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Shanghai Municipal Social Service Bureau

Work Duties:

Shanghai Municipal Social Service Bureau is a functional department of Shanghai Municipal PeopleĦŻs Government that provides comprehensive coordination and service for the development of the new economic organizations and the new social organizations (hereinafter jointly referred to asĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations), and performs its duties in the same office as Shanghai Social Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China.

Major duties:

1. To implement the guidelines, policies and laws, rules and regulations relating toĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations; to organize or participate in the drawing-up of the drafts of local laws, rules and policies on the promotion of the development ofĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations in the light of the actual circumstances of this Municipality.

2. To study the problems concerning the overall situation or the direction in the development ofĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations, put forward special planning proposals concerning the development ofĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations, and provide the Municipal Government with consulting service in its decision-making.

3. To coordinate relevant departments in joint exploration of the channels and methods of promoting the development ofĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations, guide and urge theĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations to carry out their activities in accordance with relevant laws, rules and regulations and their own articles of association, and practice honest operation, and honest service.

4. To coordinate relevant departments in integrating and utilizing resources of all sides, set up the mechanism of information-sharing, strengthen the contact and communication withĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations, jointly provide theĦ°Two NewsĦħorganizations with such services as policy consultancy, release of information, exploration of talents, cooperation and exchanges.

5. To undertake the duties of competent business administrative unit of trade associations, take charge of the preliminary examination on the preparation, establishment, alteration, separation, cancellation of trade associations; to take charge of the education and training of the directors of trade associations; to participate in the annual inspection and routine supervision and administration over trade associations.

6. To timely carry out the summary, analysis and study on the development of various trade associations, and put forward suggestions for countermeasures; to supervise and urge relevant departments to strengthen the routine supervision and administration in accordance with relevant laws, rules and regulations.

7. To take charge of the overall coordination and administration over market intermediary organizations including the economic authentication intermediary organization, and coordinate the relationship between relevant government departments, intermediary trade associations, and the market intermediary organizations; to strengthen the routine supervision and administration over the market intermediary organizations jointly with registration administrative departments and business administrative departments.

8. To keep abreast of the situation of examination and approval and annual inspection on the preparation, establishment, alteration, separation and cancellation of the market intermediary organizations, other mass organizations, private-owned non-enterprise units, on the part of the competent business administrative department and the registration organ; by means of filing for the record, to participate in the supervision and administration over market intermediary organizations, other mass organizations, private-owned non-enterprise units.

9. To be responsible for the acceptance and handling of administrative reconsideration application and the response to administrative lawsuits.

10. To undertake other matters assigned by the municipal government.