Ministry of Commerce (China) Ministry
According to the Notice of the State Council General Office on Publishing the Responsibilities, Organization, and Staffing of the Ministry of Commerce [No. 29, 2003], the main responsibilities of the Ministry of Commerce are:
1. To formulate the strategies, guidelines and policies of developing domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation, draft the laws and regulations governing domestic and foreign trade, foreign investment in China, foreign assistance, overseas investment and foreign economic cooperation, devise relevant departmental rules and regulations. 2. To advance the structural readjustment of distribution industries, guide the reform of distribution enterprises, the development of commercial and trade services, as well as community commerce, put forward policies and proposals for promoting the small and medium-sized enterprises in commerce and trade areas, and promote distribution standardization and such modern distribution modalities as chain store operation, franchising, logistics and e-commerce.
3. To formulate development plans for domestic trade, foster and develop urban and rural markets, study and put forward the policies guiding domestic and foreign capital to flow to the development of a market system, to guide the program of bulk commodities retail markets and the planning of urban commercial networks, guide the construction of the commercial system, advance rural market system construction, and organize and implement modern rural distribution networks.
4. To lead the coordination work for rectifying and standardizing market economy order, formulate policies for standardizing market operation and distribution order, promote credit building in commerce sectors, give guidance to sales based on business credit, construct public service platforms based on market credibility, and supervise and administer the special distribution industries according to relevant rules. 5. To organize the adjustment of market of major consumer goods and regulation of the distribution of major means of production, institute an emergency management mechanism for the market supply of life necessities, monitor and analyze market activities and commodity supply and demand, study and analyze the commodity information to make forecasts, issue early warnings and provide guiding information. etc.
1. To formulate the strategies, guidelines and policies of developing domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation, draft the laws and regulations governing domestic and foreign trade, foreign investment in China, foreign assistance, overseas investment and foreign economic cooperation, devise relevant departmental rules and regulations. 2. To advance the structural readjustment of distribution industries, guide the reform of distribution enterprises, the development of commercial and trade services, as well as community commerce, put forward policies and proposals for promoting the small and medium-sized enterprises in commerce and trade areas, and promote distribution standardization and such modern distribution modalities as chain store operation, franchising, logistics and e-commerce.
3. To formulate development plans for domestic trade, foster and develop urban and rural markets, study and put forward the policies guiding domestic and foreign capital to flow to the development of a market system, to guide the program of bulk commodities retail markets and the planning of urban commercial networks, guide the construction of the commercial system, advance rural market system construction, and organize and implement modern rural distribution networks.
4. To lead the coordination work for rectifying and standardizing market economy order, formulate policies for standardizing market operation and distribution order, promote credit building in commerce sectors, give guidance to sales based on business credit, construct public service platforms based on market credibility, and supervise and administer the special distribution industries according to relevant rules. 5. To organize the adjustment of market of major consumer goods and regulation of the distribution of major means of production, institute an emergency management mechanism for the market supply of life necessities, monitor and analyze market activities and commodity supply and demand, study and analyze the commodity information to make forecasts, issue early warnings and provide guiding information. etc.