Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
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中华人民共和国商务部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Shāngwùbù | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | March 2003 |
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 People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
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The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the Government 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).
| Ministry of Trade (1949) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry of Foreign Trade | Ministry of Foreign Economic liaison | State Import and Export Regulation Commission | State Foreign Investment Regulation Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (1993) | State Economic and Trade Commission | State Development Planning Commission (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry of Commerce (2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List of Commerce Ministers
| № | Name | Took office | Left office |
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| Minister of Trade | |||
| 1 | Ye Jizhuang (叶季壮) | October 1949 | 1952 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | |||
| 2 | Ye Jizhuang (叶季壮) | 1952 | June 1967 |
| — | acting Lin Haiyun (林海云) | September 1965 | July 1970 |
| post abolished | |||
| Director of State Import and Export Regulation Commission and State Foreign Investment Regulation Commission | |||
| 3 | Gu Mu (谷牧) | August 1979 | March 1982 |
| Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | |||
| 4 | Chen Muhua (陈慕华) | March 1982 | March 1985 |
| 5 | Zheng Tuobin (郑拓彬) | March 1985 | November 1990 |
| 6 | Li Lanqing | November 1990 | March 1993 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation | |||
| 7 | Wu Yi | March 1993 | March 1998 |
| 8 | Shi Guangsheng | March 1998 | March 2003 |
| Minister of Commerce | |||
| 9 | Lü Fuyuan | March 2003 | February 2004 |
| 10 | Bo Xilai | February 2004 | December 2007 |
| 11 | Chen Deming | December 2007 | 16 March 2013 |
| 12 | Gao Hucheng | 16 March 2013 | Incumbent |
Departmental structure
The Ministry of Commerce is structured into the following departments:[1]
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| 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 |
| 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 |
MOFCOM and the CEPA
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
- ↑ Archived April 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
