China's manufacturing industry has steadily improved in quality competitiveness in 2024, with the national quality competitiveness index (QCI) of the industry rising to 85.6, the national market supervision work conference said on Monday.
The conference was held in Beijing on Sunday and Monday to review the market supervision work in 2024, and arrange key tasks for the next year.
The national QCI of the manufacturing industry is a comprehensive index to gauge and evaluate the quality and development capacity of the industry.
The index rose to 85.6 in 2024 from 85.21 in the past year, indicating that China's manufacturing industry registered sustained improvement in quality competitiveness.
Statistics showed that in random inspections, the non-conformance rate of 49 varieties of products declined in 2024. Among them, 14 kinds of products, including electric bicycle chargers, saw a non-conformance rate drop by more than 10 percentage points.
The gas accidents nationwide diminished by 34 percent year on year, with incurred deaths and injuries decreasing by 47 percent and 42 percent, respectively, according to the statistics.
The conference called for more efforts to ensure the safety of food, medicine, key industrial products and special equipment.
"We will further advance comprehensive management in meat products, edible vegetable oil, food additives, online meal delivery, online sales of edible agricultural products and other key areas," said Luo Wen, head of the State Administration for Market Regulation.
China's manufacturing advanced in quality competitiveness
