Tianjin Industry Association Management Measures (2018 revision)

Article 1: In order to regulate the behavior of industry associations in this city and promote the healthy development of industry associations, these Measures are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and in combination with the actual situation of this city. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the establishment of industry associations, the development of industry association activities, and the supervision and management of industry associations within the administrative region of this city. If laws and regulations have special provisions, those provisions shall prevail.

Industry associations as mentioned in these Measures refer to industry-based social groups established with legal approval, voluntarily formed by economic organizations and related units and individuals in the same industry, and managed by themselves, including associations, chambers of commerce, trade associations, etc. ( Hereinafter collectively referred to as industry associations). Article 3 This city encourages and supports economic organizations with different forms of ownership in the same industry to form industry associations in accordance with the principles of self-organizing meetings and voluntary membership, taking care of their own affairs and raising funds, and exerting their functions of industry self-discipline, industry representatives, industry services, and industry coordination. , strengthen communication and contact with society and government, and promote the development of the industry economy. Article 4 The municipal, district and county people's governments and their working departments shall support and promote the development of industry associations, accelerate the transformation of government functions, gradually transfer matters that industry associations can manage on their own to the industry associations, and support and guarantee the independent activities of industry associations. . Article 5: The municipal competent department of industry associations is responsible for the development planning, layout adjustment and policy formulation of the city's industry associations, and performs the supervision and management responsibilities entrusted to the business supervisory units by the "Regulations on the Registration and Management of Social Groups" in accordance with the law.

The municipal social group registration and management department is responsible for the registration and management of industry associations.

Municipal and district and county industry management departments are responsible for providing guidance and services to relevant industry associations in terms of industry development and industry regulations. Article 6 The competent department of industry associations, the registration management department and the industry management department shall realize the sharing of industry association management information and timely exchange the following information:

(1) The establishment, change and change of industry associations Cancellation;

(2) The charter of the industry association and its modification;

(3) The legal representative and principal person in charge of the industry association and their changes;

(4) Branches, representative offices of industry associations and their principal persons in charge;

(5) Annual inspections and law enforcement inspections;

(6) Other needs** *Shared information.

The specific implementation measures for information *** sharing shall be formulated by the competent department of the municipal industry association in conjunction with relevant departments, and shall be implemented after approval by the Municipal People's Government. Article 7: Industry associations can be established according to industries, or according to occupations, products, business methods, business links or service functions.

The classification standards for industries, occupations and products are implemented in accordance with national standards. Article 8 The name of an industry association shall indicate its industry attributes and be preceded by the words "Tianjin City".

Except for industry associations, other social groups are not allowed to use names with characteristics of industry associations. Article 9: Industry associations implement a membership system, and economic organizations with different forms of ownership and different business scales in the same industry enjoy equal rights to join. The specific conditions for membership shall be stipulated in the articles of association.

The members of an industry association should be mainly economic organizations in the same industry. Experts and scholars related to the industry can also be recruited to join the association, but the absorption ratio shall not exceed 10% of the total number of members.

Industry associations can recruit foreign economic organizations or experts and scholars to join the association, and specific conditions should be stipulated in the articles of association. Article 10: The articles of association of an industry association shall make clear and specific provisions on the rights and obligations of members to ensure the equality of members’ rights and obligations.

No member shall take advantage of business scale, market share, etc. to deprive or restrict the legitimate rights and interests of other members. Article 11: Industry associations have the right to independently determine the association's democratic voting mechanism, and the specific distribution standards for members' voting rights should be stipulated in the articles of association. Article 12: The general meeting of members is the highest authority of the industry association.

Industry associations with more than 100 members can elect a member representative conference as the highest authority. The specific method of forming the member congress shall be decided by the general meeting and stipulated in the articles of association.

Member general meetings or member representative meetings shall be held regularly in accordance with the provisions of the articles of association. The conditions for convening an extraordinary general meeting of members or a representative meeting of members shall be stipulated in the articles of association.

Article 13: Resolutions of the general meeting of members or the general meeting of members must be approved by more than one-half of the total number of members or member representatives with voting rights before they can be passed.

The following major matters must be approved by more than two-thirds of the voting members or member representatives:

(1) Modification and abolition of the Articles of Association;

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(2) The emergence and removal of presidents, legal representatives, directors or supervisors;

(3) The division, merger and voluntary dissolution of industry associations;

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For the voting on the matters specified in the preceding two paragraphs, if the articles of association of the industry association stipulate that the number should be higher than one-half or two-thirds, such provisions shall prevail. Article 14: An industry association shall establish a board of directors to serve as the executive body of the membership conference or member representative conference.

An industry association may set up supervisors or a board of supervisors. Supervisors may not concurrently serve as the president, vice president, secretary-general or director of an industry association.

The composition, responsibilities, and work systems of the Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors, as well as the selection methods, responsibilities, and terms of office of directors and supervisors, etc., shall be reviewed and decided by the General Meeting of Members or the General Assembly of Members, and shall be stipulated in the Articles of Association.