Chapter 1 General Rules
Article 1
The name of the organization: Shanghai Federation ofIndustrial Economics, abbreviation: SFIEShanghai Federation of Economic Organizations, abbreviation: SFEO
Article 2
Shanghai Federation of Economic Organizations (SFEO) is an independent corporate body, and a non-profit union for industrial trade associations, enterprises (groups), industrial economic research institutes, colleges & universities on a voluntary base.
Article 3
The principal objective of SFEO: use Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of “Three Represents” as its guide to action; insist on the Scientific Outlook on Development and the socialism with Chinese characteristics; follow the basic line for the primary stage of socialism; obey the Constitution Law, regulations and policies; encourage fine ideological and ethical trends; focus on “Four Leads” and “Four Centers” in order to expedite Shanghai to be a modernized socialist international metropolis; take priority to the development of modern service industry and modern manufacturing industry; promote the construction of a modern industrial system and integrate economic growth with the development of secondary and tertiary industries; promote innovative, resource saving, and environment-friendly city construction; and contribute to Shanghai’s continuous economic development.
Article 4
Registered at Shanghai Society Bureau, SFEO is under supervision of Shanghai Economic Commission and guided by China Federation of Industrial Economics due to its membership.
Chapter 2 Main Tasks & Scope of Business
Article 5 Main tasks:
1)Focus on Shanghai Municipal Government’s principle policies of industry development and other related assignments; promote the development of modern service industry
2)Promote industry development; research on development strategies, industry & reform policies, administration regulations, management systems, Technology Advancement, international trading development and association education & training; provide suggestions and solutions to local government; provide economical & political information and research achievements to enterprises
3)Entrusted by the municipal government, prepare industry development plan, assist the development of secondary and tertiary industries, promote the integration process as well as the extension and further development of industrial chains
4)Assist the government to coordinate and give instructions to association members within the organization; organize and support the members in order to improve industry credibility system, realize conformity certification process, and promote information system construction & the method of industry statistics; give instructions to members on setting up industry standard, title review, personnel training, and exhibitions etc.; help associations to carry out their member functions and to improve moral, organizational, & functional construction
5)Build a public platform for research cooperation and industry technologies; promote new technologies, new products and new achievements; promote independent technological innovation and commercial pattern innovation; jointly build public service platform for industry intellectual property; assist the protection, innovation and management of intellectual property; improve enterprise competitive power
6)Assist enterprises to carry out branding strategies; develop superiority industries; enhance international
competitive power
7)Build a mechanism for a better connection and cooperation between Chinese and foreign civil societies as well as civil societies in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; develop further cooperation and exchange on economics, technologies, talents and trading among both Chinese and foreign enterprises, groups and associations; assist in international business and trade; organize association members participating in mediating process of international trade conflicts
8)Plan and organize exhibitions, forums and other activities of industry economic theory research and academic exchange
9)Collect industry economic information; sort and file both domestic and foreign economic information; edit and publish journals and various economic reports; build information service platform such as websites etc. 10)Develop regional economic cooperation; realize information exchange, technology cooperation, recapitalization and economic union among different regions, industries and enterprises; promote economic Integration construction in Yangtze River delta region
11)Provide training to economic management talents and association staff
12)Organize accreditation events of Shanghai business management modernization & innovation achievements; promote management modernization achievements
13)Build a communication platform between the government and the enterprises; report the members’ comments to the government; introduce mechanism for arbitration & mediation; protect members’ legitimate rights and interests
14)Construct member credibility system; lead members towards self-discipline and social responsibility; protect a fair market order
15)Work on party construction activities leading by SFIE Party Committee; promote the corporate culture construction and the construction of the spiritual civilization in socialism; ensure association members persisting in the way of socialism
16)Responsible for all other tasks assigned by related departments of municipal government and municipal committee
Article 6 Scope of Business Publicize the policies; research & investigation; propose suggestions; give instructions to members on self-management, culture construction, setting up industry standard, title review, education & training; edit journal and provide information; organize exchange & consulting activities; organize forums, seminars, promotion and accreditation events
Chapter 3 Member
Article 7
Our organization consists of enterprise members and individual members
Article 8
Applicants shall meet the following requirements:
1)Admit the constitution of our organization
2)Join our organization on a voluntary base
3)Have influence in the related industries and business fields
Article 9
Application procedure:
1)Submit the application form
2)Authorized by organization council, the new member will be examined by the chairman in the office meeting, and the decision is to be approved by the next council meeting
3)Secretariat will issue the membership identification card
Article 10
Members’ rights:
1)The right to vote, the right to be elected and the to vote for decision right
2)Take part in events and activities organized by SFEO
3)Have privilege in using services provided by SFEO
4)Give advices and comments on the work of SFEO
5)Join on a voluntary base and withdraw freely
Article 11
Members’ obligations:
1)Obey the rules in the constitution and execute SFEO’s decision
2)Protect legitimate rights and interests of SFEO
3)Accomplish the tasks assigned by SFEO
4)Give feedback and provide related information to SFEO
5)Pay membership fee according to the regulations
Article 12
In case a member decides to withdraw from SFEO, he shall give an official written notice and return the membership identification card. If a member has not fulfilled his duties for more than 1 year, his membership will be terminated automatically.
Chapter 4 Organization Institute
Article 13
The organizational principal of SFEO is democratic centralism.
Article 14
The highest power of SFEO is the general assembly. The general assembly is to be elected for a term of
five years. A deferred reshuffle can not exceed 1 year. The general assembly will be held once a year. Under special circumstances, the council will decide either to move up or postpone the general assembly.
The representatives of general assembly will be elected on a democratic base. Detailed procedures and the quota distribution will be determined by the council or executive member council. In general, the number of representatives is above 30% of the total members in SFEO.
The authority of the general assembly authority:
1)Draw up and amend the articles of SFEO
2)Discuss relevant tasks and determine work policies
3)Deliberate on work reports and financial reports of the council
4)Responsible for election and deposition of directors of the council
5)Set up standard membership fee
6)Make decisions on important issues such as rename the organization, membership termination etc.
Article 15
The general assembly will not take place, if the attendance level of representatives is less than 2/3. A decision of the general assembly comes into effect if there are 50% or above of the representatives’ votes are in favor of the decision.
Article 16
Organization setup: Chairman, Vice Chairman, President of the chairman delegation, Executive Director, Director, Honorary Chairman, Adviser, Member of Professional Working Committee.
Article 17
The directors of the council will be elected in the general assembly. The director council is to be elected for a term of five years. Under special circumstances, representatives of the general assembly shall vote either to move up or postpone the reshuffle, which has to be approved by related government departments. A deferred reshuffle can not exceed 1 year.
Article 18
The director council authority:
1)Execute the decisions of the general assembly
2)Provide working report and financial report to the general assembly
3)Determine the working plan; discuss and make decisions on relevant SFEO topics
4)Responsible for election and deposition of chairman, vice chairman, executive director, and the general secretary
5)Decide on the approval of new members and the termination of membership
6)Decide on the add-on of directors, executive directors and vice chairman
7)The general secretary is nominated by the chairman and passed by the director council.
8)Prepare and arrange the general assembly
9)Decide on other important issues
Article 19
The director council meeting will not take place, if the attendance level of directors is less than 2/3. A decision of the director council comes into effect if there are 50% or above of the directors’ votes are in favor of the decision.
Article 20
The director council meeting will be held once a year. In certain circumstances, it can be either moved up or postponed.
Article 21
The executive director council consists of executive directors that are elected from directors. The numbers of the executive directors shall not exceed 1/3 of the total number of directors. During the closing period of the director council, the executive director council is responsible for:
1)Execute the decisions of the director council
2)Provide working report and financial report to the director council
3)Discuss and make decisions on relevant SFEO topics
4)Work on proposals from the general assembly
5)Examine the approval of new members and add-ons of directors; inspect the member movement situation
6)Responsible for the nomination of add-on vice chairman, executive directors and advisers
Article 22
The executive director council meeting will be held every 6 months, and additional meetings can be arranged upon request. Add-on executive directors shall be elected by the director council. Under certain circumstances, the add-ons can be elected by the executive director council itself, but the new executive directors shall be approved by the next director council meeting.
Article 23
The executive director council meeting will not take place, if the attendance level of executive directors is less than 2/3. A decision of the executive director council comes into effect if there are 50% or above of the executive directors’ votes are in favor of the decision.
Article 24
Under certain circumstances, the general assembly, the director council meeting and the executive director council meeting can be arranged in written form.
Article 25
After discussion with the director council, the chairman of SFEO will nominate the president of the chairman delegation. The members of the chairman delegation are mainly leaders of Shanghai representative enterprises and associations, as well as socialites in economic society. The chairman and vice chairman are entitled with the president of the chairman delegation. Enterprise members of the chairman delegation shall meet the following requirements: in enterprises representing the respective industry in terms of size, position and function; with good political quality and sense of social responsibility; have positive influence in the industry and society; supportive, cooperative and make contribution to SFEO Setup of the chairman delegation: 2 executive presidents, one is the chairman of SFEO, as the standing executive president, the other one is to be nominated from the members of the chairman delegation for a term of 1 year, the maximum period of reappointment is 2 years. The chairman delegation meeting will not take place, if the attendance level of members of chairman delegation is less than 2/3. A decision of the chairman delegation comes into effect if there are 50% or above of the presidents’ votes are in favor of the decision.
Article 26
The chairman delegation is responsible for:
1)Discuss and determine the focus of the chairman delegation
2)Examine the add-ons & approval of president and new member candidates
3)Seminars regarding the development of Industrial Economics in Shanghai The chairman delegation meeting will be held twice a year, and additional meetings can be arranged upon request.
Article 27
The legal representative of SFEO is either the chairman,the executive vice chairman or the general secretary.
Article 28
The chairman, vice chairman and the general secretary shall meet the following requirements:
1)Follow the Party’s basic line, policies and principals; politically qualified
2)Have relevant influence within the business fields of SFEO
3)Healthy and capable of doing normal workflow; the chairman and vice
chairman below 70 years old and the general secretary below 65 years old.
4)Completely bear the ability of civil act The chairman is to be nominated among respected & venerable leaders or socialites of the society in the economic field.
Article 29
Duty of the chairman:
1)Call for the director council meeting, the executive director council meeting, the chairman delegation meeting and the chairman office meeting
2)Hold the chairman office meeting; during the closing period of the general assembly, the director council meeting and the executive director council meeting, relevant issues of SFEO will be discussed and determined in the chairman office meeting; check the status of meeting resolutions
3)Lead the director council, the executive director council and the chairman delegation; sign contracts on behalf of SFEO
4)Other duties mentioned in the constitution
Article 30
To be proposed by the secretariat and approved in the chairman office meeting, SFEO can set up several professional working committees. Generally, the chairman will nominate the vice chairman as the director and deputy director of a professional working committee, which has to be approved in the chairman office meeting. Professional working committees can hire experts and advisers, and the responsibilities of each committee are to be set up according to its professional characteristics.
Article 31
Supervised by the chairman, the general secretary is a full-time position. The main responsibilities:
1)Are in charge of the daily operation; organize according to the annual working plan
2)Coordinate between different institutions
3)Formulate the internal management regulations which have to be approved by the director council
4)Propose to the chairman office meeting regarding the institution setup, engagement or deposition of the vice general secretary and person in charge of different institutions
5)Report to the chairman and the director council 6)Deal with other routine job
Article 32
There are several administration organizations within SFEO that are dealing with daily business.
Chapter 5 Management & Usage of Properties
Article 33
Financial sources:
1)The membership fee
2)Financial support from the government
3)Income from services and other activities within SFEO’s scope of business
4)Voluntary donations from a natural person, a legal person or other organizations
5)Interest 6)Other legal income
Article 34
The properties and other income of SFEO are protected by law, which can not be embezzled or misappropriated by individuals or groups.
Article 35
The standard membership fee shall be determined by the general assembly.
Article 36
The financial sources of SFEO can only be used for business purpose within the business area of SFEO. It is not allowed to distribute financial sources to SFEO members.
Article 37
SFEO uses “private non-profit organization accounting system” as a guideline for business accounting; build a sound internal accounting supervision system; ensure legal, real, accurate and complete accounting information
Article 38
Specified support from the government and the donations shall be used
according to the appointed methods and time limit
Article 39
SFEO is supervised by the administrative departments of tax affairs and accounting
Article 40
Salary, insurance and benefits of SFEO staffs are determined according
to related regulations in China
Article 41
Strict implementation according to financial discipline and Chinese financial management system; financial auditing according to specific regulations
Article 42
Under the “Social Organizations Registration & Administration Regulations”, SFEO shall being inspected annually by registration institutions
Chapter 6 Termination Procedure & the Treatment of Properties
Article 43
SFEO can declare the termination if one of the following occurs:
1)The principal objectives as regulated by the constitution have been completed
2)The engagement in social activities can not be continued according to the regulations in the constitution 3)Organization amalgamation or separation
4)Organization self-disbanded
Article 44
The termination shall be proposed by the director council and reported to the general assembly before implementation. Within 15 days after the approval by the general assembly, it has to be reported to the supervision department. Within 15 days after the approval by the supervision department, SFEO shall apply for registration cancellation at the registration institutions.
Article 45
Before termination, SFEO shall form a liquidation group under the supervision of the registration institutions and the supervision department, clearing its credit & debt and dealing with other related matters; during this period, only liquidation activities are allowed
Article 46
The official termination comes into effect after the registration
institutions confirm & complete the registration cancellation process.
Article 47
Under the supervision of the registration institutions and the supervision department, the residual properties shall be disposed according to related regulations in China
Chapter 7 Addendum
Article 48
Any amendment and revision of the constitution of SFEO shall be passed by the director council meeting and reported to the general assembly before implementation. Within 15 days after the approval by the general assembly, it has to be reported to the supervision department. The amendment and revision come into effect if they have been approved by the registration institutions.
Article 49
The constitution of SFEO was passed by the fourth meeting of the 3rd General Assembly on 09 September 2008. In case of discrepancy between the articles in this constitution and national laws, regulations or related policies, the national laws, regulations and policies shall prevail.
Article 50
The director council of SFIE (SFEO) has the interpretation power of this constitution.
