Wenzhou Industry Association: Looking For The Strength And Support Of Going Forward

In this regard, an expert said: "who can grasp market information in time, who can quickly enhance their resilience, and who can efficiently use the resources of the entire department, who can grasp the initiative in the economic cold winter, and find opportunities for development in the crisis.

But strain, integration, and search require great wisdom.

If an external platform provides such wisdom, the pace ahead will be much easier.

As a non-governmental organization association (chamber of Commerce), which serves as a bridge between government and enterprises, there is no doubt that such a platform.

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A little older person probably remembers that in August 8, 1987, in Hangzhou's Wulinmen square, the staff of Hangzhou industrial and commercial bureau of Xiacheng District burned more than 5000 pairs of inferior Wenzhou shoes.

For a while, Wenzhou shoes became

This big fire.

Then, under the influence of a series of practical and effective measures launched by this industry association, the production and spread of fake and shoddy Wenzhou shoes were finally effectively suppressed, and the footwear industry in Wenzhou moved from decline to new life.

Led by this, Wenzhou folk chamber of Commerce subsequently entered a period of rapid development.

According to statistics, since 1991, Wenzhou has set up trade associations (chambers of Commerce) for smoking, spectacles, razors, tanning, clothing, electroplating, printing, medicine, medical equipment, chemical industry, pportation, metals, dried fruits, entertainment, catering, Internet cafes, investment, electronic information and so on.

Among these associations and chambers of Commerce, there are quite a few outstanding people.

For example, Wenzhou's smoking association has boldly encouraged orderly competition among its members, and has made great progress in the rapid development of the industry.

In view of the development of Wenzhou's industry associations, an industry expert in Wenzhou outlined: "private enterprises in Wenzhou started from the family workshop of" former shop and post factory ". In the process of scarcity of economy and capital accumulation, peer prices and disorderly competition appeared, resulting in quality slippery slope and efficiency reduction. Some industries are facing a survival crisis.

Enterprises in the industry urgently need to use external force to get rid of this crisis.

The industry associations (chambers of Commerce), which take the industry self-discipline as their responsibility, are precisely what they achieve themselves.

Today, Wenzhou is enjoying a certain position in the domestic and foreign markets, whether it is the leather shoes that were originally criticized, or clothing and lighters.

"The Chinese shaver production base", "China's metal shell lighter production base", "China glasses production base", "China Shoes Capital" and so on, all these name cards came into being, and Wenzhou has also become one of the most developed areas in China's economy.

Among them, trade associations and trade associations have made indelible contributions.

In fact, the success of the Wenzhou Industry Association and the chamber of Commerce to boost the healthy development of the industry is just a microcosm of many cases.

According to the data collected by reporters, after thirty years of development, China's trade associations have developed from less than 1000 to less than 1000, and basically formed a trade association system covering all sectors of the national economy. It has become the most powerful, dynamic and creative social force in the social organization, and is growing at 10% to 15% per year.

It can be said that industry associations, as the products of market economy, play an important role in standardizing the order of market economy, implementing industry self-discipline, improving the efficiency of market allocation of resources, and communicating and coordinating the relationship between government and enterprises.

Because of this, industry associations, like other social organizations, are highly valued by the government and widely recognized by the society.

Wang Dasheng, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Hefei municipal Party committee of Anhui province and the first vice chairman of the Hefei Municipal Federation of industry and commerce, said: "association and chamber of Commerce, as an important market intermediary organization, are indispensable and important links for optimizing the allocation of resources under the conditions of market economy. It is an important link between the government and enterprises, enterprises and enterprises, and the relationship between enterprises and society. Its status and role are irreplaceable."

"Spokesperson" of enterprises

As we all know, the function of trade associations is actually a social intermediary organization between governments, enterprises, between commodity producers and operators, and for its service, consultation, communication, supervision, justice, self-discipline and coordination.

Guild is a non-governmental organization. It is a bridge and link between the government and enterprises.

This "bridge" and "tie" play an irreplaceable role in the healthy development of industry.

Li Shunli, President of the Beijing Federation of Commerce, believes that trade associations can play an important role in bridge between government and enterprises, between different industries, between enterprises and enterprises. Many aspects of the service capabilities of industry associations can not only play a bridge role between enterprises and enterprises, but also reflect the demands of enterprises and industries, offer suggestions and suggestions for government functional departments, and at the same time, carry out self-discipline activities in the industry to play a role in promoting, promoting and promoting the development of industries.

Especially in recent years, under the pressing economic situation, trade associations and chambers of commerce are striving to release their greatest energy.

For example, after the outbreak of the economic crisis in 2008, the SASAC summoned some important industry associations to hold a meeting. They wanted to focus on listening to the economic crisis and listen to the various industry associations.

At that time, various important industries came to the scene, including trade associations of steel, machinery, nonferrous metals, electricity, coal and petrochemical industry, all of which brought analysis and suggestions.

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The representatives of these industry associations have handed over the findings to the SASAC for the first time in the face of the difficulties and problems faced by the enterprises in the industry, and these findings have become a reference for later government decision-making.

For these associations, the most sensitive person in the changing industry is them.

They can actively respond to the relevant departments' feedback on SMEs' financing and excessive administrative charges at the first time, and urge the government to introduce more favorable policies to help enterprises tide over difficulties in the complex economic situation.

In addition to its important role in the domestic market, trade associations, as the "third sector", are also seen as lubricants, coordinators and insurance valves in the market economy.

And this has to mention the role played by trade associations in anti-dumping cases.

Taking Wenzhou as an example, lighter industry is an important industry with regional characteristics since 1990s, and it is the largest production base in the country, accounting for more than 80% of the world market share.

This has aroused great concern of the world's lighter power producers. They have restricted the export of lighters in China (Wenzhou) through technical barriers to trade (such as anti-dumping and technical standards).

In June 28, 2002, the European Union decided to investigate anti-dumping cases against Chinese lighters.

Wenzhou area has nearly 1000 manufacturers of lighters.

After the European Union filed anti-dumping cases, the Wenzhou cigarette smoking Industry Association took full advantage of its industry advantages, raised bonuses, and hired international lawyers to actively respond to anti-dumping litigation.

After 13 months of hard work, in July 2003, we finally came to the conclusion that the Wenzhou tobacco industry association has won the first victory in China's anti dumping lawsuit after China's accession to the WTO. This is also the first case of China's small and medium enterprises anti-dumping.

The most important role to win this victory is the Wenzhou cigarette industry association.

In the view of the industry, trade associations are an important supplementary force outside the government to provide social public goods and public services, playing an important role in dealing with trade disputes and regulating industry management.

Guo Jingwei, Secretary General of Fujian Stone Industry Association, said: "in dealing with the friction of international trade, the government or individual enterprises are not doing enough.

The advantage of trade associations is that it is easier to coordinate the relationship between government and enterprises, industry and industry, and the relationship with foreign related industries.

Enterprises are eager to "hug and warm".

Although industry associations are considered as part of the market economy, they are also indispensable mechanisms for the operation of the market.

But compared with the international market, the development of China's trade associations is still lagging behind.

In fact, the more developed the market economy is, the more important the industry association is.

The developed countries of the world, whether the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan or Korea, have very developed trade associations and intermediaries. They have an irreplaceable position in the market economy system and play a very important role in economic life.

A relatively sound industry association has become an important symbol of the development and maturity of market economy.

In China, trade associations and chambers of Commerce have been fast since joining the WTO, but the status quo is that there is still much room for improvement in the quality and quantity of trade associations.

What we can still see is that industry associations and chambers of Commerce have always been blank in many industries. "No leader" has become a norm. Enterprises, regardless of size, are always "fighting for themselves", such as the food industry which has attracted market attention in recent years.

Under the background of inflation and the economic downturn of monetary policy, the pressure of rising raw materials and rising labor costs is also expanding. How to find the strength and support of enterprises has become a big test for many enterprises, and more and more enterprises are beginning to realize that only holding together to keep warm can resist more and more uncertain risks.

So how can we better integrate resources through the "tug of war" to open up a sustainable development way? This has reached a consensus among many enterprises, that is, setting up trade associations and chambers of Commerce of their own industries, in order to enhance the ability of enterprises to resist market risks, safeguard the common economic rights and interests of enterprises, standardize market behaviors, and allocate market resources.

According to the reporter's understanding, the establishment of trade associations and chambers of Commerce has become the most urgent expectation of many industries, such as instant noodle industry.

In the past few years, the industry has been insisting on the idea and application of establishing a "trade association".

At the beginning of this year, 20 heads of instant noodle producers jointly wrote to the Ministry of industry and information technology, suggesting that the government should strengthen the guidance and effective management of the instant noodle industry and create a favorable environment for the development of the industry.

We also look forward to the support from relevant departments of the food industry and call for the establishment of the "Chinese instant noodle industry association" as soon as possible.

And this idea has also been supported by many industry experts.

Zhang Li, director of the food and Industry Department of the former Ministry of industry and commerce, and Zhang Li, Deputy Secretary General of the China Food Industry Association, said publicly that the instant noodle industry was linked to the "three rural issues".

At the same time, the health and orderly development of the industry is very important to economic and social stability in the face of the obvious function of disaster as "emergency food and disaster relief food".

As the world's largest producer and consumer of instant noodles, it is necessary and urgent for us to set up corresponding trade associations as soon as possible, so as to consolidate our competitiveness, strengthen industry self-discipline and standardize industry behaviors, and build a platform for international cooperation and exchanges.