Govt and business in healthy interaction

IN A RECENT REPORT about product quality in e-commerce for the latter half of 2014, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce said that only 58.7 percent of product samples sold online are certified. Taobao.com, China's equivalent of eBay, criticized the administration for breaking the rules in an open letter and is prepared for a legal complaint. The officials responded by saying they are strictly abiding by the law. Comments:

According to the country's Law on Product Quality, it is illegal to produce or sell fake, junk or misrepresented products. Some online shopping centers said they are only a platform, not sellers, but they are responsible for supervising the quality of products sold through their channel.

Zhao Ping, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, Jan 28