Chinese premier stresses importance of quality

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday stressed the importance of quality in economic development and upgrading.

Quality reflects a country's strength and is the key to upgrading China's economy, Li said at a conference in Beijing.

The premier urged the whole nation to focus on raising the quality and efficiency of economic growth and boosting the quality of products and services.

Li highlighted the role of companies, saying all companies should take responsibility for increasing the quality of their products and services.

All sectors and industries must accelerate innovation, eliminate low-end products, improve quality management systems, and pay more attention to detail, he added.

The premier said the government should accelerate transformation of its functions and work to create a fair market which encourages firms to make high-quality products.

Law making also should be sped up and a better national standardization system established, Li said.