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Website Accessibility Testing in Hubei, China

Audits for Hubei against the standard that actually binds you in China.

What Hubei actually requires

Roughly 57,753,000 people live in Hubei, one of China's 31 provincial-level divisions. The duty comes from the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities, amended in 2008, which names no WCAG version. A voluntary web accessibility standard derived from WCAG 2.0 sits alongside it.

The province does not change either instrument. What it changes is the procuring authority, and a voluntary standard becomes a hard requirement the moment a contract cites it.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Hubei site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 contains everything the standard above asks for, so one audit answers it with room to spare. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.

The rules in force in Hubei

Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (China)

Standard
No WCAG version named in the law itself
Where it stands
Amended 2008
Who it binds
Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad
Not by itself
What non-compliance costs
Administrative enforcement, with a voluntary web standard alongside
Year of the amendment
2008
WCAG version in the law
None
Version the voluntary standard derives from
2.0
Status of that standard
Voluntary
The China PPD Law dates, 2 of them
  1. 1990Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities passed
  2. 2008Amended, and a voluntary web accessibility standard issued alongside it

Read the full China PPD Law page

What we test, and how, in Hubei

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Hubei as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check
55
Techniques and failures
432
ACT test rules
90
ARIA roles documented
94
Terms in the glossary
131
Checklists to work from
9

The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Hubei is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

What owners in Hubei want to know first

Is accessibility testing in Hubei different from anywhere else?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

Who sets the rules for a website in Hubei?

China PPD Law is the one that reach Hubei first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Does Hubei expect a published accessibility statement?

No law that reaches Hubei names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

How much is an audit, and when does the report land?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Find out where your site stands in Hubei

Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Hubei can act on.

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