Article 51 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the provisions of Article 6 of this Law, and the local administrative department for industry and commerce shall order it to apply for registration within a time limit. If the illegal business amount is more than 50,000 yuan, a fine of less than 20% of the illegal business amount may be imposed; if there is no illegal business amount or the illegal business amount is less than 50,000 yuan, a fine of less than 1 10,000 yuan may be imposed.
The Administration for Industry and Commerce is the government department in charge of market supervision and administrative law enforcement. According to the Notice of the State Council on the Establishment of Institutions (Guo Fa 2008 1 1), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (ministerial level) is an institution directly under the State Council.