SAMR Publicly Solicits Opinions on the Product Quality Law

On October 18, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) announced the Notice on Soliciting Opinions on the Product Quality Law (Publicly Solicited Draft) (“Draft Product Quality Law”), and the deadline for feedback is November 18, 2023.

The Draft Product Quality Law consists of six chapters and 111 articles, stipulating the operator’s product quality obligations, product quality supervision, quality promotion and quality infrastructure, and legal liability. It also clarifies that the State Council supervises and manages the implementation of integrated management of national product quality, in charge of the national product quality supervision and promotion. The system of product quality and safety traceability will be implemented, operators engaged in the production, sale, storage, transportation and use of products for related services of products with significant quality and safety risks shall establish a product quality and safety traceability system to ensure that the whole process of product traceability. Any organization or individual has the right to complain and report product quality violations.