Articles of Association of Shenzhen Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce

Articles of Association of Shenzhen Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1. The name of this association: Shenzhen Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce. English translation: SHENZHEN CHAOSHAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Article 2. The nature of this association: a local, non-profit social organization voluntarily formed by the industrial and commercial enterprises invested by Chaoshan residents in Shenzhen. Article 3. The purpose of this association: abide by the constitution, laws, regulations and national policies, and abide by social ethics. Be honest and law-abiding, unite and cooperate; share resources and seek development; promote good deeds and contribute to society. Strengthen economic cooperation and exchanges between Shenzhen and Chaoshan. Article 4. The Association accepts the supervision and management of the Shenzhen Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, the society registration and management agency, and the business guidance of the relevant functional departments of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. Article 5. The association’s activity area is Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Article 6. The address of the Association: Fifth Floor, Oriental Pearl Technology Building, Xinzhou South Road, Shenzhen.

Chapter 2 Business Scope

Article 7. The Business Scope of the Association: (1) Represent and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of members, actively serve member companies, and help members improve their internal Mechanism and operating mechanism; (2) Reflect the opinions and requirements of members, and communicate between members and the government; (3) Provide members with information, technology, management, legal, accounting, financing, market development and other services, organize member training, Economic and trade negotiations, scientific and technological exchanges and other activities; (4) Strengthen contacts with relevant departments in the Chaoshan region and business people from various chambers of commerce, and promote business contacts, economic collaboration, scientific and technological cooperation and information exchange between member companies and various regions. (5) Guide members to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, be enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings, actively participate in Guangcai undertakings, think about the source of wealth, think about progress when getting rich, help those in need, take into account both justice and interests, develop enterprises, and give back to the society.

Chapter 3 Membership

Article 8. Any enterprise founded by Chaoshan residents who are engaged in business activities in Shenzhen can voluntarily apply for membership and become a member of this association. Article 9. Members who apply to join the Association must meet the following conditions: (1) Support and abide by the Association’s charter; (2) Have the willingness to join the Association; (3) Have a certain influence in their industry fields; (4) Should hold an industrial and commercial business license and other relevant documents. Article 10. The procedures for membership membership are: (1) Submit the membership application and relevant materials; (2) After preliminary review by the Secretariat, report to the President’s Meeting for discussion and approval; (3) The applicant pays the membership fee; (4) The Board of Directors Or an organization authorized by the Board of Directors shall issue a membership card. Article 11. Members enjoy the following rights: (1) Attend the membership meeting (or member representative meeting), participate in chamber of commerce activities, and accept services provided by the chamber of commerce; (2) Enjoy the right to elect, be elected, and vote of the association; (3) Priority in obtaining the services of the Association; (4) The right to propose proposals, suggestions and supervision of the work of the Association; (5) Voluntary membership and freedom to withdraw from the membership. Article 12. Members shall perform the following obligations: (1) Comply with the Association’s Articles of Association; (2) Implement the Association’s resolutions; (3) Pay membership fees as required; (4) Maintain the Association’s legitimate rights and interests and reputation; (5) Complete the work assigned by the Association; (6) Report the situation to the Association and provide relevant information. Article 13. Standards for members to pay dues: (1) The president unit shall pay membership fees of 500,000 yuan for each term; (2) The executive vice-president unit shall pay membership fees of 300,000 yuan for each term; (3) The vice-president unit shall pay membership fees for each term 200,000 yuan; (4) Executive director units pay membership fees of 30,000 yuan for each term; (5) Director units pay membership fees of 10,000 yuan for each term; (6) General member units pay membership fees of 5,000 yuan for each term. Article 14: Members who wish to withdraw from membership should notify the Association in writing and return their membership cards. If a member fails to pay membership fees or participate in the activities of the association for one year, he will be deemed to have automatically withdrawn from the membership. Article 15. If a member fails to abide by the Articles of Association, the Association will criticize and educate him. If a member seriously violates the Articles of Association, he or she will be expelled from the membership upon the vote of the General Assembly (or Member Representative Assembly).

Chapter 4: Establishment and Removal of Organizational Structure and Persons in Charge

Article 16. The Association shall consist of members to form a General Assembly (or Member Representative Assembly). The general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) is the highest authority of the association and exercises its powers in accordance with national laws, regulations and the articles of association of the chamber of commerce. Article 17. The general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) shall exercise the following powers: (1) Determine the business scope and work functions of the chamber of commerce within the scope of laws and regulations; (2) Elect or remove the president, executive vice president, Vice presidents, directors, and supervisors; (3) Review the annual work report and annual financial budget and final accounts of the Board of Directors and the Board of Supervisors (Supervisors); (4) Review the Board of Directors’ proposal to remove members; (5) Change and dissolution of the Chamber of Commerce Make resolutions on matters such as liquidation and liquidation; (6) Change or revoke inappropriate decisions of the board of directors; (7) Formulate or amend the articles of association and election methods for organizational structures; (8) Decide on termination matters; (9) Decide on other major matters. Article 18. The membership meeting (or member representative meeting) shall be held for two years.

If the term of office needs to be changed in advance or postponed due to special circumstances, it must be voted by the board of directors and submitted to the society registration and management authority for approval. However, the maximum period of postponement shall not exceed 1 year. The general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members) shall be held at least once a year. If the board of directors deems it necessary or more than one-fifth of the members propose, an extraordinary general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members) may be convened. Article 19. The general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members) must be attended by more than two-thirds of all members (or representative meeting of members); its resolutions must be passed by more than half of all members (member representatives). The general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) shall keep minutes of the decisions on matters discussed and announce them to the members. Article 20: The Association shall establish a Board of Directors. During the inter-session period of the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members), the Board of Directors shall perform its duties in accordance with the resolutions of the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) and the provisions of the Chamber of Commerce’s Articles of Association. During the recess of the Board of Directors, a "Standing Working Committee" (referred to as the Standing Committee) is established as the daily work decision-making body of the Association. Article 21. The functions and powers of the Board of Directors are: (1) To prepare and convene the general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members); (2) To implement the resolutions of the general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members) and to report to the general meeting of members (or representative meeting of members) General meeting) report work; (3) Determine the specific work business of the Chamber of Commerce; (4) Formulate the Chamber of Commerce’s annual financial budget plan, final accounts, changes, dissolution and liquidation and other matters; (5) Formulate a plan for the Chamber of Commerce to increase or decrease its registered capital ; (6) Decide on the establishment of various internal organizations of the Chamber of Commerce, and lead the work of various internal organizations of the Chamber of Commerce; (7) Decide on the punishment of members, and propose the removal of members; (8) Appoint or dismiss the Secretary-General, and decide on the main functions of the Chamber of Commerce branches The person in charge; based on the nomination of the Secretary-General, appoint or dismiss the Deputy Secretary-General and the main persons in charge of the Chamber of Commerce offices and representative offices, and decide on their remuneration matters; (9) Formulate the internal management system of the Chamber of Commerce; (10) Other matters stipulated in the Chamber of Commerce Charter. Article 22: The Board of Directors shall hold at least one meeting every six months (under special circumstances, it may also be held by communication). The Board of Directors must be attended by more than half of the directors before it can be convened, and its resolutions must be approved by more than half of all directors before they can take effect. The board of directors shall form minutes of the resolution and announce it to all directors. The meeting of the board of directors shall be convened and presided over by the president; when the president is unable to perform his duties due to special reasons, the president shall entrust the executive vice president or the secretary-general to convene and preside over the meeting. More than two-thirds of the directors may propose to convene a board of directors. Article 23: The Board of Directors may elect standing directors from among the directors and establish a Standing Board of Directors as needed, and the Standing Board of Directors shall be responsible to the Board of Directors. The Standing Council consists of the President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, and Executive Directors. When the Board of Directors is not in session, the Standing Council may, upon authorization from the Board of Directors, exercise the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth powers stipulated in Article 21 of this Charter. The Standing Council shall hold a meeting at least once every three months; under special circumstances, it may also be held by communication. Resolutions made by the Standing Council must be passed by more than half of the standing directors. The Standing Council shall keep minutes of its decisions on matters discussed. Article 24: Based on work needs, the Association shall establish a Standing Working Committee (referred to as the Standing Committee) during the intersessions of the Standing Council, consisting of the President, Executive Vice President, some Vice Presidents, Executive Directors, and Secretary-General. Supervisors attend the Standing Working Committee. As the decision-making body for the daily work of the Chamber of Commerce, the Standing Committee holds regular meetings every two months to discuss and decide on matters related to the Chamber of Commerce. Article 25: The Association shall hire representatives from all walks of life to serve as Honorary Presidents, Honorary Advisors, Honorary Presidents and Honorary Advisors of the Association based on work needs. Candidates must be nominated by the President, and the appointments shall be discussed and decided by the Executive Council. Article 26. When the term of office of the president or some of the vice-presidents of the association expires, they may be appointed as the founding president, meritorious president, or permanent honorary president of the chamber of commerce based on their contribution or influence during the standing committee discussion. Or permanent honorary vice-president, permanent honorary consultant, who are deemed to enjoy the treatment of serving vice-president or above. Those whose cumulative contributions (including membership fees) reach 2 million yuan since the establishment of the association will be given the highest honor of being appointed as "Meritorious President". Article 27. Rules and procedures for the establishment of branches and representative offices of the Association: (1) The Secretariat of the Association shall propose a specific plan for establishing a branch; (2) Submit the specific plan to the Standing Working Committee for discussion and approval; (3) The approved specific plan will be submitted to the Board of Directors for review and approval. (4) Submit to the social group registration and management authority for approval. Article 28: The Association shall establish a Board of Supervisors (Supervisors), which shall be elected by the General Meeting of Members (or Representative Meeting of Members). The term of the board of supervisors (or supervisors) is the same as the term of the board of directors and can be re-elected upon expiration. The president, executive vice president, vice president, directors, and secretary-general may not concurrently serve as supervisors. Article 29. The president, executive vice president, vice president, secretary-general, and supervisors of this association must meet the following conditions: (1) Adhere to the party’s line, principles, and policies, and abide by national laws and regulations; (2) Able to abide by laws and regulations in this industry, operate with integrity, and make greater contributions to the chamber of commerce; (3) The maximum age of the president, executive vice president, vice president, and secretary-general shall not exceed 70 years old, and the secretary-general shall be full-time ; (4) In good health and able to work normally; (5) Not subject to criminal punishment that deprives political rights; (6) Having full capacity for civil conduct.

Article 30: The Secretary-General of the Association adopts an appointment system, and the Secretary-General is an ex-officio director. Article 31: This association shall have one president, executive vice president, and several vice presidents. The president is the legal representative of the Association. The legal representative of the Association shall not concurrently serve as the legal representative of other social organizations. Article 32: The term of office of the President of this Association is 2 years. Article 33. The President of the Association shall exercise the following powers: (1) Convening and presiding over meetings of the Board of Directors (or Standing Board); (2) Inspecting the General Meeting of Members (or Representative Congress of Members), the Board of Directors (or Standing Board of Directors) ) Implementation of resolutions; (3) Signing relevant important documents on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce; (4) Representing the Chamber in handling major internal and external business activities under the authorization of the Board of Directors. Article 34: The executive vice president, vice president and secretary-general of the association carry out their work under the leadership of the president, and the secretary-general is responsible to the board of directors. The Secretary-General is full-time and exercises the following powers: (1) Preside over the daily work of the office and organize the implementation of annual work plans; (2) Organize the formulation and implementation of annual work plans, budgets and decisions; (3) Coordinate with branches and representative offices , entity agencies carry out work; (4) Nominate the deputy secretary-general and the main persons in charge of each office, branch, representative agency and entity agency, and submit it to the Board of Directors or the Standing Council for decision; (5) Nominate the office agency, representative agency, entity The appointment of full-time staff of the institution must be submitted to the president for approval; (6) Handle other daily affairs; (7) The Secretary-General attends the Board of Directors, Standing Council, and Standing Working Committee. Article 35. The Board of Supervisors (Supervisors) shall exercise the following powers: (1) Report annual work to the General Assembly (or Representative Assembly of Members); (2) Supervise the election and removal of the General Assembly (or Representative Assembly of Members) and the Board of Directors; Supervise the implementation of the resolutions of the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) by the board of directors; (3) Inspect the financial and accounting information of the chamber of commerce, and report the situation to the registration management authority and the tax and accounting authorities; (4) Supervisors attend the board of directors, standing committee and The Standing Working Committee has the right to raise questions and suggestions to the Board of Directors at meetings; (5) Supervise the Board of Directors’ compliance with laws and charters. When the behavior of management personnel such as the president, executive vice president, vice president, directors and secretary-general harms the interests of the chamber of commerce, they are required to make corrections and report to the member congress or relevant government departments when necessary. Supervisors shall abide by relevant laws and regulations and the articles of association of the chamber of commerce, accept the leadership of the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members), and earnestly perform their duties.

Chapter 5 Principles of Asset Management and Use

Article 36 Sources of funding for the Association: (1) Membership fees; (2) Donations; (3) Government funding; (4) ) Income from activities or services within the approved business scope; (5) Interest; (6) Other legal income. Article 37: When accepting donations, the Association shall abide by laws and regulations and shall not make apportionments or disguised apportionments in any form. Donors, sponsors or units, members, and supervisors have the right to inquire about the use and management of donated property from the Chamber of Commerce, and put forward opinions and suggestions. The chamber of commerce should respond promptly and truthfully to inquiries from donors, sponsors, units, members, and supervisors. Article 38: The funds of the association must be used for the development of the business scope and undertakings stipulated in this charter. Property and other income are protected by law, and no unit or individual may encroach, privately distribute or misappropriate it. Article 39: If the president, executive vice-president, vice-president, directors, supervisors, secretary-general and staff privately divide, embezzle or misappropriate the property of the chamber of commerce, they shall return it and report it at the general meeting of members (member representative meeting). Conduct a review; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability will be pursued in accordance with the law. Article 40: The Association shall implement the unified national accounting system, conduct accounting in accordance with the law, establish and improve an internal accounting supervision system, and ensure that accounting information is legal, authentic, accurate and complete. The Association accepts tax supervision and accounting supervision implemented by the tax and accounting authorities in accordance with the law. Article 41: The Association is equipped with professionally qualified accounting personnel. Accountants may not concurrently serve as cashiers. Accountants must conduct accounting calculations and implement accounting supervision. When accounting personnel are transferred or resign, they must clear the handover procedures with the person who takes over. Article 42: The association’s asset management must implement the financial management system stipulated by the state and accept the supervision of the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) and the financial department. If the source of assets belongs to state appropriations or social donations or subsidies, they must be subject to the supervision of auditing agencies, and the relevant information must be announced to the public in an appropriate manner. Article 43: The association must accept the financial audit organized by the registration management authority when conducting annual reports, reelection, change of legal representative and liquidation. Article 44: In accordance with the "Guangdong Provincial Industry Association Regulations", the Association shall submit the previous year's activity report, financial report and current year's activity arrangements to the registration management authority before the end of March each year. The Association has established a major event reporting system: the Association holds large-scale academic seminars, seminars, and exhibitions, organizes external exchanges, interacts with overseas non-governmental organizations, carries out industry evaluation, standard achievement, and commendation activities, and accepts overseas and social donations, etc., during activities Report to relevant government functional departments and registration management agencies and go through relevant procedures. Article 45: The full-time staff of this association implements a full-time appointment system, openly recruits from the public, and concludes a labor contract. The wages, insurance, and welfare benefits shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant national regulations for public institutions.

Chapter 6 Procedure for Amending the Articles of Association

Article 46. Modifications to the Association’s Articles of Association must be voted and approved by the Board of Directors before being submitted to the General Assembly (or Member Representative Assembly) for review. . Article 47: The revised Articles of Association of the Association must be submitted to the registration management authority for approval within 30 days after being adopted by the General Meeting of Members (or Representative Meeting of Members) and then take effect.

Chapter 7 Termination Procedures and Property Disposal after Termination

Article 48: The association shall be terminated under any of the following circumstances, and shall be terminated by the Board of Directors or the Standing Council. To submit a motion for cancellation: (1) The purpose stipulated in the articles of association has been completed; (2) The membership meeting (or member representative meeting) has resolved to dissolve; (3) The chamber of commerce has been split or merged; (4) The chamber of commerce has been unable to continue to carry out its activities in accordance with the purposes stipulated in the articles of association. working. Article 49: The motion to terminate the association must be voted and approved by the general meeting of members (or general meeting of members) and reported to the society registration and management authority for review and approval. Article 50: Before the association is terminated, a liquidation organization must be established under the guidance of the society registration and management authority and relevant units to clear out claims and debts and deal with the aftermath. During the liquidation period, no activities other than liquidation will be carried out. The chamber of commerce shall go to the registration management authority to handle the deregistration procedures within fifteen days from the date of completion of liquidation. Article 51: The association shall be terminated after the cancellation of registration procedures is completed by the association registration and management authority. Article 52: The remaining property after the termination of the association will be used to develop businesses related to the purpose of the chamber of commerce under the supervision of the society registration and management authority and in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Chapter 8 Supplementary Provisions

Article 53. This Articles of Association was voted and approved by the membership meeting (or member representative meeting) in September 2012. Article 54: The right to interpret this Articles of Association belongs to the Council of the Association. Article 55: This Article of Association shall take effect from the date of approval by the society registration and management authority.