Choosing such a day as "International Consumer Rights Day" is also to expand publicity, promote cooperation and exchanges between consumer organizations in various countries, attract international attention and promote consumer protection activities.
Provide information to consumers, educate consumers, improve consumers' awareness and ability of safeguarding rights, handle consumer complaints, help consumers recover losses, collect consumers' opinions and feed them back to enterprises.
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Development history
1983, international organization of consumers unions designated 15 every year as the International Consumer Rights Day. 1898, the world's first consumer organization was established in the United States.
1936, the National Consumers Union was established. After World War II, various organizations have emerged in some developed countries that reflect consumers' interests and demands. On this basis, international organization of consumers unions was proclaimed on 1960.
Since then, the consumer movement has become more active, and many developing countries have also established consumer organizations, making the consumer movement a global social phenomenon. More than 300 consumer organizations in more than 90 countries around the world have been carrying out activities.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-International Consumer Rights Day