To address long-standing issues of substandard drinking water and insufficient water supply faced by local residents, the Rwandan government has undertaken multiple water supply pipeline projects with funding from the African Development Bank in recent years.
为了解决当地居民长期面临的饮用水不达标和供水不足的问题，卢旺达政府近年来在非洲开发银行的资助下实施了多个供水管道项目。
A growing trend among foodmakers of keeping suppliers in-house comes in the wake of compromised food safety practices related to substandard pickled cabbage in the industry.
食品制造商越来越倾向于将供应商留在内部，这是因为该行业与不合格酸菜有关的食品安全做法受到了损害。
"The newly introduced tax on light-cycle oil and bitumen mix imports will phase out the blending of substandard diesel and provide support for refining margins.
On counterfeits and substandard products sold in the market, Zhao said he believes some domestic manufacturers simply set up their business only to reach maximum profits, rather than provide good services to their customers.
Gree Electric Appliances Inc has accused Aux Group, of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, of producing and selling substandard air conditioners.
By Monday night, Gree, based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, had released eight inspection reports of the Sichuan Institute of Electron Production Supervision and Inspection that it said showed the eight Aux models were substandard.
Since then, Pinduoduo has faced allegations that products on its platform are fake or substandard, and involve trademark infringements, sparking a storm of online debate.
The Shanghai-based company has long faced allegations that products on its platform are fake or substandard, and involve trademark infringements.
But such models have also prompted complaints from unhappy customers on botched deliveries and substandard merchandise derived from low prices.
Enda Ryan, CEO of Mead Johnson Nutrition Greater China, said the company would strive to introduce its products in less-developed cities where new regulations will likely eject substandard products from the market.
Changjiang Securities data showed about 70 percent of infant and children product shops are located in third-and fourth-tier cities, where little known players are known to sell ordinary or substandard products.
"Most of the time, we've to watch over workers to avoid poor workmanship or use of substandard materials," Li said.
Private lending is not only expensive but also substandard," Gao said.
Regulatory oversight will be strengthened, and production and sales of counterfeit and substandard goods will be resolutely curbed, in order to uphold fair competition.
Within a year, thousands of substandard workshops and mills were shut down, and the remaining ones have been committed to upgrading.
Guidelines on protecting intellectual property rights in cross-border e-commerce will be drafted, to deter counterfeit and substandard goods.
Management of cross-border e-commerce import and export returns and exchanges will be made more convenient, while guidelines on protecting intellectual property rights in cross-border e-commerce will be drafted in order to deter counterfeit and substandard goods, the meeting agreed.
In 2017, the country's production capacity of substandard steel, about 140 million tons, was completely banned, which led to significant increases in scrap steel resources, he said.
The new measures, jointly released on April 23 by the Cyberspace Administration of China and six other government departments, aim to protect the rights and interests of consumers and minors and tackle problems including false advertising and sales of counterfeit and substandard goods.
I had imagined that they were somehow substandard, so I tended to book hotel rooms whenever I went traveling.
It will strictly control substandard and repetitive projects in energy-intensive industries, while encouraging enterprises to step up upgrading and transformation efforts to make room for energy consumption in high-quality development.
The government has to date closed 32 substandard shipyards to meet its goals, according to information released by the Zhoushan government.
The MOC will confirm the list of qualified mask manufacturers, and the State Administration for Market Regulation will offer a list of substandard products and producers to provide a basis for customs authorities to clear exports.
During the 2016 to 2018 period, China's steel industry removed more than 150 million metric tons of crude steel capacity, and prohibited substandard steel production, which led to enhancement of the overall performance of the industry.
Qu Xiuli, deputy head of the China Iron and Steel Association, said at an industry forum in November that China will continue to rein in unwanted steel capacity, especially metal that is substandard and contributes to pollution.
Inferior, substandard or fake products are not uncommon, while refunds and replacements aren't difficult either; but, low-value items could mean you'd prefer not to bother returning the broken stuff but lump the losses.
China is to ramp up its efforts to rein in unwanted steel output, especially that which is substandard and polluting, in order to contain risks from excess capacity and promote high-quality development in the steel industry, key industry officials said during the China Iron and Steel Association's annual midyear convention on Monday.
As the campaign to cut overcapacity deepens and the industry's profitability increases, the risks of illegal new capacity also start to grow, reflected by the phenomenon that some steel companies play tricks to build new capacity, and the production of substandard steel reoccurs, said Wang Wei, head of the raw material department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
China's steel industry has achieved the upper goals two years ahead of schedule for cutting overcapacity set by the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), reducing 150 million metric tons of crude steel capacity, and has removed 140 million tons of substandard steel capacity, according to Wang.
"Substandard steel production and violations of related rules and laws when conducting capacity replacement projects will be the focus of the panel's inspection, and they will serve as warnings" to anyone who attempts to increase new capacity illegally, he said.
Dong said that on the one hand, this law will help protect consumers from buying fake or substandard products.
"As part of the government's efforts to fight pollution, 11 cities of Fenwei Plain, an area of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces that has heavy industry and widespread use of substandard coal, were identified as key areas to reduce air pollution by increasing the gas proportion in their energy mix, and a growth in gas demand in northern cities will mean downstream gas sales opportunities for coalbed methane producers.
Thanks to the efforts in reducing overcapacity and the production ban on substandard steel, Chinese iron and steel producers have been able to sell their products abroad at better prices.
Dong said this law will help protect consumers from fake or substandard products.
Still, the report also listed problems ranging from farmland pollution, use of substandard pesticides, to weak enforcement in agricultural products inspection.
It also said it would step up efforts to combat the manufacture and sale of counterfeit or substandard goods, including products that try to pass themselves off as well-known brands.
That is because the overcapacity reduction campaign in recent years, especially the elimination of outdated and substandard steel production, has reduced steel supply, while market demand remains resilient, thereby improving profitability for steel firms, he explained.
As a result, the Beijing Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau ordered JAC Motors to rectify the selling of substandard pollution control devices posing as qualified products for emissions inspection.
- A total of 308 imported Mercedes-Benz vehicles were found to have substandard exhaust emission control parts, China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) said Monday.
Eight light diesel trucks produced by Shandong Kama Automobile Manufacturing Co exceeded emission standards, and 318 heavy diesel trucks had substandard pollution control devices, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP).
The company was ordered to correct the problems and fined 31.7 million yuan ($4.9 million)For similar offences, Shandong Tangjun Ouling Automobile Manufacture Co was fined 7 million yuan for producing 109 substandard light diesel trucks.
Speaking of the US government's push to increase scrutiny of US-listed Chinese companies, he said: "We don't want substandard companies to be listed in any market.
The categories are pass, special-mention, substandard, doubtful and loss.
China's banking and insurance regulator urged relevant financial institutions to take multiple measures to dispose of and mitigate the risk of banks' nonperforming assets, in addition to classifying bank loans strictly according to their inherent risks as "pass, special-mention, substandard, doubtful and loss" to truly reflect their risk level, Xiao Yuanqi, chief risk officer and spokesperson of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, said at a news conference on Oct 21.
The Shenzhen-listed vaccine-maker was accused of selling 252,600 doses of a substandard vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus, as well as tampering with production data for its rabies vaccine.
Still, risks arise from substandard financing channels and housing market speculation, which authorities try to rein in.
Such substandard financing activities have been on the decline thanks to deleveraging efforts," said Ruan Jianhong, the spokesperson of the PBOC.
Shadow banking, substandard financial business that is hard to supervise, has grown rapidly in the past few years, with some of the funds having gone to local governments and the property market.
Mainland banks generally adopt the international five-category loan classification system, which grades bank loans according to their inherent risks as pass, special mention, substandard, doubtful and loss.