On September 25th， according to reports， the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) held a press conference today to brief on key industrial product quality and safety supervision work carried out this year.
Wang Shengli， Director of the Quality Supervision Department of SAMR， introduced that throughout the year， SAMR has focused on key products， industries， issues， and regions to further strengthen source governance of product quality and safety， and deeply carried out special rectifications for key product quality and safety.
In key areas such as children’s and student products， gas appliances， mobile power supplies， agricultural materials， and vehicle-related products， SAMR has organized national random quality inspections on 164 types of products， involving over 16，000 batches. The sampling work has now been completed.
To curb the trend of irrational competition in some industries and prevent potential risks of low price and low quality， SAMR has for the first time launched national special random quality inspections for products such as photovoltaic modules and new energy vehicle complete sets.
It is worth noting that in the past two years， the domestic automotive industry， especially the new energy vehicle sector， has witnessed an intensifying price war， leading the entire industry chain into a paradox of “increased revenue but not increased profit.”
The price war has also raised concerns among industry insiders regarding the quality of automotive products. Some experts point out that “bottomless price wars squeeze corporate profits， affect product quality， and are also detrimental to consumers.”
In response， the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology， the National Development and Reform Commission， and SAMR jointly convened a symposium on the new energy vehicle industry to deploy further efforts to regulate the competitive order in the new energy vehicle industry.
It has been clearly stated that regulatory authorities will strengthen supervision and inspection. Efforts will be made to deepen product price monitoring， product consistency supervision and inspection， and shorten supplier payment cycles.
Special rectifications will be carried out for online irregularities， and product quality will be subject to supervision and sampling， along with defect investigations， to ensure product safety and reliable quality.
Concurrently， the initiative advocates for strengthened industry self-regulation and leveraging the role of industry associations to promote legal， fair， honest， legitimate， and orderly industry competition.
