(Economic Observation) China's "Iron Fist" action in the field of people's livelihood has begun to crack down on 8 types of illegal acts

  China News Agency, Beijing, April 14 (Reporter Liu Liang) Illegal addition of food, sale of livestock and aquatic products with excessive drug residues, "cut corners" steel cables, inferior children's toys... In the face of violations of laws and regulations in the field of people's livelihood in recent years , Chinese officials continue to carry out the "iron fist" action, let the supervision grow teeth, and continue to maintain the safety of people's livelihood.

  Judging from the data disclosed by the State Administration for Market Regulation of China on the 14th, the effect of supervision is immediate.

Data show that in 2021, a total of 94,400 illegal cases of 8 types will be investigated and handled across China, and 1,935 cases will be transferred to public security organs.

Among these illegal cases, there were 52,200 cases of food safety violations, accounting for about 55%, and 25,900 cases of "copycat" alcoholic beverages and seasonal food, accounting for about 27%.

  The success of the "Iron Fist" action for people's livelihood is the result of joint efforts.

Yan Jun, director of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, pointed out when reviewing the work of the "Iron Fist" operation last year, that there are not only the mechanism "rules" to guide the "Iron Fist" operation work and the role of precise force, but also benefit from the upper and lower regional law enforcement forces. The linkage of "strike" and "propaganda" combined to form a powerful deterrent effect.

  The data shows that in the rectification of the refurbishment of "black gas cylinders" (mainly referring to waste gas cylinders or liquefied petroleum gas cylinders of unknown origin), in the whole year of 2021, a total of 411 cases were investigated and dealt with in various places, involving the renovation of "black gas cylinders", filling Overdue reporting of 517 violations of laws and regulations in 9 categories, including waste gas bottles, further guarantees the safety of people's livelihood.

  In the rectification of false propaganda in the field of medical beauty, in 2021, a total of 8,563 cases of unfair competition of various types will be investigated and handled nationwide, with a fine of 573 million yuan (RMB, the same below), which provides a strong guarantee for creating a market environment for fair competition.

Among them, there were 103 cases of false propaganda in the field of medical beauty, with a fine of 5.98 million yuan, which further purified the market environment and promoted the healthy development of the industry.

  On the basis of the effectiveness of supervision in 2021, Yan Jun emphasized that China's market supervision department will strike while the iron is hot and continue to carry out the "iron fist" action in the field of people's livelihood in 2022.

  It is reported that the key supervision targets of this year's "Iron Fist" action in the field of people's livelihood have also surfaced, involving 8 types of illegal activities, including: adulteration of edible oil, illegal addition of food such as weight loss and aphrodisiac, illegal oil quality and refueling Station metering cheating, false and illegal advertisements such as "magic doctors" and "magic medicines", false propaganda in the field of medical beauty, refurbishment of "black gas cylinders" and inferior gas appliances, failure to inspect elevators over time, and "bottomless marketing" for minors.

  Among these 8 types of key supervision objects, there are not only the continuous rectification of food safety, "black gas cylinders" and medical aesthetics and other issues, but also elevator safety issues that are receiving increasing attention from the people's livelihood.

For the "new and old" issues, the official also revealed more regulatory measures and considerations.

  For example, in the medical beauty industry, Yang Hongfeng, a first-level inspector of the Price Supervision and Competition Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, revealed that in response to the current outstanding problems in the medical beauty industry, false propaganda in the medical beauty field will be investigated and dealt with this year, including the use of "advertising articles", "kinds of False marketing, deceiving, misleading consumers or the relevant public, etc.

  Gao Jixuan, a first-level inspector of the Special Equipment Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, also revealed the reasoning behind the official inclusion of the crackdown on illegal acts such as the use of elevators without regular inspection or unqualified inspections into this year's "Iron Fist" action this year.

  "At present, China ranks first in the world in terms of elevator ownership, annual output and annual growth. By the end of 2021, there are 8.7998 million elevators in use across the country. Elevators have become an important infrastructure for people's daily life and are directly related to the people. The safety of life and quality of life are getting higher and higher," Gao Jixuan said.

  It is reported that China's market supervision department has made preliminary arrangements for this year's "iron fist" action in the field of people's livelihood as early as the end of February.

  Kuang Xu, deputy director of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said that this year's "Iron Fist" operation was planned early, deployed early, and started early.

After the Spring Festival, the official deployment was made as soon as possible, and all localities acted quickly. At present, all work has been carried out smoothly.

At that time, the official will continue to promote relevant work through measures such as inter-regional force linkage, promoting the investigation and handling of major and important cases, and strengthening the publicity and exposure of typical cases.

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