Six associations, including China Machinery Industry Federation, were approved by informed criticism of the Ministry of Civil Affairs

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 23 (Reporter Luo Zhengguang) The Social Organization Administration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs released a message on the 23rd. According to the relevant briefing materials of the State Council, six associations, including China Machinery Industry Federation, violated the rules to conduct appraisal and commendation fees, and the civil affairs department punished them respectively after verification, such as stopping their activities within a time limit and ordering a full refund.

　　The Social Organization Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported that in recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to cleaning up and standardizing the fees charged by enterprises and reducing the burden on enterprises, and issued a series of normative documents, but some trade associations still turned a deaf ear and even charged fees against the wind. According to the announcement of relevant audit results issued by the State Council work briefing to reduce the burden on enterprises, the Ministry of Civil Affairs conducted informed criticism on six cases of illegal appraisal and commendation fees:

　　From January 2015 to September 2017, the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award Office affiliated to China Machinery Industry Federation violated the relevant regulations and illegally collected 1,051,700 yuan from the winners in the selection of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award.

　　From January, 2014 to December, 2016, China Business Federation violated relevant regulations, carried out appraisal and commendation activities in violation of regulations, and charged 1,927,900 yuan for promotion and publicity from participating enterprises.

　　From January to September, 2017, China Advertising Association violated the relevant regulations, authorized its subordinate advertising companies to entrust Shanghai Bofei Culture Communication Co., Ltd. to carry out the "effie awards in Greater China 2017" selection activity, and illegally charged the participating enterprises 5,875,500 yuan in entry fees, investment promotion and cooperation fees.

　　From January, 2014 to December, 2016, Guizhou Construction Industry Association violated the relevant regulations, and illegally charged the participating enterprises a construction method declaration fee of 294,000 yuan and an award fee of 501,600 yuan during the selection of provincial construction methods, outstanding construction enterprises and outstanding project managers of construction enterprises.

　　From January 2015 to May 2017, Shenzhen Construction Industry Association violated relevant regulations and illegally charged 6,059,500 yuan, including the declaration fee, to the participating enterprises during the evaluation activities such as the selection of construction methods.

　　From January, 2014 to July, 2017, Shenzhen Decoration Industry Association violated the relevant regulations, and illegally carried out appraisal activities such as "Six Excellent" in the industry, and charged appraisal fees of 3,079,500 yuan to participating enterprises and individuals.

　　The Social Organization Administration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said that in response to the illegal charges of the above six associations, the civil affairs department and relevant departments carefully checked the clues of suspected illegal charges and made serious treatment. Some have been given administrative punishment for stopping their activities for three months within a time limit, some have been ordered to correct relevant illegal acts and replace the directly responsible person in charge, some have been ordered to refund in full, and some have been transferred to law enforcement departments for investigation. Chambers of commerce of various industry associations should take the above six associations as a warning, learn lessons seriously, and put an end to the phenomenon of illegal enterprise-related charges.