Against the will of the consumer, forced to sell goods or other unreasonable conditions attached to the behavior of forced consumption. Compulsory consumption behavior is suspected of forced trade crimes, the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to less than three years of fixed-term imprisonment or detention, and or a single fine; the circumstances are particularly serious, shall be sentenced to more than three years to less than seven years of fixed-term imprisonment, and shall be punished with a fine.
Article 226 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China states that anyone who commits one of the following acts by means of violence or threat, under aggravating circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years or not more than seven years, and shall be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are particularly aggravated, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years or not more than seven years, and shall be sentenced to a fine:
(1) forcing someone to buy or sell goods;
(2) forcing another person to provide or accept services;
(iii) forcing another person to participate in or withdraw from a bidding or auction;
(iv) forcing another person to transfer or acquire shares, bonds or other assets of a company or enterprise;
(v) forcing another person to participate in or withdraw from a particular business activity.
The situation of forced consumption can be resolved according to Article 39 of the Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law, which states that in case of a dispute over consumer rights and interests between a consumer and an operator, the dispute can be resolved through the following ways:
(a) Negotiation and settlement with the operator;
(b) Request for mediation by a consumer association or other mediation organization established according to law;
(c) Complain to the relevant administrative departments; (d) Complaint against the operator to the relevant administrative departments; (e) Forcing others to participate in or withdraw from specific business activities. administrative departments; (d) according to the arbitration agreement with the operator to arbitration institutions;
(e) to the people's court litigation.
Article 9: Consumers have the right to choose goods or services on their own.
Consumers have the right to independently choose the operators who provide goods or services, to independently choose the varieties of goods or services, and to independently decide whether to buy or not to buy any kind of goods, or to accept or not to accept any kind of service.
Consumers have the right to compare, identify and select goods or services when choosing them on their own.
Article 10: Consumers have the right to fair trade.
Consumers have the right to obtain fair trading conditions such as quality assurance, reasonable price, and correct measurement when purchasing goods or accepting services, and the right to reject the compulsory trading behavior of operators.