Fake prizes exploit faith in foreign awards

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION clarified on Friday that it has never awarded a prize to Haier for being a leading global brand for healthy air as it supposedly did at a seminar hosted by an organization called the Global Health Industry Alliance in Beijing on May 17. Yangtze River Daily comments:

WHO's statement said that it had never issued such an award nor did it do any evaluation or assessment of Haier's air-conditioning products or services. The statement also said that the supposed expert who gave Haier the award is not a WHO employee.

The media's investigation shows the alliance is not a legal civil organization but a title used by a public relations company in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province.