工商联是我国工商界联合组成的、具有统一战线性质的人民团体,是民间商会组织。这既是根据工商联30多年的历史,特别是我国实行改革、开放方针九年来工商联工作的实践得出来的结论,也是工商联当前进行的自身改革的方向。统一战线是特定的政治范畴的概念,而商会则是经济领域的社会组织。统一战线性 The Federation of Industry and Commerce is a coalition of people’s organizations of the business community of our country with a united front. It is a non-governmental chamber of commerce organization. This is based not only on the 30-year history of the Federation of Commercial Undertakings but also on the practice promulgated by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce in the past nine years since China implemented the reform and opening-up policy. It is also the direction of the current reform carried out by the Federation of Commerce and Industry. The United Front is a concept of a specific political category, while chambers of commerce are social organizations in the economic field. United Front