Eleven Chinese government departments have teamed up to crack
down on fraudulent advertisements to protect the rights and
interests of consumers.
Great efforts will be made to supervise various advertisements
and serious offenders will be prosecuted, according to a meeting
attended Tuesday by 11 government departments including the State
Administration for Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Public
Security, Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Health and
State Food and Drug Administration, among others.
According to the meeting, the crackdown will mainly targets ads
for medicines, medical services, foodstuff, cosmetics and beauty
services
Chinese industrial and commercial authorities handled 61,800
illegal advertisements last year, including 16,600 fraudulent ones,
which provide false information on related products or exaggerate
their quality and functions.
(Xinhua News Agency January 31, 2007)