Research On Consumer Protection In Overseas Purchasing

In recent years,with the continuous advancement of economic globalization and the rapid development of the e-commerce industry,consumers are no longer constrained by the traditional shopping model and turn to the international market.Online shopping has gradually become the trend of the new era and has become one of the important engines to reverse the development trend of China’s economy and trade.According to the data of"2018(on)China online retail market data monitoring report",the number of online shopping users in China in the first half of 2018 was 569 million,an increase of 10.2%compared with the first half of 2017;the cross-border e-commerce market transaction scale reached 11.2 trillion yuan,an increase of 14.2%over the first half of 2017.It can be seen that the new shopping model of online shopping has been favored and favored by consumers because of its unique advantages,which has also played a vital role in promoting the development of the overseas purchasing industry.It is undeniable that overseas purchasing is still in its initial stage.The various laws and regulaions used to regulate overseas purchasing behavior are not sound enough.The flourishing development and the chaos of trading are accompanied.Not only does it bring multiple risks to consumers,it is also a huge challenge for regulation.Therefore,the protection of consumer rights in overseas purchasing is the key to resolving the contradiction between buyers and sellers and effectively protecting the basic rights of consumers.It is an important link under the current socialist market economic system.On January 1,2019,the implementation of the"E-commerce Law" made up for the lack of legislation and the lack of supervision.To a certain extent,it inhibited the chaos of the overseas purchasing industry and regulated the orderly development of the economic market.At the same time,the Consumer Protection Law also provides further regulations on the rights of consumers,the obligations of operators and the responsibilities of relevant government departments.However,in terms of the actual problems arising from the development of the overseas purchasing industry,the current laws and administrative regulations are not comprehensive enough for consumers in actual application.At present,there are few theoretical studies on the protection of consumer rights in the field of overseas purchasing in China’s academic circles.It is mostly limited to the analysis of cases,or the issue of burden of proof and application of law in the legal framework of traditional consumer protection.Refinement and deepening,lack of operability and practicality.In order to cope with the chaos of overseas purchasing,the protection of consumer rights in overseas purchasing is particularly important.It not only protects the legitimate rights and interests of consumers,but also helps to maintain the good development of overseas purchasing itself,and at the same time more rational and effective.Standardize the market competition order and promote the continuous prosperity of the socialist market economy.This paper include five parts:The first part is the presentation of the article,mainly recommend the intention of the research and significance,research ranking and research methods.The second part is an overview of consumer protection in overseas purchasing.It elaborates on the concept,nature and legal relationship of overseas purchasing.It cuts into the particularity of overseas purchasing behavior and shows the reasons and significance of protecting consumers’ rights and interests.The third part is the elaboration of the status quo and existing problems of China’s overseas purchasing consumer rights protection legislation.From the two aspects of law and administrative regulations,the current basic rights of consumers in overseas purchasing cannot be guaranteed,and consumer rights damage is relieved.Difficulties,lack of supervision system for overseas purchasing companies,and unclear sharing of responsibilities between buyers and sellers.The fourth part is the extraterritorial provisions on the protection of online consumers’ rights and interests and the enlightenment to China.Through the regulations on the protection of online shopping consumers’ rights and interests in the United States,Germany,Japan,Singapore and other countries,the legislation on the development of China in this field is further drawn.Continue to keep pace with the times,improve the consumer relief system,and build self-discipline in the industry.The fifth part is to improve the countermeasures for the protection of consumers’ rights and interests in overseas purchasing in China.They will improve the laws and regulations on the protection of overseas purchasing consumer rights,strengthening the protection of basic rights of overseas purchasing consumers,improve the overseas purchasing rights relief measures,and improve overseas purchasing.The supervision system and other four aspects discussed and proposed how to improve the specific countermeasures for the protection of consumer rights in overseas purchasing in China.