Article 3

To achieve the tenet defined in the preceding Article, the Foundation’s businesses include the following:
1. Collection of cross-strait industrial and commercial information. 
2. Provision of the cross-strait industrial and commercial consultation service.
3. Cross-strait industrial and commercial exhibitions.
4. Publications of cross-strait economic and trade books.
5. Provision of the cross-strait tax consultation service.
6. Studies on, and discussions of, cross-strait intellectual property rights.
7. Cross-strait industrial and commercial business trips.。
8. Studies, discussions or lecturing on the special topics in relation to cross-strait industrial and commercial affairs.
9. The entrusted projects for the development of cross-strait commercial affairs.
10. Cooperation with other groups for the development of cross-strait commercial affairs.
11. Facilitating communication with the Taiwanese businessmen who are engaged in economic and trade activities in China. 
12. Other matters approved by the competent authorities.

Article 5

Article 7

The Foundation has a board of directors, which is the Foundation’s decision-making unit and takes charge of the issues covering fund raising, custody and utilization, appointment/dismissal of the secretary general and deputy secretaries general, approval of task directions, reviews of business plans and budgets, etc.

The board meeting shall be held once every three months, which shall be convened and chaired by the president. In case that the president is absent for any reason, a vice president shall act as the chairperson. If the president and vice president(s) are all absent, a managing director shall be elected among the managing directors to act as the chairperson.
When necessary, a meeting of the board of managing directors shall be convened and chaired by the president.

In case of any of the following matters, the board of directors shall hold a meeting where a resolution shall be approved by over three-fourths of the directors present at the meeting attended by more than two-thirds of the number of the directors prescribed by the by-laws before being implemented:
1. Any change of the articles.
2. Real estate disposal or disposition.
3. Dissolution or change of the purpose of the Foundation.
The directors shall be notified of the preceding matters at least ten days prior to the meeting, and the competent authorities shall also be reported for dispatching their personnel to attend the meeting. 
The resolution of the preceding item 2 shall be reported to the competent authorities for reference before registering in court according to laws.

The Foundation has one secretary general and one to three deputy secretaries general who shall be nominated by the president and appointed after being approved by the board of directors. The same also applies to their dismissal. As ordered by the board of directors, the secretary general shall handle the Foundation’s various affairs, and the deputy secretaries general shall assist the secretary general.

The Foundation has three supervisors who shall be selected and appointed by the donors. One of the supervisors shall be designated as the managing supervisor who shall be in charge of auditing the fund and deposits, supervising the Foundation’s financial status and checking the final account statement.

The Foundation’s fiscal year is from January 1st to December 31st.

For custody and utilization of the Foundation’s fund, the fund custody, utilization report and annual final account statement shall be prepared within two months after the end of the fiscal year and submitted to the board of directors, followed by being sent to the supervisors for checking and reference after being approved by the board meeting.

The Foundation shall not invest in profit-seeking businesses, but it is not solely limited to businesses for maintaining the Foundation’s existence or developing its public welfare businesses which are approved by the competent authorities.

Article 26

Article 27

Other matters not covered by the by-laws shall be subject to related laws and regulations.

Article 28

1. The Foundation is an affiliated group of the Hong Kong-based Chinese Commercial & Industrial Coordination Society.
2. The Foundation has kept a good cooperation relationship with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade/ the Chinese Economic and Trade Coordination Society.