The Administration for Industry and Commerce, also known as the Administration for Industry and Commerce, is a government department responsible for market supervision and administrative law enforcement. Its main responsibilities include maintaining market order, protecting consumers' legitimate rights and interests, and supervising and managing market players.

I. Duties and functions of the Administration for Industry and Commerce

1. Market supervision: supervise and manage various market entities and their economic behaviors, and maintain a fair, just and open market order.

2. Protection of consumers' rights and interests: responsible for handling consumer complaints, cracking down on acts that infringe on consumers' rights and interests, and protecting consumers' legitimate rights and interests.

3. Enterprise registration management: responsible for the registration of enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households and other market entities, and issuing business licenses.

4. Contract supervision: record and supervise contracts, handle contract disputes and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of contract parties.

5. Trademark and advertising supervision: responsible for trademark registration, management and protection, review and supervision of advertising.

6. Anti-unfair competition and anti-monopoly: crack down on unfair competition and maintain market competition order; Investigate and deal with acts suspected of monopoly.

Two. Institutional setup of industrial and commercial bureau

Industrial and commercial bureaus are generally established according to administrative divisions and are divided into four levels: national, provincial, municipal and county. Industrial and commercial bureaus at all levels have offices, enterprise registration bureaus, market supervision bureaus, consumer protection bureaus and other internal institutions.

Third, the legal basis

According to People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law, People's Republic of China (PRC) Consumer Protection Law, People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-unfair Competition Law and other relevant laws and regulations, the Administration for Industry and Commerce has been given corresponding law enforcement powers and responsibilities. For example, Article 6 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates: "A company shall apply to the administrative department for industry and commerce for establishment registration and obtain a business license." This clause clarifies the responsibilities of the industrial and commercial bureau in enterprise registration management.

To sum up, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is the government department responsible for market supervision and administrative law enforcement, which promotes the healthy and orderly development of the market economy by maintaining market order, protecting consumers' rights and interests, and supervising and managing market players.