The State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued an emergent circular which says that retailing markets shall be held responsible when retailers in the markets provide substandard plastic bags or plastic bags free of charge.

According to reports in local media, Hong Kong's Legislative Council has passed regulations regarding charges for plastic bags offered in local retail stores.

The Legislative Office of China's State Council is reported to be soliciting public opinion for a draft rule on defective products recall that has been submitted by the General Administration of Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine of China.

Electronic video displays are to be installed in 150 shopping malls and supermarkets and 19 large wholesale markets in Beijing by the end of this year to publish goods and food information.

China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued a circular in which it says that, before May 1 2009, it will conduct a special check on the sale and use of plastic bags in retailing sites.

According to reports in local media, more than ten instant bean vermicelli products from Baijia have been removed from the shelves of major supermarkets in Shijiazhuang, due to the similarity of its trademark with that of Baixiang, another Chinese instant food maker.