In this regard, Zhang Shudong, deputy inspector of the Commerce and Trade Service Department of the Ministry of Commerce, which is responsible for the trade-in of home appliances, revealed in an exclusive interview with this reporter that during the implementation period of the current round of home appliance trade-in policies, the Ministry of Commerce will do a good job with the "Administrative Regulations on the Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products". The stipulation of "the establishment of waste electrical and electronic products disposal fund" from 2011. After the end of the home appliance trade-in policy, the Regulations on the Administration of the Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products is likely to become the link of the “post-home appliance trade-in era” policy.

Zhang Shudong told reporters that the "Administrative Regulations on the Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Products" drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission will be officially implemented on New Year's Day next year. Institutions, after-sales service agencies, and waste electrical and electronic product recycling operators recycle waste electrical and electronic products. The treatment method of family workshop will be standardized, and the treatment of electronic waste will develop towards the direction of enterprise centralized treatment.

"Unconventional" policies doomed to quit

Enterprises should move to high-end and enhance competitiveness

Trade-in is an stimulative policy. Consumers cannot always rely on subsidies to obtain benefits, and home appliance companies and distributors cannot always rely on the government. According to Liu Xiahui, a researcher at the Economic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the trade-in of home appliances is an "unconventional" policy to stimulate domestic demand during a special period. "Unfairness is doomed that the 'unconventional' policy will definitely be withdrawn. After my country's economic situation turns around, the 'unconventional' policy implemented in a special period will gradually withdraw. "

Lu Renbo, deputy secretary-general of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce, also said that the trade-in of home appliances is only a temporary policy. Enterprises should make full use of the buffer period given by the government to strengthen product development and promote the development of products from low-end to high-end to enhance competitiveness. "When the foreign economic situation improves, relevant departments will definitely consider the timing of the policy's withdrawal."

To this end, Lu Renbo prescribed a "prescription" for enterprises and the market, gradually developing products from low-end to mid-to-high-end, eliminating low-end products, and moving from OEM (OEM) to self-owned brands. "Two steps go hand in hand, which can not only avoid being accused of dumping, but also increase the gold content of the product, cultivate stronger market competitiveness, and increase the added value of the product."