New Product Quality Law Implemented in ChinaThe newly revised law on product quality came into effect today to offer effective legal guarantee for China's quality promotion.In the coming five to ten years, economic competition will focus on quality competition, and the improvement of China-made products will be a key factor in China's economic development, said Li Chuanqing, director of the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. The amended product quality law includes 74 articles. The original version had 51. Li said at a meeting marking the implementation of the new law here today that under the revised law, anyone selling fake or inferior products will be severely punished. The revised law further defines the responsibility for the government to improve product quality and stresses that enterprises must accept supervision from the quality control departments. China launched a series of clampdowns on fake and shoddy products in recent years. However, the production of poor-quality products is still a serious problem, especially in small enterprises. Li said that it is urgent to set up systems of quality responsibility, strict quality administration, technical renovation and after-sale service in enterprises. Li stressed that local quality and technical supervision departments should help local governments include quality upgrading into the social and economic development plan. |
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