the industrial and commercial bureau is under the management of government departments. At present, these departments in our country belong to the central government, that is, the institutions directly under the ministries and commissions of the State Council, and they are under the dual leadership of the higher authorities and local governments.

I. what is the industrial and commercial bureau

the full name of the industrial and commercial bureau is that the industrial and commercial administration bureau is the government department in charge of market supervision and administrative law enforcement. According to the Notice of the State Council on the Establishment of Institutions (Guo Fa [28] No.11), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (ministerial level) is established as an institution directly under the State Council. In March 218, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce was no longer retained, and the State Administration of Market Supervision was established.

II. Main Responsibilities of the Administration for Industry and Commerce

(1) Responsible for market supervision and administrative law enforcement, drafting relevant draft laws and regulations, and formulating industrial and commercial administrative rules and policies.

(2) to be responsible for the registration, supervision and management of various enterprises, farmers' professional cooperatives, units and individuals engaged in business activities, resident representative offices of foreign (regional) enterprises and other market entities, and undertake the responsibility of investigating and banning unlicensed operations according to law.

(3) To be responsible for regulating and maintaining the order of various markets according to law, and to be responsible for supervising and managing market transactions and online commodity transactions and related services.

(4) to undertake the responsibility of supervising and managing the quality of commodities in the circulation field, organize the work of consumer rights protection in the relevant service fields, investigate and deal with illegal acts such as counterfeiting and shoddy according to the division of labor, guide consumers' consultation, appeal, report acceptance, handling and network system construction, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of operators and consumers.

(5) to be responsible for investigating and handling illegal direct selling and pyramid selling cases, and to supervise and manage direct selling enterprises, direct sellers and their direct selling activities according to law.

(6) To be responsible for anti-monopoly law enforcement (except price monopoly) in monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance and abuse of administrative power to exclude and restrict competition. Investigate and deal with unfair competition, commercial bribery, smuggling and other economic violations according to law.

(7) to be responsible for supervising and managing brokers, brokerage institutions and brokerage activities according to law.

(8) to implement contract administrative supervision and management according to law, be responsible for managing the registration of chattel collateral, organize and supervise the auction, and investigate and deal with illegal acts such as contract fraud according to law.

(9) to guide the development of the advertising industry and be responsible for the supervision and management of advertising activities.

(1) To be responsible for trademark registration and management, protect the exclusive right to use trademarks and investigate trademark infringement according to law, handle trademark disputes, and strengthen the identification and protection of well-known trademarks. Responsible for the registration, filing and protection of special signs and official signs.

(11) organize and guide the credit classification management of enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households and commodity trading markets, study and analyze and publish the basic information of market subject registration and trademark registration according to law, so as to provide information services for government decision-making and the public.

(12) to be responsible for the service, supervision and management of the business activities of individual industrial and commercial households and private enterprises.

(13) carry out international cooperation and exchanges in industrial and commercial administration.

(14) to lead the national industrial and commercial administration.

(15) to undertake other tasks assigned by the State Council.

Legal basis:

Law on the Protection of Consumers' Rights and Interests

Article 54 Where a consumer requests a return of a commodity that has been identified as unqualified by the relevant administrative department, the business operator shall be responsible for the return.

the administrative department for industry and commerce of the people's government at the thirty-second level and other relevant administrative departments shall, within their respective functions and duties, take measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations.

the relevant administrative departments should listen to the opinions of consumers and consumer associations and other organizations on business operators' trading behavior and quality of goods and services, and investigate and deal with them in a timely manner.