Achievements of special campaign

Since the start of a four-month special campaign in August

2,450 quality control officials, or one-third of the country's total, have been dispatched to the countryside to ensure safe products are sent to factories and plants;

6,000 export-oriented farms have been inspected;

168 batches of illegally imported food or sub-standard raw material have been returned or destroyed;

120,000 batches of food exports have been labeled safe after inspection and quarantine procedures;

98,000 food-processing companies have been awarded production licenses;

120,000 small food plants, with less than 10 employees, have signed quality commitment letters;

12 categories of illegal food processing, including illegal production of baby-formula milk powder, have been banned;

33,000 manufacturers of consumer products have established quality records;

23 ministerial- or vice-ministerial-level delegations have been sent abroad to negotiate food safety and product quality issues, 47 bilateral agreements signed and 23 cooperative mechanisms set up; and

Spot checks on 11 types of consumer products, ranging from construction material to home appliances and spare parts for vehicles, have shown 96.5 percent of the 475 samples have met the set standards, up 12.6 percent year-on-year.

Source: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine