China News Service, July 10, according to China Government Network, the General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Notice on Further Regulating the Charges of Chambers of Commerce of Industry Associations" (hereinafter referred to as "Notice"). The "Notice" clarifies that the illegal and illegal fees charged by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry shall be fully eliminated and cancelled. Compulsory membership and mandatory fees are strictly prohibited. It is strictly forbidden to use statutory duties and administrative agencies to entrust or authorize illegal fees.
The "Notice" requires that the industry associations and chambers of commerce and associations be cleared and canceled in violation of laws and regulations. Compulsory membership and mandatory fees are strictly prohibited. Except as otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations, the Chamber of Commerce of the Industrial Association shall not force or force market entities to join and charge membership fees in disguise, and shall not hinder the withdrawal of members. Industry associations and chambers of commerce may not rely on administrative agencies or use industry influence to force market participants to participate in various charging activities such as conferences, training, examinations, exhibitions, and inspections abroad, or accept paid services from third-party organizations. It is forbidden to force the market subject to sponsor or donate to the industry association chamber of commerce.
It is strictly forbidden to use legal duties and administrative agencies to entrust or authorize illegal charges. Without approval, the industry association chamber of commerce may not use the statutory responsibilities to create additional administrative charges or raise charging standards. Industry association chambers of commerce may not continue to implement or disguise administrative licenses that have been cancelled, and industry association chambers of commerce that have not been decoupled from administrative organs may not carry out intermediary services related to the administrative examination and approval of the competent business unit.
The administrative agency entrusts the industry association chamber of commerce to carry out relevant work, regards the service matters of the industry association chamber of commerce as a precondition for administrative actions, and grants the industry association chamber of commerce the right to recommend, recommend, and supervise. Arrange expenditures reasonably and ensure that related work is carried out normally. The trade associations and chambers of commerce should disclose to the public the items entrusted or authorized by the administrative agency, as well as the relevant process, review standards, time limit for processing, and the allocation of funds by the administrative agency. It is strictly forbidden to collect fees from the market entities in violation of regulations.
It is strictly forbidden to charge fees for commendation activities through evaluation. The industry associations and chambers of commerce should organize the evaluation and commendation activities to comply with the relevant national regulations and their own articles of association, and should not exceed the activity area and business scope, so that the awards are set reasonably, the selection scope and scale are appropriate, the selection conditions and procedures are strict, and the selection process is transparent. The selection object will charge or disguise any fees. Without approval, the words "People's Republic of China", "China", "National", "China", "Country", "International", "World", etc. shall not be used for commendation activities that meet the standards.
It is strictly forbidden to charge illegally through professional qualification. The industry associations and chambers of commerce can carry out their own professional competence evaluation according to market needs and industry needs, but they should not use this as a disguise to carry out professional qualification recognition. The certificates issued cannot use the "People's Republic of China", "China", "National", "" "China", "country", "vocational qualification" or "personal qualification" and the national flag and national emblem. Trade associations and chambers of commerce in accordance with the requirements to undertake the relevant professional qualification certification work, shall not collect any fees other than examination fees, appraisal fees.
Before the end of 2020, various industry associations and chambers of commerce must conduct a comprehensive self-examination of the charging situation in accordance with the above requirements. For illegal and illegal charges, they must immediately clear and cancel and refund the illegal gains within a time limit. Before the end of March 2021, the relevant departments shall organize random inspections on self-examination and self-correction of unauthorized charges by industry associations and chambers of commerce to ensure that rectification is in place.
The "Notice" requires reasonable setting of service and service charges. For a certain monopoly and compulsory operation service charge project carried out by industry associations and chambers of commerce, it is necessary to break the monopoly and relax the marketization of service prices by relaxing access conditions and introducing diversified service entities; if the monopoly cannot be broken temporarily, it should be The charging standards shall be determined in accordance with the principles of lawfulness and reasonableness, cost compensation and slight surplus, which shall be adopted by secret ballot by the member (representative) assembly or the council. For other serviceable charging items that can regulate prices by the market, guide the industry associations and chambers of commerce to determine the charging standards based on factors such as service cost, market demand and local economic development level, etc. on the basis of legality and reasonableness, and make them public. Before the end of 2020, various industry associations and chambers of commerce must complete the adjustment and standardization of operating service charges in accordance with the above requirements.
The "Notice" mentions the promotion of lowering the high fees of industry associations and chambers of commerce in some key areas. Strengthen the cost review of industry association chambers of commerce, especially banks, securities, funds, futures, asset evaluation and other industry association chambers of charge that perform statutory duties. Before the end of 2020, the relevant regions and departments should urge and guide the relevant industry associations and chambers of commerce to consider the outstanding issues such as high fees, high standards, and opaque use of funds in some industry associations. Check the cost, formulate the charging standard reasonably, and prevent excessive charging.
The "Notice" makes it clear that the source control of charges will be strengthened. Before the end of 2020, basically complete the decoupling reform of the industry association chamber of commerce and the administrative agency, and fundamentally solve the problem of indiscriminate fees charged by the industry association chamber of commerce by relying on the administrative agency or using administrative influence. Promote the promulgation of the "Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Social Organizations". Strictly control the registration and entry of industry association chambers of commerce, explore and improve the withdrawal mechanism of industry association chambers of commerce, promote the optimization and integration of industry association chambers of commerce, and reduce the burden of long-term payment by market players.
The "Notice" requires that the complaint reporting mechanism be improved. Relying on the reporting mechanism for reducing the burden of enterprises at all levels, the "12315" reporting platform and the reporting system of the Chinese social organization public service platform, etc., unblocked the complaint reporting channel for unauthorized charging of industry associations and chambers of commerce, established a complaint reporting and processing feedback mechanism, and found a violation of laws and regulations , Investigate and deal with. Regularly expose typical cases of illegal and illegal fees charged by industry associations and chambers of commerce.