What Is a Textile Importer?

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles ^{[1] is} affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce and was established in October 1988. It is the largest national intermediary organization in the textile and apparel import and export industry in China and the world. It has more than 12,000 member companies, covering 34 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country. It is engaged in the production, import and export of various textile fibers, yarns, fabrics, clothing, home textiles, industrial textiles and accessories. The members of the Textile Chamber of Commerce cover most of the country's textile and apparel import and export enterprises, manufacturing enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises. The total annual trade accounts for 70% of China's textile and apparel import and export volume.

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The purpose of the Textile Chamber of Commerce is to safeguard the interests of the industry and member enterprises and promote the sustainable development of China's textile and apparel import and export trade. Its functions can be summarized as "coordination, guidance, consulting, and service". The main tasks are as follows:
1. Protect the legitimate rights and interests of members, help enterprises solve difficulties and problems encountered in import and export trade, make recommendations to government authorities, and provide basis for government decision-making;
2. Assist the government to guide and regulate members' business behavior, promote industry self-discipline and mutual discipline, stop unfair competition behavior, and maintain normal import and export trade order;
3. Provide preferential SME credit insurance plans for SMEs of our society to support small and medium-sized member enterprises to enhance export confidence, expand export scale and ensure export safety;
4. Responsible for the preliminary review of the textile industry projects of the SME International Market Development Fund;
5. Provide members with timely information on the international market of various commodities; publicize the country's foreign trade policies and policies, and provide various information such as domestic and foreign economic and trade situations;
6. Through the semi-monthly "Textile Trade Newsletter", research reports, various publications and chamber of commerce websites, the official website of the Ministry of Commerce textile and clothing channel to provide member companies with trade policy, market and industry trends, trade data and other information consulting services;
7. Responsible for the management of the textile and apparel hall of the Canton Fair. Membership is a necessary condition for participating in the Canton Fair; cultivate and promote export brands in the textile and apparel industry;
8. Organize members to participate in trade fairs and professional exhibitions held at home and abroad to help develop domestic and foreign markets; and apply for SME funds for SMEs who participate in the group to participate in overseas exhibitions and meet the conditions;
9. Organize various trainings, lectures, seminars and other related activities on issues of concern to members;
10. Establish a dialogue and exchange mechanism with foreign counterparts in the same industry, and promote the exchanges and cooperation between member companies and their counterparts abroad by holding annual meetings, information sharing, and business counterpart negotiations;

11. Assist members to resolve trade disputes and cooperate with relevant departments to protect the intellectual property rights of member enterprises;
12. Establish a monitoring and early warning mechanism for sensitive textile and apparel products, and organize member companies to deal with foreign trade barriers such as special insurance and anti-dumping;
13. Carry out the credit rating evaluation and promotion of the textile and garment import and export industry nationwide.
14. Through the subsidiary China Export Innovation Capability Training Base, help members improve their brand building and product development capabilities.
China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles has been committed to the foreign trade of Chinese textiles and garments. On the one hand, we actively help enterprises solve problems in foreign trade, and try to improve various functional institutions to protect the interests of the industry and enterprises. reference. Promote the adjustment of China's garment industry structure, the import and export structure, and the stable and sustainable development of the garment industry; the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles has effectively played a role as a bridge and link between the government and enterprises. Enhance their international status and allow more domestic enterprises to conduct cultural communication and learning through chambers of commerce and foreign cultural enterprises, thereby promoting China's transition from a large textile and apparel country to a strong textile and apparel country.

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The name of this group is China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles (referred to as China Chamber of Commerce for Textiles). The English name of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles: China Chamber of Commerce For Import and Export of Textiles (CCCT).

Article 2 This group is an industry-wide, national non-profit social organization formed by relevant organizations and individuals engaged in the import and export of textiles and apparel.

Article 3 The purpose of this association is: to abide by the national constitution, laws, regulations, and social morals; maintain normal foreign trade order, protect fair competition; safeguard national interests and the legitimate rights and interests of members, and promote the health of textile and apparel import and export trade development of.

Article 4 This organization accepts the business guidance, supervision and management of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the competent business unit of the registration administration organ.

Article 5 The group's residence: 7th floor, Building 12, Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Chapter II Business Scope

Article 6 Business scope of the group:

(1) Representing the interests of member companies, reflecting the situation, opinions and suggestions of member companies to relevant government departments, and making suggestions on relevant government policies; carrying out foreign trade operations of member companies in accordance with the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China and the articles of association Coordinate guidance and provide consulting services.

(2) Publicize national laws, regulations, guidelines, and policies on foreign economic and trade, and guide and supervise members' operations in accordance with the law.

(3) Coordinate the settlement of import and export trade disputes between members, promote industry self-discipline, and maintain the normal order of import and export operations and the common interests of members.

(4) Strengthen ties with relevant government departments and play a bridge role between the government and enterprises; strengthen ties with industry associations, societies and other organizations to jointly promote the development of textile and apparel import and export trade.

(5) Responsible for the implementation of the bidding for the number of textile import and export licenses as authorized by the competent national business unit.

(6) Investigations on various trade remedy measures such as anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures initiated by foreign countries against China's textiles and apparels, and representing the industry or organizations concerned in responding to the lawsuits; foreign products reflected by members in this industry are dumped or otherwise improper in our country Investigation of competitive behavior.

(7) Collecting, researching and exchanging commercial information, conducting research on import and export commodity markets, market conditions, international trade regulations, agreements, and related national trade policies, providing services to members, publishing publications in accordance with relevant regulations, establishing and developing relevant Website, information library.

(8) Participate in relevant international industry organizations, attend relevant international professional conferences, strengthen contacts with industry organizations in countries and regions around the world, exchange information, and establish and develop business cooperation relationships.

(9) Accept the commission of relevant government departments or organize textile industry domestic and foreign exhibitions according to market and industry development needs, organize members to participate in trade fairs and professional exhibitions held at home and abroad, organize overseas inspections and trade negotiations, conduct market research and Economic and technological exchanges to help members develop international markets and promote foreign economic and trade development.

(10) Organize members to participate in foreign trade business training and various seminars related to textile import and export trade.

(11) Suggest to relevant government departments or take measures to punish member companies that violate the coordination rules in accordance with the provisions of the peer agreement.

(12) Perform other duties entrusted by the government or requested by members and the peer agreement.

Chapter III Members

Article 7 The types of members of the group: individual members and unit members.

Article 8 Members who apply to join the group must meet the following requirements:

(1) to support the constitution of the group;

(2) Willingness to join the Association;

(3) It has certain influence in the business field of the Association;

(4) Unit members are organizations that are registered and registered in the territory of the People's Republic of China in accordance with law and engage in import and export trade, processing trade or related activities.

The ninth entry procedure is:

(1) Submit an application for membership;

(2) discussed and adopted by the Council;

(3) Documents submitted by unit members for registration with relevant national administrative departments and other relevant documents required for membership;

(4) The membership card is issued by the council or an agency authorized by the council.

Article 10 Members enjoy the following rights:

(1) The right to vote, be elected and vote for the group;

(2) Participate in activities of the group;

(3) Priority of obtaining services of the group;

(4) the right to criticize, suggest and supervise the work of the group;

(5) Voluntary membership and freedom of withdrawal;

(6) Reporting acts of non-compliance with national laws and policies, violation of these Articles of Association, disobedience to the coordination and decisions of the Association, and damage to the interests of the country and members

Article 11 Members fulfill the following obligations:

(1) to implement the resolutions of the group;

(2) safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the group;

(3) completing the tasks assigned by the group;

(4) Paying dues in accordance with regulations;

(5) Report the situation to the group and provide relevant information;

(6) Compliance with national laws and regulations, implementation of national foreign economic and trade policies and policies shall not harm the interests of the country, industry and other member enterprises.

Article 12 Members withdraw from the meeting shall notify the office of the association in writing and return the membership card. Members who fail to pay membership fees or participate in the activities of the Association for two years are deemed to have automatically withdrawn.

Article 13 Any member who commits a serious violation of this Articles of Association shall be removed by voting by the Board of Directors or the Standing Council.

Chapter IV Organizations and Personnel in Charge

Article 14 The highest authority of this association is the member congress. The powers of the member congress are:

(1) Formulating and revising the articles of association;

(2) election and removal of directors;

(3) to review the work report and financial report of the council;

(4) Formulating and revising the standard of membership fees;

(5) Deciding on termination matters;

(6) To consider proposals jointly proposed by the council, branch and more than one-fifth members;

(7) Decide on other major matters.

Article 15 A general meeting of members must be attended by more than two-thirds of the members 'representatives, and its resolutions must take effect after more than half of the members' representatives have voted.

Article 16 The member congress is five years in length. If the special term needs to be renewed in advance or postponed, it must be approved by the board of directors and submitted to the competent business unit for review and approval and approval of the association registration management organ. However, the postponement of the renewal shall not exceed one year.

Article 17 This group shall establish a standing council. The council is the executive body of the member congress. It leads the group to carry out daily work during the intersessional period and is responsible to the member congress.

Article 18 The functions and powers of the Council are:

(1) implement the resolution of the member congress;

(2) Election and removal of chairman, vice-chairman and secretary general; election and removal of executive directors;

(3) Preparing for the congress of members;

(4) Reporting work and financial status to the member congress;

(5) Decide on the admission or removal of members;

(6) Deciding to establish offices, branches, representative offices and entities;

(7) Deciding on the appointment of the Deputy Secretary-General and the principals of various agencies;

(8) Leading the institutions of the group to carry out their work;

(9) Formulating internal management systems;

(10) Decide on other major matters.

Article 19 The council must be attended by more than two-thirds of the directors, and its resolutions can take effect only after more than two-thirds of the directors vote.

Article 20 The special meeting of the Council at least once a year may also be convened by means of communication.

Article 21 This group establishes a standing council, which is elected by the council, and exercises the powers of Article 18, 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8 and 9 during the intersessional period of the council. The council is responsible (the number of standing directors does not exceed one third of the directors).

Article 22 The standing council must be attended by more than two-thirds of the executive directors to be convened, and its resolutions can take effect only after two or more of the standing council members have voted to pass.

Article 23 The standing council meets at least half a year; in special circumstances, it may also be held in the form of communication.

Article 24 The chairman, deputy chairman, and secretary general of the group must meet the following requirements:

(1) Adhere to the party's line, principles, policies, and political qualities;

(2) It has a greater influence in the business area of the group;

(3) The maximum age of office of the chairman and vice chairman is not more than 60 years;

(4) The maximum age of office of the Secretary-General is not more than 60, and the Secretary-General is full-time;

(5) be healthy and able to work normally;

(6) Have not been subjected to criminal punishment for deprivation of political rights;

(7) Having full capacity for civil conduct;

Article 25 If the chairman, deputy chairman, or secretary general of the group exceeds the maximum age of service, it must be approved by the board of directors, submitted to the business unit for review, and approved by the registration management authority of the society before it can serve.

Article 26 The term of office of the chairman, deputy chairman, and secretary-general of the group is five years, and the maximum term is two. If it is necessary to extend the term of office due to special circumstances, it must be approved by more than two-thirds of the member congress of the member congress, submitted to the competent business unit for review and approved by the registration management authority of the society before it can serve.

Article 27 The chairman of the group is the legal representative of the group, and the legal representative signs relevant important documents on behalf of the group. If, due to special circumstances, the vice president or secretary general is required to act as the legal representative, it shall be reported to the competent business unit for review and approval and approval of the association registration management authority before serving.

The legal representative of this group does not concurrently serve as the legal representative of other groups.

Article 28 The chairman of this group exercises the following functions and powers:

(1) To convene and chair the council and executive council;

(2) Checking the implementation of the resolutions of the member congress, the council, and the executive council;

(3) Leading branches, representative offices and entities to carry out work;

(4) The vice president and secretary general assist the president in carrying out his work.

Article 29 The Secretary-General of this group exercises the following functions and powers:

(1) Preside over the daily work of the office and organize the implementation of the annual work plan;

(2) Coordinating the work of all branches, representative offices and entities;

(3) Nomination of the Deputy Secretary-General and the principals of each office, branch, representative office and entity shall be submitted to the council or executive council for decision;

(4) Deciding on the employment of full-time staff in offices, representative offices and entities;

(5) Handling other daily affairs.

Chapter V Principles of Asset Management and Use

Article 30 Sources of Funds of the Group:

(1) dues;

(2) donation;

(3) Government funding;

(4) income from activities or services carried out within the approved scope of business;

(5) Interest;

(6) Other legal income.

Article 31 The group collects membership dues in accordance with relevant state regulations.

Article 32 The funds of this group must be used for the development of the business scope and cause stipulated in these Articles of Association, and shall not be distributed among members.

Article 33 The group establishes a strict financial management system to ensure that the source of assets is legal, authentic, accurate and complete.

Article 34 This group is equipped with professionally qualified accountants. Accounting should not act as cashier. Accountants must perform accounting calculations and implement accounting supervision. When transferring or leaving an accountant, the accountant must go through the transfer formalities with the person taking over.

Article 35 The asset management of this group must implement the financial management system prescribed by the state and accept the supervision of the member congress and the financial department. If the source of assets is a state appropriation or a social donation or funding, it must be subject to the supervision of the auditing authority and the relevant situation shall be announced to the society in an appropriate manner.

Article 36 Prior to the re-election or replacement of the legal representative of this group, it must accept the financial audit organized by the registration management organ of the society and the competent business unit.

Article 37 The assets of the group shall not be embezzled, privately distributed or misappropriated by any unit or individual.

Article 38 The salaries, insurance and welfare benefits of full-time staff members of this group shall be implemented with reference to relevant state regulations on public institutions.

Chapter VI Procedures for Amending the Articles of Association

Article 39 Amendments to the articles of association of this group shall be submitted to the member congress for consideration after being approved by the council.

Article 40 The amended articles of association of this group shall take effect within 15 days after being approved by the member congress, after being reviewed and approved by the competent business unit, and reported to the registration and management authority of the society.

Chapter VII Termination Procedure and Disposal of Property After Termination

Article 41 If the group fulfills its purpose or dissolves itself or needs to be cancelled due to division, merger, etc., the council or standing council shall propose a termination motion.

Article 42 The motion for termination of this group shall be voted through by the member congress, and submitted to the competent business unit for review and approval.

Article 43 Prior to the termination of this group, a liquidation organization shall be established under the guidance of the competent business unit and relevant agencies to clear creditor's rights and debts, and handle aftermath. During the liquidation, not to carry out activities other than liquidation.

Article 44 This group shall be terminated after going through the cancellation registration formalities of the association registration management organ.

Article 45 The remaining property after the termination of the group shall be used to develop undertakings related to the purpose of the group under the supervision of the competent business unit and the registration and management authority of the association in accordance with the relevant state regulations.

Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Article 46 This Article of Association was voted and approved at the Fifth Member Congress on April 14, 2009.

Article 47 The right to interpret this charter belongs to the council of the group.

Article 48 This Article of Association shall become effective on the date of approval by the registration management authority of the association.