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Prior to March 2018, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC; Chinese: 国家工商行政管理总局) was the authority in the People's Republic of China responsible for advancing legislation concerning the administration of industry and commerce in the People's Republic.[1] On a local level, the organizations responsibilities roughly mimicked those of the secretaries of individual states in the United States as a registration and licensing authority.[2] The last minister was Zhang Mao (张茅).[citation needed]
The agency was organized into the following divisions:[3]
General Office
Department of Law
Antimonopoly and Anti-unfair Competition Enforcement Bureau
Direct Selling Regulation Bureau
Consumer Protection Bureau
Department of Market Regulation
Regulation Department for Market Circulation of Food
Enterprise Registration Bureau
Bureau for Registration of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
Department of Advertising Regulation
Department for Regulation of the Private Economy
Department of Personnel
Trademark Office
Trademark Appeal Board
Location
The head office of the agency is based in 8 Sanlihe Donglu, Xichengqu, Beijing, 100820, China.[4] Locally, SAIC has offices on each regional and municipal level which oversee and regulate the businesses in their jurisdiction.[5]