Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration has successively exposed a number of websites that publish false drug information and sell counterfeit drugs, and emphasized that it is illegal for any medical unit or medical research institution to sell drugs online. It is reported that the medical units and medical research institutions promoted by these illegal online pharmacies are all false and forged, and the drugs sold online have not been approved by the drug regulatory authority.

　　Online shopping has become a popular trend, but you have to be extra careful when buying drugs online. For this reason, the drug regulatory authority issued a safety warning for online drug purchases: You must be cautious when purchasing drugs on the Internet. Criminals usually use the consumer's mentality of "investing in a doctor" to publish false information to deceive and mislead consumers. Consumers should develop the habit of buying and using medicines correctly. From the perspective of protecting their medication safety, they should make a clear diagnosis of the disease in a formal medical institution, and use and purchase medicines under the guidance of a doctor or pharmacist. Do not easily buy medicines from websites that sell "drugs" linked to comprehensive portal websites and search for websites that can sell "drugs" through search engines. Even if you want to buy medicines online, you must choose a legal and formal corporate website to buy medicines. Websites that are approved by the drug regulatory authority to sell drugs to individual consumers have the following characteristics: (1) The site's organizer is a drug retail chain enterprise established in accordance with the law, and has been approved by the food and drug regulatory authority to obtain the "Internet Drug Transaction Service Qualification Certificate" "(Scope of service: providing drugs to individual consumers); (2) Mark the number of the "Internet Drug Transaction Service Organization Qualification Certificate" in a prominent position on the website; (3) The website can only sell non-prescription drugs to consumers, and the website has online Transaction functions such as inquiry, online consultation (online real-time consultation of licensed pharmacists), order generation, and electronic contract.

　　People's Daily: Online shopping environment improvement requires a multi-pronged approach

　　2011-03-22 08:48:40 Source: People's Daily http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/14200249.html

　　"Praise a toothpick as a towering tree, a monkey as a Monkey King, and a hut as a luxurious villa." This is the irony and exposure of some false advertising on TV shopping in the 2010 Spring Festival Gala Crosstalk "Super Hypermarket".

　　TV shopping is an imported product, and it has been more than ten years since it entered my country in the mid-1990s. In foreign countries, TV shopping is one of the mainstream channels for consumers to purchase products. In China, consumers' acceptance of this home shopping method is gradually increasing.

　　TV shopping adopts the method of "product display + shopping guide commentary + model live demonstration" to stimulate consumers' desire to shop. Consumers choose TV shopping because of its fast and convenient shopping, low prices and the temptation of its highly provocative advertisements. However, due to the imperfect market supervision mechanism and the lack of laws and regulations, the current development of my country's TV shopping industry is in a state of disorder, and the problems of huge profits and false advertising are more common. In particular, false publicity on products such as drugs, medical equipment, breast augmentation, weight loss, and heightening misled many consumers and caused health and property losses to many consumers. As a result, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television strictly banned TV shopping programs. Advertisements for these five categories of goods. The TV shopping industry is in a serious credibility crisis.

　　In addition, due to the geographical distance between the two parties in the TV shopping transaction, the lack of integrity of manufacturers, and the shirk of responsibilities between operators and the media, when their legitimate rights and interests are infringed, consumers are faced with problems such as difficulty in returning and replacing goods, difficulty in complaining and proof, and difficulty in mediation.

　　Online shopping, which has the same characteristics as TV shopping, which is convenient and fast, has rapidly emerged in my country with the popularity of the Internet and has been favored by many consumers. However, incidents such as leakage of customer information, many fake and inferior products, propaganda inconsistent with reality, and fraudulent use of "phishing" websites are worse than TV shopping, and the industry is also in a credibility crisis.

　　It is the unshirkable responsibility of governments at all levels to regulate the operating order of the TV shopping and online shopping markets and provide consumers with a safe and assured consumption environment.

　　First, in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, the cost of protecting consumers' rights should be reduced. It should be said that in today's rapid economic development, the awareness of rights protection of the Chinese people has also increased a lot. However, in the face of powerful companies, weak consumers often have to give up their rights protection due to difficulties in obtaining evidence, complicated procedures, and high costs (consuming a lot of energy, material and financial resources). Therefore, relevant government departments should work hard to reduce the cost of protecting consumers' rights, simplify the procedures for protecting rights, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers to the greatest extent.

　　Second, raise the entry barriers for the TV shopping and online shopping markets, and establish a corporate credit investigation system. An important reason why some unscrupulous companies brazenly sell counterfeit and shoddy products is the lack of my country's credit investigation system. Companies without integrity do whatever they want, leaving consumers overwhelmed by it.

　　Third, establish relevant laws and regulations to restrict and regulate the business operations of enterprises and the rights and obligations of all parties. In recent years, although relevant government departments have promulgated some regulations for the problems in TV shopping and online shopping, most of them have not risen to the legal level, and their authority and binding force are limited.

　　Fourth, intensify supervision and law enforcement. If there is a lack of daily supervision and law enforcement, even if there are perfect laws and regulations, it will be on paper. Over the years, my country has promulgated many relevant laws and regulations, but some illegal phenomena and behaviors have not been curbed. An important reason is the absence of supervision and lack of strict law enforcement.

　　Only a multi-pronged rectification can purify the environment of TV shopping and online shopping, so that consumers can truly consume with peace of mind, peace of mind, and comfort. (Liu Jianhua)