Trade association function has great realistic value; it is an important supplement to the performance of the governmental function and the operation the state power. Trade association is a major carrier of the managing economy in the modern countries, with whose function effectively brought into play, the social resources could be optimized and be shifted from a single-pole pattern of governance,traditional market or state, to a ternary mode of "market regulation-guild regulation-state intervention". Consequently the cost of governmental resource allocation could be reduced; meanwhile the means of state managing economy could be optimized.Association industry is an organization to achieve the common goal of organized interests, and has members participate in a non-profit, non-governmental, self-discipline of juridical association organization. It is one of the main economic laws, having characters, such as, self-discipline, voluntary, industrial, non-governmental, non-profit, etc. The main function of trade associations is that under certain conditions, based on its internal structure, properties and values of the guidelines, it can have some impacts to other social phenomena. The specific functions include self-regulatory function’s, service functions and coordination functions. The ways to achieve trade association functions mainly includes the provision of information, the development of industry regulation and coordination of interests. The implementation of trade association functions is helpful to construct economic order, reduce the "government failure" and support state intervention. In the market economy, industry associations need to adapt to WTO rules, a new function has been expanded, resulting in the protection of the domestic market and helping enterprises to develop foreign markets and anti-dumping functions. According to the current situation of China’s trade association, the essay discusses the function of strengthening our trade association in specific measures, proposes the idea of strengthening self-regulatory function of our industry associations, strengthening the mechanisms for building industry association in China, improving the legal system of China’s trade association, and establishing trade association professionals culture system. |