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Membership Instructions

Member type

Member type Illustrate Membership fee
200 and fewer members As for annual membership fees, please refer to Chapter XI Funds of WFAS Constitution. For your reference, one Basic Unit mentioned in the term regarding membership fee currently stands for 100 US dollars. A member society with up to 200 individual members: 2 B.U.
201-400 members A member society with 201-400 individual members: 5 B.U.
401-600 members A member society with 401-600 individual members: 8 B.U.
601-800 members A member society with 601-800 individual members: 10 B.U.
801-1000 members A member society with 801-1000 individual members: 15 B.U.
1001 and more members A member society with more than 1001 individual members: 20 B.U.

Instructions for membership application

Please fill in the offline application form.

 

World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) is an international union of organizations specialized in acupuncture and moxibustion, NGO in official relations with WHO and A Liaison to the TCM Technical Committee of ISO (ISO/TC249).

 

Please refer to WFAS Constitution (https://wfas.kejie.org.cn/c597) where in all requirement, rights and obligations of members are set forth. Basically, to become a WFAS member, you have to be a legally registered organization for more than 3 years and with at least 50 members, 3/4 of whom are acupuncture practitioners.

 

If you are qualified, please kindly fill the application form and send it back together with the following documents:

1. Completely-filled application form in English or Chinese.

2. Brief introduction to the organization.

3. The copy of registration certificate issued by authorities of the Government.

4. C.V. of the President of the organization, including the date of birth, current position, education background, working experiences and academic achievements, in chronological order, with a profile photo attached.

 

Your application documents will undergo a screening by WFAS Secretariat and we will contact you if we need any additional documents. Then we will initiate the 1st approval by the Membership Qualification Committee and the 2nd approval by the Executive Committee. Your application will be approved by no less than half in favor. The whole procedure will take around 2 months after our receiving your documents.

 

As for annual membership fees, please refer to Chapter XI Funds of WFAS Constitution. For your reference, one Basic Unit mentioned in the term regarding membership fee currently stands for 100 US dollars. Newly approved member societies are required to pay for the first 2 years upon joining WFAS.

(1)     a member society with up to 200 individual members: 2 B.U.;

(2)     a member society with 201-400 individual members: 5 B.U.;

(3)     a member society with 401-600 individual members: 8 B.U.;

(4)     a member society with 601-800 individual members: 10 B.U.;

(5)     a member society with 801-1000 individual members: 15 B.U.;

(6)     a member society with more than 1001 individual members: 20 B.U.;

 

Individual members of the new group member can apply to the Secretariat for WFAS individual Membership Certificate and WFAS emblem. The charge is 50 USD (350RMB) per person for a five-year term of validity.

Please do not hesitate to contact office@wfas.org.cn should you have any further questions.

 

Application Documents:

 

  • Completely-filled application form in English or Chinese.
  • Brief introduction to the organization.
  • The copy of registration certificate issued by authorities of the Government.
  • C.V. of the President of the organization, including the date of birth, current position, education background, working experiences and academic achievements, in chronological order, with a profile photo attached.
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