All licensed publicly-operated and nongovernmental-run factories must join in the relevant industrial trade associations within one month after establishment except for ordnance factories of national defense; multi-occupation enterprises should join all the relevant industrial trade associations respectively.
All member enterprises or factories of industrial trade associations have to send their member representatives to attend meetings convened by industrial trade associations.

Factories are not allowed to withdraw from industrial trade associations unless they stop business, move out of the districts of industrial trade associations or suffer punishment of permanent shutout.

The articles of association of trade associations should state clearly the number of representatives of each member factory in proportion to the level of its membership dues, and the quotas of the number of representatives are limited to one to seven.

Member representatives must be adult and they shall be principals, managers or current staff of the member factories.

Any of the following mentioned personnel is not eligible for member representative:
A. Those who commit crimes and are in execution of verdict.
B. Those who are deprived of public rights and not yet restored related rights.
C. Those who have been placed under custodianship and such custodianship has not yet been withdrawn.
D. Those who announce bankruptcy and not yet restored related rights.
If member representatives have any of the above-mentioned situations, their representative qualification will become invalid automatically and the vacancies are to be filled by newly appointed member representatives.

Member representatives have the rights to vote, elect, be elected and the right of recall, each representative has only one ballot.

In case that member representatives cannot attend the general meetings in person, they have to entrust other member representatives in written form to deputize theirs rights and duties. Each member representative can only deputize one absent representative, and the number of member representatives deputizing another absent representative should not exceed half of the representatives present.