About 3.15 Consumers' Rights

The socialist market-oriented economy in our country is developing rapidly， just like a truck running at a high speed. But the general public is surprised to find that there are more and more fake and inferior products seriously hampering the expansion of our marker economy. Consumers have to be very careful in purchasing goods and services they need; otherwise they will fall into the traps set by the illegal manufacturers who make fake and inferior products.

我國社會主義市場經濟正在迅速發展，就像一輛高速行駛的卡車。但是公眾驚訝地發現，越來越多的假冒偽劣產品嚴重地阻礙了我國市場經濟的發展。消費者必須經常謹慎地去購買他們所需的貨物或服務，否則他們會落入制假人所設的陷阱。

There is no doubt that fake and inferior products are extremely harmful. In the first place， they endanger people’s health， giving rise to a lot of injury accidents. For instance， inferior-quality medicines not only aggravate a patient’s condition， but also tend to threaten his life and， what’s worse， to result in his death. Secondly， fake and inferior products are usually sold on the cheap. In many cases they interfere with the normal economic order in our country， affecting the market of many high-quality goods. This in a great degree， hinders the development of our socialist market economy and harms the interests of our state. Therefore， we can say that fake and inferior products are a dangerous “tumor” in our healthy economy， which must be cut away as soon possible.

　毫無疑問，假冒偽劣產品極其有害。首先，它們危害人民的健康，引發了許多傷害事故。例如，偽劣藥品不僅使病人惡化，而且往往會威脅病人的生命，更糟的是，導致病人的死亡。其次，假冒偽劣產品通常廉價出售。在許多情況下，它們有干擾了我國正常的經濟秩序，影響了許多高質量產品的銷路。這在很大程度上阻礙了我國社會主義市場經濟的健康發展，并損害了我們國家的利益。因此，我們可以說，假冒偽劣產品是我們健康經濟中的一顆“毒瘤”，對此必須盡快清除。

In my opinion， several strong measures should be adopted to fight against fake and inferior products. On the one hand， those who make them must be severely punished by the law. On the other hand， due to the growing complexity of the market， consumers are often faced with deceptive practices. Although there are laws designed to protect consumers， there is not a sufficient number of law enforcers to cover all the abuses of the marketplace. Hence， consumers should learn to discern between true and false. Only in this way can they defend their own legal rights and interests.

　依我看，必須采取若干措施來與假冒偽劣產品斗爭。一方面，制假者必須依法嚴懲。另一方面，由于市場的日益復雜化消費者常會遇到欺詐行為。雖然有法律保護消費者，但是沒有足夠數量的執法者來處理市場的全部流弊。所以，消費者應該學會辨別真假。只有這樣，消費者才能維護他們的合法權益。