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A man loads goods from a cart to his bicycle after shopping at a Carrefour hypermarket in Beijing, September 17, 2007. [Agencies]
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China has banned time-limited sales promotions in retail outlets following a stampede at a Carrefour supermarket in southwestern Chongqing Municipality that killed three and injured 31 on Saturday, according to a government circular.
The Ministry of Commerce ordered local authorities across China to overhaul safety requirements in shops to prevent similar occurences, said a statement dated Monday on its website.
"In order to eliminate safety concerns, companies are required not to organise time-limited sales promotions which may lead to traffic congestion, bodily harm and disorderly conduct," it said.
In the Saturday stampede, victims were crushed as bargain-hunters rushed to get into the French supermarket for a tenth anniversary sale.
''I rushed to the oil shelf with other people and grabbed four bottles,'' the official China Daily quoted one shopper as saying.
Some people had begun to queue at 4 am (local time) for the five-litre oil bottles, which had been discounted by 11.5 yuan from their usual price of 51.4 yuan.
The stampede injured 31 people who were ''recovering well'', the paper said.
Local officials have closed the store and began an investigation.
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(Agencies)
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上周六，重慶一家“家樂(lè)福超市”發(fā)生踩踏事故，造成3人死亡，31人受傷。這一事故發(fā)生后，有關(guān)部門(mén)立即下發(fā)通知，禁止各零售企業(yè)開(kāi)展限時(shí)促銷(xiāo)活動(dòng)。
商務(wù)部于本周一在其網(wǎng)站上發(fā)布通知，要求各地相關(guān)部門(mén)對(duì)本地區(qū)零售企業(yè)的安全防范措施進(jìn)行全面檢查，以防止此類(lèi)事件再度發(fā)生。
《通知》要求，“各零售企業(yè)不得組織容易造成交通擁堵、人身傷害和秩序混亂的限時(shí)促銷(xiāo)活動(dòng)，以消除安全隱患。”
上周六，重慶“家樂(lè)福”超市開(kāi)展十周年店慶促銷(xiāo)活動(dòng)，排隊(duì)搶購(gòu)的顧客蜂擁而入，造成了踩踏事故的發(fā)生。
《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》援引一位顧客的話(huà)說(shuō)：“我與四個(gè)人一起沖向食用油貨架，搶到了四桶。”
在該家樂(lè)福超市的此次促銷(xiāo)活動(dòng)中，原價(jià)每桶51.4元的5升裝食用油只賣(mài)39.9元。為了買(mǎi)到特價(jià)油，有些人從凌晨四點(diǎn)就開(kāi)始排隊(duì)。
據(jù)《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》稱(chēng)，在此次踩踏事故中受傷的31人目前“恢復(fù)狀況良好”。
該家樂(lè)福超市現(xiàn)已停業(yè)，當(dāng)?shù)叵嚓P(guān)部門(mén)已開(kāi)始進(jìn)行事故調(diào)查。
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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