CHina Association of Mayors

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	ADD： Fucheng Plaza, No.41,Fuwaida Street, Xicheng District,Beijing 100037,China
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	Tel：010-68990327
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　★ About CAM

The Establishment of the China Association of Mayors
　　The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the CPC raised the curtain for China's reforms and its opening up to the outside world, which also brought unprecedented opportunities to Chinese cities. There were only 132 cities in China in 1949 and the number increased to 193 in 1978, an increase of 61 new cities in 30 years. In the ten years from 1979 to 1988, the number of cities reached 434, an increase of 241, equal to four times the increase of the previous 30 years. There was also tremendous developments in population scales, the ratio of non-agricultural population in cities, city districts as well as at the level of city itself.
　　The rapid development of Chinese cities has brought home to Chinese mayors the urgent need to exchange their experience of urban administration and the enhance intercity cooperation. In August 1988, 54 mayors from Shenyang, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Kunming, Urumchi, etc., after careful deliberation, jointly proposed the establishment of the China Association of Mayors, a standing body for organizing the study of urban issues, exchanges and seminars of mayors and international mayors' contacts. In 1988, the State Council approved the establishment of the China Association of Mayors and after three years of preparations, the first Mayors' Congress was convened in Beijing in August 1991 and the China Association of Mayors was formally established.

Purpose
　　China Association of Mayors is set up to facilitate urban development and serve the work of mayors.

Tasks
　　1. To organize research on urban issues with the aim of providing reference material for urban development and the work of mayors;
　　2. To organize the training of mayors to enhance the learning capacity of city administrators and improve urban administration;
　　3. To organize seminars and discussions as well as publications to provide consulting services for cities and mayors;
　　4. To conduct international exchange in order to strengthen cooperation with foreign cities, mayors and international organizations;
　　5. To report to the State Council and relevant governmental departments the suggestions of cities and mayors.

Members
　　The members of the China Association of Mayors are comprised of mayors and vice mayors of administratively designed cities as well as district heads and deputy district heads of municipalities. There are currently over 5000 members in the Association, including more than 500 female members, which account for about 10% of the total.

Organizational Structures
　　The Mayor's Congress is the highest authority of the Association and the Honorary President, President, Executive President, Vice President, Secretary-General, Vice Secretary-General shall be elected by the Congress. The Mayor's Congress is held every five years and by now three sessions have been held in 1991, 1996 and 2001 respectively.
　　CAM's President Joint Meeting is an important annual consultative meeting of the Association and shall be attended by President and Vice President.
　　The standing executive body of China Association of Mayors is the Secretariat for which one Secretary-General and several Vice Secretaries-General shall be appointed. The functional departments under the Secretariat include: the Administrative Office, the Editorial Department of the Association Journal, the Research Department, the Training Department, the Liaison Department, the Women Mayors Branch Secretariat, the City Consulting Committee, the International Affairs Department and the Information Department. Guangzhou Liaison Office is also set up to strengthen the contact and training work and coordinate the administration of Guangzhou China Mayors' Plaza.

Women Mayors Branch
　　The predecessor of Women Mayors Branch of China Association of Mayors is National Women Mayors Association, established in March 1991. With the establishment of China Association of Mayors in August 1991, National Women Mayors Association was put under the administration of China Association of Mayors and its name is changed to China Association of Mayors Women Mayors Branch.
　　The members of the Women Mayors Branch are comprised of women mayors and vice women mayors of administratively designed cities and women district heads and vice woman district heads of municipalities. President, Executive President, Vice President and Secretary-General of the Branch shall be elected by the Mayors' Congress and the standing body is the Secretariat.
　　Since its establishment, the Women Mayors Branch has worked pertinently revolving round the purpose of the Association and observing the features and needs of women mayors, and has made brilliant achievements. It is acclaimed by women mayors as their "parents' home".

General Situations of Chinese Cities
　　Currently, there are a total of 660 administratively designed cities in the 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in Chinese Mainland, including 4 municipalities, 15 sub-provincial cities, 267 prefecture-level cities, and 374 county-level cities.
　　As far as the population scale concerned, there are 49 mega cities with a population of over 1,000,000, 78 large cities with a population between 500,000 to 1,000,000, 213 medium-sized cities with a population between 200,000 to 500,000 and 320 small cities with a population of 200,000 or below.
Urban residents account for 39% of the national population of 1,260,353,200.

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