据中消协消息，今日（2023年3月15日），中国消费者协会举办“2023年3·15国际消费者权益日”主题活动。活动围绕中消协确定的2023年消费维权年主题“提振消费信心”展开。本文简单介绍一下“国际消费者权益日”：

World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on March 15 every year, is a global event that aims to raise awareness about consumer rights and needs. Consumer rights mean that every person who buys various products, goods, and services, has the right to have information on the quality, purity, price, and standard of those products. Did you know that you have the right to file a complaint from anywhere, anytime as a consumer? Most people are not aware of their rights as consumers, so by celebrating this day, we make others aware of the right to demand protection and stay safe from fraudulent activities in the marketplace.
每年3月15日的“国际消费者权益日”是一项旨在提高消费者权利和需求意识的全球性活动。消费者权利意味着每个购买各种产品、商品和服务的人都有权了解这些产品的质量、纯度、价格和标准。作为消费者，你有权随时随地投诉。大多数人不知道自己作为消费者的权利，所以通过庆祝这一天，让人们意识到要求保护的权利，并在市场上免受欺诈。

HISTORY OF WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY
国际消费者权益日的历史

The ultimate goal of World Consumer Rights Day, observed annually on March 15, is to ensure consumers have all the necessary information to make an informed decision. The history of this day is an interesting one. Consumers International created and organizes World Consumer Rights Day annually. Consumers International is a global federation of consumer organizations founded in 1960, and the organization was founded as an independent and influential voice for consumers.
每年3月15日举行的国际消费者权益日，最终目标是确保消费者所有必要信息以做出明智决定。这一天的历史很有趣。国际消费者协会每年创建并组织国际消费者权益日。国际消费者协会是一个全球消费者组织联合会，成立于1960年，该组织的成立旨在为消费者发声，独立而有影响力。

World Consumer Rights Day has been celebrated since 1983, and the date of March 15 honors the speech made by U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to the U.S. Congress on March 15, 1962. In this speech, he coined the four fundamental consumer rights — the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be heard.
国际消费者权益日自1983年开始庆祝，3月15日是纪念美国总统约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪1962年3月15日向美国国会发表的讲话的日子。在这次演讲中，他提出了四项基本的消费者权利——安全权、知情权、选择权和陈述权。

Since then, World Consumer Rights Day has grown in popularity and is celebrated every year with a specific theme. One of the most interesting themes, ‘Tackling Plastic Pollution,’ aimed to raise awareness of sustainable consumption and practices focusing on the manufacturing and usage of plastics and their impact on the environment. Knowing our rights as consumers is crucial because we can only identify whether we are getting fooled or cheated if we know our consumer rights. Most importantly, we can raise our voices and take legal action against any product or service purchase that goes against our rights. Talk about giving power to the people!
自那以后，国际消费者权益日越来越受欢迎，每年都以特定的主题庆祝。其中最有趣的一个主题是“应对塑料污染”，旨在提高人们对可持续消费和实践的认识，重点关注塑料的制造和使用及其对环境的影响。了解我们作为消费者的权利至关重要，因为只有了解我们的消费者权利，我们才能识别我们是被愚弄还是被欺骗。最重要的是，我们可以针对任何侵犯我们权利的产品或服务购买行为发声并采取法律行动。讨论赋予人民权力！

WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY TIMELINE

国际消费者权益日时间轴

Theme for 2023
2023年主题

Each year, World Consumer Rights Day adopts a theme to highlight. This year the theme promoted is "Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions.".
每年，国际消费者权益日都会突出一个主题。今年提倡的主题是“通过清洁能源转型赋予消费者权力”。

Coming together for change in energy transitions, we will both support consumers through the cost-of-living crisis and help to meet net zero targets by promoting access to sustainable energy globally. 
我们齐心协力改变能源转型，既支持消费者度过生活成本危机，又通过促进全球可持续能源的普及来帮助实现净零排放目标。

Most economies are facing a deepening energy crisis globally which is having an especial untold impact on vulnerable consumers. Global energy prices are set to rise by 50% by the end of 2022 and will stay high in 2023. Together with food and finance price increases, consumers everywhere are radically changing their lifestyles to access essential needs. Indeed, in our global insights survey with Members, 81% reported that consumers are adjusting their budgets so they can pay their energy bills.
全球大多数经济体正面临着不断深化的能源危机，这对弱势消费者产生了难以言喻的影响。到2022年底，全球能源价格将上涨50%，并将在2023年保持高位。随着食品和金融价格的上涨，各地的消费者正在从根本上改变他们的生活方式，以满足基本需求。事实上，在我们与成员进行的全球洞察调查中，81%的人报告说，消费者正在调整预算，以便支付能源账单。

Today’s challenge is to help consumers through present difficulties whilst enabling a rapid transition that guarantees sustainability, security, and affordability in the long term. Increasing access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy will also play a major part in averting catastrophic climate change, with consumption shifts now recognised and estimated to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70%. 
当今的挑战是帮助消费者度过当前的困难，同时实现快速转型，确保长期可持续性、安全性和可承受性。增加获得负担得起的、可靠的、可持续的和现代的能源机会，也将在避免灾难性气候变化方面发挥重要作用，现在人们已经认识到消费的转变，估计将减少未来40-70%的温室气体排放。

英文来源：

https://nationaltoday.com/world-consumer-rights-day/

https://vikaspedia.in/social-welfare/social-awareness/consumer-education/world-consumer-rights-day