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REGULATIONS OF THE CROP SCIENCE SOCIETY OF CHINA
Approved by the Seventh Session of Representative Assembly of Members of the Crop Science Society of China on April 17, 2002
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The Society is named The Crop Science Society of China (hereinafter referred to as CSSC).
Article 2 The Society is an academic and social association for public welfare voluntarily comprised of Chinese crop scientists, technologists and teaching staff. As a member of Science and Technology Association of China (hereinafter referred to as STAC), it functions as the bridge between Party and Government and the staff in crop science and education, and assists in developing crop production and science as well.
Article 3 The Society shall
-Abide by the national constitution, law, regulations and policies, conform to social morality and order;
-Implement in earnest the opening-up policy and the policy of “letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend”;
-Advocate the dialectical materialism;
-Adhere to the practical and realistic attitude of science;
-Develop democracy to a full extent and boost the crop science;
-Ignite the spirit of devotion, innovation, practice and collaboration;
-Unite the majority of the crop scientists to facilitate the popularization and development of science and technology;
-Assist the growth and improvement of the talents;
-Contribute to the national crop production and realization of the agricultural modernization; and
-Serve socialism in material progress and cultural and ideological progress.
Article 4 The business responsible department of the Society is STAC. Its registration has been approved and confirmed by the Administrative Bureau on Non-governmental Organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereinafter referred to as MIA). Its offices are under the leadership and support of the Society’s located authority, the Institute of Crop Breeding and Cultivation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Article 5 Address of the Society: No.12, Zhongguancun Nan Dajie, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China.
Chapter II Responsibilities
Article 6 The responsibilities of the Society are as follows:
(1) Carrying out academic communication, provoking academic thoughts and improving the level of crop science in accordance with the plan for national crop production and science and technology development and with the need of developing crop science;
(2) Disseminating advanced crop science and technology and popularizing scientific knowledge;
(3) Editing, publishing and issuing books and magazines of crop-related science and technology, technical information and science popularization;
(4) When entrusted by the state organs, enterprises and institutes, and production departments, providing consultancy on decision-making for development strategies, policies and important measures of crop science, conducting program argumentation, technical qualification appraisal, and reading and editing of science and technology literature and standards, etc.; and providing services of technical consultation and science and technology exploitation;
(5) Organizing seminars for experts to discuss national agricultural development and existing issues, to advance reasonable suggestions to the state ministries concerned, and to provide the government with the basis for decision-making;
(6) Carrying out international academic communication, promoting international cooperation on science and technology between non-governmental organizations, and strengthening friendly communication among associations and individuals engaged globally in science and technology;
(7) Recommending talents to the Party and the Government, reflecting the opinions, suggestions and requests of the scientists and defending their legitimate rights and interests;
(8) Carrying out continuous education to update members’ scientific knowledge and skills, and holding events and activities on their benefit;
(9) Promoting the development of the Society, and encouraging and honoring the excellent departments, staff and members in the work;
(10) Holding activities related with the development of crop science; and
(11) Setting up the team of volunteers.
Chapter III Membership
Article 7 The membership categories of the Society include: corporate membership, individual membership, foreign membership, senior membership, life-time membership, student membership and working volunteers.
Article 8 Those who acknowledge the regulations of the Society and accord with the membership qualifications can volunteer to apply to join and become members after confirmation. Qualifications of each categories is as follows:
(1) Individual membership: Bachelors of institutes of higher-learning engaged in crop science and technology, education, production and management, or those engaged in the field for years and having obtained certain academic level and work experience though without the academic credentials in question can apply to join as individual members.
(2) Corporate membership: Any enterprises, institutes or collectivities (including farms, reproduction farm, production bases, farm produce processing factories and legal grass-roots research institutes, etc.) engaged in crop production, related with the business of the society, having a certain number of scientific and technological staff, acknowledging the regulations of the society, taking part in the activities of the society or sponsoring the work of the society, can apply to join as corporate members.
(3) Foreign membership: Those foreign crop scientists or corporate who have great academic achievements, friendly with China, willing to contact, communicate and cooperate with the society, can apply to join as foreign members or foreign corporate members.
(4) Senior membership: Those scientific and technological individuals engaged in crop science and technology, education, production and management, and with senior technical certification, can apply to join as senior members.
(5) Student membership: Those postgraduates and junior and senior undergraduates in agricultural colleges and research institutes of higher learning, and recommended by the college/unit or the executive council, can join as student members after examination and approval.
Article 9 Procedures of enrolling
The qualified individual needs to put forward the intention, be introduced by two members or recommended by the working unit, and apply to the crop society of the province, autonomous region or municipality, or to the society (including the committees of subjects and branch societies). The legal entity needs to submit the application on behalf of bodies. Individual membership, senior membership, life-time membership and student membership need to be examined, approved and registered by the working committee of organization authorized by the executive council, and obtain membership certificates thereafter. Corporate membership and foreign membership need to be examined and approved by the standing executive committee.
Article 10 Rights of the members
(1) Right to elect, to stand for election and to vote;
(2) Right to join in the activities;
(3) Priority and preference to take part in the activities of academic communication and continuous education and to obtain the related materials;
(4) Right to criticize, make suggestions and supervise; and
(5) Right to enroll out of willingness and to withdraw freely.
Article 11 Obligations of the members
(1) Fulfilling all the resolutions approved by the Society;
(2) Safeguarding the legitimate right and interests of the society;
(3) Accomplishing the work entrusted by the Society;
(4) Paying the membership fee in accordance with the regulations (Additional regulations of the payment of the membership and its usage will be enacted); and
(5) Reflecting information and provide related materials.
Article 12 Those members who withdraw from the society need to submit a written notice and return the membership certificate. Those who do not pay membership fees or take part in activities for one year will be regarded as withdrawing automatically.
Article 13 Those members who break the national criminal law and infringe severely the Regulations will be decided as disqualified of their membership after verification and report by the local crop societies or the subordinate committees of subjects. Those who have been deprived of their political rights will be disqualified of their membership automatically.
Chapter IV Organizational Institutes &
Election and Deposition of the Principals
Article 14 The society will be organized in accordance with the principles of democratic centralism. The highest power institute of the society is the national representative assembly of members. The representatives will be elected through democratic election by the crop societies of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and by the committees of all fields and branches under the society in accordance with the quota allotted by the standing executive council. Exceptional representatives can be recommended by the present standing executive council through consultation in line with the need of the work. The national assembly is held once every four years, or held through communication. Any advance or delay of the election due to exceptional cases shall be voted by the executive council, and reported to the business responsible department for examination and approved by the social corporate administrative department. Any term of delay shall not exceed the limit of one year. The authorities of the national assembly are:
(1) Making and revising the regulations of the society;
(2) Electing and deposing the directors;
(3) Reviewing the working report and the financial report of the executive council;
(4) Making decisions on nullification; and
(5) Making decisions of other major principal events.
Article 15 The representative assembly of CSSC shall be summoned with presence of more than 2/3 of the members in principle. Its resolutions will go into effect with vote of more than 1/2 of the present members.
Article 16 The executive council is elected through secret ballot by the representatives. It is the leading institute during the close of the national representative assembly of the members. The executive council shall be summoned at least once every two years. It can be advanced, delayed or held through communication. The executive council shall be summoned with presence of more than 2/3 of the directors in principle. Its resolutions will go into effect with vote of more than 1/2 of the present directors.
Article 17 The responsibilities of the executive council are:
(1) Reporting the working report and the financial report to the assembly;
(2) Executing the resolutions of the assembly;
(3) Preparing the next assembly;
(4) Electing and deposing the standing directors;
(5) Determining the setup of the branch and entity institutes and on the enrolling and removal of the society members;
(6) Holding activities of encouraging and honoring;
(7) Making decisions on the honorary or honorable posts and titles and other events;
(8) Consulting and electing from the society the representatives of the National Representative Assembly of Members for STAC through democratic means; and
(9) Undertaking affairs delivered by STAC.
Article 18 The executive council in line with the need of work can establish the following working committees for assistance:
(1) Working Committee of Academic Communication and Editing;
(2) Working Committee of Science and Technology Popularization and Consultation;
(3) Working Committee of International Academic Communication;
(4) Working Committee of Youth; and
(5) Working Committee of Organization.
All director members of the working committees come from the standing presidents. Both associate director members and members are appointed by the standing executive committee. Their term of office is the same with the directors.
Article 19 In line with the need to develop disciplines and subjects, the society can set up some committees of subjects (mainly engaged in academic activities), and branch societies (mainly concerned with subjects crossing various disciplines and closely connected with crop production). Some academic teams can be set up for disciplinary subjects with strong distinctions under committees of subjects. The subordinate organizational institutes shall be confirmed once every four years, report to STAC for examination and approval and to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for registration.
Qualifications of the academic organizations are:
-Having a team of professionals and a leading person in the discipline;
-Having the ability of raising fund for activities and having a local unit capable of providing manpower, material resources and financial aid support;
-Having the ability of editing and publishing magazines or academic journals; and
-Having no disputes with other relative institutes in business character and scope.
The subordinate committees of subjects and branch societies under the society will not make other regulations. Detailed rules and regulations can be made in accordance with the Regulations and go into effect after the approval by the standing executive council.
Article 20 The society has advisors nominated by the standing executive council and assumed by experts or leaders of the responsible authorities concerned, honorable president assumed by the ex-presidents of the society and academicians, and honorable directors assumed by the vice president or former vice presidents.
Article 21 The society has a standing executive council. Its directors are elected through secret balance ballot by the executive council. The standing executive council has a president, vice presidents (including standing vice presidents), standing directors and a secretary general. The standing executive council exercises the responsibilities of the executive council during the close of the executive council. It shall be summoned at least once every half year and held through communication due to exceptional cases. The standing executive council will be summoned with presence of more than 2/3 of the standing directors in principle. Its resolutions will go into effect with a vote of more than 2/3 of the present standing directors.
Article 22 The president, vice presidents and secretary general of the society must satisfy the following conditions, i.e. having:
(1) Adherence to the course, guidelines and policies of the Party and fine political qualities;
(2) Influence within the business scope of the society;
(3) The age of the president, vice presidents and secretary general shall not be over 70; the secretary general is full time in principle, otherwise will be assumed full-time by the vice secretary general due to exceptional cases;
(4) Fine health and ability to work normally;
(5) No penalty of being deprived of political rights;
(6) Absolute civil action capability; and
(7) Enthusiasm to work for the society and spirit of devotion.
Article 23 The president, vice presidents and secretary general will be elected and deposed by the standing executive council once every four years (the term of office will expire in two terms at most). The extension and overage of the office term due to exceptional cases shall be voted by the executive council, reported to the business responsible department for examination and the social corporate administrative department for approval.
Article 24 The legal person of the society is usually the president, or the vice presidents or the standing vice presidents nominated by the president and approved by the standing executive council. The legal person is not allowed to take up the same post in any other associations.
Article 25 The president exercises the following functions and powers:
(1) Summoning and holding the executive council and the standing executive council;
(2) Examining the performance of the resolutions by the representative assembly of members, the executive council and the standing executive council; and
(3) Signing important documents on behalf of the society.
Article 26 The secretary general exercises the following functions and powers:
(1) Organizing daily work of the society and puts the annual plan of the executive council into practice;
(2) Coordinating work of the branch and entity institutions;
(3) Nominating the vice secretary general and the major principals of all departments, branch and entity institutions, and present the nominations to the executive council or the standing executive council for decision;
(4) Deciding the full-time staff employment of the branch and entity institutions; and
(5) Finishing other daily work.
Chapter V Principles of Assets Management and Usage
Article 27 The society fee shall be used for the service and the development of undertakings within the scope of the Regulations. Any other member shall not allot the fee. Resource of the society fee is as following:
(1) The appropriate funds by the state;
(2) The financial aid from the authorities and economic entities concerned;
(3) The financial aid and donation from the foreign corporate and personage;
(4) The membership fee in accordance with the regulations of the state concerned;
(5) The income of the activities and service within the confirmed business scope;
(6) The interest; and
(7) Other legitimate income.
Article 28 The society establishes the strict financial management system to ensure the legitimacy, authenticity, accuracy and integrity of the accounting data. The financing of the society is substituted and managed by the professional accountant personnel of the located authority. The accountant shall not take up the post of the cashier. The accountant personnel shall carry out financial auditing and supervision, and clear the account in the handing-over and taking-over procedure with the receiving personnel in case of demission or relegation.
Article 29 Any other unit or/and individuals shall not occupy, misappropriate and embezzle the society assets. The association shall enforce the financial system of the state and accept the supervision of the representative assembly of members and the financial departments. The assets from the appropriate fund of the state, the financial aid and donation shall be supervised by the audit authorities and publicized properly of the related information.
Article 30 The society shall accept the financial audit organized by the social corporate administrative department and the business responsible department before the regular election or the alteration of the legal person.
Chapter VI Procedures of Alteration
Article 31 All the alteration of the Regulations shall be voted on by the executive council, reported to the representative assembly of members for consideration, reported to and registered by MIA, the social corporate administrative department, within 15 days after the approval by STAC, the business responsible department, and comes into effect thereafter.
Chapter VII Procedures of Termination and Settlement of Assets Thereafter
Article 32 The fulfillment of the aims, dissolution or nullification whenever it is split up or merged with others, the termination of the society thereafter shall go through the following procedures:
-The executive council or the standing executive council proposes the termination report and submits it to the representative assembly of members for approval;
-Reporting to STAC, the business responsible department, for examination and approval; and
-Reporting to MIA, the social corporate administrative department, and going through the registration procedure of nullification by law.
Article 33 Before the termination, the business responsible departments and the authorities concerned shall instruct to establish a clearing group to deal with the creditor’s and debtor’s rights and the remaining problems. No other activities are allowed therein. After the termination of the society, the surplus assets will be handled to develop undertakings related with the aims of the society in accordance with the national regulations concerned and under the supervision of STAC, the business responsible department and MIA, the social corporate administrative department.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 34 The Regulations were adopted by vote at the Seventh Session of Representative Assembly of Members on April 17, 2002.
Article 35 The executive council shall be responsible for the interpretation of the Regulations.
Article 36 The Regulations shall go into effect as of the date of approval by the social corporate administrative department concerned.
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