商务部部长吕福源认为,组建商务部主管国内外贸易和国际经济合作,有利于我们更好地利用“两个市场,两种资源”,为国民经济建设服务。吕福源说,商务部在国民经济的宏观管理中承担重要职责,其具体职能是拟定国内外贸易和国际经济合作的发展战略、方针、政策,拟定规范市场运行和流 Commerce Minister Lu Fuyuan believes that the formation of the Ministry of Commerce in charge of domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation will help us make better use of “two markets and two resources,” and serve the national economy. Lu Fuyuan said: The Ministry of Commerce has taken on important responsibilities in the macroeconomic management of the national economy. Its specific function is to draw up strategies, guidelines and policies for the development of domestic and foreign trade and international economic cooperation, and formulate norms for market operation and flow