China Consumer Daily reported that in recent years, the State Administration for Market Regulation has always taken the improvement of people's well-being as the starting point and foothold of promoting product safety, continued to strengthen the supervision of defective product recalls, improved the legal system, improved the work system, increased the investigation of defective products, consolidated the technical support system, focused on the people's livelihood, guarded the safety bottom line, effectively eliminated product safety hazards, and effectively protected the personal and property safety and legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Guarding the safety bottom line The recall effect is remarkable
Statistics show that by the end of 2021, the mainland has recalled 91.3 million cars and 80.27 million consumer goods, guided enterprises to improve technology more than 5,800 times, and continuously guided enterprises to increase technology research and development, strengthen product safety testing, and promote the quality upgrade of the industrial chain. At the same time, we will increase the intensity of administrative interviews and defective product investigations in key cases, strengthen the supervision of remote upgrading (OTA) technology recalls of automobiles, explore the supervision and safety co-governance of consumer product recalls on e-commerce platforms, and innovate and launch the "sandbox" supervision model. In 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment jointly issued the Regulations on the Administration of Motor Vehicle Emission Recalls, extending the recall from the safety field to the environmental protection field.
Number and number of consumer product recalls in Mainland China from 2008 to 2021
Number and number of recalls of mainland automotive products from 2004 to 2021
Overall development and safety Highlight the supervision of new energy vehicles
With the development of policies and technologies, more and more consumers prefer new energy vehicles. By the end of 2021, the number of new energy vehicles in the country will reach 7.84 million, accounting for 2.6% of the total number of vehicles. The State Administration of Market Supervision pays special attention to the safety of new energy vehicles, increases the intensity of technical research and judgment and defective product investigation, establishes a new energy vehicle accident reporting system, forms a new energy vehicle accident investigation and collaboration network, formulates and revises relevant standards and norms such as "Electric Vehicle Safety Requirements" and "Electric Vehicle Power Battery Safety Requirements", and strengthens the research on the common safety issues of new energy vehicles. Up to now, a total of 229 new energy vehicles have been recalled, involving 1.98 million vehicles, effectively preventing and resolving major safety risks, and helping the new energy automobile industry to prosper, healthy, safe and orderly development.
Defective product investigation site. Profile picture
Help enterprise quality improvement to create a safe and secure environment
According to statistics, 99.9% of automobile recalls and more than 50% of the recalls of electronic and electrical products are products that meet the standards but are found to be dangerous to personal and property safety after use. In this regard, the State Administration for Market Regulation actively explores the work idea of "finding product defects - proposing product safety specifications - achieving quality improvement", and promotes enterprises to continuously improve technology and quality in the design, production and after-sales service. (Ju Wen)
【Source: China Consumer Daily】