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State Administration for Industry and Commerce

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State Administration for Industry and Commerce
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The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC; Chinese: 国家工商行政管理总局) was the authority in the People's Republic of China responsible for advancing legislation concerning the administration of industry and commerce in the People's Republic.[1] On a local level, the organizations responsibilities roughly mimicked those of the secretaries of individual states in the United States as a registration and licensing authority.[2] The last minister was Zhang Mao (张茅).[citation needed]

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History

The SAIC was merged into the newly created State Administration for Market Regulation in March 2018 as part of the deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.[citation needed]

Administration

The agency was organized into the following divisions:[3]

  • General Office
  • Department of Law
  • Antimonopoly and Anti-unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau
  • Direct Selling Regulation Bureau
  • Consumer Protection Bureau
  • Department of Market Regulation
  • Regulation Department for Market Circulation of Food
  • Enterprise Registration Bureau
  • Bureau for Registration of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
  • Department of Advertising Regulation
  • Department for Regulation of the Private Economy
  • Department of Personnel
  • Trademark Office
  • Trademark Appeal Board
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Location

The head office of the agency is based in 8 Sanlihe Donglu, Xichengqu, Beijing, 100820, China.[4] Locally, SAIC has offices on each regional and municipal level which oversee and regulate the businesses in their jurisdiction.[5]

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References

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