Defect plus damage is the core story — importer, seller and platform roles can all be in the claim chain.
China product liability and product quality rules let injured parties pursue producers and, in defined cases, sellers for defective products. Cross-border supply chains complicate who is the ‘producer’. Punitive damages and consumer-protection overlays appear in some fact patterns. The live product-liability law guide stays the deep related guide — this wiki is the atomic definition for the expansion map. Recall is the regulatory related pages. Consumer rights cover the broader consumer statute.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Injury/damage and defect theory?
Claim.
ClaimWho is China producer/importer/seller?
Defendants.
WhoRecall already triggered?
related pages.
Recallrelated PL guide opened?
Deep twin.
DeepWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Is this the same as a recall?
No. Recall is regulatory remediation; liability is compensation. Both can run together.
Where is the deep related guide?
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.