With the deepening of reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in China's social organization structure and social management model. Under the condition of market economy, the government no longer directly manages microeconomic activities, but implements macro-control by regulating the market and guiding industries. In this case, the trade association can undertake things that the government wants to manage but can't manage, or can't manage. By actively carrying out various activities, the principles and policies of the party and the state can be conveyed to the grassroots in time, and the government can manage enterprises through trade associations, which can achieve the purpose of macro-control and indirect management. In a sense, the trade association is a bridge between the government and enterprises, which plays a role in releasing information and stabilizing industry lubricants.
2. Provide timely and accurate industry information and reflect industry demand.
As representatives of the interests of voluntary joint organizations of enterprises, trade associations can widely collect and sort out various situations and problems reflected by enterprises, provide timely and accurate industry information for government economic management departments, help the national macro-decision-making, ensure the orderly development of the national economy and ensure a more harmonious society. In particular, the Federation, an industry comprehensive organization, plays an irreplaceable role in grasping the overall situation of industry development and reform, contacting all aspects of the industry, synthesizing problems, reflecting tendentious opinions, and putting forward directional policy suggestions.
3. Solve industry problems and safeguard industry interests.
In market economy activities, on the one hand, trade associations can coordinate the relations among their members in time and effectively, and try their best to achieve the development goals of the industry. On the other hand, it can coordinate the problems between related industries and make them support, cooperate and coordinate with each other. Especially after China's entry into WTO, when formulating international trade rules, trade associations can provide technical support for the government, participate in the formulation (revision) of international standards, and participate in the construction of technical trade measures system. Faced with the increasing number of international trade disputes, trade associations can use international trade rules as industry spokespersons when dealing with anti-dumping investigations and lawsuits, intervene in trade disputes reasonably and solve problems through consultation. For example, China Machinery Industry Federation actively participated in international coordination when China Delixi Group was troubled by the patent dispute case of French Schneider Company, so that the contradiction was successfully resolved and the legitimate rights and interests of industries and enterprises were effectively safeguarded.
4. Gather strength to form a joint force to promote the reform and development of the industry.
Trade associations have unique advantages in uniting all forces and fighting for the reform and development of the industry, and are an important social force to lay the economic foundation for building a harmonious society.
At present, China's equipment manufacturing industry is in a new rapid development cycle. How to maintain the stable, healthy, sustained and rapid development momentum of the whole industry, it is obviously not enough to rely solely on market regulation or enterprise's own efforts. It is necessary to give full play to the guidance, organization, coordination and service functions of industry associations, mobilize and unite the strength of the whole industry, and promote the all-round revitalization of the industry.
5. Promote rational division of labor in society and promote scientific and technological progress in the industry.
Through the organization and coordination of trade associations and economic and technical supervision services, we will promote the improvement and development of the scientific and technological level of the industry and the quality of employees, and provide material and technical conditions for a harmonious society. Practice has proved that it is difficult for a single enterprise to achieve obvious results in the progress of science and technology in the industry. It is necessary to give full play to the role of trade associations, mobilize the strength of the whole industry, and carry out organized, focused and planned research and technology promotion. For industries with wide coverage and high product correlation, such as machinery industry, it is especially necessary for the Federation to play an irreplaceable positive role in promoting rational division of labor in society and promoting scientific and technological progress in the industry.
6. Standardize market behavior and promote industry self-discipline.
By formulating and effectively implementing rules and regulations, trade associations can realize the self-discipline of enterprises in the whole industry, effectively solve the long-term and major problems that hinder the healthy development of the industry, standardize the behavior of the association itself and its member units, form a self-discipline mechanism, and then achieve the requirements of consciously maintaining market order, and gradually establish a good social atmosphere of honesty, friendship, stability and order.