Chinese top two liquor makers Kweichew Moutai and Wu Liangye were fined a total of 449 million yuan ($71.41 million) for price fixing.
A group of US investment funds has sued the Chinese and US affiliates of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, blaming them for investor losses at troubled ChinaCast Education Corp.
A whistleblowers' telephone hotline has been launched in Shanghai in an effort to clamp down on banking operations that breach regulations.
Regulations for the domestic service industry need to be tightened to ensure agencies can cope with demand over holidays, such as Spring Festival, experts say.
French automaker Renault has started to recall more than 60,000 cars exported to the Chinese mainland over problems with their fuel level sensors.
Japanese automaker Toyota will recall 22,869 vehicles exported to China over defects in the vehicles' windshield wipers.
Carl Worker, New Zealand's ambassador to China, insisted that all of the country's dairy products are safe, including products exported to China.
Scare: NZ milk scare pinches Chinese consumers
Response: New Zealand reassures dairy food consumers
As many as 3.2 million vehicles were recalled in 2012 for being faulty, up 75 percent from a year earlier, the country's top quality supervisor said Monday.
About 17 percent of the fireworks and firecrackers being sold ahead of the Lunar New Year fail to meet quality standards, the quality watchdog said on Monday.
China's top quality authority said on Monday it has demanded its counterparts in New Zealand provide detailed information and a report on risk evaluation on its dairy products.
The New Zealand has begun a wine certification program for Chinese experts to boost sales in China over the next three to five years.
Chinese consumers are expressing concerns about the safety of New Zealand's dairy products since a toxic substance has been found.
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