社会本位是现代经济法的基本属性,消费者权益保护法作为经济法的一个部门法,其社会本位属性非常明显。文章针对我国当前关于“消费者”概念产生的争论,试图从经济法的社会本位和消费者权益保护法的立法宗旨出发,对这一概念加以厘清,以期为立法和司法实践提供有益借鉴。 Social standard is the basic attribute of modern economic law. As a sectoral law of economic law, consumer protection law has obvious social-based attributes. In the light of the current controversy over the concept of “consumer ” in China, the article attempts to clarify this concept from the legislative purpose of the social standard of economic law and the law on the protection of consumers’ rights and interests so as to provide a useful reference for legislation and judicial practice .