¡¡¡¡Charter of the SHCDF Shanghai Hai Na Bai Chuan Culture Special Fund
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¡¡¡¡Chapter One General Principle
¡¡¡¡Article 1: Shanghai Hai Na Bai Chuan Special Fund (hereinafter referred to
as the Fund)is a special fund authorized by and subjected to Shanghai Cultural
Development Foundation.
¡¡¡¡Article 2: The mission of the Fund is to carry forward the all-embracing
city spirit of Shanghai, to promote the development of cultural construction
among cities, to give grants and awards to those who have made contribution to
cultural cause of our city, to remedy the¡°high-input, low-efficiency¡±defect in
cultural industry, to increase the public awareness and to boost the degree of
social publicity to Shanghai cultural cause.
¡¡¡¡Article 3: The sponsor of the Fund is Shanghai Hai Na Bai Chuan Cultural
Development Co., Ltd . The company has contributed the initial funding and is
the Permanent Director of the Council of the Fund.
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¡¡¡¡Chapter Two Mission
¡¡¡¡Article 4: The Fund shall, through various channels and measures, strive
after imbursement and contributions from organizations and individuals who show
great interests in the cause of cultural construction both at home and abroad.
¡¡¡¡Article 5: The Fund constructively promotes the development of cultural
cause in Shanghai, raises funds to encourage and reward people of insight in
cultural circles and to foster relevant cultural projects, better embodies the
all-embracing and flourishing city spirit of Shanghai, introduces more and
better cultural projects to Shanghai and recommends more and better Shanghai
cultural products to the world, in order to strengthen the communication and
cooperation of culture and art projects among countries and regions.
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¡¡¡¡Chapter Three The Council
¡¡¡¡Article 6: The Permanent Director of the Council is an authoritative
institution of the Fund, and it consists of the companies sponsoring it. The
council is the management and supervisory setup of the Fund. The members of the
council are augmented or recalled basing on their contribution to the Fund. The
Council convenes irregularly depending on the needs.
¡¡¡¡Article 7: The Council has one Chairman, one Vice Chairman and several
Trustees. The Chairman is elected for a term of four years, and can be
re-elected.
¡¡¡¡Article 8:The functions and powers of the Council are:
¡¡¡¡1.To constitute and amend the Charter of the Foundation;
¡¡¡¡2.To elect the Chairman and Vice Chairmen;
¡¡¡¡3.To examine and approve the yearly work plan and budget;
¡¡¡¡4.To decide on financial assistance projects and examine the fulfillments
of the project plans;
¡¡¡¡5.To discuss and decide on other major issues of the Foundation.
¡¡¡¡Article 9:The Fund's daily work and fundraising are presided by the
Chairman.
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¡¡¡¡Chapter Four Trustees and Others
¡¡¡¡Article 10:Representatives of organizations and individuals at home and
abroad can be approved to be members or units of the Fund as long as they accede
to the Charter, show great enthusiasm in the cause of nation's culture and art
and take on some necessary assignments in the Fund.
¡¡¡¡Article 11:Trustees have the right to participate in and supervise all
kinds of work and to join all kinds of activities in the Fund. Also, they have
the obligation to abide by the Fund's Charter, to execute resolutions made by
the Council and actively accomplish the task assigned by the Fund.
¡¡¡¡Article 12: There can be one supervisor in the council, who should be from
the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation. The Fund's financial affair is
done by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.
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¡¡¡¡Chapter Five The Fund
¡¡¡¡Article 13:The sources of the Fund are: funds for cultural activities given
by the government, contributions from individuals or organizations at home and
abroad as well as other legal incomes.
¡¡¡¡Article 14:The Fund is managed under the related requirement of Charter of
Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation (SHCDF).
¡¡¡¡Article 15: The funds are utilized in Shanghai culture-related items and
cultural undertaking. On condition that the funds are sufficient and with both
the resolution of the Council and the approval of the SHCDF, the funds can also
be properly utilized in other items and activities which are in line with
principles in the Charter.
¡¡¡¡Article 16: The Fund's outlay should be signed both by the Chairman and the
authorized representatives from Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.
¡¡¡¡Article 17:All items granted by this fund should give clear indication of
Items Granted by Shanghai Hai Na Bai Chuan Culture Special Fund in proper way
when appeared in public.
¡¡¡¡Article 18:The Fund abides by the related finance system, audit system and
social supervision system of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation. The Fund
implements an independent system of accounting and account opening and reports
to the Council about the annual Budget and Final Account.
¡¡¡¡Article 19:When the sum of the fund£¨including fixed asset£©is less than
RMB100,000Yuan,the fund should be brought forward for accounting purposes. After
liquidation, the asset is still in the possession of Shanghai Cultural
Development Foundation, and the fund shall be disbanded simultaneously.
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¡¡¡¡Chapter Six Appendix
¡¡¡¡Article 20:The Council is entitled the sole right to the interpretation and
amendment of the Charter.