The Standardization Administration of China has published nine standards for the after-sales services of home appliances, which are China's first batch of national standards in the home appliances retail service sector.

According to China's quality watchdog, the U.S.-based auto giant General Motors Corporation has announced that its China subsidiary will recall several models of imported vehicle in China due to faulty windshield washer fluid systems.

According to China's State Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine, the Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp is recalling 55,362 VPCF11 series and VPCCW2 series Vaio brand laptop computers in mainland China, due to overheating problems.

Wang Yong, the director of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, has disclosed to local media that the quality department will improve its credit evaluation and information release system in 2010 to blacklist companies that violate quality laws.

The Chongqing municipal quality supervision department has released a document to regulate local food service providers.

The agricultural departments of six provinces in central China have jointly signed an agreement on the quality and safety of farm products, and they will also set up a mechanism to mutually report the on supervision of agricultural products to determine the root cause of substandard products.

Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce has exposed 28 batches of unqualified bed linen products and all these products have been removed from sale in the city.