The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance have jointly released the Circular on Cancelling the Record Filing for Standards of Membership Fees of Social Organizations and Regulating the Administration of the Membership Fees (the "Circular").
According to the Circular, the standards of membership fees adopted by a social organization are no longer required to be filed with the authority in charge of the social organization, the authority responsible for the registration of the social organization and the competent finance authority for the record. Social organizations which are approved to be established by authorities responsible for the registration of such social organizations may collect membership fees from individual members and entity members.
The Circular also specifies the administration approach after the cancellation of the record filing for standards of membership fees, further regulating the procedures for formulating and revising the standards of membership fees of social organizations, whereby a resolution on the standards of membership fees adopted by a social organization shall be disclosed to all of its members within 30 days after such resolution is passed.