Interpretation of the full text of the Regulations on the Registration and Management of Social Groups General Principles Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to protect citizens’ freedom of association, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of social groups, strengthen the registration management of social groups, and promote the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization.

Article 2: Social groups as mentioned in these Regulations refer to non-profit social organizations that are voluntarily formed by Chinese citizens and carry out activities in accordance with their charter in order to realize the unanimous wishes of their members.

Organizations other than state agencies can join social groups as unit members.

Article 3 The establishment of a social group must be reviewed and approved by its business supervisory unit and registered in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

Social organizations should meet the conditions of legal persons.

The following groups do not fall within the scope of registration stipulated in these regulations: (1) People's organizations participating in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; (2) Groups approved by the organizational establishment management agency of the State Council and exempted from registration with the approval of the State Council; (3) Government agencies,

Groups, groups established within enterprises and institutions with the approval of the unit and operating within the unit.

Article 4 Social organizations must abide by the constitution, laws, regulations and national policies; they must not oppose the basic principles established by the constitution, nor endanger the unity, security and national unity of the country, nor harm the interests of the country, the interests of the public and other organizations.

and citizens’ legitimate rights and interests, and must not violate social morals.

Social organizations are not allowed to engage in profit-making business activities.

Article 5: The state protects social groups from carrying out activities in accordance with laws, regulations and their charters, and no organization or individual may illegally interfere.

Article 6 The civil affairs department of the State Council and the civil affairs departments of local people's governments at or above the county level are the social group registration and management agencies of the people's governments at the same level (hereinafter referred to as the registration management agencies).

Relevant departments of the State Council and relevant departments of local people's governments at or above the county level, organizations authorized by the State Council or local people's governments at or above the county level are the business supervisory units of social groups within relevant industries, disciplines or business scopes (hereinafter referred to as business supervisory units)

).

If laws and administrative regulations have other provisions on the supervision and management of social groups, the provisions of the relevant laws and administrative regulations shall prevail.

Article 7: National social groups under jurisdiction shall be registered and managed by the registration and management agency of the State Council; local social groups shall be registered and managed by the registration and management agency of the local people’s government; social groups across administrative regions shall be registered and managed by the administrative regions they cross.

The registration and management authority of the people's government at the same level as above is responsible for registration and management.

Article 8 If the registration management agency or business supervisory unit is not located in the same place as the social group under its jurisdiction, the registration management agency or business supervisory unit at the domicile of the social group may be entrusted with the responsibility for supervision and management within the entrusted scope.

Establishment Registration Article 9 Any application to establish a social group shall be subject to review and approval by its business supervisory unit, and the sponsor shall apply for registration to the registration management authority.

(2016 revised version) The sponsor shall apply to the registration management authority for preparation (1998 version). During the preparation period, no activities other than preparation shall be carried out.

(This paragraph was added in the 2016 revised version) Article 10 To establish a social group, the following conditions must be met: (1) There are more than 50 individual members or more than 30 unit members; if individual members and unit members are mixed, the total number of members

No less than 50; (2) Have a standardized name and corresponding organizational structure; (3) Have a fixed residence; (4) Have full-time staff suitable for its business activities; (5) Have legal assets and funds

Source: national social groups have activity funds of more than 100,000 yuan, local social groups and cross-administrative social groups have activity funds of more than 30,000 yuan; (6) Have the ability to independently bear civil liability.

The name of a social organization shall comply with the provisions of laws and regulations and shall not violate social morals.

The name of a social group should be consistent with its business scope, member distribution, and activity area, and accurately reflect its characteristics.

National social organizations whose names are named with the words "China", "National", "China", etc. must be approved in accordance with relevant national regulations. Local social organizations must not be named with "China", "National", "China", etc.

"China" and other words.