Central Government support for industry associations will be canceled starting

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October 27, Treasury official website released on Industry Association Chamber of Commerce decoupling about funding support way reform of notification (pilot) (following referred to "notification"), inside mentioned in gradually reduced until canceled industry association Chamber of Commerce financial funding of while, central financial through purchase service, way support industry association Chamber of commerce development, according to government purchase service related management provides, will suitable delegate industry association Chamber of Commerce bear of service matters into government purchase service guide directory, strengthening information public and performance management.

On July 8, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council announced the industry association Chamber of Commerce and the decoupling of the Executive Master programme (hereinafter the programme), in accordance with the timetable of decoupling, a national trade association and Chamber of commerce business units before the end of July will recommend pilot list submitted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and finalize the pilot Association and Chamber of Commerce hook implementation. After the first batch of pilot, in 2016, the lessons learned, the expansion of the pilot.

While the programme also mentioned that from 2018, cancel the direct funding of a national industry association and Chamber of Commerce, before retaining the original funding sources of the same; institutional reform split to house all the Government staff financial resources, according to the original regulations.

Pursuant to that request, in support of the industry association Chamber of Commerce decoupling pilot has advanced steadily, industry association and Chamber of Commerce are encouraged speeding up decoupled, the Central Government budget to support the industry association Chamber of Commerce according to the requirements of management continue to give some support.

This notice sets out, in 2015, financial allocations (excluding funds for retired) as a base and take 2016-2017 for funding fall back just the transition period to achieve the Central Government directly linked to progress in decoupling and reducing. Specifically: 2015 decoupling the industry association Chamber of Commerce, respectively, during the transitional period according to the supporting base 100%, 100%; 2016 decoupling, respectively, during the transitional period according to the supporting base 80%, 80%; the decoupling of the year 2017 and beyond, respectively, during the transitional period according to the supporting base 80%, 60%.

Starting in 2018, funded directly by Central Government the removal of the trade association Chamber of Commerce. Institutional reform split to house all the Government staff financial resources, according to the provisions, industry association and Chamber of Commerce of existing funds for retired, combined endowment insurance reform clearly handled separately. National development and Reform Commission outsiders

Meanwhile, in order to strengthen the supervision and management of industry association Chamber of Commerce financial allocations and performance evaluation, and effectively improve the efficiency of fiscal Fund, for violations of fiscal Fund, in accordance with the financial illegal activities penalties and regulations and other relevant regulations of the State shall be investigated for legal responsibility.

The circular also specifically prompted the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, separately listed cities, can be combined with the actual, mutatis mutandis, to formulate local industry association Chamber of Commerce approach to funding transition, transition period does not exceed the end of 2017.

It is reported that the industry association Chamber of Commerce from the late 80 less than 1000 to the end of 2014, the nearly 70,000 each year to grow at a rate of 10% to 15%, all kinds of social groups in the largest and fastest-growing.

While industry associations play an important role in national economic and social development, but it is inevitable that a lack of supervision, some industry association and Chamber of Commerce is the Government institutional reform and abolition of the professional sector, has a close relationship with the Government, some even with the influence of administrative departments to the assessed contributions of member enterprises, interested in evaluation, recognition, increasing the burden on enterprises.

For example, audit announced of 2013 central budget implementation and other financial payments audit situation displayed, China City Science Institute 2013 in by housing urban and rural construction delegate for green building identifies evaluation process in the, without approved violations charged participating units review fee 14.1855 million Yuan; Chinese medical will without approved violations charged Qualification exam complex training fee 19.6504 million Yuan, will 618 a continues to education training project of 114 million Yuan income store account outside.