What exactly does the Bureau of Commerce do?

The Bureau of Commerce is a government department, which is mainly responsible for attracting investment, domestic and foreign trade and commercial circulation. The Bureau of Commerce is a comprehensive department after the reform of government institutions. Generally, it includes the original China Merchants Bureau, Commerce Bureau and Foreign Trade Bureau.

The main functions of the Bureau of Commerce:

(a) to implement the national, provincial and municipal development strategies, principles and policies on investment attraction, international and domestic economic cooperation, opening to the outside world, investment attraction, domestic and foreign trade and port construction; Formulate and organize the implementation of rules, systems, standards and development plans in the business field.

(two) responsible for the research, guidance and service of the business system related to the WTO; Organize and coordinate anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measures and other work related to import and export fair trade; Organize industrial injury investigation, accept, investigate and handle business complaints such as investment attraction, domestic and foreign trade, market circulation and catering service.

(3) Deepen the reform of the circulation system, study and formulate policies to standardize the market system and circulation order, promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade, and establish and improve a unified, open and competitive market system; Monitor and analyze market operation and commodity supply and demand. Organize and implement the market circulation management of important consumer goods; Study and put forward emergency plans for market supply and demand, organize and cultivate modern logistics methods, promote the adjustment of circulation industrial structure, and promote the simultaneous development of urban and rural markets.

(four) to investigate and study the major issues of circulation and catering services and put forward policy suggestions; Responsible for the construction of food safety system in the circulation field and the supervision of livestock and poultry slaughter, and manage the circulation of important commodities such as salt, wine and refined oil and the catering service industry; Responsible for the planning, supervision and management of circulation activities in special industries such as auction, pawn, physical lease and secondhand goods circulation.

(five) the implementation of national, provincial and municipal import and export commodity management measures, import and export commodity catalogue and import and export commodity quota bidding policy; To implement the national import and export strategy, principles and policies of mechanical and electrical products; Overall management of commodity import and export and technology trade, responsible for the preparation and implementation of import and export quota plan and the management of quotas and licenses.

(six) responsible for supervising the implementation of relevant laws, regulations, contracts and articles of association by foreign-invested enterprises; Guide and manage foreign-invested enterprises in attracting investment, attracting investment and filing, examination and approval, import and export, etc.

Strengthen economic and technological cooperation and exchanges with overseas countries, provinces and cities; Comprehensively coordinate and guide the specific work of provincial and municipal economic and technological development zones; Responsible for the establishment and management of resident business representative offices outside the province and abroad; Responsible for the examination and approval of the overseas business investigation group.

(seven) responsible for foreign economic cooperation; Guide, supervise and manage foreign contracted projects, labor service cooperation, design consultation and other businesses; Responsible for the qualification identification and management of foreign economic cooperation enterprises, review or approve foreign investment projects of local enterprises and implement supervision and management; Manage the unpaid aid projects and compensation work of international and domestic government agencies or organizations in our city.

(eight) to formulate and implement the policy of opening to the outside world and attracting investment; To guide and manage the examination, approval and filing of investment-attracting enterprises; Responsible for organizing and implementing major investment promotion activities and various business exhibitions; Centralized management of various foreign-related business fairs, exhibitions and fairs, investment and trade fairs and other activities; Formulate and implement management measures for holding the above activities.

(nine) responsible for the city's business press conference, information collection, publicity and information consulting services: guiding and organizing the implementation of information networks and e-commerce construction in the fields of investment promotion, foreign cooperation and circulation.

(ten) responsible for drafting and organizing the implementation of port development planning, port management.

(eleven) to guide the county (city, district) business (investment).

Extended information: The Bureau of Commerce of China formulates strategies and policies for the development of domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation, drafts laws and regulations on domestic and foreign trade, foreign investment, foreign aid, foreign investment and foreign economic cooperation, and formulates departmental regulations.

According to Article 18 of the Organic Law of the Central People's Government and OrderNo. 1 of Secretary General the State Council, the Central Ministry of Trade was established on the basis of the former Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Central Commercial Office of the People's Government of North China on 19491February 2.

With the rapid development of domestic and foreign trade, in order to strengthen foreign trade management, domestic and foreign trade work should be carried out more vigorously.

1952 On August 7, the Central People's Government Committee adopted the Resolution on Adjusting the Institutions of the Central People's Government at its17th meeting, abolishing the Central Ministry of Trade and establishing the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Commerce of the Central People's Government. The Ministry of Foreign Trade is the administrative organ of the Central People's Government for unified leadership and management of foreign trade.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-China Bureau of Commerce