Apply appliance rules, store told

Dazhong Electronics, a major chain store for appliances, says it has strengthened its management policies after it and two suppliers were fined for offering false reclaim certificates under the trade-in subsidy program.

Customer service representatives at Dazhong were previously found to have violated regulations by giving government-funded discounts to people who were not entitled to them because they were not real Beijing residents and did not have old electrical appliances to trade in.

The store and appliance makers apparently broke the rules in order to boost sales.