China Responds To Russia'S "Poison Shoe Incident"

　　俄羅斯多家媒體4月21日報道了有關俄聯邦濱海邊疆區護法機關對烏蘇里斯克一家中國制鞋企業展開調查的消息，稱該企業產品使用的原料中含有有毒物質，其散發出的氣味能引發肝癌、腦癌、肺癌等多種疾病。

This news was published by the world wide web, and aroused concern of the Chinese enterprises in charge of investment and construction of Cong International Investment Co., Ltd., the Sino Russian usurusk economic and trade cooperation zone. Mr. Zhang Xiaoxu, deputy general manager of the company, personally called the world wide web to clarify the matter.

At the same time, the World Wide Web reporter also found the relevant announcement of the incident on the official website of the Russian Federation's Far East Federal District General Administration of internal affairs.

Deputy general manager Zhang Xiaoxu said on the afternoon of 23 afternoon when he contacted the World Wide Web reporter that the Sino Russian usurusk economic and trade cooperation zone was one of the first eight overseas economic and trade cooperation zones approved by the Ministry of Commerce in 2006, mainly for the "going out" development of Chinese enterprises and a good platform for entering the Russian Ross market. While promoting the complementary advantages of industries and friendly cooperation between China and Russia, it effectively resolved the negative impact of the current "gray customs clearance" of Sino Russian trade.

In addition, the project is also an effective carrier for exploring the diversification of the origin of Chinese products and avoiding market barriers to trade in the European Union and the United States.

There are some troubles in the development of the cooperation zone, such as the corrupt behaviors of the local government departments concerned, and the "poison shoe incident" is a good example.

Zhang Xiaoxu said, "poison shoes incident" began in February of this year. The local procuratorial organs suddenly searched the shoe factories of the economic cooperation zone without any formalities, and took away some products that had not been processed.

The company then sued the Russian local procuratorate for such a breach of procedure and won the lawsuit.

The Russian side also made an apology and compensation for the incident.

At the same time, the health quarantine department of the Russian coastal borderland also carried out related tests, which proved that there was no problem in the shoe factory's products.

However, this incident did not end.

According to Zhang Xiaoxu, losing the lawsuit obviously annoyed the Russian authorities, and they were very concerned about the matter and decided to take revenge.

Zhang Xiaoxu also said that because the operation of the cooperation zone is mainly shoe-making, its scale is the largest in the region. This will naturally impact the local related industries and exclude the possibility of some competitors' "stumbling behind".

Zhang Xiaoxu told reporters that the company had the inspection certificate issued by the Russian quality inspection department, which fully proved that the shoes factory's products were all right.

He said he could fax the evidence to prove that the company was innocent.

However, as of press release, the reporters had only received facsimile such as articles of association, tax certificates and so on.

After telephone verification, I learned that the company's headquarters was located in Dongning, Heilongjiang, and the quality inspection proved that there were some deviations in the communication process between usurusk and the usurusk area, leading to the fact that the related materials had not been sent back to headquarters in time.

Zhang Xiaoxu said that the workers on the factory side were off duty, and the next two days were rest days, so it was only until next Monday, April 26th, that the inspection certificate could be sent to us.

The World Wide Web reporter searched through search engines and found that the official website of Russian Federation's Far East federal district official website announced the "poison shoes incident" in April 21st.

According to the circular, experts from the health and epidemiology research center in the Russian coastal borderland and the Khabarovsk borderland region, after a series of laboratory studies, concluded that shoes produced by shoe factories in the usurusk economic and trade cooperation zone were dangerous for buyers' lives and health.

The proposal for the quality investigation of shoe products in the factory was put forward by the General Administration of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russian Federation against the smuggling and crime division of the consumer market.

The bulletin also pointed out that the factory's production workshop and the warehouse had a strong irritating smell, which made the nose and throat itchy and difficult to breathe.

But the workers do not wear masks.