2007-09-22 17:23:33globalist
讓全球第一大玩具公司Mattel也沒輒的中國政府：哀哉，老外！
前一陣子中國製玩具造成全球最大玩具製造商Mattel大幅收回，成為全球大新聞，可是，全球再大的玩具商可還是玩不過中國政府，中國政府不但「製造」出中國玩具商被逼自殺的新聞，而且，竟然還逼得Mattel的全球副總裁到北京和中國品管局官員開會公開向中國道歉，這位外國人完完全全被中國吃的死死的，不論該公司售了數千名中國員工，中共甚至逼他說，部分瑕疵品也必須歸因於該公司設計不良所致（真不知含鉛過多和設計什麼關係？必須設計一些不用漆的？)，除了向中國公開道歉，還承諾持續在中國製造並且再投資三千萬美元。
中國官員放狠話：貴公司大部分的利潤來自在中國的工廠，這句話要害，讓全球第一大玩具公司也不得不屈服。要公開向中國政府認錯了！瞧，中國人的利害了吧。
據報，該公司副總裁在與中國官員會面是，滿臉無表情（石頭般的臉），而且完全沒有對記者講一句話。哀哉，老外！
Mattel apologizes to China for recall
Reuters, The Associated PressPublished: September 21, 2007
Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, apologized Friday for damaging China’s reputation after recent large recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting that it targeted some goods that actually met the company’s standards.
The extraordinary gesture by Thomas Debrowski, the Mattel executive vice president for worldwide operations, came in a meeting with the Chinese product safety chief, Li Changjiang, at which Li upbraided the company for maintaining weak safety controls. Mattel has recalled about 21 million toys in a span of five weeks, many because of excessive levels of lead paint.
"Our reputation has been damaged lately by these recalls," Debrowski said during the meeting in Beijing.
But he also acknowledged that the "vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel’s design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China’s manufacturers."
Lead-tainted toys accounted for only a small percentage of all toys recalled, he said, adding that: "We understand and appreciate deeply the issues that this has caused for the reputation of Chinese manufacturers."
Debrowski also said that "Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people and all of our customers who received the toys."
In a statement, Mattel said that its lead-related recalls were overly inclusive, including toys that may not have had lead in paint in excess of the U.S. standards.
"The follow-up inspections also confirmed that part of the recalled toys complied with the U.S. standards," the statement said, without giving specifics.
The carefully worded apology, delivered with company lawyers present, underscores China’s central role in Mattel’s business. Mattel has been in China for 25 years and about 65 percent of its products are made in China.
Debrowski said the company was committed to manufacturing in China and was also investing $30 million in a Barbie store in Shanghai.
Debrowski, who sat stony-faced throughout the meeting with Li, did not talk to reporters who had been invited by the quality regulator to witness most of the meeting - unusual for a normally secretive Chinese government agency.
Li told Debrowski of his displeasure at the admission that perhaps too many toys had been targeted.
"You cannot recall 10,000 products just because one is substandard," he said. "This is unacceptable."
But Li also struck a conciliatory tone with the company, which directly and indirectly employs thousands of Chinese.
"I appreciate your objective and responsible attitude towards the recalls and your sincere attitude towards our future cooperation," Li said.
The official Xinhua news agency quoted Li as saying that police had detained four Chinese nationals accused of having supplied one of Mattel’s contract manufacturers, Lida Toy, with the substandard paint behind the first recall in August.
The head of Lida, Zhang Shuhong, a Hong Kong businessman in his 50s, killed himself after the recall.
"The four suspects can expect criminal sentences," Xinhua quoted Li as telling Debrowski.
Before the Mattel recalls, a spate of incidents involving unsafe Chinese products ranging from toys and seafood to toothpaste that entered both European and U.S. markets prompted calls on both sides of the Atlantic for a ban on products made in China.
The fence-mending call came before an expected visit to China by Mattel’s chairman and chief executive, Robert Eckert. This week Eckert again defended his company’s toy safety record as two skeptical Democratic lawmakers accused him of stonewalling a congressional probe into production practices in China.
Following the recall, Eckert told U.S. lawmakers that he wanted to see Mattel’s mainland inspections first hand.
Mattel ordered three high-profile recalls this summer, including Barbie doll accessories and toy cars, because of concerns about lead paint and tiny magnets that could be swallowed.
The recalls have prompted complaints from China that manufacturers were being blamed for design faults introduced by Mattel.
Li reminded Debrowski that "a large part of your annual profit" comes "from your factories in China."
"This shows that our cooperation is in the interests of Mattel, and both parties should value our cooperation," Li said. "I really hope that Mattel can learn lessons and gain experience from these incidents."
Li said that Mattel should "improve their control measures."
Li, the head of China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, also expressed his appreciation for Debrowski’s "objective and responsible attitude toward the recent toy recall."
But China has bristled at what it claims is a campaign to discredit its reputation as an exporter. Beijing accuses foreign media and others of exaggerating the product safety issues as a form of protectionism.
中國官員放狠話：貴公司大部分的利潤來自在中國的工廠，這句話要害，讓全球第一大玩具公司也不得不屈服。要公開向中國政府認錯了！瞧，中國人的利害了吧。
據報，該公司副總裁在與中國官員會面是，滿臉無表情（石頭般的臉），而且完全沒有對記者講一句話。哀哉，老外！
Mattel apologizes to China for recall
Reuters, The Associated PressPublished: September 21, 2007
Mattel, the world’s largest toymaker, apologized Friday for damaging China’s reputation after recent large recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting that it targeted some goods that actually met the company’s standards.
The extraordinary gesture by Thomas Debrowski, the Mattel executive vice president for worldwide operations, came in a meeting with the Chinese product safety chief, Li Changjiang, at which Li upbraided the company for maintaining weak safety controls. Mattel has recalled about 21 million toys in a span of five weeks, many because of excessive levels of lead paint.
"Our reputation has been damaged lately by these recalls," Debrowski said during the meeting in Beijing.
But he also acknowledged that the "vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel’s design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China’s manufacturers."
Lead-tainted toys accounted for only a small percentage of all toys recalled, he said, adding that: "We understand and appreciate deeply the issues that this has caused for the reputation of Chinese manufacturers."
Debrowski also said that "Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people and all of our customers who received the toys."
In a statement, Mattel said that its lead-related recalls were overly inclusive, including toys that may not have had lead in paint in excess of the U.S. standards.
"The follow-up inspections also confirmed that part of the recalled toys complied with the U.S. standards," the statement said, without giving specifics.
The carefully worded apology, delivered with company lawyers present, underscores China’s central role in Mattel’s business. Mattel has been in China for 25 years and about 65 percent of its products are made in China.
Debrowski said the company was committed to manufacturing in China and was also investing $30 million in a Barbie store in Shanghai.
Debrowski, who sat stony-faced throughout the meeting with Li, did not talk to reporters who had been invited by the quality regulator to witness most of the meeting - unusual for a normally secretive Chinese government agency.
Li told Debrowski of his displeasure at the admission that perhaps too many toys had been targeted.
"You cannot recall 10,000 products just because one is substandard," he said. "This is unacceptable."
But Li also struck a conciliatory tone with the company, which directly and indirectly employs thousands of Chinese.
"I appreciate your objective and responsible attitude towards the recalls and your sincere attitude towards our future cooperation," Li said.
The official Xinhua news agency quoted Li as saying that police had detained four Chinese nationals accused of having supplied one of Mattel’s contract manufacturers, Lida Toy, with the substandard paint behind the first recall in August.
The head of Lida, Zhang Shuhong, a Hong Kong businessman in his 50s, killed himself after the recall.
"The four suspects can expect criminal sentences," Xinhua quoted Li as telling Debrowski.
Before the Mattel recalls, a spate of incidents involving unsafe Chinese products ranging from toys and seafood to toothpaste that entered both European and U.S. markets prompted calls on both sides of the Atlantic for a ban on products made in China.
The fence-mending call came before an expected visit to China by Mattel’s chairman and chief executive, Robert Eckert. This week Eckert again defended his company’s toy safety record as two skeptical Democratic lawmakers accused him of stonewalling a congressional probe into production practices in China.
Following the recall, Eckert told U.S. lawmakers that he wanted to see Mattel’s mainland inspections first hand.
Mattel ordered three high-profile recalls this summer, including Barbie doll accessories and toy cars, because of concerns about lead paint and tiny magnets that could be swallowed.
The recalls have prompted complaints from China that manufacturers were being blamed for design faults introduced by Mattel.
Li reminded Debrowski that "a large part of your annual profit" comes "from your factories in China."
"This shows that our cooperation is in the interests of Mattel, and both parties should value our cooperation," Li said. "I really hope that Mattel can learn lessons and gain experience from these incidents."
Li said that Mattel should "improve their control measures."
Li, the head of China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, also expressed his appreciation for Debrowski’s "objective and responsible attitude toward the recent toy recall."
But China has bristled at what it claims is a campaign to discredit its reputation as an exporter. Beijing accuses foreign media and others of exaggerating the product safety issues as a form of protectionism.
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