Chapter 2 Business Scope
Article 6 CCOEA Business scope is:
　　(1) To exercise investigation and study of culture & office equipment trade's regional economic development and to put forward Association's opinion and suggestion in aspects of economic policy and legislation;
　　(2) With approval and authorization of governmental Dept. to proceed statistics and to collect, analyze and release information of culture & office equipment trade;
　　(3) To establish publication of culture & office equipment trade and to develop consulting service;
　　(4) To organize training courses on talents, technology and occupation;
　　(5) To organize fairs, exhibitions etc;
　　(6) With approval of governmental Dept. to participate in quality management and supervision;
　　(7) To give guidance and to assist enterprises improving business management;
　　(8) With entrustment to organize scientific and technical result's identification and to spread application;
　　(9) To draft, supervise and implement trade's regulations and rules and to standardize trade's behavior, coordinate price disputes with same occupation and protect fair competition;
　　(10) To reflect member's requirement and coordinate relationship among members also to protect their legal rights and profits;
　　(11) Authorized and entrusted by governmental Dept. to participate in drafting trade's plan and to proceed initial stage proof discussion of trade's large and important projects for technical upgrading, technology import, investment and development;
　　(12) To participate in drafting, amending national norm and industrial norm and to organize carrying out, implementing and supervising such standards;
　　(13) To participate in delivering industry's production and business license also to participate in examining identification qualification;
　　(14) To participate in market construction for related products;
　　(15) To develop trade's and social public welfare deeds;
　　(16) To bear other tasks entrusted by governmental Dept.

　　Chapter 3 Members
Article 7 Within Chinese territory all manufacturers and related scientific research design institutes, universities and colleges, companies and entities already obtained Industrial & Commercial Business License according to Chinese law to work in fields of culture & office equipment plus the linked element, material or technological assistance operation etc may submit with its application form to Association for membership qualification and be admitted through approval as a member. Representative member should be the said firm's legal representative or representative entrusted by the legal person. Experts, scholars and celebrities who support culture & office equipment trade's development and are enthusiastic to trade's work or familiar to trade's business can be appointed as Association's advisors.
Article 8 Applicant for Association membership qualification shall also have following conditions:
　　(1) To uphold Association Regulations;
　　(2) To wish participating in Association;
　　(3) To have certain impression in the field of culture & office equipment trade.
Article 9 Procedure to be Association member is:
　　(1) To submit Application Form for Association member;
　　(2) To discuss for approval by Board of Directors or check by Association's Secretary Office to conduct relevant formalities;
　　(3) To submit on file to Board of Directors by Association's Secretary Office.
Article 10 Association member enjoys following rights:
　　(1) To have the right to vote, right to be elected and right of final vote;
　　(2) With priority to participate in Association's activities;
　　(3) With priority to enjoy various services from Association;
　　(4) With priority to get information papers and publications from Association;
　　(5) With priority and favor to enjoy scientific research results, technical and economic information organized by Association for exchange and transfer purpose;
　　(6) To have the right of criticism, suggestion as well as supervision;
　　(7) To participate in Association by its own willingness and to withdraw from Association by its free choice;
　　(8) It is allowed for Association member to participate in local professional association or other associations.
Article 11 Association member performs following obligations:
　　(1) To observe Association Regulations and to execute Association's resolutions;
　　(2) To vindicate Association's lawful rights and interests as well as culture & office equipment trade's common profits;
　　(3) To fulfill the work entrusted by Association and to participate in Association's activities;
　　(4) To hand in membership dues according to Association rules;
　　(5) According to Association requirement to provide member's basic conditions in aspects of production, technology and business management with advanced experience.
　　Article12 If a member wants to withdraw from Association it needs to advise Association in written form to discuss for approval by Board of Directors so as to cancel its membership qualification.
Article 13 If a member's behavior is seriously opposite to Regulations such is to vote for approval by Board of Directors or Standing Board of Directors to delete its name.

　　Chapter 4 Structure of Organization, Responsible Official's produce and recall
Article 14 Top power authority of Association is Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference); Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) is to hold four (4) years a time with responsibility as follows:
　　(1) To formulate and amend Regulations;
　　(2) To elect and recall Directors;
　　(3) To review working report and financial report by Board of Directors;
(4) To discuss and decide working policy of Association, membership dues' hand-in method, organization work ordinances and other important matters;
(5) To decide termination matters.
Article 15 The holding of Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) needs more than two thirds (2/3) of its members' (or representative members') attendance to open and the coming into force of its resolution needs more than half (1/2) of its member (or representative member) attendees to vote for approval.
Article 16 Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) is four years a term. If in special situation needs to change the stage of term in advance or delay it has to vote for approval by Board of Directors to report to the competent business department for examination and be ratified by the entity registration administration organ. Time of delay to change stage of term is at most no more than one year.
Article 17 Board of Directors is the executive organ of Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) and is during Conference's off-time to lead Association exercising daily work. Board of Directors is responsible to Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference). Each stage of term on duty for Board of Directors is four (4) years.
If change of representative legal person of a member firm the new representative legal person of the said firm shall be the consecutive member.
In special situation and on the basis of sufficient consultation and exchange of opinions with related sides (professional Sub-Associations, previous standing members and members etc) it may also adopt communication method to elect members.
Article 18 Board of Directors' Responsibility and Right are as follows:
　　(1) To execute resolutions of Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference);
　　(2) To elect and recall President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary General;
　　(3) To prepare holding Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference);
　　(4) To report its work and financial situation to Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference);
　　(5) To decide member's absorption or deletion;
　　(6) To decide setting up business organs, branches, representative offices and firms;
　　(7) To decide inviting Vice-Secretary Generals, main responsible officials of separate organs;
　　(8) To lead Association's organs to develop work;
　　(9) To draft internal management system;
　　(10) To examine and approve Association's annual working plan, summary of work and financial final accounts;
　　(11) To examine and approve member's augment and change;
　　(12) To chose Honorary President and invite advisors;
　　(13) To decide other important matters.
　　
　　 Article 19 The holding of Board of Directors' meeting needs more than two thirds (2/3) of its Directors' attendance to open and the coming into force of its resolution needs more than two thirds (2/3) of its Director attendees to vote for approval.
Article 20 Board of Directors' meeting is to hold one year a time and in special situation it may also adopt communication method to hold meeting.
Article 21 The said Association sets up a Standing Board of Directors. Standing Board of Directors is composed of President, Vice-Presidents, Standing Members and Secretary General to produce from election by Board of Directors and is during off-time of Board of Directors' meeting to exercise Article 18 (1), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8) & (9)'s responsibility and right. Standing Board of Directors is responsible to Board of Directors.
Article 22 The holding of Standing Board of Directors' meeting needs more than two thirds (2/3) of its Standing Directors' attendance to open and the coming into force of its resolution needs more than two thirds (2/3) of its Standing Director attendees to vote for approval.
Article 23 Standing Board of Directors' meeting is at least to hold one half year a time and in special situation it may also adopt communication method to hold meeting.
Article 24 The said Association's President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary General shall have following conditions:
　　(1) To insist on Communist Party's line, principle and policy with good political character;
　　(2) To have comparatively larger impression in Association's business domain;
(3) To be 70 years old at most on duty for President and Vice-Presidents and 65 years old at most on duty for Secretary General. Secretary General is on specific duty.
　　(4) To be healthy to adhere to normal work;
　　(5) To have no historical criminal sanction to deprive political rights;
　　(6) To own full ability of civil behavior.
Article 25 If the age of Association's President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary General is more than the top age on duty it has to vote for approval by Board of Directors to report to the competent business department for examination and be ratified by the entity registration administration organ to hold the post.
Article 26 Term on duty for Association's President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary General is four (4) years. Period on duty for President, Vice-Presidents and Secretary General shall not be more than two (2) terms.
If in special situation needs to extend period on duty it is allowed to hold the post only after vote by Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) with two thirds of Member attendees' approval to report to the competent business department for examination and be ratified by the entity registration administration organ.
Article 27 President is Association's legal Representative. Association's legal Representative shall not hold concurrent post as legal Representative of other entities.
Article 28 President is to exercise following responsibility and right:
　　(1) To call and hold Board of Directors' meeting and Standing Board of Directors' meeting;
　　(2) To check up resolution's validation by Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference), Board of Directors' meeting and Standing Board of Directors' meeting;
　　(3) On behalf of Association to sign relevant important documents;
　　(4) To deal with other related important matters.
Article 29 Secretary General is to exercise following responsibility and right:
　　(1) To hold business organs to develop daily work and to organize implementing annual work plan;
　　(2) To coordinate branches, representative offices and firms to develop work;
　　(3) To nominate Vice-Secretary Generals and main responsible officials of business organs, branches, representative offices and firms for a decision by Board of Directors and Standing Board of Directors;
　　(4) To decide inviting specific duty working personnel of business organs, representative offices and firms;
　　(5) To deal with trade's work entrusted by governmental Dept. and other daily business work.

　　Chapter 5 Management of Assets and Principle of Utilization
Article 30 Association's resource of funds is from:
　　(1) Membership dues;
　　(2) Donation and grant;
　　(3) Government assistance;
　　(4) Income of developing activities within approved business scope or of services;
　　(5) Bank interest;
　　(6) Other legal incomes.
Article 31 Association collects membership dues according to state relevant stipulations. Branch organs shall not independently collect membership dues and its subsidy of activity is allocated separately by Association according to certain proportion of membership dues handed-in from different professional membership firms. Association and branches need all with efforts to develop compensated services to earn incomes so as to make up insufficiency of funds.
Article 32 Association's funds must be used in business circle and in development of deeds as stipulated in the Regulations. It can not be distributed among members.
Article 33 Association sets up strict financial system and ensures accounting documents legal, true, correct and complete.
Article 34 Association provides accounting personnel to have professional qualification. Accountant shall not hold concurrent post as cashier. Accounting personnel has to proceed checking of account to implement accountant supervision. When accountant is to shift of work or farewell of post it needs to conduct clearly hand-over formality with the take-over personnel.
Article 35 Association's assets management must implement state stipulated financial management system, accept supervision from Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) and from financial administration department. Whereas assets resource comes from state allocated fund or social donation, grant and assistance it must accept supervision from audit organ and with appropriate means to publicize the society of related situation.
Article 36 Prior the changing over of Association's stage of term or legal representative needs to accept financial audit organized by the entity registration administration organ and the competent business department.
Article 37 Association's assets are not to be seized, illicitly distributed and diverted by any department or individuals.
Article 38 Salary, insurance and welfare treatments for Association's specific duty working personnel are to be implemented with reference to follow related state stipulations for institutions.

　　Chapter 6 Branches
Article 39 Association sets up professional Sub-Associations according to specialty categories. Professional Sub-Associations are Association's Branches and they are Association's basic activity departments as well as the working base to develop work under leadership of Association.
　　(1) Sub-Association shall link up with a firm and shall according to Regulations to combine with self specialty's features to draft its working rules which will come into force after examination by the linked firm and be approval by Association;
　　(2) Sub-Association's Member must be Association's Member;
　　(3) Sub-Association shall assist Association to recruit members and to urge hand-in of membership dues;
　　(4) The linked firm shall actively support Sub-Association's work and as far as possible provide convenience of manpower, material resources and working conditions, also shall assist Sub-Association to develop trade's work;
　　(5) Sub-Association has obligation to bear related work handed by Association and at fixed time to report Association with its working plan, summary and financial final accounting of revenue and expenditure.

　　Chapter 7 Amendment Procedure of Regulations
Article 40 To amend Association Regulations needs to vote for approval by Board of Directors to report Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) for examination.
Article 41 The revised Association Regulations will come into force after approval by Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) and in 15 days with approval from examination by the competent business department to be ratified by the entity registration administration organ.

　　Chapter 8 Termination of Procedures and Treatment of Assets after Termination
Article 42 If Association needs to cancel Association's name due to cause of completion of its purpose, self dismiss, split or merge it should be put forward a motion of termination by Board of Directors or Standing Board of Directors.
Article 43 Association's motion of termination has to vote for approval by Members Conference (or Representative Members Conference) to report to the competent business department for approval examination.
Article 44 Prior Association's termination it needs to set up clearing organization of accounts under guidance of the competent business department and related organs to clear creditor's rights as well as debt and to treat aftermath matters. During clearing period it is not allowed to develop any activity except the clearing operation.
Article 45 Association is terminated after conducting cancel registration formality by the entity registration administration organ.
Article 46 Under supervision of the competent business department and the entity registration administration organ the remaining assets after Association's termination shall according to state relevant stipulations be used to develop the deeds in relation to Association's purpose.

　　Chapter 9 Supplementary Articles
Article 47 CCOEA Regulations are approved by final vote of Members Conference on January 22, 2002.
Article 48 CCOEA Regulations' explanation right is belonged to Association's Board of Directors.
Article 49 CCOEA Regulations shall come into force starting from the date of ratification by the Entity Registration Administration Organ.