New | Fears over subway cable scandal prompt nationwide checks in China
Tender documents show company that supplied problematic cables had won contracts worth more than 13 million yuan before its production line started operation in 2014
Fears over the quality of subway cabling used in Shaanxi have spread nationwide with government orders to carry out checks on cables from the same supplier used on lines throughout the country.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine on Thursday ordered thorough checks on all subway and high-speed railway cable systems using Shaanxi-based cable supplier Aokai Cable.
Mainland media reported that Aokai subway cables used in a number of city subway systems were substandard.
The state-owned China Railway Group, whose companies were among the earliest buyers of the problematic cables, vowed on Friday to replace all cables by the company “unconditionally” and terminate all contracts with the supplier.
very urgent”, the administration ordered governments of all provinces to conduct quality tests on all cables provided by Aokai and comprehensive checks on all other electrical cable suppliers.