Made in China Products - more safety & regulation needed

Following the economic boom in China as investors pumped in resources and finances to set up new companies and factories after China opened its market, the manufacturing sector in China is growing at a rapid and strong pace as more and more 'made-in-China' products are flooding the global market.
Cheaper alternatives as offered by the more economical labour cost in China due to its large population have enticed many international companies to base their factories and manufacturing plants in China. What should have made perfect economy sense in terms of higher profits as a result of reduced costs instead proved to be ironically costly.

The recent case of US toy giant Mattel to recall its China-made toy products because of lead paint and easily dislodged tiny magnets that could be swallowed by children, in turn leading to intestinal perforation and infection is but one of the many cases involving of China-made products; albeit a higher-profiled one due to its massive recall.
Chinese officials from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, which is in charge of overseeing exports from China, responded with reassurances that it will step up efforts on quality checks. Alas, these assurances carry little weight in pacifying the consumer market as recent scandals have proven otherwise.

It would take time, lots of action and effort to restore consumers' dying faith in China-made products following such unfavourable laboratory reports and large-scale recalls. Safety procedures needed to be reinforced and implemented with meticulousness and diligence to ensure that products pass the necessary safety regulations. It would be foolhardy to lax on such precautionary measures as the repercussions could eventually spell doom for the booming economy of China.