(Issued on August 17, 2015 in accordance with Decree No. 129 of the People’s Government of Guangzhou Municipality and amended on October 17, 2019 in accordance with Decree No. 167 of the People’s Government of Guangzhou Municipality)

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Article 1 In order to strengthen the quality management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, specify the responsibilities for the quality management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, and ensure the quality and safety of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Construction Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Regulations on Quality Management of Construction Projects, the Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Quality Management of Construction Projects and other laws and regulations and on the basis of the actual conditions of this Municipality.

　　Article 2 Those who are engaged in the construction, reconstruction, expansion or other related activities of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects and implement quality supervision and management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects within the administrative region of this Municipality shall abide by these Measures.

　　Where there are other regulations by the State and the Province regarding the quality supervision and management of specialized construction projects, such as transportation and water affairs and the like, such regulations shall prevail.

　　The Measures do not apply to the quality management of emergency rescue and disaster relief and other temporary housing construction projects, small projects below the threshold value, low-rise residential buildings built by farmers and military construction projects.

　　Article 3 The municipal construction authority shall be responsible for the quality supervision and management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects in the whole city ex officio, and organize the implementation of the Measures.

　　District construction authorities shall be responsible for the quality supervision and management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects within its jurisdiction ex officio.

　　The construction authorities may entrust a project quality supervision agency to be responsible for the specific implementation of supervision and management.

　　The authorities in charge of land planning, ecological environment, market regulation, forestry and landscaping, emergency management, civil defense, meteorology, fire control, etc. shall be responsible for the relevant supervision and management of the quality of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects ex officio.

　　Article 4 Those engaged in housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects shall strictly implement the basic construction procedures, adhere to the principle of the survey first followed by design and construction, and ensure reasonable survey, design and construction periods. No entity or individual can arbitrarily reduce the reasonable construction period of a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project.

　　Article 5 It is encouraged to adopt advanced technologies and management methods and promote the use of informatization and standardization technologies to realize the visual management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects; it is advocated to build high-quality and good-priced projects, technology demonstration projects and demonstration projects for prevention and control of common quality problems; environmentally friendly buildings and green construction shall be promoted.

　　Article 6 The construction developers, the survey entities, the design entities, the construction contractors, the supervision entities, the testing entities, the construction drawings and design documents review entities and the ready-mixed concrete production enterprises shall assume corresponding quality responsibilities for a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project in accordance with the law.

　　The legal representatives, technical leaders, project leaders, registered practitioners and other specialized technical personnel and operators of the above-mentioned entities shall assume corresponding quality responsibilities in accordance with the law.

　　The lifetime project quality accountability system shall be implemented for a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project. The construction developers, the survey entities, the design entities, the construction contractors and the supervision entities shall sign a power of attorney of the legal representative. And the person in charge of the project shall sign a letter of commitment for lifetime project quality accountability.

　　Chapter II Early Quality Management

　　Article 7 Construction developers shall ensure the early work quality of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects.

　　For a project that shall be constructed into an environmentally friendly one according to relevant regulations, the construction developers shall specify the requirements for green design and green construction.

　　Where a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project is developed on an agency basis, the agency shall, in accordance with the contract, perform the quality responsibilities and obligations for the construction developer, and assume the corresponding legal responsibilities for the construction developer.

　　Before the commencement of underground tunnels, deep foundation pits and other underground projects that are adjacent to construction (structure) concentrated areas or important pipeline facilities or with complex geological conditions, construction developers shall entrust the technical experts or specialized agencies of the construction projects to carry out special demonstrations for the construction support design plans.

　　Article 8 Survey entities shall carry out survey work according to the Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Management of Survey and Design of Construction Projects and relevant standards.

　　Project developers shall provide necessary on-site conditions for the survey work, as well as true and reliable original data.

　　Project owners shall strictly review survey plans submitted by survey entities, arrange for specialized technical personnel or entrust supervision entities to conduct stand-by supervision on key links carried out by survey entities, such as the quantity, location, depth and catalog of the drilling holes, and organize the acceptance checks of the survey results.

　　This Municipality shall gradually establish a survey work supervision and inspection system and strengthen the site survey management of construction projects.

　　Article 9 A survey/design entity shall establish and improve a survey/design quality assurance system, establish a sound internal review system for survey reports or design documents, strengthen the quality control of the entire survey/design process, and specify the responsible persons at each stage.

　　A survey entity shall establish and improve a quality and safety management system and an accountability system for the survey sites of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, and be responsible for the trueness and accuracy of the project survey results. And it is prohibited to carry out illegal operations.

　　A design entity shall conduct design according to the project survey results that have passed the examination of the construction drawing review agency. And the depth of the design documents shall meet the relevant regulations and requirements of the corresponding design phase, as well as the requirements of the relevant mandatory standards and specifications. The design of such projects as bridges and tunnels shall fully consider the actual situation. On the premise of ensuring that the structural reliability meets the national mandatory standards, a large enough safety factor shall be reserved.

　　For a project that shall be constructed into a green one according to relevant regulations, the design entity shall design environment-friendly buildings according to relevant technical standards and public building energy consumption quota control indicators.

　　For a government-funded housing construction and municipal infrastructure project, it is advocated to use permanent natural materials, and promote the use of fair-faced concrete walls, and it shall not use sidings that affect safety as decorative panels.

　　Article 10 For new technologies, new processes and new materials to be adopted that do not have currently mandatory standards for construction, design entities and construction contractors shall notify construction developers in advance, and construction developers shall organize technical experts to examine them before they can be used.

　　The enterprise standards on which new technologies, new processes and new materials are based shall comply with relevant laws and regulations; where the quality and safety of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects are affected, construction developers shall send them to a State-approved testing agency for testing and demonstration to obtain a test report.

　　Article 11 Construction drawing review agencies shall, according to the relevant laws and regulations, review the contents of the construction drawing design documents involving public interests, public safety, energy conservation and mandatory standards for construction. And the review shall adhere to the principle of the survey first followed by design.

　　For a project that shall be constructed into a green one according to relevant regulations, the construction drawing review agency shall conduct a special review of environment-friendly buildings in accordance with relevant technical standards and public building energy consumption quota control indicators.

　　Article 12 A construction developer shall guarantee the construction funds that match the construction needs, make payments according to the price and time agreed in the contract, and strictly implement the national charging standards, and shall not compel the entities responsible for survey, design, construction, supervision, testing, etc. to undertake assignments at a price below cost.

　　When preparing project estimates (budgets), a construction developer shall separately list the special expenses for the quality testing of the housing construction and municipal infrastructure project, and shall not use them for other purposes.

　　Article 13 The on-site management accountability system shall be implemented for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects. In the bidding documents for general construction contracting and the general construction contracts, construction developers shall clearly stipulate the overall management responsibilities and expenses of the general construction contractors for all specialized subcontracted works of the projects; the specialized works and procurement of materials and equipment separately contracted out by construction developers shall also be included into the scope of management of the general construction contractors. Each specialized subcontractor shall sign construction management agreements with the general construction contractor.

　　For a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project with two or more specialized projects that are constructed at the same time but do not involve the construction of the main structure, the construction developer shall specify one entity as the management entity to comprehensively manage the construction of the project in accordance with the provisions on the general contracting for construction in the preceding paragraph.

　　A general construction contractor or a specialized construction subcontractor shall set up a project management agency at the construction site, and dispatch the project leader, technical leader, quality management leader, safety management leader and other key management personnel to perform management obligations and organize and manage the construction activities of the project.

　　Chapter III Incoming Material Management

　　Article 14 Construction developers and construction contractors shall be responsible for the quality of the building materials, components and equipment provided by them.

　　Construction developers shall not, expressly or impliedly, ask construction contractors to use unqualified building materials, building components or equipment, and shall not, expressly or impliedly, ask design entities or construction contractors to violate the mandatory standards for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects and to reduce the quality of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects.

　　Construction contractors shall not use unqualified building materials, components or equipment, and shall not reduce the quality of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects.

　　Article 15 Construction developers shall organize the relevant entities to formulate the incoming material inspection plans for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects. The same type of witness inspection items in the overall works shall only be tested by one construction quality testing entity; when the testing entity changes, the project quality supervision agency shall be notified.

　　Article 16 The incoming building materials of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects shall be subject to witness inspection in accordance with the current standards and specifications, and shall be used only after passing the inspection. For the building materials involving project structure safety, energy saving, environmental protection and important functions, the construction authority may entrust a construction quality supervision agency to conduct supervision and sampling inspection.

　　Article 17 Production enterprises of ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete components, ready-mixed mortar and new wall materials shall be responsible for the quality of the products produced according to law. Construction contractors shall conduct construction in accordance with the technical regulations on construction and acceptance check specifications for ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete components, ready-mixed mortar and new wall materials in housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects. Construction contractors shall bear the corresponding quality responsibilities for quality problems caused by improper construction techniques.

　　The quality of ready-mixed concrete shall meet the requirements of relevant standards. Construction developers and construction contractors are encouraged to give priority to using the products of ready-mixed concrete enterprises that meet the green standards.

　　Article 18 The municipal/district construction authority shall supervise and manage the building components, materials and equipment used in housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects according to national laws and regulations and mandatory standards for project construction.

　　The municipal/district construction authority may make use of the concrete quality tracking and dynamic supervision system, the construction quality testing information system, the technology of implanting chips in concrete specimens, the technology of real-time acquisition of concrete production and feeding data, the technology of QR code for delivery and inspection of building materials, and other informatization supervision means to include the quality behaviors of all parties into supervision.

　　Chapter IV Construction Process Management

　　Article 19 A construction developer shall go through the approval procedures for construction permits in accordance with the basic construction procedures, summon the persons in charge of survey, design, construction and supervision to go through the sign-in procedures to receive construction permits at the construction sites, and provide necessary construction sites for the construction contractor.

　　For a project that shall be constructed into a green one according to relevant regulations, the construction developer shall apply for the green building design label within 6 months after obtaining the construction permit.

　　Article 20 In the construction process, the construction contractor shall abide by the following rules:

　　(1) Establish a sound quality assurance system, strengthen construction quality management, and establish an internal quality accountability system. The person in charge of the project is directly responsible for the construction quality, and its legal representative is fully responsible for the construction quality.

　　(2) Carry out construction in accordance with the approved construction drawing design documents and the mandatory standards for project construction. And it is not allowed to cut corners or use shoddy products. The modification of the project design shall be the responsibility of the original design entity. The construction contractor shall not modify the project design without authorization.

　　(3) The quality control data shall be recorded synchronously according to the construction progress, and shall be true, accurate and complete.

　　(4) Establish and improve the triple quality inspection system, i.e., inspected by the parent company, by the branch office and by the project department, implement the inspection system led by the person in charge of the enterprise, strictly manage the processes, and act well in the quality inspection and recording of concealed projects. Before a project is concealed, the construction contractor shall report to the supervision entity for an acceptance check, and notify the construction developer and the project quality supervision agency after the acceptance check.

　　In housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects where the use of bagged cement and bagged ordinary mortar and on-site mixing of concrete and mortar are prohibited, construction contractors shall not use bagged cement or bagged ordinary ready-mixed mortar without authorization, and are forbidden to conduct on-site mixing of concrete and mortar.

　　Article 21 A supervision entity shall carry out the supervision of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects in a fair, independent, honest and scientific way, supervise the construction quality on behalf of construction developers, and assume the supervision responsibility for the construction quality.

　　A supervision entity shall send a project supervision agency to the construction site, establish and improve the coordination management system, implement project supervision in accordance with the principles of prior control and active control, and record the implementation of supervision work in a timely and accurate way.

　　A supervision entity shall review the quality certification documents of the materials, equipment, components and parts used for the projects submitted by the construction contractor or the suppliers, and conduct witness sampling of the on-site materials used for the project according to the relevant regulations or the supervision contracts for the housing construction and municipal infrastructure project. And it is forbidden to take samples provided by material suppliers. A supervision entity shall inspect the construction process, and conduct stand-by or parallel inspections of the construction process of key parts and key processes; measures shall be taken to stop the use of project materials, equipment, and components and parts used for the projects in violation of regulations; where such a use cannot be effectively stopped, it shall be reported to the project quality supervision agency and the relevant construction authority timely.

　　Article 22 The municipal/district construction authorities shall conduct random checks for the main building materials as well as the physical quality of the construction and quality behavior management data involving the main structural safety and main use functions of the projects, and supervise the construction parties to perform the project quality responsibilities.

　　Article 23 In the event of a construction quality accident, the construction developer shall report to the construction authority at the place where the accident occurred within one hour after receiving the report from the accident site, take measures to prevent the accident from expanding, and cooperate with the relevant authorities in the investigation and handling of the accident; the construction developer shall timely organize the entities responsible for construction, supervision, survey and design to handle construction quality problems and construction quality accidents, and propose corresponding technical solutions.

　　Article 24 During quality appraisal (including municipal high-quality projects, municipal high-quality structural projects and “Wuyang Cup” projects), construction industry associations shall give priority to scientific and technological demonstration projects and demonstration projects of prevention and control of common quality problems, and recommend construction developers and construction contractors of award-winning projects to apply for relevant national, provincial and municipal quality awards.

　　Chapter V Testing Behavior Management

　　Article 25 A testing entity shall engage in construction quality testing activities within the scope of testing items subject to approved qualifications and metrological certifications, and are prohibited from undertaking quality testing services for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects without qualifications or beyond the scope of approved qualifications.

　　Article 26 The municipal construction authority shall establish a city-wide credit management system for testing entities, strengthen the management of testing behaviors of testing entities, and establish a city-wide unified credit assessment system for testing entities and publish credit information in real time.

　　Article 27 A construction developer shall organize the entities responsible for design, supervision, construction and testing to formulate physical testing plans and notify the project quality supervision agency. The testing entity shall conduct random tests on the physical quality of the engineering structures according to the physical testing plans.

　　A testing entity shall identify the witness samples and be responsible for the accuracy and trueness of the data in the testing reports.

　　A testing entity shall establish a reporting system for non-conforming or abnormal test results, and shall notify the construction developers, the construction contractors and the supervision entities within 24 hours after getting any non-conforming or abnormal test results.

　　Article 28 A testing entity shall establish a quality testing management information system for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, accept the online supervision of the information supervision platforms of the construction authorities, and transmit and submit testing data in real time. Where a testing entity is not included into the information supervision platform, its test reports shall not be used as project completion acceptance check documents.

　　Article 29 A testing entity shall clearly inform the entrusting entity of the time limit for issuing testing reports, and issue corresponding testing reports to the entrusting entity in accordance with the contracts.

　　The test reports issued by a testing entity shall have valid supervision marks, such as digital watermarks and QR codes. And the construction developer shall refuse to accept the test reports without valid supervision marks.

　　Chapter VI Completion Acceptance Check Management

　　Article 30 Prior to the completion acceptance check for overall construction works, the acceptance check for segmental works and classified works shall be completed.

　　Prior to the acceptance checks of overall construction works and important segmental (sub-segmental) construction works, the random checks of the impressional quality of the housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects and the random checks of the structural physical quality shall meet the requirements of the acceptance check specification, and the results of such random checks shall be considered as an important part of the technical archives for the project completion acceptance check. The project quality supervision agency shall implement the supervision of the organizational form and procedures of the completion acceptance check for the overall construction works.

　　Important segmental (sub-segmental) construction works refer to the following works: pile foundations, natural foundations and treated foundations; underground structure works; main structure works; divisional works of building energy saving (green buildings); other segmental (sub-segmental) works involving structural safety, important use functions and key parts determined by the construction developers and the supervision entities or the construction project quality supervision agencies in accordance with relevant regulations and project features.

　　Article 31 For a residential project, household quality acceptance checks shall be organized in accordance with the regulations prior to the completion acceptance checks, and the household quality acceptance check records shall be delivered to the users as an annex to the residential instructions.

　　The construction developer, as the first responsible person for the household quality acceptance checks, is responsible for establishing household acceptance check teams to carry out the household acceptance checks.

　　Article 32 A completion acceptance check shall be carried out only if the project meets the following requirements:

　　(1) The project design and the contents agreed in the contracts have been completed.

　　(2) The construction contractor has inspected the quality of the project after the completion of the project, confirmed that the quality of the project conforms to the relevant laws, regulations and mandatory standards for project construction as well as the requirements of the design documents and the contracts, and submitted a project completion report. The project completion report shall be reviewed and signed by the project managers and the relevant persons in charge of the construction contractor.

　　(3) For the projects entrusted to be supervised, the supervision entity has carried out quality assessment on the project, has complete supervision data, and has submitted a project quality assessment report. The project quality assessment report shall be reviewed and signed by the chief supervision engineers and the persons in charge of the supervision entity.

　　(4) The survey entity and the design entity have inspected the survey and design documents and the design change notices signed by the design entity in the construction process, and submitted a quality inspection report. The quality inspection report shall be reviewed and signed by the persons in charge of the survey and design and the persons in charge of the survey entity and the design entity of the project.

　　(5) There are complete technical files and construction management data.

　　(6) There are incoming test reports of the main building materials, components and equipment used in the project, as well as the project quality testing and functional test data.

　　(7) The construction developer has paid the project payments according to the contracts.

　　(8) There is a project quality warranty certificate signed by the construction contractor.

　　(9) Residential construction projects shall pass the household acceptance checks, so that the construction developer can issue to each household the Household Acceptance Check Form for Residential Projects.

　　(10) All the corrections have been made as required by the construction authority and the project quality supervision agency.

　　(11) Other conditions prescribed by laws and regulations.

　　A construction project shall be put into use only after passing the completion acceptance checks and obtaining the quality certificates or the approval documents from the authorities in charge of planning, fire control, environmental protection and other relevant authorities. Where the quality certificates or the approval documents have not been obtained from such authorities, the corresponding competent authority shall handle it.

　　After the construction developer complete the completion acceptance checks, it shall file the completion acceptance checks and other special acceptance checks with the filing authority within the specified time limit.

　　Article 33 The applications for a project completion acceptance check shall be made in accordance with the following procedures:

　　(1) After the completion of a project, the construction contractor shall submit the project completion report to the construction developer to apply for the completion acceptance checks. For a project under supervision, the project completion report shall be signed by the chief supervision engineer.

　　(2) After receiving a project completion report, the construction developer shall organize the entities responsible for of survey, design, construction and supervision to form an acceptance check team that meet the completion acceptance check requirements, and formulate an acceptance check plan. For a major project or a technically complex project, relevant experts may be invited to join the acceptance check team as needed.

　　(3) The project owner shall notify in writing the project quality supervision agency of the time, place and list of the acceptance team members for the acceptance check 7 working days prior to the completion acceptance check for the project.

　　(4) The construction developer shall organize the completion acceptance checks for the project.

　　Construction developer shall organize the completion acceptance checks for the projects according to the following procedures:

　　(1) The entities responsible for construction, survey, design, construction and supervision shall respectively report the performance of the project contracts and the implementation of laws, regulations and mandatory standards for project construction in all aspects of the project construction.

　　(2) The project archives of the entities responsible for construction, survey, design, construction and supervision shall be reviewed.

　　(3) On-site inspection of project quality shall be conducted.

　　(4) Comprehensive assessments of the survey, design, construction, equipment installation quality and various management links of the project shall be conducted, so as to give comments signed by the acceptance check team on the completion acceptance checks for the project.

　　When the entities responsible for development, survey, design, construction and supervision involved in the completion acceptance checks of a project cannot reach a consensus, they shall negotiate and propose the solution. After the consensus is reached, the completion acceptance checks of the project shall be reorganized.

　　Article 34 After the completion acceptance checks of a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project, the construction developer shall set permanent signs on the conspicuous parts of the project, indicating the names of the entities responsible for project quality, such as the construction developers, the survey entities, the design entities, the construction contractors and the supervision entities, as well as the names of the main persons in charge. For a project that has obtained the environment-friendly building completion sign, green environment-friendly information may be included into the content of the permanent signs.

　　Article 35 The quality guarantee system shall be implemented for housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects; the scope and duration of quality warranty shall comply with the relevant provisions of the State and the province.

　　Chapter VII Management of the Credit Assessment System

　　Article 36 The municipal construction authority shall establish and improve a comprehensive credit assessment system according to law, and guide the establishment of credit files of all entities in the construction market.

　　Article 37 The municipal construction authority shall organize the establishment and improvement of the city-wide unified networked construction market credit management information platform, organize the formulation of the city-wide unified credit assessment standards for all entities in the construction market, and publish the information of the credit-related behavior records of all entities in the construction market in the city.

　　Article 38 The municipal/district construction authorities shall establish a construction site management credit assessment mechanism, and apply its credit assessment results to the supervision, management and bidding activities of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects. The municipal/district project bidding supervision agencies are responsible for the specific supervision of the application of the relevant credit assessment results in the process of inviting and submitting bids, and handling relevant complaints or reports.

　　Article 39 The municipal/district construction authorities shall establish a publicity system for the bad behaviors and non-standard behaviors of different entities in the construction market, conduct classified management based on such factors as the degree of social harm of the illegal behaviors and the subjective fault of the parties concerned, and verify, record and publish online bad behaviors and non-standard behaviors of the entities responsible for the development, survey, design, construction, supervision, construction drawing design review and project quality testing found during the quality inspection, quality supervision, accident handling or quality complaint handling within the administrative area.

　　Bad behaviors refer to the behaviors of different entities in the construction market that violate the laws, regulations, rules or mandatory standards and codes of practice related to construction in the project construction process, and are subject to administrative penalties. The publicity time of bad behaviors is within 7 days after the administrative punishment decision takes effect, and the publicity period is not less than 6 months.

　　Non-standard behaviors refer to the relatively minor violations of different entities in the construction market that are not yet subject to administrative penalties. The publicity period for non-standard behaviors is not less than 1 month.

　　Article 40 The municipal and district construction authorities and other relevant authorities shall implement classified management of all entities and registered practitioners in the construction market in accordance with the principle of reward for honesty and punishment for dishonesty, give incentives to honest entities and personnel, and record and publish the names of dishonest entities and personnel.

　　A blacklist system for all entities and registered practitioners in the construction market shall be established and included into the credit assessment management.

　　Article 41 An industry association shall establish and improve an industry self-discipline mechanism to encourage honesty and punish dishonesty, and report quality violations of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects in the industry to the supervision and management authorities timely.

　　Chapter VIII Legal Liability

　　Article 42 For behaviors in violation of these Measures, where there are provisions for punishment stipulated in laws, regulations and rules, such provisions shall prevail.

　　Article 43 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Measures by committing any of the following acts shall be ordered by the construction authorities to make corrections within a time limit; where corrections are not made within the time limit, a fine ranging from RMB 10,000 to 30,000 shall be imposed:

　　(1) The construction developer violates the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 12 herein by failing to separately list the special expenses for quality testing.

　　(2) The construction developer violates the provisions of Article 15 herein by failing to formulate and implement the incoming material inspection plan as required or failing to notify the project quality supervision agency when the testing entity changes.

　　(3) For a project that shall be constructed into a green one according to relevant regulations, the construction developer violates the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 19 herein by failing to apply for the environment-friendly design label within 6 months after obtaining the construction permit.

　　(4) The construction contractor violates the provisions of Item 3, Paragraph 1 of Article 20 herein by failing to record the quality control data synchronously according to the construction progress.

　　(5) The construction contractor violates the provisions of Item 4, Paragraph 1 of Article 20 herein by failing to establish and improve the triple quality inspection system, i.e., inspected by the parent company, by the branch office and by the project department.

　　Article 44 Anyone who violates the provisions of the Measures by committing any of the following acts shall be ordered by the construction authorities to make corrections, and a fine ranging from RMB 30,000 to RMB 50,000 shall be imposed:

　　(1) For the projects that shall be constructed into green ones according to relevant regulations, the construction developers violate the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 7 herein by failing to specify the requirements for green design and green construction.

　　(2) The supervision entities violate the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 21 herein by failing to send a project supervision agency to the construction site or failing to record the implementation of supervision work in a timely and accurate way.

　　(3) In violation of the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 29 herein, the test reports issued by the testing entities do not contain such valid supervision signs as digital watermarks and QR codes.

　　Article 45 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Measures by committing any of the following acts shall be ordered by the construction authorities to make corrections, and a fine ranging from RMB 50,000 to RMB 100,000 shall be imposed:

　　(1) The construction developer violates the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 8 herein by failing to arrange specialized technical personnel to conduct stand-by supervision on key links of the survey.

　　(2) The construction developer violates the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 10 herein by failing to organize technical experts to examine and approve the new technologies, new processes and new materials, and using them without authorization.

　　(3) For the new technologies, new processes or new materials that affect the quality or safety of a housing construction and municipal infrastructure project, the construction developer violates the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 10 herein by failing to send them to a State-approved testing organization for testing and demonstration to obtain test reports.

　　(4) The construction developer violates the provisions of Article 13 herein by failing to implement the on-site management accountability system.

　　(5) The construction contractor violates the provisions of Item 4, Paragraph 1 of Article 20 herein by failing to report to the supervision entity for an acceptance check before the project is concealed.

　　Article 46 Where the entity responsible for development, survey, design, construction or supervision or any of its registered practitioners violates the corresponding provisions of these Measures slightly and thus not subject to administrative punishments, such administrative measures as interviews may be taken, and non-standard behaviors shall be recorded.

　　For government-funded projects, where construction developer (or relevant management personnel) commit dereliction of duty, they will be transferred to the competent authorities for investigation and punishment; the criminal liabilities shall be investigated for according to law if a crime has been constituted.

　　Article 47 Where the staff of state organs neglect their duties, abuse their powers or practice favoritism in the quality supervision and management of housing construction and municipal infrastructure projects, they shall be punished by the competent authorities in accordance with the law; the criminal liabilities shall be investigated for according to the law if a crime has been constituted.

　　Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 48 These Measures shall come into force on October 1, 2015.