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The article focuses on the pledge of Alibaba founder Jack Ma to work with industry regulator State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in fighting against the sale of fake products at e-commerce sites. Topics covered include SAIC inspection on six e-commerce sites inChina indicating Alibaba with the worst performance on the sales of counterfeit and substandard products. Also mentioned is the White Paper on Administrative Guidelines for Alibaba released by SAIC.

The article reports on a forum about the proposal of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in China to make celebrities accountable when the products they endorse are part of deceptive advertisements. The supporters claim that celebrities make consumers interested in the products because of their popularity. The opponents claim that it is not the responsibility of celebrities to check the products that they are endorsing.

The article reports on the new initiative in China which allows farmers to sell the managerial rights of their land. It states that the China Forestry Exchange (CFEX), the first national trading platform for forestry equity and the forest resource market approved by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, allows farmers to sell use rights of their forestland in accordance with the law. It notes that the exchange aims to establish a forest resource-trading platform of international influence.

This section offers news briefs concerning the economy of China as of March 27, 2008. The People's Bank of China lifted the reserve requirement ratio to 15.5 percent. The country has seen an increased flow of venture capital to fund startup businesses. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce reported an increase in the amount of paid-in foreign direct investment.

The article focuses on the search of the film, music, and software industries for special measures to counter the rampant piracy in China. The Press and Publication Administration, Ministry of Information Industry, State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the State Copyright Bureau have issued a document designed to combat network piracy. The Ministry of Culture is also preparing a network-monitoring platform to provide real time monitoring of the contents and spread of network culture.

Focuses on the move of the China State Administration for Industry and Commerce to send a senior government official to respond to summons and charges in court. Responsibility in answering all legal cased made against SAIC; Modification of attitude toweard judicial departments; Efforts of rectifying administrative power and improve administration by law.

The author discusses the quality check of goods sold at e-commerce sites in China by the State Aministration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC). The author agrees that there is a prevalence of counterfeit and substandard goods being sold at online shopping sites such as Taobao.com of Alibaba. Also discussed are unresolved quality issues at Taobao.com, the promise of Alibaba to impose higher vendor penalties and stronger enforcement of SAIC regulations.

The article focuses on the data issued by China State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) on September 2, 2014 which unveiled that the country has continued to top the global trademark registrations with a total of 7.61 million valid registrations at the end of June 2014.

This section offers economic-related news briefs in China. The government announced guidelines for a reform of the health care system on April 6, 2009. The General Administration of Press and Publications (GAAP) announced its intention to foster the creation of big publishing companies. The State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has announced its decision to create and promote a model contract for the transfer of rural land-use rights to safeguard the interests of farmers.

Reports that China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued an emergency notice to strengthen the market supervision and crack down on illegal business acts taking advantage of the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic.