Recently, the Expert Committee of China Consumers Association (CCA) held a conference on related work in Beijing. Qin Yizhi, member of the Party Group and Vice Director (ministerial level) of the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) and Vice President of CCA, and Zhu Jianqiao, Vice President and Secretary General of CCA, attended the conference. Prof. Ruan Jing from the CUEB School of Statistics was awarded letter of appointment at the conference.

Composed of famed experts from various fields, the Expert Committee of CCA promises to provide the association with advice and ideas when it comes to legislation and theory study, consumption guidance and commodities and services supervision. During the conference, Qin Yizhi gave credit to the Expert Committee for their achievement in protecting consumer rights and thanked the experts’ dedication in the work. As Qin pointed, SAMR has undergone a deep reform on institutional functions since the Opinions on the Improvement of Consumption Mechanism to Encourage Personal Consumption was released by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. As a result, fresh opportunities and challenges would also come in SAMR’s effort to safeguard consumer rights. For the experts, not only the letters of appointment were awarded, but also the commitment to and expectation from hundreds of millions of consumers were placed. Qin sincerely hoped that in the spirit of putting people first, all experts could do what they can to safeguard and promote consumer rights. 

Ruan Jing is a professor and doctoral advisor in the CUEB School of Statistics, Vice Dean of the Post Graduate School, and member of the CPPCC Fengtai district branch. He is also the Vice Director of the Economic and Financial Statistics Branch of the Chinese Association for Applied Statistics, executive director of the Statistical Education Society of China and secretary general of the Higher Education Branch, Executive Director of the Commerce Statistical Society of China and Vice Director of the academic committee of the Date Science and Business Intelligence Branch, Executive Director of the China Society of Industrial Statistics Teaching, and Deputy Secretary general of the Beijing Big Data Association. As an expert in CCA, Ruan paid close attention to major issues in consumption. For many times, his answers to questions, including ways to build a reliable consumption environment, bring back the confidence in consumption, make consumers satisfied and improve the mechanism for consumption, were broadcast via People’s Daily, China Media Group, Phoenix TV, China Education TV and others.