Notice of the General Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government on Printing and Distributing the Provisions of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (Port Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Gov

Beijing Zhengban Fa [2003] No.69

The people’s governments of the districts and counties, the commissions, offices and bureaus of the municipal government, and the municipal institutions:

  "Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (Port Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government) has been approved by the municipal government and is hereby issued.

  December 9, 2003  

Provisions of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (Port Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government) on main responsibilities, internal structure and staffing.

  The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Bureau of Commerce) was established according to the Institutional Reform Plan of Beijing Municipal People’s Government approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council and the Notice of Beijing Municipal People’s Government on Institutional Establishment (No.18 [2003] of Beijing Municipality). The Municipal Bureau of Commerce is a municipal government department in charge of domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce also hangs the sign of the Port Office of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government (hereinafter referred to as the Port Office of the Municipal Government).

  I. Adjustment of responsibilities

  (1) Duties assigned.

  1. The responsibilities of the former Beijing Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission to manage the foreign economic relations and trade of this Municipality.

  2. The former Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce was responsible for the management of the commodity circulation and life service industry in this Municipality.

  3. The former Beijing Municipal Development Planning Commission assumed the responsibility of organizing and implementing some important agricultural products import and export plans.

  4. The former Beijing Municipal Economic Commission undertook the responsibilities of refined oil business license management, scrap car recycling, dismantling and reuse management, import and export management of important industrial products and raw materials, and industrial injury investigation.

  (2) transformed functions.

  1. Strengthen the comprehensive coordination of domestic and foreign trade, deepen the reform of circulation system, make full use of domestic and foreign markets and resources, give greater play to the basic role of the market in resource allocation, strengthen the monitoring of market operation and commodity supply and demand, develop modern circulation methods, rectify and standardize circulation order, vigorously promote the opening of the market to the outside world, and accelerate the construction of a unified, open, competitive and orderly modern market system.

  2. Deepen the reform of foreign-related economic system, improve the institutional guarantee for opening to the outside world, give full play to the role of foreign capital, and enhance the city’s ability to participate in international cooperation and competition.

  3. Promote the development of industry associations and social intermediary organizations in the foreign trade field in this Municipality, further give play to their roles, and gradually transfer the work undertaken by the government to industry associations and social intermediary organizations in formulating industry norms and guiding industry training.

  Second, the main responsibilities

  According to the adjustment of the above responsibilities, the main responsibilities of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce are:

  (a) to study the development strategy of domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation in this Municipality, draft local laws and regulations on domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation, put forward medium-and long-term development plans and annual plans for domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation, and organize their implementation.

  (two) to study the development strategy of modern circulation industry in this Municipality, put forward opinions on the reform of circulation system, formulate the layout planning of key facilities for commodity circulation and logistics distribution, promote the structural adjustment of circulation industry, and promote modern circulation methods such as chain operation, logistics distribution and e-commerce; Responsible for the industry management of commodity circulation; Monitor and analyze the market operation and commodity supply and demand, be responsible for the market regulation of important consumer goods and the organization and implementation of government reserves, formulate market emergency plans, and promote the development of urban and rural markets.

  (three) to study and formulate the layout plan of major facilities of the life service industry in this Municipality and organize its implementation, and coordinate the planning and construction of municipal commercial centers, characteristic commercial streets and various commodity trading markets; Responsible for the industry management of life service industry.

  (four) to study and formulate plans for special circulation industries such as auction, pawn, lease in kind, second-hand goods circulation and recycling of renewable resources in this Municipality, and organize their implementation.

  (five) overall management of the city’s commodity import and export and technology trade, responsible for import and export business rights, import and export commodity quotas, export tax rebate audit of various import and export enterprises in Beijing, management of processing trade contracts, and supervision of bidding activities for imported mechanical and electrical products; To guide the promotion of foreign trade and the construction and development of export processing zones.

  (six) to study and put forward policies and measures for the development of foreign economic cooperation in this Municipality; Responsible for the relevant work of bilateral economic and technical assistance between this Municipality and foreign countries; Responsible for the management of foreign contracted projects and labor cooperation; Guide overseas investment.

  (seven) to study the development strategy of utilizing foreign capital in this Municipality, put forward the medium and long-term development plan and annual plan and organize their implementation; Responsible for the management of foreign investment, guide the promotion of foreign investment, and strengthen economic cooperation and exchanges with Hongkong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province.

  (8) Establish an early warning mechanism for fair trade in import and export in this Municipality, organize industrial injury investigation, coordinate anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measures and other work related to fair trade in import and export, and be responsible for the comprehensive coordination of WTO-related affairs involving this Municipality.

  (nine) to draft local laws and regulations on port work in this Municipality, study and put forward port development plans and policies and measures, and organize the implementation and management of port work. (ten) to guide and promote the development of trade associations and social intermediary organizations in the field of domestic and foreign trade.

  (eleven) to undertake other tasks assigned by the municipal government.

  Manage Beijing Grain Bureau according to the Institutional Reform Plan of Beijing Municipal People’s Government.

  Third, internal institutions

  According to the above responsibilities, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce has 18 functional offices, party committees and veteran cadres.

  (1) Office

  Responsible for the government affairs of this organ; Responsible for official document processing, information, motions, suggestions, proposals, files, confidentiality, safety, publicity, foreign affairs and reception liaison, as well as the organization of important meetings; Responsible for the supervision of important documents and matters decided by the meeting.

  (2) General Office (Research Office)

  Comprehensively study the development strategy of domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation in this Municipality, and organize and put forward medium-and long-term development plans and circulation system reform plans; Responsible for the comprehensive analysis of domestic and foreign trade operation and development situation, organize investigation and study, and put forward policy suggestions; Guide the construction of domestic and foreign trade operation monitoring system, and be responsible for the collection, analysis and processing of information and data; Responsible for the compilation of relevant comprehensive documents.

  (3) Finance Department of Foreign Trade Planning

  To study and put forward the city’s foreign trade development plan, annual plan and policy measures, and monitor the operation of foreign trade; Implement the central foreign trade development fund and the special funds supported by the state for foreign trade and economic development; Responsible for the audit of export tax rebate and the management of processing trade contracts of various import and export enterprises in Beijing; Supervise the verification of export receipts of import and export enterprises, and be responsible for the import and export statistics of various enterprises in Beijing and the financial operation analysis of key import and export enterprises; Responsible for the financial and auditing work of this organ and its subordinate units.

  (4) Office of Legal Affairs and Fair Trade (WTO Office)

  To organize the drafting of local laws and regulations on domestic and foreign trade and foreign economic cooperation in this Municipality, be responsible for reviewing the legality of normative documents formulated by this department, be responsible for administrative law enforcement supervision and legal publicity, and undertake the agency work of responding to administrative reconsideration, administrative litigation and administrative compensation cases of this department; Organize industrial injury investigation, establish an early warning mechanism for industrial injury, guide and coordinate relevant departments to carry out industrial safety work, coordinate anti-dumping, countervailing, safeguard measures and other work related to import and export fair trade, and be responsible for the comprehensive coordination of WTO related affairs involving this Municipality.

  (5) Foreign Trade Development Office

  Guide and coordinate the construction of foreign trade promotion system; Guide enterprises to participate in all kinds of trade promotion activities at home and abroad, coordinate the implementation of relevant foreign trade export policies, be responsible for the management of import and export business qualifications of enterprises, international freight forwarding business qualifications, foreign economic and technological exhibitions held in Beijing, visa changes for Chinese and foreign personnel of foreign enterprises stationed in Beijing and foreign-invested enterprises, and be responsible for coordinating and handling the relevant work of examining and approving business-related economic and trade delegations and inviting foreign businessmen to Beijing; Guide the construction and development of export processing zones.

  (six) the foreign trade management office is responsible for the administration of import and export commodity quotas, licenses, tariff quotas and automatic import licenses in this Municipality; Responsible for the import and export management of some important agricultural products and important industrial products and raw materials, and the issuance of certificates of origin for export goods; Responsible for the management of the resident offices of foreign enterprises and semi-official institutions in Beijing according to law, and responsible for contacting the import and export chambers of commerce.

  (7) Foreign Investment Comprehensive Development Department

  To study and put forward the medium-and long-term plans and annual plans for the utilization of foreign capital in this Municipality, formulate policy suggestions for foreign investment, and participate in coordinating the determination of major projects to attract foreign investment; Responsible for the contact and exchange between domestic and foreign intergovernmental investment promotion agencies, guide major investment promotion activities at home and abroad, and undertake the relevant work of the coordination meeting on attracting foreign investment; Responsible for the statistical analysis of the utilization of foreign capital.

  (eight) foreign investment management office (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Economic Cooperation Office)

  To be responsible for the administration of import and export of foreign-invested enterprises, foreign-invested projects and commodities with quotas and licenses of foreign-invested enterprises, and for the confirmation of foreign-invested projects encouraged by the state and the establishment of regional headquarters by overseas multinational corporations in Beijing; To study the development strategy of economic cooperation between this Municipality and Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province region, and put forward policy suggestions, coordinate and deal with relevant issues of investment projects in Beijing by Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province region, and promote mutual economic cooperation and exchanges.

  (9) Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (Service Trade Office)

  To study and put forward the development plans and policies and measures for foreign economic cooperation in this Municipality, and organize their implementation; Responsible for the management of overseas investment enterprises and investment projects, foreign contracted projects, labor cooperation and overseas labor services; Responsible for the management of foreign economic cooperation qualifications and foreign aid projects of enterprises, and responsible for the relevant work of bilateral economic and technical assistance between this Municipality and foreign countries; Responsible for the statistical work of foreign economic cooperation and service trade.

  (10) Electromechanical Import and Export Office (Beijing Electromechanical Products Import and Export Office)

  To study and put forward the development plan and annual plan for the import and export of mechanical and electrical products in this Municipality, compile the annual plan for the quota import of mechanical and electrical products, monitor the import and export operation of mechanical and electrical products, adjust the import and export market of mechanical and electrical products, and coordinate and solve major problems in the import and export operation of mechanical and electrical products; Promote the construction of export production system of mechanical and electrical products, optimize the import and export structure of mechanical and electrical products, and organize export enterprises of mechanical and electrical products to explore the international market; Responsible for the import management of mechanical and electrical products, and supervise the bidding activities of imported mechanical and electrical products; Responsible for the technical transformation of electromechanical products export enterprises and the declaration of scientific and technological research and development projects.

  (Xi) Science and Technology Development and Technology Trade Branch

  Responsible for promoting the implementation of the strategy of promoting trade through science and technology in this city; Be responsible for the management of technology import and export contracts, software export contracts (excluding technical projects prohibited or restricted by the state) and the implementation of national export control policies by enterprises; To be responsible for the declaration of loan discount funds for high-tech products and technical renovation projects; Coordinate the implementation of technical trade measures.

  (12) Circulation Planning and Construction Office

  To study and put forward the layout planning of key facilities of commodity circulation, logistics distribution and life service industry in this city, put forward policy suggestions, guide, connect and balance the relevant planning of all districts and counties, coordinate the planning and construction of various commodity and means of production trading markets, guide the planning and construction of community commercial outlets, and organize the demonstration and pre-trial of municipal commercial centers, characteristic commercial streets and large commercial facilities projects.

  (thirteen) modern circulation development department to study and put forward the development plan of modern circulation industry in this city, put forward policy suggestions to promote the reform and development of circulation system, and promote the structural adjustment of circulation industry; Organize and promote the innovation and development of modern circulation modes such as chain operation, logistics distribution and e-commerce, and promote the popularization and application of modern science and technology such as information technology in the circulation field.

  (14) Circulation Order Management Office

  To study and put forward policies and measures to regulate the circulation order in this Municipality, put forward industry norms and market access standards for commodity circulation, logistics and distribution, and coordinate industry quality management; Guide the development of industry service management and civilized service activities, and promote the improvement of the overall service level; Guide and promote the development of trade associations and social intermediary organizations in the domestic and foreign trade fields.

  (15) Service Transaction Management Office

  Responsible for the management of the accommodation industry, beauty salons, dyeing, photography, housekeeping, repair and other life service industries in this city, promote the development of new service industries, and improve the community convenience service system; Responsible for the management of special circulation industries such as auction, pawn, lease in kind, secondhand goods circulation and recycling of renewable resources; Responsible for the management of refined oil business license; Monitor the operation of the industry, put forward policy suggestions to promote the development of the industry, organize the formulation of industry technology, skills and service quality standards and supervise and inspect them.

  (XVI) Market Operation Control Office (Beijing Salt Administration Office)

  Monitor and analyze the market supply and demand of important commodities in this city, improve the market monitoring system, and study and put forward policy suggestions for market regulation; Organize the implementation of government ordering, storage, rotation and delivery of important consumer goods and important agricultural means of production; Responsible for the management of salt administration, salt affairs and pig slaughter; To undertake the commodity supply and service work of important meetings and events of the central government and this Municipality. (XVII) Market Promotion Office

  To study and put forward the development planning and policy suggestions for the circulation of consumer goods, means of production and catering industry in this city, monitor the operation of consumer goods and means of production markets, and promote the development of urban and rural markets; Coordinate and solve major problems in domestic and international market development and regional cooperation in the field of commodity circulation; Responsible for the qualification of cotton purchasing and processing enterprises.

  (XVIII) Personnel Department

  To be responsible for the management of cadres, personnel, education and training, and organization establishment of this organ and its subordinate units.

  Party committees of organs. Be responsible for the work between the Party and the masses in this organ and its subordinate units.

  Department of veteran cadres. Responsible for the management of retirees of this organ and its subordinate units.

  In view of the importance and relative independence of port work, there are four other functional departments responsible for port work.

  (i) Secretariat

  Responsible for the relevant government affairs; Responsible for document processing, information, motions, suggestions, proposals, letters and visits, confidentiality, archives, news propaganda, and supervision of important matters; Responsible for the daily coordination and supervision of the "big customs clearance" at Beijing port; Responsible for personnel, finance and other work.

  (2) General Service Office

  To study and put forward the development plan of this city’s ports, and draft relevant local laws and regulations; Participate in the formulation of port infrastructure and supporting construction plans; Responsible for the supervision and management of port opening and closing, port customs clearance and customs clearance statistics, analysis and operation; Responsible for the trial, approval and acceptance of the establishment of export processing zones, bonded zones, supervision warehouses and zones, as well as the formulation of development plans and management.

  (3) Airport Office

  Organize and coordinate the construction of spiritual civilization and the comprehensive management of social security in the capital airport area; Responsible for the comprehensive and coordinated management of air ports and the "big customs clearance" work; Participate in the planning and construction of air ports and the coordination of major activities; Coordinate the relationship between the airport and the district and county governments and relevant departments, as well as the relationship between the relevant units at the port.

  (4) Land Port Management Office (Fengtai Freight Port Management Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government Port Office and Chaoyang Port Management Office of Beijing Municipal People’s Government Port Office)

  Participate in the planning of land ports in this city, and be responsible for the comprehensive and coordinated management of land ports and the "big customs clearance" work; Put forward the distribution plan of the annual index of through vehicles entering and leaving Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions; Participate in the relevant work of port regional economic planning, development and management; Coordinate the relationship between the land port and the district and county governments and relevant departments, as well as the relationship between the relevant units at the port.

  Discipline inspection and supervision institutions shall be stationed in accordance with relevant regulations.

  IV. Staffing

  The Municipal Bureau of Commerce (port office of the municipal government) has an administrative establishment of 140 people, 4 people have been approved for discipline inspection and supervision, and 5 people have been approved for the administration of veteran cadres. Among them: 1 director of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, 5 deputy directors of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and 1 director of the port office of the municipal government (deputy bureau level); There are 58 department-level leadership positions.