http://www.todayonline.com/articles/206244.asp
China, as we all know, is a rapidly growing country and has risen becoming stronger in the global arena. The fact that, China produces more than half the world’s goods already shocks us at how much impact it has on the world today. Yet many complaints have arisen about the quality of goods produced in China, by China. From the many experiences I had with China goods and other stories from other people, thus I developed a dislike towards these.
As Singaporeans, we cannot resist a warehouse sale, so can’t businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs resist cheap labour. The large amount of people looking for jobs is enough to cause labour costs to stay so low. People may feel that the low quality of the goods produced there, are not up to standard safety measures. However, these factories and Chinese workers are not totally responsible for these problems. I believe it is the company’s responsibility to ensure the quality and safety of their product. The materials of the products would have been decided by the companies, and therefore the blame should be on them. Yet we also cannot ignore the unseemliness of the factories. A certain degree of cleanliness should be observed in all factories.
An example, which just came out on the news a few weeks ago was a boy and his mother was walking down the street one fine day when their clothes just started to burst into flame, it was said that their clothes were made in China. I feel that this is very serious, it has a very high risk on the people who purchase these products. Therefore I felt that this should be brought up.
It is gratifying to hear that there are efforts made to improve this situation. As China’s top troubleshooter has started to see into product quality and food safety, I hope the same would be done for other goods. Companies should also be encouraged to raise their quality and safety checks before releasing a product. It’s better to be safe than sorry, having more checks would definitely be beneficial. I feel that factories in China should take more pride in the increasing number of products carrying the “made in China” mark.
Looking on the brighter side, making all these changes will definitely change the perspective of people towards China’s goods and it might even have a positive impact on to economic point of view. To boost China even higher up the world stage, even a simple thing like observing cleanliness would be greeted with great appreciation by consumers all around the world.