The Sub-Council of Textile Industry, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT TEX), devoted to the promotion of international trade contact and economic cooperation for textile and garment industries and enterprises, is committed to providing the prime tasks including organizing international textile exhibitions and fairs both at home and abroad, contacting international textile, garment and trade circles, etc. To do all the best for promoting international textile trade, CCPIT TEX has developed the legal services since 2003, two years after China's entry into WTO. As the legal services offered by CCPIT TEX have been fully recognized by the Chinese and foreign textile and apparel enterprises for its high quality and internationality, it has played a more and more important role in protecting the benefit for all the textile and apparel enterprises in China.

The legal services that CCPIT TEX provides include:

Special Analysis in Various Levels:
■ Overview on the Textile and Apparel industry in China;
■ Industrial analysis for textile clusters such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong etc.;
■ Analysis for the Chinese textile industry and trade policy;
■ Analysis for individual textile and apparel sectors;
■ Market investigation;
■ Business investigation for Chinese textile and apparel enterprises;
■ Advices on taxation affairs

Investment Affairs:
■ Consultation and advices on the Chinese laws and regulations concerning the foreign investment;
■ Assistance to investigate the investment environment, required by foreign companies;
■ Recommending the qualified Chinese law firms to resolve the legal disputes concerning investment by means of conciliation, arbitration, litigation, etc.

Intellectual Property Rights:
■ Consultation and legal advices on the Chinese intellectual property laws and regulations;
■ Resolving the disputes concerning intellectual property rights during the exhibitions held by CCPIT TEX in China;
■ Settling the legal affairs on the agreement, contract and regulations concerning intellectual property rights;
■ Recommending the qualified Chinese law firms and providing assistance for foreign companies to resolve the legal disputes concerning intellectual property rights by means of conciliation, arbitration, litigation, etc.;
■ Recommending the qualified Chinese law firms for applying for patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.

Dispute Settlement:
■ Recommending using the mediation clause in the contracts and settling the disputes by means of mediation provided by the Textile Industry Committee of CCPIT/CCOIC Mediation Center, the legal agency specialized in textile industry composed of 15 lawyers and 15 top level textile experts in China;
■ Recommending using the arbitration clause in the contracts and settling the disputes by means of conciliation and arbitration provided by China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Shanghai Commission (CIETAC-Shanghai).