Research On The De-administration Development Of Trade Associations From The Perspective Of Social Corporatism

In recent years,China’s social organizations have achieved rapid development.Trade associations and chambers of commerce are social organizations that are widely active in the field of national market economy.They play an important role in participating in public affairs,sharing government functions,guiding industry development,etc.They also have a strong official color and become the vanguard of the country’s efforts to promote the separation of government and society.It is of great significance to study how to develop trade associations after de-administration,so as to reshape the benign relationship between government and society in the post-decoupling era.In this paper,the de-administrative development of trade associations is studied,and a representative Beijing municipal government-run trade association,Beijing Qiaoniang Association,is selected for in-depth case analysis.Through the use of second-hand data analysis and in-depth field research,the case analysis is supported by theory and reality.Before decoupling from the Beijing Women’s Federation,the Beijing Qiaoniang Association was similar to other unreformed trade associations,with some problems,such as excessive dependence on the government,too administrative personnel arrangements,integrity risks in the community of political and social interests,and the overhead "general meeting" of the board of directors.De-administrative reform has enabled it to achieve "five separations" from the government,not only establishing a benign and interactive political and social relationship,but also maintaining and developing its dominant position in the industry and increasing its right to speak.However,the de-administrative reform also brings new practical constraints,including: it is difficult to maintain the balance of payments by itself,the bureaucratic structure limits the vitality of the association,and the cohesion of the association to its members declines.How to deal with the practical constraints after the de-administrative reform is a new challenge for trade associations.It is found that the theory of social corporatism provides an analytical framework of three dimensions,namely,governance model,representativeness of trade associations and mode of funds.Each dimension contains three main characteristics: governance model: guardian,number of organizations and competitiveness;Representative of trade associations: representative position,hierarchical order and leaders;The mode of funds: compulsion,interest expression and functional differentiation,which can be used as a tool to analyze the de-administration of Beijing Qiaoniang Association.After de-administration,the political and social relationship between the association and the guardian has reached a relatively balanced state in the governance mode,and the cooperation and competition from bottom to top have increased;The hierarchical order gradually disintegrated after decoupling,and the association gained the right of independent selection;There has also been a breakthrough in the source of funds,which can win more government to buy services.At the same time,absorbing and drawing lessons from the experience of the United States,Britain,Shanghai,Wenzhou,Guangzhou and other countries and places,the future de-administrative development of trade associations should be promoted by the following measures: perfecting the relevant legal system,including refining the trade association law and breaking through the dual management system of social organizations,in order to solve the deep-seated governance contradictions;Promote the government to change from management to governance,refine and clarify the list of rights and responsibilities of resource allocation,so as to realize the benign interaction between government and society;Improve the system and mechanism of government purchasing services,and alleviate the financial difficulties faced by trade associations after the transformation;And establish a diversified and comprehensive supervision system,standardize the development of trade associations,and provide protection for trade associations to maximize their benefits.