(I)     Main responsibilities

The Department of Legal Affairs is responsible for:

- coordinating legal affairs, building the commercial legal service system and providing public legal services at the CCPIT;

- working out advisory proposals for legislation and law amendment in trade and investment promotion;

- working with relevant government authorities in international trade and economic negotiations and development of international trade and economic dispute settlement mechanisms;

- working with relevant government authorities to help businesses respond to anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard investigations initiated by a foreign country, and to initiate trade remedy investigations and anti-monopoly actions;

- working with relevant government authorities to negotiate with and appeal to relevant countries (regions) regarding discriminatory trade and investment restrictions and protective measures taken by them;

- managing CCPIT counsels, attorneys and corporate lawyers, and handling litigation cases;

- organizing international legal exchanges and cooperation events;

- coordinating work in the CCPIT system on foreign-related trade and economic laws;

- guiding agencies directly under the CCPIT to provide intellectual property rights services;

- undertaking other work assigned by the CCPIT leadership.

(II)    Divisions

Division of General Affairs, Division of Treaty and Law, Division of Fair Trade, Division of Industrial Service, and Division of Legal Cooperation.