2016年CRI China Pledges to Upgrade 10 Consumer Products Quality in 2016

 

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision¹, Inspection² and Quarantine has pledged to keep 92 percent of the sample product quality above the state standards while reducing accidents of elevators and other mechanical devices. 

Improving the quality of consumer goods where social concern is high is listed as a priority.

Zhi Shuping is the director of the national quality watchdog.

"Our first significant campaign in 2016 is to upgrade the quality of the consumer products nationwide. We will focus on 10 kinds of products including air purifiers, rice cookers, smart toilet seats, smart phones, kitchenware, and bedding."

Many cities in northern China have been enveloped³ by lingering heavy smog over the winter. 

The severe air pollution has spurred the sale of air purifying equipment. 

However, according to a recent report on the testing of 21 indoor air cleaners, the efficiency of air purifiers can vary widely.

Zhu Yan is the deputy chief engineer of China's Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute.

He says the efficiency of an air purifier is dependent on the quality of the filtration material, which also affects the machine's life span.

"The pollutants⁴ will become attached on the filtration material as the machine is used, and decrease the volume of clean air that the purifier can deliver. So when that volume drops to half of the original standard, the purifier is useless."

The national quality watchdog is set to release a new national standard on air purifiers.

It will clearly state that among other indexes, the quality of such products is not only examined by its purification efficiency, but also by the total volume of clean air it can deliver. 

Zhi Shuping from the national quality watchdog stresses that the increase of quality standards will be a focus for the government.

"To improve the quality, we should not only rely on inspection and punishment as we did before, but focus more on the level-up of our standard, and to further conform national standards with international ones, so to encourage manufacturers to improve technology and produce more customized products."

The authorities also say they will strengthen supervision on imported products, especially food and health products, this year.

For CRI, this is Niu Honglin.

1 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

3 enveloped   

v.包围，笼罩，包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
• Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法