Conditions for establishing trade associations

The establishment of an industry association shall meet the following conditions:

1, the industry has more than 30 unit members;

2, a standardized name and the corresponding organization;

3. Have a fixed residence;

4, there are full-time staff to adapt to their business activities;

5, there are legitimate sources of assets and funds, local social groups have more than 30 thousand yuan of activity funds;

6 have the ability to bear civil liability independently.

The establishment of a trade association must go through two stages: application preparation and application establishment. The specific procedures are as follows:

1. The sponsor submits the application documents for preparation;

2, after the approval of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, send a reply to the organizer;

3. During the six-month preparatory period, the sponsors carry out preparatory activities and hold the inaugural meeting;

4. The promoters submit the application for establishment registration documents;

5, the Ministry of Civil Affairs after the examination and approval, issued a reply to the establishment registration to the sponsor;

6. After receiving the certificate, the social organization shall engrave the seal, apply for the organization code, go through the tax registration, open a bank account and report it to the registration authority for the record.

To sum up, the establishment of trade associations should be applied in accordance with the industry division stipulated in the National Economic Industry Classification Standard, and the promoters should be representative enterprises in the industry. Trade associations are independent legal entities, and there is no hierarchy.

Legal basis:

Article 10 of the Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Social Organizations

The establishment of a social organization shall meet the following conditions:

(a) there are more than 50 individual members or more than 30 unit members; Individual members and unit members are mixed, and the total number of members shall not be less than 50;

(2) Having a standardized name and corresponding organization;

(3) Having a fixed residence;

(4) Having full-time personnel suitable for its business activities;

(5) It has legal assets and sources of funds. The funds for activities of national social organizations are more than 654.38 million yuan, and the funds for activities of local social organizations and cross-administrative social organizations are more than 30,000 yuan;

(6) Having the ability to bear civil liability independently.

The names of social organizations shall conform to the provisions of laws and regulations and shall not violate social morality. The name of a social organization should be consistent with its business scope, membership distribution and activity area, and accurately reflect its characteristics. The names of national social organizations with the words "China", "National" and "China" shall be approved in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, and the names of local social organizations shall not be preceded by the words "China", "National" and "China".