On June 29, China Association for Consumer Products Quality and Safety Promotion issued a letter soliciting opinions on the Revised draft product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China. The deadline for soliciting opinions is July 8, 2020.There are 74 articles in 6 chapters of the current Product Quality Law and 92 articles in 7 chapters in the Revised Draft. The main contents of the revision are:

1. Modify and improve the general rules. Add related clauses of "social co-governance" and "international exchanges".

2. Clarify product quality responsibility of the operator. The "product qualified" was re-expressed. Add regulations on production licenses for special products. Added regulations on product quality and safety liability insurance.

3. Strengthen government product quality and safety supervision. Added product quality and safety supervision and evaluation system, special industrial product production license system, mandatory product certification system, product quality supervision and inspection system, the mandatory recall system for defective products, the internal whistleblower system and product quality credit supervision system restart the product quality promotion system.

4. Establish product quality promotion system. "Quality improvement" and "quality grading" clauses were added, and a quality reward system and quality incentive system were added.

5. Clarify the legal status of quality infrastructure. Added provisions on inspection, certification business principles and related rules.

6. Enhance the operability, coordination and deterrence of legal responsibility.

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