Research On The Responsibilities Of Consumers' Associations

As a consumers’ autonomous organization, the consumers’ association plays an irreplaceable role in safeguarding the legitimate rights of consumers and promoting economic and society sustainable and healthful development. Compared to foreign consumers’ associations who has complete development process and mature mode of operation, our consumers’ association has many problems in many parties, and the most serious is the lack of independence and the lack of details in responsibilities of law. Consumers association has been difficult to meet the new demands of social and economic development and the expectations of consumers, reform is urgently needed. Responsibilities of consumers’ association are the research focus in this paper. This paper has five parts, including historical process and theoretical analysis and situation of responsibilities and foreign experience. After all of above-mentioned parts, it gives perfect advices. Firstly, the paper introduces the historical development of consumers’ association and points out the responsibilities continue to expand and improve in various stages. Secondly, analyzing the theoretical basis of the consumers’ association of responsibilities established, including social intermediate layer theory and the theory of social organization. Determining responsibilities of consumers’ associations should be in theory. Third, the paper analyzes the status of consumer associations and summarizes the main existing problems, including the lack of independence, the law is not enough refinement, the organization is not perfect and so on, and also analyzes the causes of the problem. Finally, based on binding duty of foreign consumer associations, the paper puts forward a sound proposal of responsibilities of consumers’ association. It gives constructive suggestions in three parts including confirming consumer associations’ independence and expanding or refining duties of consumers’ association and improving the supporting measures of consumers’ associations.