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.

Data updated

Root store status

Root storeStatusTrusted for TLSDistrust for TLS afterConstrained
ChromeNot included Not includedNo—No
MozillaIncluded IncludedYes—No
AppleNot included Not includedNo—No
MicrosoftNot included Not includedNo—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

Look up this certificate on crt.sh

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directly by BJCA Global Root CA2: 4 currently valid, 0 expired and 13 revoked (revoked includes those whose parent was revoked).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.

IntermediateOperated byExpiresStatus
BJCA EV SSL CA2 G3 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2036-11-03Valid
BJCA OV SSL CA2 G3 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2036-11-03Valid
BJCA DV SSL CA2 G3 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2036-11-03Valid
BJCA IV SSL CA2 G3 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2036-11-03Valid
BJCA EV SSL CA2 G2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2040-05-24Revoked
BJCA IV SSL CA2 G2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2040-05-24Revoked
BJCA OV SSL CA2 G2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2040-05-24Revoked
BJCA DV SSL CA2 G2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2040-05-24Revoked
BJCA SMIME CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2038-07-03Revoked
BJCA Code Signing CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA EV Code Signing CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA EV SSL CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA Generic CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA DV SSL CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA OV SSL CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA TimeStamp CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked
BJCA IV SSL CA2 BEIJING CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY Co., Ltd.2034-12-15Revoked

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.

Download PEM

# 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

Sources

  1. CCADB — Resources (TLS Server Authentication report, All Included Root Certificate Trust Bit Settings)
  2. CCADB — All Certificate Information (root and intermediate), CSV V5
  3. CCADB — Mozilla Included CA Certificate Report
  4. CCADB — Chrome / Mozilla / Apple / Microsoft TLS Server Authentication CSV