Hello Linsi,

Concerning uplink article as support, my opinion is that one article might be of unilateral view and cannot be representative. Anyway it is just a question of principles which might differ one from another.

Let’s come back to the PRC goods quality issue. Thank you for your trust on my views.

1) You quote the BBC text saying that “China has a lax regulatory law on import-export products”. Not being a jurist, I’m not in a position to comment this sentence.

However, if we are talking about Product Responsibility for goods passing the border, it’s written in the Foreign Trade Law; the“Import-Export Regulations” are of Administrative nature. Moreover, details of quality control differ with products which each has their own regulations.

2) If we look at the responsibility side, 3 parties should be responsible: the manufacturer, the exporter and the importer particularly the OEM importer. However, in order to avoid unnecessary and harmful trade wars, time is now to take immediate remedial actions.

To that end, the Chinese Government responsive measures are:

1° identify the responsibility

2° promulgate a Quality & Safety Regulation reshaping remedial program on 8 categories of consumer goods (agricultural, food processing, foods circulation, catering, pharmaceuticals, pork meat, all consumer goods related to public health & safety, all import-export goods)

3° establish an Action Plan sending out an On-site Inspection team of around 7000 controllers couuntry wide.

3) According to Testing Data from USA, Europe & Japan, passing rate of PRC imported food exceeds 99% & is higher than those from other developed countries. Due to the existence of atomized manufacturing units and to the fact that many Mainlanders’consciousness on quality
is still relatively low (with over 1,3 billion habitants, only a tiny percentage is large in absolute number), the quality is a daily problem on the domestic market. The exported goods are in a sense much better controlled than those circulating on the local market. As the World 4th economic power n terms of GDP (nominal) according to the World Bank (2006 report), probably going to be 3rd, China should better be treated as be a strategic partner, working together towards the best objectives.

May I repeat that the Quality problem is not only Chinese, it is also European & American: there are detective foods, cell phone batteries and cars… It’s a bit odd that only Chinese stories cause much ink spilled…

Important is that faults are recognized, repairing actions set up & implemented.