Measures for Administration of Alcohol Circulation
Chapter I General Principles
Article 1 These measures are formulated according to relative national laws and regulations for the purposes of regulating the order of alcohol circulation, promoting the regular development of alcohol market and safeguarding legal rights and interests of alcohol producers, managers and consumers.
Article 2 Alcohol in terms of these measures means alcoholic drinks that the alcohol content is more than 0.5% (volume fractions), including fermented liquor, distilled liquor, formulated liquor, edible alcohol and other drinks containing alcohol, excluding medical liquor, health food liquor produced with the approval of relative administrations of the state in accordance with laws.
Alcohol circulation in terms of these measures includes alcohol wholesale, retail, storage and transportation and other operation activities.
Article 3 Whoever is engaged in alcohol circulation within the boundary of the People’s Republic of China should abide by these measures.
Article 4 Alcohol circulation performs the systems of managers’ record registration and tracing to the source.
Article 5 Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the supervision and administration of nationwide alcohol circulation.
The competent commercial departments at the level of higher than county are responsible for the supervision and administration of alcohol circulation within their administrative areas.
Chapter II Record Registration
Article 6 The unit or individuals who are engaged in alcohol wholesale or retail (alcohol managers) should register for record to the competent commercial authority at the same level of industrial and commercial administrative department in the registration areas according to dependencies management principles within 60 days at obtaining of the business license.
Article 7 The procedures for record registration for the alcohol managers are as follows:
1. get Record Registration Form for Alcohol Circulation (Registration Form in short below). Registration Form may be downloaded from the government network of the Ministry of Commerce (http://www.mofcom.gov.cn), or get it from the local competent commercial departments.
2. fill in Registration Form. Alcohol managers should fill in Registration Form completely, correctly and strictly according to the facts, and read the provisions in the Registration Form at the same time, the Registration Form should be signed and affixed a seal by legal representative or the owner.
3. submit following materials for record registration to the competent commercial department:
(1) Registration Form filled in according to Article 7, Section 2 of these measures in duplicate;
(2) Copy of business license and health permit signed and affixed a seal by legal representative or the owner;
(3) Other materials approved by the Ministry of Commerce and requested in the public notice by provincial competent commercial department.
