Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国商务部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Shāngwùbù
Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Logo of MOFCOM
Agency overview
Formed	March 2003
Preceding agency	Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Minister responsible	Gao Hucheng
Parent agency	State Council
Website	www.mofcom.gov.cn

The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the Government of the People's Republic of China, formerly Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (对外贸易经济合作部, MOFTEC) is an 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. The current Commerce minister is Gao Hucheng.

History

In November 1949, the People's Republic of China established the Ministry of Trade (贸易部).

In August 1952, the Ministry was renamed to Ministry of Foreign Trade (对外贸易部). 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 (对外经济联络部), the State Import and Export Regulation Commission (国家进出口管理委员会), and the State Foreign Investment Regulation Commission (国家外国投资管理委员会), and became the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade (对外经济贸易部).

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 (MOFTEC) went through a reorganization and was renamed Ministry of Commerce.

The ministry also incorporates the former State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) and the State Development Planning Commission (SDPC).

List of Commerce Ministers

Departmental structure

The Ministry of Commerce is structured into the following departments:^[1]

MOFCOM and the CEPA

Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Joseph Wayland and FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz with MOFCOM Vice Minister Gao Hucheng and State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) Vice Minister Teng Jiacai on September 25, 2012.

MOFCOM's responsibility includes fostering closer partnership between the economies of the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, respectively, with the economy of the rest of the People's Republic of China. To that end the Vice Minister An Min, and the previous Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Antony Leung, concluded the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA). New agreements are continually negotiated between An and the current Financial Secretary John Tsang under the auspices of the CEPA. Similar agreements were also concluded between the MOFCOM and Secretariat for Economy and Finance of Macau.

See also

• China International Electronic Commerce Center CIECC
• China Investment Promotion Agency CIPA
• Ministries of China

References

External links

• Ministry of Commerce of PRC Official website

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