Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) 商务部

Address: 2 Dong Chang’An Jie, Beijing 100731 | Phone: 86-10-5165-1200 | Website: www.mofcom.gov.cn

MOFCOM is similar to the US Department of Commerce in that it regulates domestic and foreign trade, works to attract foreign investment, and helps Chinese companies abroad. It also incorporates trade policy and administrative functions, particularly regarding World Trade Organization (WTO) implementation. MOFCOM manages competition policy, supervises anticounterfeiting efforts and coordinates regional protectionism within China. MOFCOM was originally created in 2003 by combining the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation with components of the former State Economic and Trade and State Development Planning Commissions.

Minister

Gao Hucheng 高虎城

Vice Ministers and Vice Minister-Level Officials Jiang Zengwei 姜增伟 Zhong Shan 钟山 Li Jinzao 李金早 (Vice Minister) (Vice Minister, Deputy International Trade Negotiator) (Vice Minister) Responsible for the General Office, Circulation Industry Responsible for the Foreign Trade, European Affairs, and Responsible for the Policy Research Office and the Development, General Economic Affairs, and the Mechanic, Electronic, & High-Tech Industry Finance, Foreign Aid, and Western Asian & African Affairs Infrastructure departments; as well as the Anti-monopoly departments; the Fair Trade for Imports and Exports, departments; the International Economic Cooperation Bureau; the Office of the National Leading Group for Industry Injury Investigation, Foreign Trade Development, Bureau; MOFCOM’s Research Institute and Training Combating IPR Infringement and Counterfeits; and Licensing bureaus; the Foreign Trade Center; the Center; the International Trade Association, and MOFCOM’s regional offices; International Business Daily; China-Europe Association for Technical and Economic Accounting Association. Also liaises with the Trade Audit and the Statistics Association. Cooperation, and chambers of commerce for textiles, light Bureau. industry, metals, minerals, food, and health products.

Wang Hemin 王和民 Gao Yan 高燕 Fang Aiqing 房爱卿 (Head of Discipline Inspection) (Vice Minister) (Vice Minister) Responsible for the MOFCOM branches of the Discipline Responsible for the Asian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Responsible for the Market Supervision, Market Inspection Group and the Ministry of Supervision. Taiwan, Hong Kong, & Macao departments; as well as Operation and Consumption Promotion, and Trade in MOFCOM’s Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee; Services & Commercial Services departments; as well as the Retired Cadres Bureau; and the Association of the Service Outsourcing Research Center and the China Economy and Trade across Taiwan Strait. Association of Trade in Services.

Wang Shouwen 王受文 (Assistant Minister) Wang Bingnan 王炳南 Zhang Xiangchen 张向晨 Responsible for the Foreign Investment Administration, (Assistant Minister) (Assistant Minister) International Trade and Economic Affairs, and WTO Responsible for the Market System Development and Responsible for the Treaty and Law, American and Affairs departments; the China Investment Promotion E-commerce departments; the Authorities Logistics Oceanic Affairs, and Outward Investment and Economic Agency; China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Services Bureau; the E-Commerce Center; and the Cooperation departments; the China International Investment; China International Center for Economic and Circulation Industry Promotion Center. Contractors Association; China Association of Technical Exchanges; China International Freight International Engineering Consultants; the International Forwarders Association; China Council for International Trade Economic Cooperation Research Institute; and the Investment Promotion; and the WTO Organizations China International Council for the Promotion of Research Center. Multinational Corporations.

Department Responsibilities

General Office-International Trade Negotiation Human Resources (人事司) Policy Research Office (政策研究室) Secretary Bureau (办公厅-国际贸易谈判代表秘书 Manages staffing, employee salaries, team building, and Researches economic globalization, regional economic 局) employee training. cooperation, trade system reform, and modern market Coordinates MOFCOM department activities, organizes trends; provides policy advice on economic topics. conferences, issues news releases, publishes the MOFCOM Gazette, and coordinates international trade negotiations.

General Economic Affairs (综合司) Treaty and Law (条约法律司) Finance (财务司) Drafts policies and plans on domestic and international Drafts laws, regulations, and rules; provides advice on Develops tax, finance, and pricing strategies; manages trade and international cooperation; researches commercial rules and their agreement with international special and foreign aid funds, the budget, assets, capital structural adjustment-related economic problems; treaties; reviews negotiation documents; organizes construction, and internal audits. provides policy advice; and releases statistical international negotiations related to multilateral information. intellectual property and investment protection agreements; and undertakes administrative reconsideration and responses to administrative suits.

Market Supervision (市场秩序司) Market System Development (市场体系建设司) Circulation Industry Development (流通业发展司) Coordinates the rectification, standardization, and Drafts policies on market system regulation; pushes for Manages industries related to market circulation of goods; regulation of the market economy; promotes credit distribution standardization; organizes retail enterprise promotes standardization and technology development in building and regulates commercial credit transactions; sales promotion; guides wholesale staple product market the circulation industry; develops and implements policies responds to cases of intellectual property infringement planning and urban commercial network planning; to optimize industrial structure for the circulation industry; and commercial fraud, and drafts policies on drug pushes the development of distribution systems for rural supervises special circulation activities and industries such distribution. market and agricultural products; and supervises as auctions, leases, second-hand circulation and duty free auctions, pawn shops, and thrift stores. shops; promotes energy saving and emissions reduction in the circulation industry; promotes commodity distribution reform in chain stores, franchises, and logistics distribution centers; and supervises distribution of petroleum products distribution and circulation of renewable resources.

Market Operation and Consumption Promotion Anti-monopoly Bureau (反垄断局) Foreign Trade (对外贸易司) (also housing the National Silk Coordination Conducts investigations into business concentrations; Supervises export and import administration (tariffs, Office) guides PRC enterprises in responding to antimonopoly quotas, and licenses); drafts measures and releases (市场运行和消费促进司) (国家茧丝绸协调办公室) lawsuits abroad; and develops multilateral and bilateral catalogues on imported and exported commodities; and Develops and implements regulations and standards international communication and cooperation on organizes the planning and enforcement of the import and related to market operations; monitors the market competition policy. export of important industrial products, raw materials, and operations, supply, demand, and prices of key agricultural products. commodities; develops an emergency supply system for necessities; and supervise management of reserves of important consumables; creates development policies for the silk industry; coordinates industrial development and expands international market for silk. Trade in Services and Commercial Services (服务 Mechanic, Electronic, and High-Tech Industry Foreign Investment Administration 贸易和商贸服务业司) (also the National Mechanic and Electronic Import (外国投资管理司) Creates plans related to trade in services; drafts and Export Office) Creates and alters foreign investment plans for approval; technology trade policies and service export incentive (机电和科技产业司) (国家机电产品进出口办公室) supervises the enforcement of foreign-invested enterprise policies; manages the import and export of technology; Manages import and export of mechanical, electronic, rules and bylaws; and coordinates key foreign and promotes services trade and releases related and high-tech products; creates policies for export of investment-related work. statistics. complete plants and trade improvement trends; drafts and enforces export control policies; and issues import and export licenses for dual-use items and technologies.

Foreign Aid (对外援助司) Outward Investment and Economic Cooperation Fair Trade for Imports and Exports Bureau Drafts and enforces foreign aid policies; negotiates and (对外投资和经济合作司) (进出口公平贸易局) signs foreign aid agreements; and plans and supervises Drafts and enforces policies on outward economic Regulates fair trade for import and export, antidumping, foreign aid projects. cooperation affairs; undertakes work related to outbound antisubsidy, and related investigations; conducts foreign direct investment, foreign project contracting, consultations and negotiations on fair trade; builds a and business cooperation statistics work. system of fair import and export early warning mechanisms; and guides the coordination of PRC antidumping, antisubsidy, and safeguard measure lawsuits.

Industry Injury Investigation Bureau International Trade and Economic Affairs WTO Affairs (世界贸易组织司) (产业损害调查局) (国际经贸关系司) Manages WTO multilateral negotiations, dispute Investigates and adjudicates industrial injuries cases; Drafts and enforces policies on multilateral and regional settlements, and other WTO-related affairs. creates industrial injury warning mechanisms; and economic and trade issues; handles relations with coordinates industrial safety. multilateral and regional economic organs; responsible for negotiations and cooperation between China and international organizations. Asian Affairs (亚洲司) Western Asian and African Affairs (西亚非洲司) European Affairs (欧洲司) Drafts and enforces economic and trade cooperation Drafts and enforces strategies, plans, and policies for Drafts, develops, and enforces strategies, plans, and

development strategies for China-Asia trade; conducts trade between China and West Asian and African policies related to commerce with European countries; negotiations and handles major Asia-related countries; conducts negotiations and handles other conducts negotiations and handles other major commercial affairs. major West Asia- and Africa-related commercial affairs. Europe-related commercial affairs.

American and Oceanic Affairs (美洲大洋洲司) Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao (台港澳司) E-commerce and Information Technology (电子商务 Drafts, develops, and enforces strategies, plans, and Drafts and enforces plans and policies on commercial 和信息化司) policies related to commerce with American and relations between the mainland and Hong Kong, Macao, Promotes the development of e-commerce; Creates Oceanian countries; conducts negotiations and handles and Taiwan; drafts plans on cross-strait direct trade. commerce standards and rules for information technology other major related commercial affairs. and maintains the commerce information public service network.

Foreign Affairs (外事司) CCP Committee (直属机关党委) Bureau of Discipline Supervision and Investigation Conducts external affairs work. Manages MOFCOM’s CCP relations. (直属机关纪委) Supervises anticorruption work within MOFCOM.

Retired Cadre Bureau (离退休干部局) Handles retired cadre affairs.

Note: Information accurate as of February 2014.