The Administration for Industry and Commerce is the government department in charge of market supervision and administrative law enforcement. According to the "Notice of the State Council on Institutional Establishment" (Guofa [2008] No. 11), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (at the ministerial level) was established as an agency directly under the State Council.

Internal organizations of the Industry and Commerce Bureau:

General Office, Regulation Department, Anti-Monopoly and Anti-Unfair Competition Law Enforcement Bureau, Direct Selling Supervision Bureau, Consumer Rights Protection Bureau, Market Regulation Management Department, Enterprise Registration Bureau, Foreign-invested Enterprise Registration Bureau, Advertising Supervision and Administration Department, Individual and Private Economy Supervision and Administration Department, Personnel Department, International Cooperation Department, Institutional Party Committee, Retired Cadres Office, Trademark Office, Trademark Review and Adjudication Committee, Discipline Inspection Team , Supervision Bureau.

Extended information:

Main responsibilities of the Industry and Commerce Bureau:

(1) Responsible for the work related to market supervision and administration and administrative law enforcement, drafting relevant draft laws and regulations, and formulating Industrial and commercial administration regulations and policies.

(2) Responsible for the registration, supervision and management of market entities such as various enterprises, farmers' professional cooperatives, units and individuals engaged in business activities, and permanent representative offices of foreign (regional) enterprises, and responsible for investigation and punishment according to law Liability for operating without a license.

(3) Be responsible for regulating and maintaining the order of various market operations in accordance with the law, and be responsible for supervising and managing market transactions and online commodity transactions and related services.

(4) Responsible for supervising and managing the quality of goods in the circulation field, organizing and carrying out consumer rights protection work in the service field, investigating and punishing illegal activities such as counterfeiting and shoddy products according to the division of labor, and guiding consumer consultation, complaints, report acceptance, processing and network System construction and other work to protect the legitimate rights and interests of operators and consumers.

(5) Be responsible for investigating and handling illegal direct selling and pyramid selling cases, and supervise and manage direct selling enterprises, direct sellers and their direct selling activities in accordance with the law.

(6) Responsible for anti-monopoly law enforcement in the areas of monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance, and abuse of administrative power to eliminate and restrict competition (except for price monopoly behaviors). Investigate and deal with unfair competition, commercial bribery, smuggling and other economic violations in accordance with the law.

(7) Responsible for supervising and managing brokers, brokerage institutions and brokerage activities in accordance with the law.

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