and published evaluation scores. Foreign founders building a China presence should assume similar documentation discipline will be expected of them when dealing with regulators and platforms.
This summary is based on information published by the relevant Chinese government website and is general information, not legal or tax advice.