Quality Control Circle
Quality Control (QC) Circle, introduced into China in 1978 and jointly promoted by CAQ, All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Youth League and China Association for Science and Technology, has become an energetic mass quality improvement activity and an effective means for enterprises to increase quality management level. Up to 2009, there are about 30 million registered QC circles, generating economic benefits of 600 billion yuan.