The Constitution of Guangdong Outdoor Furniture Associations

The First Chapter  Summary

1.      Association name is Guangdong Outdoor Furniture Associations (hereinafter GDOFA).

2.      GDOFA is aims at the promotion and popularization of the knowledge learning and using of outdoor furniture in Guangdong. Moreover, GDOFA also specialize in the construction of cooperate and communicate platform between outdoor furniture companies and the relative industries. GDOFA is voluntarily organized by the relative outdoor furniture institutions and social organizations in Guangdong. It is an organization of province, industrial and non-profit.

3.      Association purpose: Abiding Chinese constitution, law, regulation, national policy and society morality. GDOFA will preserve the whole industry’s benefit, members’ legal rights and interests, as the bright and bond between government and member, serves and pushes the development of outdoor furniture development.

4.      The register administration institution of GDOFA is the Department of Civil Affairs of Guangdong. GDOFA is under the supervision of Civil Affairs Department and the relative functional departments of Guangdong Province.

5.      GDOFA address: Foshan City

The Second Chapter  Business Range

6.      Business Range of GDOFA

a.       Broadcast and obey national regulations, guide member industry develop business under Constitution, assist government departments to administrate the local industry and business activities.

b.      Accept government’s commission or authorization, attend outdoor furniture’s adjustment and planning, attend the circulating regulation’s drawing of outdoor furniture and its matched product, attend the relative public hearing which hold by governoment department, attend industrial standard drawing, industrial investigation and statistics.

c.       Reflecting member’s inspires and demands to government, serve members. Developing the base investigation for outdoor industry, research and analyze outdoor furniture’s current economy situation, prove the development planning,economy regulations, economy legislation to government.

d.      Organize to draw up the industrial regualtions and industrial faith system, establish the self-discipline system, standard industrial economy, harmonize industrial pricing and other arguement, stop the illegal competition, pretent the market in fair.

e.       Harmonize the relationship between members, member and outsider, member and companies from other industry, consumer, the outdoor furniture other social organization and government department. Help member to achieve the economic and technical cooperation with the national and foreign relative industries.

f.       Organize the experience communication during outdoor funiture industry, the activities of investment and product promotion, promote the typical experience and newly sale method, help member to oper their new market and new product

g.      Base on relative regualtions, establish publication, brief repot ,collect and analyze outdoor furniture industry’s running situation, development trend, introduce national and foreign new technology, new product and new situation. Prove relative regulation, law, product market and other information and consultation service.

h.      Hold a variety of training activities and other technical consultation activities to help member improve their administrative level and employee’s comprehensive quality.

i.        Undertake government’s other projects.

j.        Help mamber to apply the Famous Trademark, China Famous Brand, Ten Ring Certification, help member to extend the economic financing channels.

The Third Chapter  Member Administration

7.      GDOFA menber type: Institutional member

a.       Member has to mainly manage in the customize outdoor furniture production, sales, service and research. After application enter to GDOFA.

b.      Other relative unit in outdoor furniture industry, such as mateiral supplier, equipment manufacture can apply to enter GDOFA to be the industry member.

8.      The essential conditions of applying to enter GDOFA:

a.       Advocacing the constitution of GDOFA.

b.      Having the inspiration of entering GDOFA.

c.       Having a certain affection in the outdoor funiture industry and the relative territory.

d.      Legally register as the company unit or social association about outdoor furniture, and apply to be the unit member.

9.      The program of entering GDOFA

a.       Prove the application.

b.      Get Through after council analyzation

c.       Pay the annual membership dues base on standard.

d.      Secretariat awards the Membership Certification by Council’s permisstion.

10.  The rights of member:

a.       The rights of suffrage , being elected and voting.

b.      Attending the activities of GDOFA.

c.       Having the priority of GDOFA’s service, attend the service of provide information.

d.      Having the right to criticize and make suggestions and monitor.

e.       Volunter to enter or withdraw GDOFA.

f.       Having the other due right.

11.  The obligation of member

a.       Execute the decision of GDOFA;

b.      Prevent the legal right and reputation of GDOFA;

c.       Attend and support GDOFA’s arrangement and activties.

d.      Finish the mission which GDOFA forwards;

e.       Pay the membership due base on the regulations;

f.       Reflect economic situation, and provide the relative documents;

g.      Take the obligation base on the constitution.

12.  The membership due standard:

a.       For chairman unit, RMB 28000 per year;

b.      For executive vice chairman unit, RMB 20000 per year;

c.       For supervising chairman unit, RMB 20000 per year;

d.      For vice chairman unit, RMB 15000 per year;

e.       For vice supervisoring chairman unit, RMB 15000 per year;

f.       For general director unit, RMB 5000 per year;

g.      For supervisory unit, RMB 5000 per year;

h.      For general member unit, RMB 2000 per year.

Note: the next year membership due should be paid every December .

13.  For member’s withdrawing, member need to notice GDOFA through by writing, and hand over the Member Certification. If member didn’t obey the obligation in one year, then is considered to be withdraw automatically. If member withdraw, the paid membership due will not be returned.

14.  If member didn’t obey the Association Constitution of outdoor furniture industry, GDOFA will put forward to critisize and educate. If member have the behavior of seriously obeying the Association Constitution, it will be expelled after the general meeting’s permission.

The Forth Chapter  The Organization and Principal’s Production and Deposition

15.  The highest authority of GDOFA is general meeting. According to the national law, regulation and industry Association Contitution to use rights.

16.  The rights of general meeting

a.       Decide GDOFA’s business range and rights in national law and regulation.

b.      Elect or depose chairman, vice chairman,general director, supervisory and secretary etc.

c.       Deliberate on the working report and financial report, annual financial budget plan of Council and Superisory Board.

d.      Make the decision of membership expelled, changed or repealled.

e.       Draw up or modificate the membership due standard, constitution, oganization structure and eclection method.

f.       Decide the project of association changed, dismiss and clearing etc.

g.      Decide the other important event.

17.  The general meeting hold every two year. For any special situation, it is need to change leadership in advance or delay. It is need tobe passed by Council and permitted by the administration institution of association registration. But the delay leadership change can not more than one year. For genreal meeting, it is at lease hold one time every two year. If there are one fifth membership suggest or the Council consider it is necessary, then temporary general meeting can be held.

18.  Only when two third membership’s attendance, general meeting can be held. General meeting’s decision come into effect when the half of membership made decision. General meeting should record all the discussed projects and public to membership.

19.  There have a Council of general meeting. Council is the executing institution of genreal meeting, During the general meeting closing, Council will on duty according to the general meeting’s decision and th regulation of association constitution.

20.  The Rights of Council.

a.       Carry out the decision of the general meeting.

b.      Elect or depose the chairman, vice chair and secretary general;

c.       Prepare to hold the general meeting.

d.      Report the work and financial situation to general meeting;

e.       Draw up GDOFA’s annual financial budget plan, decision, change, dismiss, clearing and other project.

f.       Draw up the plan of increase registered fund or decrease registered fund.

g.      Decisde the setting of every inner situation, and lead the GDOFA to open works.

h.      Decide the new membership’s initiation, the punishment of membership and the membership expulsion.

i.        Elect secretary general, decide the main principal. According to the secretary general ‘s nomonation, engage or dismiss vice secretary general, the association’s institution, the main principal of representative organization and decide its salary.

j.        Draw up the inner administrative policy.

k.      Decide the other important project.

21.  The Council must to hold two times meeting at lease every year. And there must be 2/3 general pirectors’ attendance. The decision must get through 2/3 Council then be effective. The Council must draw up a meeting summary about the decision and notice to the public.

The Council and President will call up and hold the meeting; When President can’t on duty because special reason, then it is hold by Vice President. If there are 1/3 General Pirector purpose to open meeting, then it can open.

22.  President meeting:

The important decision is decided by the Council and general meeting. It also decided by the meeting which hold by Vice President and President.

23.  For effective President Meeting, it must be attended by 2/3 Vice President. If Vice President can’t attend the meeting becasue of the special reason, then he/she can entrust this company’s administrator(position higher than director and need to report to the secretariat) to act the duty.

24.  There has Superisory meeting(Superisory) in GOFA. It is elected by General Meeting. The tenure of Supervisory Meeting(Supervisory) is TWO year, after tenure, he/she can reappointment. President、Senior Vice President、Vice President、General Director、Secretary-general can’t additional post Supervisory.

25.  The supervisory have rights below:

a.       Supervisory can stand for members meeting to make annul working report.

b.      Monitor the member meeting and the Council’s right of electing and deposing. Monitor the Council to carry out the decision of Member Meeting.

c.       Monitor the General Director Meeting and President meeting, also have the right to suggest and question the General Director Meeting and President Meeting.

d.      Monitor the Council to obey the law and Constitution. When the President, Vice President, General Director or Secretary General and other administrator’s behavior damage Association’s benefit, then Supervisory can demand he/she to correct, and if essential, Supervisory can report it to the Member Meeting and the relative government departments.

26.  GOFA set one President, several Vice President and one Secretary General. President is the legal representative of GOFA and couldn’t additional post the other association’s legal representative in the same time. There are set a President on duty in turns. Every season or every half year, GOFA will have one Senior Vice President as the rotating President.

27.  All the members of General Director Meeting and Supervisory(including leadership changing and leadership adjustment) are elected by the Council( for the first term, it is elected by preparatory committee), and hand over to the Member Meeting for electing. The electing is effective when there are half of the effective tickets for agreement.

28.  The Secretary General election is use selecting system. Secretary General and President can not produce in the same company. President can not additional post Secretary General.

29.  President, Vice President, Supervisory and Secretary General must have the conditions below:

a.       Stick to the Chinese Communist Party’s route, plan, regulations. Have the good policy quality and obey the national law and regulations.

b.      Have a large effection on GOFA’s bussiness area.

c.       The highest age can not more than 70 years old, and Secretary Genera is sole duty.

d.      Have a healthy body situation, can get into work normally.

e.       Without any criminal punishment,such as deprivation of political right.

f.       Have the complete capacity for civil conduct.

30.  President, Vice President, Secretary General’s tenure is two years, it can re-election. President’s reappointment can not more than two rounds.

31.  Right of President below:

a.       Call up and hold the Council;

b.      Check the decision Implement of Member Meeting and the Council.

32.  Secretary General is sole duty, one of the Council, have rights below:

a.       Hold the working institution to open the normal work, organize to carry out the annual plan.

b.      Organize to draw up and carry out the annual working plan, budget and the decision of President meeting.

c.       Harmonize every branch institution, representative organization and real institution to open work.

d.      Nominate the Vice Secretary General and the main principal of working institution, branch institution, real institution.

e.       Nominate preofessional worker’s employment of working institution, branch institution, real institution. Report to President for permission.

f.       Take charge of other nomal work.

33.   GOFA sets branch institution, representative organization, and the process like below:

a.       Secretariat of Outdoor Funiture comes forward to the concrete proposal of setting branch institution.

b.      Take the concrete proposal to the Council for permission.

34.  If the President, Vice President, Secretary General’s age exceed the highest age on duty, then he/she has to apply for dismission;

35.  The President is legal representative, legal representative can stand for GOFA to sign the relative important documents.

The Fifth Chapter            Asset Management& Usage Principle

36.  GOFA’s major financial resources:

a.       Membership fees;

b.      Accepting Donation;

c.       Government Fund

d.      The income of holding activities or service during authorized business range.

e.       Interest;

f.       The other legal income.

37.  During Donation, it is need to obey national law and regulations. And can not share in any method.Donator, sponsor or unit, member and supervisory have right to check the usage situation and admin situation about donation. And come forward a certain of suggestions. GOFA should respond truthfully in time to Donator, sponsor or unit, member and supervisory.

38.  GOFA charges membership fees according to the national relative regulations.

39.  Fund of GOFA must use in the bussiness range and development which set in this Constitution, and can not allot in memberships.

40.  GOFA has strict finance control system, make sure the accountant document is legal, real, precise and complete.

41.  GOFA equips professional accounting personnel. Accountant must go through financial accounting, and as account monitor. When accountant transfer work or dismission, he/she need to take over the post clearly with the replacement.

42.  GOFA’s fund administration need to carry out the national finance control system, and accept the Member Meeting and finance department’s monitoring. The fund which comes from national funds or society donation needs to accept monitoring from auditing body and public to the society about the real situation with suitable method.

43.  Before the leadership changing or legal representative changing of GOFA, it is need to accept financial audit from audit unit which recognized by the Association Administration Institution.

44.  GOFA will according to Guangdong Industry Association Rules, repor the last year’s activities, finance and the arrangement of next year to the Registration and Management Agency before March every year.

GOFA has the report policy of important event: GOFA will hold the big academic report, seminar and display, communication with foreigner, foreign associations, open outdoor industry’s inner appraise through comparison、recognition event. Accept foreign and society donation.

45.  GOFA staff’s salary ,insurance and benefits is base on the national unit.

The Sixth Chapter  Fobidden Project

46.  All the member’s GOFA can not use Guangdong Outdoor Furniture Associations this name to begin the commercail advertisement. All the members can use “ The Member Unit of Guangdong Outdoor Furniture Associations to advertising.

The Seven Chapter  Constitute’s Adjustment Program

47.  Adjustment Program need the permission of Council and report to the Membership Meeting.

48.  30 days after the permission of Membership Meeting, it is need to report to the Registration and management agency to be effectively.

The Eighth Chapter  Terminator and property processing

49.  GOFA’s dismiss or write off because of seperation and mergering, it is need to be purposed by the Council.

50.  The write off decision need to be passed by Membership Meeting and report to the Registration and management agency to check and agree.

51.  Before write off, it is need to hold a liquidation organization under the Registration and management agency , settling claims and debts. During liquidation, association can not hold any other activities.

52.  After GOFA finish the  cancellation of registration formalities in the Registration and management agency, it means ending.

53.  After ending, the last property will use in th relative event about outdoor funiture’s development under the supervise of the Registration and management agency.

The Ninth Chapter  Supplementary Articles

54.  This constitute got through be the Membership Meeting at 22th November 2013.

55.  The Interpretation of this constitute is belongs to GOFA Council.

56.  The constitute begin to be effective when the Registration and management agency finish examination.