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Beijing

Quality watchdog set for Silk Road

China's quality watchdog will further increase international cooperation and facilitate trade to better serve the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, said Li Jing, spokeswoman for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, on Thursday. The authority will help the country further expand bulk resource imports and enhance cooperation with countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative in the development of technical standards.