The role and significance of chamber of commerce

The functions and significance of the Chamber of Commerce are as follows:

First, the sense of belonging at home. Chamber of Commerce is a new social organization for entrepreneurs to seek a sense of belonging. Everyone can warm and encourage each other under the same roof. The Chamber of Commerce is a "meeting of businessmen". The biggest wish of members to join the membership is to better express their nostalgia, develop their words and seek cooperation through the platform of the Chamber of Commerce, and also to better contribute to society and assume responsibilities through the organization of the Chamber of Commerce.

the second is the network of contacts. To do business, you must first have contacts and connections, and contacts are the greatest wealth. After joining the Chamber of Commerce, there will be more social activities, more people will be met, and a few people will be selected from the people they know for a long time to communicate and eventually become good friends, and friends are resources.

A study proves that as long as you have six friends, you can get in touch with the world. A friend of a friend is your friend. Joining the Chamber of Commerce will open a door for you to enter the broad society and join the collective ranks. This is a shortcut to form a personal network.

the third is the information channel. Today is the information society. Doing business requires timely knowledge of policy information, investment information, project information, etc. The Chamber of Commerce is a communication channel and a gathering place for information, with much more information than individual businesses. Participating in the Chamber of Commerce can not only get business information from the Chamber of Commerce itself, but also get useful information from government departments, entrepreneurs and villagers, which will be of great help to their own development.

Founding process:

Since the late Qing Dynasty, the status of businessmen has been greatly improved due to the changes in the situation, and the nature of merchant organizations has also changed accordingly. Traditional merchant organizations, such as early merchant organizations in the form of guilds and good churches, naturally began to transform into chambers of commerce in the modern sense according to the actual situation.

In p>1899, the first private draft charter of the Chamber of Commerce appeared, the Charter of Establishing a Business Association in China; In 192, Yan Xinhou, the general director of Shanghai Commercial Bank, organized and established the Shanghai Commercial Conference Office, which was the embryonic form of the modern chamber of commerce.

in p>193, the Qing government set up the Ministry of Commerce as the highest management institution in charge of agriculture, industry and commerce. In 194, according to the opinions of the Ministry of Commerce, the Qing court issued the Concise Articles of Association of Chading Chamber of Commerce and Six Supplementary Articles of the Articles of Association of Chamber of Commerce. This legal document became the legal basis for the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce. On January 13th, 195, Tianjin Chamber of Commerce was formally established.

by 198, there were 58 general chambers of commerce (9 of which were established overseas) and 223 branches in China. In 1912, the total number of chambers of commerce soared to 794, and in 1915, it surged to 1262.

In p>1915, the Senate acted as the Legislative Yuan, and the Chamber of Commerce Law was agreed at the second regular session, which was promulgated in December. In February of the following year, the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Revised Chamber of Commerce Law was promulgated. In 1927, after the establishment of Nanjing National Government, the Chamber of Commerce Law and the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Chamber of Commerce Law were revised again.

In p>1929, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce drew up the draft Law on Chambers of Commerce, which was promulgated and implemented on August 15th of the same year. Since its establishment, the Chamber of Commerce system has been a mass organization with a strong sense of independence. Compared with other forms of mass organizations, it was a new type of commercial non-governmental organization that the Qing government paid the most attention to and advocated at that time.