Central Cooperative Society Limited (CCS)

Materials compiled from Sino-foreign exchange visits describe Myanmar's cooperative movement as tracing back to around 1903, entering a new phase of development after the Cooperative Societies Law was enacted in 1992. The materials note that Myanmar has approximately 13,920 primary cooperatives and about 569 federations at various levels nationwide, including rural multipurpose cooperatives, agricultural cooperatives, savings and credit cooperatives, consumer cooperatives and industrial cooperatives, with rural multipurpose cooperatives the most numerous. The Central Cooperative Society, as the country's highest federative organisation, undertakes duties including promoting the sustainable development of cooperatives, conducting international cooperation, organising education and training, providing financial support and small-scale financial services, and promoting community development; a cooperative bank provides financial services to the cooperative system, with microcredit an important source of funding for primary cooperatives.

Note: this section is compiled mainly from materials gathered during exchange visits between Chinese and international cooperative organisations, and does not represent an official position. Because it draws on first-hand exchanges and observed institutional practice, it is offered as contextual reference material.