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BIZCHINA / Review & Analysis

Made-in-China

(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-08-24 11:44

What does the made-in-China brand epitomize?

If the brand only stood for low-end consumer goods two decades ago, what
they represent today is far more complicated and extensive in its entire
process from production to sales. Just as a high-ranking official from
the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday, globalization has added many
international elements to the made-in-China brand.

The fact that more than 58 percent of made-in-China products are exported
by transnational companies speaks volumes for the real nature of this
label.

In the more than 100-fold trade increase between China and the United
States in the past 28 years, made-in-China brands have played an
essential role. And both Chinese and American people have benefited from
this label.

So it is both unfair and unjustifiable to amplify the safety problems of
some Made-in-China food and toys to such a degree to implicate all
Chinese-made products.

The contributions made-in-China brands have made to the country's
progress to become one of the world's trade giants in the past three
decades are tremendous. It is impossible for the label to have cheated
its way to that status.

Comparing the Chinese-made products two decades ago with their current
versions, any sensible person should not deny the fact that Made-in-China
products have improved a great deal in many ways including quality.

Both the Chinese government and related industrial guilds have paid more
attention to the problematic exported products. Just as a senior official
from the Ministry of Commerce pointed out, we welcome balanced reports
about the recall of unsafe toys and criticism about those problematic
products.

These reports and criticisms have alerted Chinese authorities and related
departments and enterprises to take action to plug the loopholes and
address the quality problems they might have long ignored.

But if such separate incidents were taken advantage of to fan trade
protectionism or establish trade barriers against Chinese-made products,
it would be both the Chinese people and American people to suffer.

It is natural for trade frictions to arise given the large scale of
export and import between China and the United States, but they should
never affect the overall strategic trade relations between the two. The
best way to iron out frictions is to sit down and talk.

(For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)

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