Established in 1952, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is a national foreign trade and investment promotion agency.
As of July 20 17, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has 17 industry branches, 48 local branches, more than 600 branches and county-level international chambers of commerce; There are nearly 70,000 member enterprises in China.
primary mission
(1) carry out liaison work with economic and trade circles, business associations, other economic and trade delegations and relevant international organizations in various countries and regions around the world, invite and receive foreign economic and trade circles and representative groups to visit, organize China economic, trade, technology and entrepreneur delegations to visit and inspect abroad, and participate in relevant international organizations and their activities; Responsible for contacting the representative offices established by overseas companies in China and the chambers of commerce established by overseas companies in China; Sending a resident representative or establishing a representative office abroad; Organize, participate in or jointly hold international conferences on economy, trade, technical cooperation and law with the corresponding institutions of companies outside China.
(2) Representing the country in international exhibitions, hosting and participating in world expositions, hosting the China Fair, and participating in international trade expositions outside China; Responsible for the centralized coordination, management and supervision of holding economic and trade exhibitions or participating in international expositions outside China.
(3) Arranging and receiving overseas economic, trade or technical exhibitions held in China, hosting international professional or comprehensive exhibitions, and organizing and hosting international expositions; Coordinate the reception of foreign economic and trade and technical exhibitions held by relevant parties in China in China.
(4) Handling international economic and trade and maritime arbitration; Issue certificates of origin for China's export commodities; Accepting cases of adjustment of general average and particular average; Issue force majeure certificates, and issue and certify documents for foreign trade and maritime business; Issue relevant documents and provide guarantees for companies, enterprises or individuals engaged in temporary export activities outside China.
(5) Acting as an agent for trademark registration and patent applications of companies and individuals of China enterprises outside China or in China, and handling consultation, disputes and technical trade related to industrial property rights and intellectual property rights.
(six) to carry out economic investigation and research at home and abroad, collect, sort out, transmit and publish economic and trade information, and provide economic and technological cooperation and trade information, consulting services and credit investigation services for domestic and foreign companies and enterprises; Contact and organize technical exchange activities between Chinese and foreign trade circles; Editing, publishing and distributing foreign economic and trade newspapers and other publications; Organizing foreign economic and trade negotiations; To undertake the evaluation and feasibility study of Sino-foreign economic and technological cooperation projects, as well as legal consultation and legal consultant.
(seven) to guide and coordinate the work of local branches, trade branches, branches and international chambers of commerce at all levels of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade; Responsible for the service and training of clubs and members.
(8) To be responsible for the daily work of the China National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, coordinate the business of the International Chamber of Commerce in China, and communicate with the members of the China National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce.
(nine) to handle other matters related to the promotion of foreign economic and trade activities.