Higher quality aimed for homemade goods

Move to raise standards of key products to international levels by 2020 as consumers become increasingly demanding in choice they make

China aims to improve the standards and quality of consumer goods by 2020 to raise living standards and prop up domestic consumption as part of the supply-side reform.

An executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Aug 24 approved a new guideline on improving consumer goods standards and quality for the coming five years. The move was initiated by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.