China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

Ⅰ.Functions of CCPIT

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) is also called China Chamber of International Commerce.

China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) comprises VIPS, enterprises and organizations representing the economic and trade circles in China.     

The aims of the CCPIT are to operate and promote foreign trade, to utilize foreign investment, to conduct activities of Sino-foreign economic and technological cooperation, to promote the mutual understanding and friendship of economic and trade relations between China and other countries and regions around the world, in line with laws, regulations and government policies of the People's Republic of China and with the reference of international practice.

CCPIT is a corporation, which could sign agreements, protocols and other documents about trade promotion, investment and economic cooperation with related organizations, institutions and international organizations in all the other countries and regions.

Local trade promotion organizations can be set up in administrative areas above county level in P.R.C. and industrial trade promotion organizations can be set up according to the relevant industries. CCPIT guides and coordinates the work of local and industrial trade promotion organizations.

Ⅱ.Missions and obligations of CCPIT

Invite and receive the foreign delegations of figures in economic and trade world; organize the national economic and trade delegations to investigate and visit abroad; carry out exchanges and cooperation with related international organizations, regional organizations and chambers, associations and trade promotion of all the other countries; join in related international organizations and their activities; organize, participate or cooperate with relevant foreign institutions to convene the international conferences about law and economic, trade and technical co-operations; contact the China representative organizations of the related foreign organizations and foreign chambers set in China; promote to establish chambers and association of Chinese enterprises abroad; set up representative offices and dispatch representatives to foreign countries.  

Promote economic and trade exchanges between inland and Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions, mainland China and Taiwan, and provide services to the exchanges and co-operations between mainland China commercial circle and Hong Kong, Macau special administrative regions and Taiwan's.

Authorized by the State Council to approve and manage the economic and trade expos in foreign countries hold by all domestic regions and units; represent China to take party in the activities of Bureau of International Expositions(BIE) , take charge of organizing, coordinating, supervising and managing the relevant affairs when China participating the activities of BIE and World Expo; held China trade expositions in foreign countries and take party in international business expos and exhibitions; held economic trade exhibitions and expos in China; approve foreign related economic and technological expos held by CCPIT systems.

Collect, arrange, deliver and release economic and trade information; undertake the evaluation and feasibility study of economic and technological projects cooperated by China and foreign countries; contact and organize economic and trade talks and technological exchanges activities; provide services of economic and trade information, consulting and investigations etc. to foreign related enterprises and organizations; edit and publish newspapers, journals, electronic publications and other publications.

Provide services to members and other enterprises; report the related situations and opinions of the enterprises world to the administrative departments; research the relevant problems in the economic and trade area and provide references to enterprises; coordinate International Chamber of Commerce's business to China and the contact affairs between International Chamber of Commerce and its China Committee.

Carry on the affairs of economic and trade, maritime arbitration and mediation, and solve all kinds of economic and trade disputes and maritime disputes by arbitration and mediate way; issue non-preferential certificate of origin and offer force majeure evidence, conduct consular certification affairs of foreign related trade documents, certifications of foreign related commercial documents, provide certificates of international commercial affairs for others; carry on the business of certificates of ATA and insurance; accept and hear the adjustment affairs of general average and particular average; carry on the legal study of solving related disputes affairs of international, domestic civilian and commercial, maritime areas, provide related legal consulting and adviser services.

Act as agent in patent applying and trademark register business of Chinese enterprises and individuals applying in domestic and foreign countries or foreign enterprises and individuals applying in China, provide intellectual property consulting, disputes solving etc. legal services; carry on technical and trade affairs.  

Conducting other affairs authorized or delivered by the State Council.

Ⅲ. Major subordinate departments and businesses of CCPIT

1. Economic Information Department

The Economic Information Department is the CCPIT's functional department in charge of information service. It is responsible for investigating and studying the economic development in China and abroad; collecting, sorting out, relaying and releasing economic and trade information; providing information on a two-way basis for Chinese and foreign enterprises, institutions and economic and trade organizations as well as institutions in the same system with the CCPIT; providing relevant Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions with information on economic and technological cooperation and trade, and with consultation services; providing Chinese and foreign companies and enterprises with the service of investigating the credibility rating of business; contacting Chinese and foreign economic and trade circles to organize activities of technological exchange; editing and publishing foreign economic and trade publications; organizing foreign economic and trade negotiations; and brokering economic and trade links and cooperation between China and foreign countries.

2. Exhibition Department

The main business of the Exhibition Department is to act under the trust of the Chinese government to hold Chinese trade exhibitions abroad and participate in international expositions and shows on behalf of China. It is also in charge of coordinating and managing the holding of Chinese economic and trade exhibitions abroad.

3. Legal Affairs Department

The Legal Affairs Department is the legal service agency under the CCPIT designed to provide international economic and trade circles with legal services concerning foreign economic and trade operations. The legal services provided by the Legal Affairs Department include the following: to issue the certificate of origin for Chinese exports; to issue the force majeure certificate; to issue and authenticate papers and documents concerning operations of foreign trade and maritime cargo transportation; to accept cases for the adjustment of general and particular average; and to issue support papers for companies, enterprises or individuals operating the export trade on a temporary basis and to provide guarantee for them.

4. International Relations Department

The International Liaison Department is mainly intended to contact economic and trade circles, other economic and trade bodies and relevant international organizations in all countries and regions around the world.

5. Sub-council and Membership Affairs Department

The Council Affairs Department is a functional department designed to contact the councilors, members, sub-councils and chapters of the CCPIT. Its main responsibility is to guide, manage and coordinate the business between CCPIT head office and its sub-councils as well as provide service to CCPIT’s member companies.

The department also holds training courses, workshops ,seminars regularly, organize member companies to visit abroad and edit “Catalog of CCPIT’s Member Companies”.

6. Media and Press Center

The Promotion and Publication Department is intended to edit and publish foreign economic and trade newspapers and other publications. Up till now, it has had the following publications: “China’s Foreign Trade”, “World Product and Technology” and “ Catalog of China’s Import and Export Products”.

7. China International Exhibition Corporation

China International Exhibtion Corporation is intended to arrange and accommodate economic, trade and technological exhibitions of foreign countries held in China; to sponsor special or comprehensive international exhibitions; to organize and sponsor international expositions; and to coordinate the efforts of relevant Chinese institutions to make arrangement and accommodation for the holding of economic, trade and technological exhibitions of foreign countries in China.

8. Patent and Trademark Law Office

The Patent and Trademark Affairs Office is an agency for handling affairs of foreign intellectual property rights on behalf of its clients, which is the first of its kind ever established in China. So far, it has become a comprehensive intellectual property rights affairs agency with a complete range of functions covering patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights and legal affairs. It has representative offices in Beijing, New York, Munich, Tokyo, Hong Kong , Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The office has more than 110 agents, among which one third have been trained in foreign Intellectual Property Offices or Law Schools abroad. Besides, the agents also positively participate in various international conferences related to intellectual property issues.

9. China International Trade Arbitration Committee/ China Maritime Arbitration Committee

This agency is responsible for accepting cases for international economic and trade arbitration as well as for maritime arbitration.

Ⅳ. Branch offices and Sub- level branch offices

Presently, the CCPIT has under it 51 local branch offices, 20 industrial branch offices, more than 600 sub-level branch offices and county-level chambers of commerce, and more than 60,000 member enterprises, which have formed a working network covering all parts of China and all sectors in the country.

Ⅴ. Overseas Representative Offices

Presently, the CCPIT operates 15 representative offices based in Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, Australia, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Belgium, France, Mexico, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.

Ⅵ. Contact Methods for the Major Departments in CCPIT

More details about CCPIT and its departments can be found on CCPIT’s official website, which is www.ccpit.org.

 

Contact Information of CCPIT’s Sub-councils

 

CCPIT INDUSTRIAL SUB-COUNCILS

 

 

CCPIT’s Overseas Representative Offices