The purpose of industrial group is to coordinate the relationship among industries, enhance common benefits, promote industrial improvement and enhance economic development.

An industrial group is a judicial person.

The classification of industrial groups is as follows:
A. Industrial trade association.
1. Provincial (or municipal) industrial trade association.
2. Industrial trade of special zones association.
3. National industrial trade association.
4. League of industrial trade association.
B. Industrial association:
1. County or city industrial association
2. Provincial or municipal industrial association
3. National federation of industries
The organizations of provincial or municipal industrial trade associations are subject to not being in special zones.
provincial or municipal industrial groups, county or city industrial groups should each take the district name to which it belong before the group’s name; while industrial groups in special zones should each take the special zone’ name before the name of the industrial group; national industrial groups should each take the Republic of China before the name of the group; specific industrial trade associations and league of industrial trade associations should take the names of specific industries before the organizations’ names.

The tasks of Industrial Groups are as follows:
A. The investigation, statistics, research, improvement and development of both domestic and overseas industries.
B. The investigation of raw material source and assistance in preparation, etc.
C. The investigation and statistics of production, marketing, and promotion of members’ products.
D. The connection, development of technical cooperation.
E. The maintenance of members’ legal rights.
F. The investigation of members’ business situation.
G. The exhibition and display of members’ products.
H. The collection of basic data, dynamic investigation and registration of members and member representatives.
I. The application, alteration, changes of members’ business licenses and membership qualification certificates and some other services.
J. The investigation and settlement of conflicts between trades and the coordination and settlement of labor-management disputes.
K. The research and promotion of productivities, skill training of industry practitioners and organizing of seminars and symposiums.
L. Holding public welfare projects for members.
M. Providing entrusted services to units, groups and members.
N. Coordinative propelling, investigation and proposal of governmental economic policies and industrial decrees.
O. Participation into social movement.
P. Other obligatory tasks or services stipulated in other relevant decrees.

The competent authorities of county or city industrial associations are county governments or city governments; the competent authorities of industrial trade associations and industrial associations in municipalities directly under central government are the relevant municipality government; the competent authorities of provincial industrial of trade associations and industrial associations, industrial trade in special zones, national industrial trade associations, league of industrial trade associations and national federation of industries is ministry of the Interior.
Businesses of the above-mentioned industrial groups are subject to guidance and supervision of the relevant purpose enterprise competent authorities.

The site of each industrial group should be in the locus of the competent authorities and that of industrial groups in special zones should be decided by the relevant competent authorities; a Industrial group may establish offices with approval of the competent authorities.