The Information Center of CHINA HOROLOGE ASSOCIATION is one of the standing bodies of Horology Association of P. R. China

Tenets and Tasks
● Work tenets: offering the high-quality informational service for enterprises and the government.
● Main tasks:
1) Developing the organization, regulation, periodical information exchange and service work of the trade information net.
2) Promoting the enterprises of the members of CHINA HOROLOGE ASSOCIATION Providing members services about industrial policies, enterprises intention, international situation, watch & clock production and marketing, market analysis and prediction as well as consultation for enterprises.
3) Edition, publishing and issuance of the professional journal of China horology trade.
4) The file storage of China horology trade.

Staffers specialized and equipment modernized
Now the Information Center of CHINA HOROLOGE ASSOCIATION setups: information department, file department, computer center and design center. It possesses many kinds of excellent persons with ability for information, advertisement, engineering and computer.

Publications
So far, the journals that have been published by CHINA HOROLOGE ASSOCIATION are:
The Association journal 《Watch & Clock》 semiyearly
《Watch & Clock Information》 monthly
《Watch & Clock Information Express》 monthly
《Watch & Clock Publication Concise》 monthly
《National Watch & Clock Marketing Facts》
《Production, Marketing and Storage Collection of Watch & Clock Enterprises》 quarterly
《Production, Marketing and Storage Collection of Parts Enterprises》 quarterly
《Watch & Clock Enterprises Basic Situation Collection》 yearly

Professional consultation service content:

*Analysis and prediction: Analysis and predicting for the development direction of internal and
external watch & clock industry.
Analysis and predicting for the internal and external watch & clock
consumption markets.
Marketing stratagem for the products of watch & clock enterprises,
promoting stratagem for enterprises brands, setting the watch & clock
products market position
Investigating the market of watch & clock products.
Designing the enterprise image, designing and doing advertisements
for products.
* Information inquiry: Inquire services for the basic situation of internal and external watch
& clock enterprises.
Inquire services about internal and external watch & clock patents
and scientific documents.
*Agency service: Agency service for the cooperation and joined-venture enterprises
between internal and external watch & clock enterprises.
Popularizing service for the technology transfer.
Translating service for external affairs and foreign references.

Rich material and wide information sources

● Possessing the richest and much general professional information of national horology.
● Storing more than twenty thousands books, documents and information of internal and external in the library.
● Subscribing more than twenty of original professional journals from Hong Kong, Taiwan and external, and subscribing more than fifty of internal magazines and newspapers.
● Using Internet to periodically search the latest news from all over of the world.

Information net extending in all directions and information collections fast and accurate

● Setting up the trade information-net in twenty-four of provinces, regions and self-administrative cities throughout the country, setting up the information-net station in nearly a hundred of watch & clock retail stores in the country.
● Keeping close relations with China Economy & Trade Committee, China Statistic Bureau, China General Merchandise Business Association, The Information Net of Light Industry of Industrial and Commercial Bank, and nearly ten of big newspaper offices all over the country.
● Keeping close relations with the Associations, the Manufacturers Associations and the Industrial Associations of main watch & clock production countries in the world, and keeping periodical and non-periodical information exchanges.