State Administration for Market Regulation
国家市场监督管理总局

Headquarters Entrance (Beijing)
Agency overview
Formed2018
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction People's Republic of China
Headquarters8 East Sanlihe Rd, Xicheng District, Beijing
Agency executives
  • Luo Wen, Director
  • Gan Lin, Vice-director
  • Tang Jun, Vice-director
  • Tian Shihong, Vice-director
  • Qin Yizhi (ministerial-level), Vice-director
  • Xiong Maoping, Vice-director
  • Yang Yizheng, Leader of the Discipline Inspection & Supervision Group Dispatched by the CCDI & the NSC in the SAMR
Parent agencyState Council
Websitesamr.gov.cn
State Administration for Market Regulation
Simplified Chinese国家市场监督管理总局
Traditional Chinese國家市場監督管理總局

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR; 国家市场监督管理总局) is a Chinese ministerial-level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China responsible for comprehensive market supervision and management.

The agency is mainly responsible for the comprehensive market supervision and management, unifying the registration of market entities and establishing information disclosure and sharing mechanisms; organizing the comprehensive law enforcement of market supervision, undertaking unified anti-monopoly law enforcement, regulating and maintaining market order; organizing the implementation of the strategy of strengthening the country by quality, and is responsible Industrial product quality and safety, food safety, special equipment safety supervision; unified management of measurement standards, inspection and testing, certification and accreditation. The Administration was created in the 2018 Chinese overhaul of government administration, and merged or abolished a number of previous agencies, such as the State Intellectual Property Office.[1][2] SAMR was created under the banner of the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission under Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]

History

The Administration consolidates in one ministry the market regulation functions previously shared by three separate agencies, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC).[3]

Leadership

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Director
  • Zhang Mao (March 2018-May 17, 2019)
  • Xiao Yaqing (May 17, 2019 – August 2, 2020)
  • Zhang Gong (August 2, 2020 – June 13, 2022)
  • Luo Wen (June 13, 2022 – )
Deputy Directors
  • Bi Jingquan (March 2018-August 2018, take the blame and resign)
  • Ma Zhengqi (March 2018-May 2019)
  • Gan Yulin (March 2018 – Present)
  • Tang 　jun (March 2018 – Present)
  • Tian Shihong (March 2018-and Director of the National Standardization Management Committee)
  • Sun Meijun (March 2018-January 2021)
  • Qin Yizhi (March 2018-Minister level)
  • Xiong Maoping (March 2021 – Present)
Other members of the bureau meeting
  • Jiao Hong (March 2018-Director of the State Drug Administration)
Party branch secretary
  • Bi Jingquan (March 2018-August 2018, take the blame and resign)
  • Zhang Mao (September 2018-May 17, 2019)
  • Xiao Yaqing (May 17, 2019 – July 31, 2020)
  • Zhang Gong (July 31, 2020 – Present)
Deputy Party branch secretary
  • Zhang Mao (March 2018-September 2018)
Party branch members
  • Ma Zhengqi (March 2018 – May 2019)
  • Tang Jun (March 2018 – present)
  • Tian Shihong (March 2018 –; also Director of the Standardization Administration of China)
  • Liu Shi (March 2018 - March 2020, leader of the Disciplinary Inspection & Supervision Group of Dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission in the State Administration for Market Regulation)
  • Sun Meijun (March 2018 – January 2021)
  • Qin Yizhi (March 2018-Ministerial level)
  • Chen Yugang (March 2018 – Present)
  • Shen Changyu (March 2018 -, concurrently Director of the State Intellectual Property Office and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group)
  • Liu Junchen (March 2018-November 2018)
  • Li Li (March 2018 -, concurrently Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the State Drug Administration)
  • Yang Yizheng (March 2020-Leader of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the State Administration for Market Regulation)
  • Xiong Maoping (March 2021 – Present)

References

  1. ^ "China's New Market Regulator SAMR: A Short Primer". China Briefing News. Dezan Shira & Associates. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "China's New State Administration for Market Regulation: What to Know and What to Expect". Ropes & Gray. 3 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ^ "China: China Announces Revamped Market Regulation Administration | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service". Foreign Agricultural Service – U.S. Department of Agriculture. 26 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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