Root certificate · BJCA
BJCA Global Root CA2
BJCA Global Root CA2 is a root CA certificate operated by BJCA (ECDSA P-384, valid until 2044-12-12, SHA-256 574DF693). As of the latest CCADB data it is trusted for TLS server authentication by 1 of 4 major root stores: Mozilla.
Root store status
| Root store | Status | Trusted for TLS | Distrust for TLS after | Constrained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Not included Not included | No | — | No |
| Mozilla | Included Included | Yes | — | No |
| Apple | Not included Not included | No | — | No |
| Microsoft | Not included Not included | No | — | No |
Mozilla treats it as an EV root for policy OID 2.23.140.1.1.
Not included Chrome
- Status
- Not included
Included Mozilla
- Status
- Included
- Trust bits
- Websites
- EV policy OIDs
- 2.23.140.1.1
- First included in
- NSS 3.89.1 / Firefox 114
- Inclusion bug
- #1647181
Not included Apple
- Status
- Not included
Not included Microsoft
- Status
- Not included
"Trusted for TLS" means the store includes the root with the server-authentication trust bit (Mozilla "Websites", Apple serverAuth, Microsoft Server Authentication EKU). Microsoft "NotBefore" means only certificates issued before a cutoff date are still trusted. "Constrained" means the store applies extra restrictions.
Details
- CA owner
- BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.
- Subject
- CN=BJCA Global Root CA2,O=BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY,C=CN
- SHA-256
574DF6931E278039667B720AFDC1600FC27EB66DD3092979FB73856487212882- SHA-1 (Windows thumbprint)
F42786EB6EB86D88316702FBBA66A45300AA7AA6- SPKI SHA-256
CC94A5A0319FF77A4CCADD821C4C59674E44D52816CBD1DFE2C761370AD4D21C- Valid from
- 2019-12-19
- Expires
- 2044-12-12
- Key
- ECDSA P-384
- Signature algorithm
- ecdsa-with-SHA384
- Serial number
2C17087D642AC0FE85185906CFB44AEB- Country
- CN
- Trust bits (CCADB)
- Server Authentication
- EV policy OIDs (CCADB)
- 2.23.140.1.1 · TLS EV capable: Yes
- Test websites
- valid:
https://demossl-ecc-valid.bjca.org.cn· expired:https://demossl-ecc-expired.bjca.org.cn· revoked:https://demossl-ecc-revoked.bjca.org.cn - CCADB record
- A007086
- PEM
- bjca-global-root-ca2.pem
Intermediate CAs issued by this root
The CCADB lists 17 intermediate CA certificates signed directly by BJCA Global Root CA2: 4 currently valid, 0 expired and 13 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).
Showing 17 of 17: valid certificates first, newest first. Each name links to its crt.sh entry by SHA-256; an arrow marks a cross-certificate for another root on this site.
| Intermediate | Operated by | Expires | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJCA EV SSL CA2 G3 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2036-11-03 | Valid |
| BJCA OV SSL CA2 G3 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2036-11-03 | Valid |
| BJCA DV SSL CA2 G3 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2036-11-03 | Valid |
| BJCA IV SSL CA2 G3 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2036-11-03 | Valid |
| BJCA EV SSL CA2 G2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2040-05-24 | Revoked |
| BJCA IV SSL CA2 G2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2040-05-24 | Revoked |
| BJCA OV SSL CA2 G2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2040-05-24 | Revoked |
| BJCA DV SSL CA2 G2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2040-05-24 | Revoked |
| BJCA SMIME CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2038-07-03 | Revoked |
| BJCA Code Signing CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA EV Code Signing CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA EV SSL CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA Generic CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA DV SSL CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA OV SSL CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA TimeStamp CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
| BJCA IV SSL CA2 | BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd. | 2034-12-15 | Revoked |
Cross-signed versions
No certificate in the CCADB has the same subject and public key as BJCA Global Root CA2 with a different issuer, so a client has to carry BJCA Global Root CA2 itself in its root store to trust it.
CRL and OCSP addresses
In the root certificate
BJCA Global Root CA2 itself contains no CRL Distribution Points and no OCSP (Authority Information Access) extension. That is normal for a root: clients trust it directly and do not check its own revocation status.
Full CRL this CA publishes (CCADB)
http://repo.bjca.cn/global/crl/BJCA_Global_Root_CA2.crl
Used by the intermediates it issued
Addresses found in the CRL Distribution Points and OCSP fields of the 4 valid intermediates signed by BJCA Global Root CA2; the number in brackets is how many of them use each address.
- CRL:
http://repo.bjca.cn/global/crl/BJCA_Global_Root_CA2.crl(4) - OCSP:
http://ocsp.bjca.cn(4)
What happens when it expires
BJCA Global Root CA2 is valid until 2044-12-12, about 18.1 years after this data snapshot (2026-11-10). From that day, browsers and operating systems that check trust-anchor expiry stop accepting chains that end at this root, so any certificate that can only chain to it fails validation. Android is a known exception: it does not enforce the expiry date of trust anchors.
Check whether your device trusts it
Each platform keeps its own root store. The commands below look up BJCA Global Root CA2 by common name (BJCA Global Root CA2) or fingerprint. The store status in each heading comes from the CCADB snapshot; your device can differ if it is out of date or managed by an administrator.
macOS (Apple store: Not included)
Search the system roots keychain by common name. -Z prints the SHA-256 hash, which must match the fingerprint on the last line.
security find-certificate -a -c "BJCA Global Root CA2" -Z \
/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain | grep "SHA-256"
# SHA-256 hash: 574DF6931E278039667B720AFDC1600FC27EB66DD3092979FB73856487212882
Windows (Microsoft store: Not included)
Windows identifies roots by SHA-1 thumbprint. It installs third-party roots on demand through Automatic Root Certificates Update, so "not found" can also mean the root has not been needed yet; certutil -generateSSTFromWU roots.sst downloads Microsoft's full list.
certutil -verifystore Root F42786EB6EB86D88316702FBBA66A45300AA7AA6
Linux (ca-certificates follows Mozilla: Included · Trusted for TLS)
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and RHEL build their ca-certificates package from Mozilla's root store. Use trust list on p11-kit systems, or search the PEM bundle on Debian and Ubuntu.
# Fedora / RHEL / Arch (p11-kit)
trust list --filter=ca-anchors | grep -iF -A2 "BJCA Global Root CA2"
# Debian / Ubuntu (ca-certificates)
openssl crl2pkcs7 -nocrl -certfile /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt \
| openssl pkcs7 -print_certs -noout | grep -iF "BJCA Global Root CA2"
Java
Java ships its own cacerts keystore; JDK 9 and later accept -cacerts and the default store password is changeit. Search for the SHA-256 fingerprint in colon form.
keytool -list -cacerts -storepass changeit | grep -i "57:4D:F6:93:1E:27:80:39:66:7B:72:0A:FD:C1:60:0F:C2:7E:B6:6D:D3:09:29:79:FB:73:85:64:87:21:28:82"
Android
Android's system store is maintained by Google separately from the four CCADB stores above. Open Settings → Security & privacy → More security settings → Encryption & credentials → Trusted credentials → System (menu names vary by vendor and version) and look for BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY → BJCA Global Root CA2.
Which root does my site chain to?
List the chain your server sends and compare the last issuer with this root; the fingerprint check confirms a local copy.
# show subject (s:) and issuer (i:) of every certificate the server sends
openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -servername example.com -showcerts </dev/null 2>/dev/null \
| grep -E '^ *[0-9]+ s:|^ *i:'
# subject and SHA-256 fingerprint of the downloaded PEM file
openssl x509 -in bjca-global-root-ca2.pem -noout -subject -fingerprint -sha256
# sha256 Fingerprint=57:4D:F6:93:1E:27:80:39:66:7B:72:0A:FD:C1:60:0F:C2:7E:B6:6D:D3:09:29:79:FB:73:85:64:87:21:28:82
FAQ
Is BJCA Global Root CA2 trusted by Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Windows?
As of 2026-11-10, Mozilla trust it for TLS server authentication; Chrome, Apple, Microsoft do not.
When does BJCA Global Root CA2 expire?
On 2044-12-12, about 18.1 years after the 2026-11-10 data snapshot.
How many intermediate certificates has BJCA Global Root CA2 issued?
The CCADB lists 17: 4 valid, 0 expired and 13 revoked. The newest valid one is BJCA EV SSL CA2 G3, valid until 2036-11-03.
Is BJCA Global Root CA2 cross-signed?
No. The CCADB has no certificate with the same subject and public key signed by another CA.
Other roots from BJCA
- BJCA Global Root CA1 RSA 4096 · 2044-12-12
Sources
- CCADB — Resources (TLS Server Authentication report, All Included Root Certificate Trust Bit Settings)
- CCADB — All Certificate Information (root and intermediate), CSV V5
- CCADB — Mozilla Included CA Certificate Report
- CCADB — Chrome / Mozilla / Apple / Microsoft TLS Server Authentication CSV