Value Of The Consumer Protection Law

The consumer movement originates from the development of market economy, and to protect the interests and rights of the consumer has become the common concerns of the consumers all over the world. The protection of the consumer rights and interest and the establishment of related laws is a ' milestone in the development of market economy. The establishment of the laws protecting the rights and interests of the consumers is one of the key contents of the legal society. The law protecting the rights and interests of the consumers has evolved into a separate subject. Its value can be summed up into: human right as the basic value, order as the key value, and benefit as the important value. The law specifies the rights of the consumer and the duties of the business operator. China is in the period of the transition from planned economy to market economy, and the rights and interests of the consumer is not well-protected. After China enters WTO, some new problems will appear. This paper aims at displaying the value of the law and existent weakness of the law, making some suggestions over improving the law, to shorten the distance between China and the developed countries in this respect in today's economical globalization.