China pledges high quality Christmas toys(2)
Li said that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to product safety. The government has been implementing the uniform standards to scrutinize the products sold to foreign markets as well as the domestic buyers. In addition, various measures have been enacted to enhance product safety. Since late August more than 100 Chinese exporters have been disqualified by the government from the exporting business due to the poor quality of their products. The State Council recently issued special regulations on food safety supervision, stipulating that producers and responsible governmental departments shall strictly follow relevant regulations and rules to ensure product safety. Anyone who fails will be punishable by law. Additionally, Li said that the Chinese authorities would require every food exporter to be registered with appropriate governmental departments. They must also keep a record of all the animal and plant raising bases that export their products.
Li revealed that in the future China would set up two management and supervision chains, one aimed at food products and the other targeted at industrial products, in order to monitor quality by following their production from beginning to the end. China will establish another system that can trace back the production procedure of any product in order to identify responsible parties involved in quality control problems. It also plans to build up a network that allows society at large to supervise product quality. All these measures, combined together, will bring about profound changes, Li firmly believes.