Japanese electronics giant Sony Corporation is recalling 55,362 VPCF11 series and VPCCW2 series laptop computers under its Vaio brand in mainland China due to overheating problems, the country's quality watchdog said last week.

More than 170 consumers from China have jointly filed an appeal, requesting the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China to conduct an investigation on the laptop computers made by HP and order the company to recall all of its substandard laptop products.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China disclosed that from March 1, 2009, six categories of products must be affixed with an energy efficiency logo and those that do not meet the relevant energy efficiency standard must not be produced, sold or imported into China.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has announced the awarding of inspection-free qualification to nine of Lenovo's (LNVGY) exported PC products.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has published a report on the spot-check results of mobile phone batteries, which shows that eight types of mobile phone batteries, all of which were made by Shenzhen companies, are unqualified.

News from General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China is that AQSIQ and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China have jointly issued a notice asking that 13 types of information security products under eight categories undergo a mandatory certification.