Function of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce

1. To formulate development strategies, guidelines and policies of domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation in Shaanxi Province, draft laws and regulations governing domestic and foreign trade, economic cooperation and foreign investment in Shaanxi Province, devise implementation rules and regulations.

2. To formulate development plans for domestic trade of Shaanxi Province, study on and put forth proposals on reforming the commercial distribution system, foster and develop urban and rural markets, promote the restructuring of the commercial distribution sector and the improvement of such modern distribution modalities as chain store operation, modern logistics and e-commerce.

3. To research into and formulate policies for regulating the market operation and distribution order, breaking up market monopoly and regional blockage, to set up and improve an integrated, open, competitive and orderly market system. To monitor and analyze market activities and commodity supply and demand, organize the adjustment of market supply of main consumer goods and regulation of the distribution of major means of production.

4. To implement and execute measures for the regulation of import and export commodities; catalogue and tender policy thereof; be responsible for codifying, organizing the implementation of import & export quota plan; To manage quota quantity and issue licenses;

5. To formulate and execute policies concerning trade in technology, state import and export control, and policies encouraging the export of technology and complete set of equipment; to push forward the establishment of foreign trade standardization system; to supervise technology import, equipment import, export of domestic technologies subject to state export restriction and re-export of imported technologies, and to issue export licenses pertaining to nuclear non-proliferation.

6.To organize and coordinate the work pertaining to antidumping, countervailing, safeguard measures and other issues related to fair trade for import and export. To institute a fair trade early warning mechanism for import and export, and organize industry injury investigations. To guide and coordinate domestic efforts in responding to foreign antidumping, countervailing, and safeguard investigations and other issues concerned.

7. To give general guidance to provincial efforts in foreign investment. To analyze and look into Shaanxi’s foreign investment developments  and  submit information concerning the developments and the corresponding proposals to Shaanxi government on a regular basis. To draw up and enforce foreign investment policies and reform schemes, participate in the formulation of mid-term and long-term planning and development strategies for foreign investment utilization. To examine and approve, according to relevant laws, the establishment and changes thereafter of foreign-invested enterprises with foreign input exceeding the state fixed amount, or engaged in restricted business areas, or in businesses subject to quota and license administration. To verify the contracts and statutes of large-scale projects with foreign investment and their major subsequent changes particularly stipulated in relevant legislations. To supervise  the enforcement of laws, regulations, contracts and statutes by foreign-invested enterprises. To guide and oversee provincial efforts in attracting foreign investment and other business opportunities, as well as the establishment and trade performance of foreign-invested enterprises in China.

8.To be responsible for China's foreign economic cooperation efforts. To formulate and implement policies and regulations on foreign economic cooperation, guide and monitor the regulation of overseas contract projects, labor cooperation and designing and consulting businesses. To work out administrative measures and specific policies guiding Shaanxi’s  overseas investment. To approve Shaanxi’s companies to invest in and set up overseas establishments(excluding financial companies) and supervise their operation.  Be in charge of examination and approval of resident representative offices and organizations to be stationed in Shaanxi Province from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR), Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) and Taiwan region as well as foreign governmental business organizations.

9.To be in charge of Shaanxis efforts in providing aid to foreign countries and regions. To formulate and implement foreign aid policies and plans, To examine and execute annual foreign aid programs.To supervise and inspect the implementation of foreign aid projects. To manage Shaanxis foreign aid fund, concessional loans, special funds and other foreign aid funds of the government. To facilitate the reform on foreign aid provision modalities.

10.To guide and supervise Shaanxi’s foreign investment and investment promotion.

11.To undertake other assignments entrusted by the Shaanxi Province Government.

Economic and Technology Cooperation Bureau of Shaanxi Province