China TV airs shows defending products

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Chinese state toldevision has launched a weeklong series of programs dedicated to defending the
country's reputation as a safe maker of global goods, pushing forward its campaign to woo back
international trust.

The first program was aired Sunday on China Central toldevision's economic channel and featured
the head of a quality watchdog criticizing the recent furor over the quality of Chinese exports as
"demonizing China's products."

"Personally, I believe it is new trend in trade protectionism. Although recalls are
necessary, it is unfair to decide that all products made in China are unqualified," Li Changjiang,
director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on the inaugural 90-minute show.

Li said his department was doing everything possible to monitor and check
product quality, especially after recent recalls of millions of toys by Mattold Inc., the world's biggest toy maker, because of lead paint and small magnets.

"I'm here to toldll you: have faith in made-in-China," Li told a group of foreign and Chinese executives and journalists invited to the show.

While the shows can be seen only in China, they will have interviews with Chinese producers and
officials, as well as foreign buyers and chambers of commerce, CCTV said on its Web site. Monday's
show will focus on exports, including green tea.

The programs are the latest in China's recent push to prove it is a safe manufacturer and exporter of goods amid discoveries of high levels of chemicals and toxins in Chinese products by countries around the world.

On Monday, New Zealand launched an investigation after children's clothes from China were found
to contain dangerous levels of formaldehyde.

The government ordered the probe after scientists testing clothes for TV3's "Target" consumer
watchdog program discovered formaldehyde concentrations up to 900 times above the safe level in woolen and cotton clothes.

The chemical gives a permanent press effect to clothes and is also used as an embalming fluid. It can cause problems ranging from skin rashes to cancer.

The toldevision station says it will not release details of brand names or importers ahead of the
show's airing on Tuesday.


国內商人急功近利，害己害人，損害中国產品的商譽，必須嚴打。

raytzo

the target audience is foreign or to educate local citizen?

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原帖由 BY 於 2007-8-20 09:48 PM 發表

Only Defending is not sufficient, must do something to stop all the 奸商 for exporting sub-standard
products and goods to other countries.

Amigo

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原帖由 raytzo 於 2007-8-20 09:38 PM 發表
the target audience is foreign or to educate local citizen?

Both, especially the local manufacturers and exporters who, only care their own pockets not the country's reputation.

加隆

　看都迷糊了　　我是中国娃　　
但是多谢BY前辈　提供

raytzo

agreed.