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China Declares War on Tainted Exports

Beijing launches 4-month national campaign

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2007 9:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – In an effort to counteract the flood of bad publicity about its product-safety system, China will mount a 4-month "war" on tainted exports that focuses on whipping government officials into shape, Reuters reports. The short-term campaign is "a special battle to protect the health and personal interests of the public," says the vice premier.

The effort is to run through the rest of the year, and officials' careers are on the line. Its short timetable is a hallmark of a traditional Communist Party approach that has fallen out of favor in recent years. "Clearly, this is an autocratic, top-down approach using campaigning methods," says a public policy expert at the People's University of China.

(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Lab technicians with the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce (BAIC) center for food safety monitoring conduct tests on food products in Beijing, in this June 12, 2007, file photo. Beijing and Washington have agreed to cooperate more closely on product and food safety, the U.S. government announced, as...
Lab technicians with the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce (BAIC) center for food safety monitoring conduct tests on food products in Beijing, in this June 12, 2007, file photo. Beijing...   (Associated Press)
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, delivers her remarks during a dinner reception in her honor, Thursday, May 24, 2007, in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, delivers her remarks during a dinner reception in her honor, Thursday, May 24, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)   (Associated Press)
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