Dear Friends,

as we have seen recently, Made in China products have become unpopular in foreign countries. Some of them like the USA are starting campaign to recall Chinese products, it is claimed that Made in China products are dangerous and are of very low quality.

Being the world's factory, what can China do in order to regain the confidence of Made in China products?

It is indeed a very serious issue, as the taint on Chinese products would adversely affect the Games in Beijing next year...

What should we do?

Please share

Sky

Replying to [honindco]:

For me the problem lies totally somewhere else. To begin with, have you never asked yourself why just five out of so many thousand factories made it to the US headlines? Other countries hardly pay any attention to the whole deal.

Somewhere else we were expressing our opinions regarding the Chinese power to crush the US economy. They hold more than a TRILLION in US Treasury bonds. If they cast them out on the market, they'll lose a lot - admittedly - but the US would go bye-bye.

So what do the US do? They basically answer, "we can screw you, too!" That's what the whole hick-hack is about. Not one or the other glitch in manufacturing. Manufacturers all over the world screw up occasionally, just like these few Chinese did. Here we have quite another game going on.

Replying to [honindco]:

If China products are not good, why our export revenues keep up increasing to 969billion dollars? If the "World Factory" didn't provide good manufacturing, why there're still world traders buying from China?

For the food export, Japan is one of largest China food importers. According to Japan medias report, Chinese food are 99.42% qualified, which is even higher than EU and US food export.

As for the toy recall, a senior Chinese official said that 85 percent of the more than 20 million toys recalled by Mattel were caused by problematic designs from the US. Chinese manufacturers are responsible for only 15 percent of the quality problems of the toys, he said.

He criticized US importers for their lack of responsibility in dealing with problems arising from product quality.

Replying to [germex]: clever point germex the big game is going on somewhere else... not to mention china buys US treasury bonds just to keep US interest rates lower - so that more and more middle/lower class US citizens can buy cheaper Chinese products on loans.... what if some day, the interest rates go high, then US citizens, who are already stuck up with huge loans would collapse, and here goes the whole financial sector... real games are being played at some other table brace for impact... :P

Replying to [honindco]:

One way for China to regain confidence is to address these issues head on. Manufacturing defects and/or substandard production or unauthorized use of dangerous components must be investigated, findings reported, appropriate actions taken and solutions presented in laymen's language by an independent public relations firm, ideally a reputable public relations firm say based in Europe. Then let the consumers decide for themselves. The key is to tame the Media, along with the Money that works in the background.

Replying to [honindco]:
a Foreign Buyer like myself, buying from China needs the following
insurances against Fraud and Quality.
1) If defrauded by a Chinese Company there must be a Chinese
Governmental Institution that can and will take action on your behalf.

2) Quality Products (Tested for Quality) from China should carry some Identifyable recognisable Universal Chinese Mark ( ie. a CBS--CHINESE BURO of STANDARDS

Replying to [smarco]:

Quote: "The key is to tame the Media, along with the Money that works in the background." Unquote.

You are right, but is it possible to do that in real life? Of course we can forget about radio, TV, newspapers, etc., and we can even create our own "money" in a closed society, but you can imagine what that would mean for us as international traders. We would have to forget about that activity as well.

Replying to [honindco]:

Yes, China products eventhough it is very creative and with beautiful and comtemporary design but sad to say here in Malaysia we accept China products with very poor quality.


It is not a wise management at all esp. to built a long lasting business relations. As India is catching up very fast and their products are with good workmanship and if China still doesn't change, they will loose out to them. Moreover, their labour force is much cheaper than China.


Now, the China food stuff also without proper guidelines from government and most people down here in Malaysia also doesn't have confidence in it.


So act fast before competitor overtake you. Try to seek Europe (US, UK) to built J/V and strictly follow the rules of law and regain the confidence back.


CHINA The BIG GIANT can MAKE IT!!!!!


Regards

Best Regards

Diana Lee

Replying to [Shirley Lee]:

I am an importer from China. I would say that for the types of products I import, China has demonstrated excellent quality, better than USA products. With the volume of products that China exports to the USA you would expect to have some problems with quality. We have quality problems in the USA too. While I am not defending the bad China toy incident I do believe that the media has really targeted China with the quaility issues on a slander campaign. I am not sure of the motivation by the media but I do believe China will take the proper steps to improve quality standards where they are deemed necessary.

Replying to [honindco]:

As the saying goes, Don't put all eggs in the same basket. It is the right time for Multi National Corporations to diversify into other emerging markets such as Mexico, India, Thailand etc. One should not depend on china for products alone.

Harris

Replying to [harris007]:

Here is a very encouraging news, as the CHina Daily reported this morning, CHina started to face the problem and promised to take some efforts...

of coz it is not yet substantial measures, but the intention is laudable......as what was in the previous time would be consistent denial of the responsibility....

Sky