Swedish furniture company IKEA will recall more than 1.66 million potentially hazardous chests and dressers that it sold on the Chinese mainland between 1999 and this year, China's top quality authority announced on Tuesday.

The drawers could fall and cause death or injury to children if they are not properly fixed to walls, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.

IKEA announced at the end of June that it would recall 35.6 million of its MALM chests or dressers from the United States and Canada, after three children were crushed to death by the pieces of furniture in the US.

At the time, the company said that the recall would not cover other places where the same products were sold, including China, spurring heavy criticism from Chinese mainland consumers.

IKEA made the decision to recall the furniture after discussions with AQSIQ, the administration said.