2. Different functions: professional associations are agricultural production and operation organizations engaged in the production, processing and sales of agricultural products; Trade association is a mass organization, which mainly provides consulting services for its members, has the function of industry coordination, and is not directly engaged in production and operation.
3. Different regional scope: professional associations are mostly established in counties, townships and villages; Trade associations are mostly established in cities and above.
Characteristics of trade associations
Trade association is based on the double failure of market and government, which is the foundation of industry management and industry association. Therefore, trade associations naturally become the bridge and link between the government and enterprises. By actively conveying the development needs of enterprises to the government, it can influence the government's decision-making and thus safeguard the public interests of the whole society.
As a new social mechanism to make up for the double failure, trade association fills the gap between enterprises and government in the form of non-governmental organizations. As the representative of the overall interests, trade associations can not only formulate and implement industrial policies for the government and provide consulting services, but also convey the government's information about industry development and industry management to member enterprises, and provide operational services for enterprises by using their own professional advantages, showing their intermediary and non-governmental nature.