State Administration for Market Regulation
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.
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Headquarters Entrance (Beijing) | |
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| Formed | 2018 |
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| Jurisdiction | People's Republic of China |
| Headquarters | 8 East Sanlihe Rd, Xicheng District, Beijing |
| Agency executives | |
| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | samr.gov.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 国家市场监督管理总局 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國家市場監督管理總局 | ||||||||
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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. SAMR was created under the banner of the Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission under Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.