City to standardize business promotions
13/12/2004 16:40
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
Local merchants
must now pass security checks for their business promotions, according to a
circular jointly issued yesterday by the Shanghai Economic Commission and the
Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
*Long-lasting and large-scale promotions
which are likely to cause public security concerns should be reported to the
local public security departments in advance, where their security preparations
will be recorded. Local public security institutes should ask those merchants
with security concerns revealed by the inspection to rectify them within limited
time frame; those who fail to do so that causes personal damage, property loss
or seriously threatens personal and public safety will be penalized, and the
responsible persons punished; if a crime is caused, the criminals will be
investigated.
*Merchants having promotions such as gifts, coupons or
discounts must honor their promises by having enough gifts and coupons
available; they are not allowed to sell counterfeit or expired merchandise as
promotions.
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