GUANGZHOU, Nov 1 (Xinhua): Chinese companies have chosen the Canton Fair, China's largest trade show, to restore the battered image of "Made-in-China" after a series of product safety incidents attracted critical headlines across the world this summer.
The fair, which finished Tuesday in the southern city of Guangzhou, was slated as a "perfect" chance for Chinese companies to restore buyers' confidence after scandals involving the export of lead-contaminated toys, substandard toothpaste and pet foods.
The US toy maker, Mattel Inc, has staged several high-profile recalls of China-made products, 87 per cent of which were found to have loose magnets-a design defect from Mattel itself -- and 13 per cent of which contained excessive lead.
"Although Chinese producers are not the only one to be blamed here, we are paying heavy prices. The effect is severe, and serious lessons need to be drawn," said Ju Jianwei, manager of the Jiangsu Overseas Group Co Ltd, a state-owned trade and investment company in east China.
The Canton Fair gained 37.45 billion US dollars in value of orders placed, a 2.9 per cent rise compared with the previous session.
There was growth in some categories, but noticeably the value of toy orders dropped by 10.7 per cent to 900 million US dollars compared with the previous session.
Chinese companies strive to restore 'made-in-China' image at Canton Fair
FE Team | Published: November 02, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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