Chinese government to standardise mobile phone chargers

Link: textually.org: China spells out national standard for cell phone chargers

The Chinese government – in what sounds like a perfectly good idea – is to set a single national standard on mobile phone chargers sold in the country to avoid waste and to lower costs, the Ministry of Information Industry has announced

As Emily points out, this is a wickedly good idea.

I wouldn’t mind a bit of government intervention on this sort of thing. It would, however, kill the (lucrative) charger accessories market wouldn’t it? 😉 But you’d be nigh on guaranteed to be able to find a charger for your phone at work…