Ministry of Commerce (China)
The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, is a Cabinet-level executive agency of the State Council of China. It is responsible for formulating policy on foreign trade, export and import regulations, foreign direct investments, consumer protection, market competition and negotiating bilateral and multilateral trade agreements of the Mainland China. It is in charge of the administration of Mainland China's foreign trade pursuant to the Foreign Trade Law. The current Commerce minister is Zhong Shan.
History
Before October 1949, the Ministry of Economic Affairs was the governing agency of the Republic of China on the mainland responsible for economic trade issues. The agency was created in 1931 and reorganized in 1937.In November 1949, a month after the People's Republic of China was established, the Communist Party of China formed the Ministry of Trade while the MOEA continued to operate in Taiwan and several other islands
In August 1952, the Ministry was renamed to Ministry of Foreign Trade. Ye Jizhuang was the first Minister and died in the post in 1967.
In March 1982, the Ministry of Foreign Trade was merged with the Ministry of Foreign Economic liaison, the State Import and Export Regulation Commission, and the State Foreign Investment Regulation Commission, and became the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade.
In March 1993, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade was renamed to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation.
In the spring of 2003, the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation went through a reorganization and was renamed Ministry of Commerce.
The ministry also incorporates the former State Economic and Trade Commission and the State Development Planning Commission.
List of ministers
Departmental structure
The Ministry of Commerce is structured into the following departments:| Departments |
| Foreign Economic Cooperation |
| Fair Trade for Import and Export |
| Market Economic Order |
| Foreign Investment Administration |
| Market Operation |
| Aid to Foreign Countries |
| Treaty and Law |
| WTO Affairs |
| Trade in Services |
| Market System |
| Comprehensive |
| Specialized |
| Commercial Reform |
| Asian Affairs |
| Western Asian & African Affairs |
| American & Oceanian Affairs |
| International Trade and Economic Affairs |
| Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao |
| General Economic Affairs |
| Foreign Trade |
| Electromechanical Products & Science and Technology Industry |
| Administrative / Corporate Services |
| General Office |
| Human Resources |
| Policy Research |
| Finance |
| Injury Investigation |
| Negotiation Office |
| Retired Officials |
| Committee of Communist Party |
| Discipline Supervision & Investigation Group |
| Bureau of Discipline Supervision |
| Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation |
| World Economy |
| Consumption and Distribution |
| International Trade |
| Foreign Investment |
| Industry Development and Strategy |
| Commodity Research |
| International Trade in Services |
| Overseas Investment and Economic Cooperation |
| Asian and African Studies |
| Development Cooperation |
| Credit and E-commerce |
| Strategic Trade and Security |