More than 36,000 cases involving quality violations were handled last year and more than 6 million products were recalled over quality deficiencies, Zhi Shuping, head of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on Wednesday.

In the past year, the administration has made great progress to improve the quality of products sold on the market, focusing on 10 kinds of major consumer goods, including air purifiers, smart phones and diapers, he said.

Of these goods, products which met standards increased by 5.2 percentage points last year, compared with 2015, according to inspections organized by quality monitors, he said.