Research On Industrial Associations And Their Effects On Development Of Ocean Shipping Industry In China

Industrial associations are the inevitable result of further development of market economy system. The soundness of a nation's shipping market economy system and the relevant mechanism relies directly and greatly on its shipping industrial associations' development and perfection. Shipping industrial associations should and also is able to play very important roles in the construction and harmonious development of international shipping centers, e.g. realization of interior self-discipline, participation of relevant legislation and policy-making, making of business rules, performance of research on policies and markets, establishment of interior credit system etc., but such challenges are also posed to them as imperfection of industrial associations' system, inefficiency of industrial associations' operation, incompetence of industrial associations' staff and so on.