Nghe An plans to establish 5 more market management teams.

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the goal to meet the requirements of the new situation, gradually modernizing the activities of the market management force.

Nghe An is a province with a relatively large number of businesses and business households. The whole province has 11,868 businesses and nearly 144,000 households participating in business activities, creating a widely developed commercial network with a diverse and growing volume of goods in circulation.

Although it is no longer a hot spot for smuggling in the country as before, with a large terrain, many mountainous districts, long land and sea borders with many border gates, openings, many river mouths and creeks located on the North-South traffic axis, the situation of trading and transporting prohibited goods, smuggled goods, and counterfeit goods through the province and within the province is still complicated.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

Although there are no large counterfeit production groups in the area, the transportation of counterfeit goods from other localities or smuggling from abroad to Nghe An for consumption is still common.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Tran Dang Ninh - Head of the Market Management Department said: With the task of inspecting and controlling the market, fighting against violations of the law in trade and industrial activities, performing the function of specialized trade inspection, in recent years, the Market Management Department has proactively worked with sectors and localities to grasp the situation, inspect and control the market, gradually prevent and repel smuggling, production and trading of counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, and trade fraud. In 5 years (2011-2016), 46,229 cases were inspected, 33,747 cases were handled, with a total fine of 59.3 billion VND. Of which: administrative fines of 31.53 billion VND; value of confiscated and destroyed goods: 27.375 billion VND.

Comrade Hoang Van Tam - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

Colonel Nguyen Xuan Thiem - Head of the Economic Police Department, Provincial Police spoke at the meeting, requesting the Market Management Department to identify key areas and areas to focus on in the coming time. Photo: Thu Huyen

At the meeting, delegates focused on discussing solutions to further improve the effectiveness and efficiency of market management work, creating clear changes to meet the requirements of tasks in the new situation, gradually modernizing the activities of the market management force by investing and upgrading facilities and equipment, widely and effectively applying information technology to market inspection and control activities, improving the quality of public service activities; perfecting the organizational apparatus, improving the quality of the working team and labor.

Accordingly, in order to effectively implement the management of the area in accordance with Circular 24/2009 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Decision 15 of the Provincial People's Committee to ensure that each district has 1 Market Management Team, from 2017-2021, it is recommended that the Provincial People's Committee establish 5 more teams including: Market Management Team No. 12 (Yen Thanh area management), Team 13 (Hoang Mai Town), Team 14 (Tan Ky), Team 15 (Quy Chau, Que Phong) and Team 16 (Tuong Duong, Ky Son). The additional staff required to establish the teams is 45 people.

Market management forces inspect and control the market. Photo: Thu Huyen

Concluding the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai acknowledged the efforts of the Market Management force in inspecting and controlling the market, gradually preventing and repelling smuggling, production and trading of counterfeit and poor-quality goods, and trade fraud in the province.

However, market management still has shortcomings, business management is not strict and comprehensive, there is still the situation of production and trading of fake and poor quality goods; networks, groups, major cases of smuggling, counterfeit goods and trade fraud in the area have not been eradicated.

To improve the effectiveness of market management work in the coming time, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Market Management Department to strengthen coordination between sectors, forces, organizations and local authorities; pay attention to training, fostering professional expertise, lifestyle qualities for civil servants and workers, and perfecting the force according to Directive 14/CT-BCT on implementing a number of measures to improve the quality of public service activities of market management civil servants...

Regarding some recommendations, the Department of Industry and Trade and the Market Management Department are assigned to coordinate with relevant departments and branches to promptly review and balance in accordance with actual requirements and budget situation. Regarding the establishment of Market Management teams, the Market Management Department is requested to review human resources and the actual situation of civil servants for the Department of Home Affairs to appraise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee for decision./.

Thu Huyen