Analysis On Policy Change On The Professional Extortion For Fraud Fighting From The Perspective Of The Multi-stream Theory

Since the implementation of the Law of the PRC on the Protection of the Consumer Rights and Interests,the professional extortion for fraud fighting has appeared and aroused widespread concern in society.However,the development of it has shown a trend of rising first and falling at last.It appeared after 1993,and the speed and scale of its development showed a blowout around 2014,but then gradually contracted in 2017.Why is there such a social phenomenon that rises and falls? It is related to the change of attitudes in the protection of consumer rights in Chinese government and judiciary.Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Food and Drug Disputes in 2013,which affirmed and recognized the legal status of the professional extortion for fraud fighting the first time.However,in 2017,the Supreme People's Court explicitly suppressed its behaviors for benefits.This paper adopts the frame of the multi-stream theory to explain why the Chinese government and the judiciary have different attitudes towards the professional extortion for fraud fighting,and why the change in attitude was dramatic.This paper takes changes in attitudes of the policy on the professional extortion for fraud fighting as the research object,adopting literature analysis,case analysis,interview and other methods from the frame of the multi-stream theory.It deeply explores the interaction between the professional extortion for fraud fighting and policy devolvement,analyzing the process and results of policy changing,and the impact of changes on the professional extortion for fraud fighting.On this basis,it reflects on relevant policies,and makes suggestions to perfect policies,purify the market,and save judicial and administrative law enforcement resources.The first chapter introduces the background and significance of this paper,followed by the literature review and concept definition of the professional extortion for fraud fighting,and the introduction of research tools and methods,ideas,structures and innovation points in the end.The second chapter describes the predecessor of the policy and the emergence of the phenomenon.Serious problems of product quality leaded to the appearance of the Law of the PRC on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests.Measures of punitive compensations in the law promoted the phenomenon of the professional extortion for fraud fighting,which exerted influences on the society beyond policy expectations.The third chapter explores the explosive growth of the professional extortion for fraud fighting.It was recognized by the law department for its positive effects on the society,reflecting the remarkable effect of the policy.After that,the law department perfect the law to consolidate the policy results,which led to the growth of it.The fourth chapter describes the contraction of the professional extortion for fraud fighting restricted by the policy.After a period of development,its drawbacks were gradually exposed and rejected by society.Therefore,the policy changed to suppress its development,which made it contracted.The fifth chapter summarizes the interaction between the professional extortion for fraud fighting and the policy,its impact on society,and considering the development of our policy.