Chinanews.com, July 21. How can industry associations and chambers of commerce set operating service charges more reasonably? In this regard, Zhou Banxue, head of the Price Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on the 21st that three measures will be taken to solve this problem, including breaking the monopoly, further standardizing the pricing procedures for service items that cannot be broken for the time being.
On the 21st, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing of the State Council to introduce the further regulation of industry associations and chambers of commerce charging policies.
Zhou Banxue pointed out that in recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission has closely cooperated with relevant departments such as the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration of Market Supervision to carry out in-depth work related to cleaning up and regulating industry associations and chambers of commerce in order to implement the important decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on clearing fees and reducing burdens.
Zhou Banxue introduced that in response to the current unreasonable operating service standards charged by some industry associations and chambers of commerce, especially some of the fees are monopolistic and mandatory, the degree of marketization of service prices is low, and the charging standards are relatively high. , In accordance with the requirements of the "Notice on Further Regulating the Fees of Industry Associations and Chambers of Commerce", the following measures will be taken by classification:
One is to break the monopoly. For industry associations and chambers of commerce, which have certain monopoly and mandatory operating service charges, we will break the monopoly by relaxing access conditions and introducing diversified service entities, so as to realize the marketization of service prices and promote price reduction.
The second is to further standardize the pricing procedures for service items that cannot be broken for the time being. The industry associations and chambers of commerce must determine the charging standards in accordance with the principles of reasonableness and lawfulness, make up for costs, and have a slight surplus, and vote by secret ballot at the association’s general assembly or council Only pass can be executed.
Third, for other operating service charging items that can have market-adjustable prices, the industry associations and chambers of commerce shall determine the charging standards based on factors such as service costs, market demand and local economic development under the premise of being reasonable and legal, and publicize them to the society in accordance with regulations .
"Before the end of this year, all trade associations and chambers of commerce must complete the adjustment and standardization of operating service charge standards in strict accordance with the above requirements. At the same time, they must further clarify the basic service items provided when collecting membership fees. Fees." Zhou Banxue said.