外经贸资函[2001]426号
(Issued by the Ministry¹ of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on 31 May 2001.)
颁布日期：20010516 　实施日期：20010516 　颁布单位：对外贸易经济合作部

　　Pursuant to State laws and regulations and relevant State Council regulations on the attraction of foreign investment, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation issued the Relevant Questions Concerning the Record Filing with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Examination and Approval by Local Authorities Themselves of Foreign Investment Enterprises under the Encouraged Category Circular (ref. [1999] Wai Jing Mao Zi Fa Zi No. 615, hereafter Circular 615) on 15 October 1999. We hereby issue the following supplementary² circular on relevant specific matters in order to further improve the carrying out of such work:

　　1. The scope of business of the encouraged projects which do not require overall balancing by the State mentioned in Circular 615 must be in conformity³ with the encouraged category of the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue and with the Guiding Foreign Investment in the Dominant⁴ Industries of the Central and Western Regions Catalogue approved by the State Council and issued by two commissions and one ministry.

　　2. Provincial⁵ level foreign trade and economic cooperation authorities must issue, in accordance with the requirements of Circular 615, a statement to the effect that overall balancing by the State is not required. Such statement shall be made using the uniform format⁶ attached hereto and bear the seal of the provincial level foreign trade and economic cooperation authority.

　　3. The recorded particulars shall include:

　　(1) the approval of the establishment of a new foreign investment enterprise;

　　(2) the capital increase, equity⁷ assignment or amendment⁸ of other terms of the contract and articles of association of an existing foreign investment enterprise whose original examination and approval authority is a foreign trade and economic cooperation authority at or below the provincial level;

　　(3) the capital increase of an existing foreign investment enterprise whose original examination and approval authority was the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (with the exception of investment companies, companies limited by shares and companies the examination and approval procedures and approval authority limits for which are governed by special provisions), provided that its scope of business remains⁹ unchanged.

　　The afore-mentioned particulars to be recorded shall comply with relevant requirements of Article 1 hereof and the requirement that no overall balancing is required by the State.

　　4. If the submitted record filing materials for the examination and approval matters received by the Department of Foreign Investment of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation are incomplete, it shall, within two working days, so notify the submitting unit by means of a notice requiring it to submit the missing materials. If it has no objections to the examination and approval matters submitted for the record, it shall, within ten working days of the date of receipt of the complete set of materials for the record, so notify the submitting unit by means of a record filing notice. If it is of a contrary opinion, it shall, within ten working days of receipt of the complete set of materials for the record, so notify the submitting unit by means of a record filing opinion notice. All record filing notices and record filing opinion notices (Notices) shall bear the seal of the Department of Foreign Investment of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and a copy of any Notice shall be sent to the competent Customs at the same time they are sent to the submitting unit. Notices shall be sent by facsimile or mail; if the province, municipality or autonomous¹⁰ region has the required capabilities¹¹, Notices may alternatively be sent online.

　　5. An enterprise whose particulars have been placed on the record may carry out the procedures for the exemption¹² of import duties and taxes with the competent Customs according to law, on the strength of such relevant documents as the project confirmation¹³ letter issued by the provincial level examination and approval authority and a photocopy¹⁴ of the record filing notice specified¹⁵ in Article 4 hereof.

　　6. The record filing materials shall be submitted in accordance with Article 3 of Circular 615. With respect to all record filings that pertain¹⁶ to a change, the record filing materials shall additionally include a photocopy of the enterprise's pre-change approval certificate. If the record filing pertains¹⁷ to a capital increase or equity transfer, the record filing materials shall additionally include the capital contribution verification report issued prior to the capital increase or share transfer.

　　7. In the event of any discrepancies¹⁸ between Articles 4 and 5 of Circular 615 and this Supplementary Circular, this Supplementary Circular shall prevail. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Issues Relevant to Record Filing with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Foreign Investment Enterprises in the Encouraged Category That Are Above the Examination and Approval Limit of Provincial Level Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Authorities Supplementary Circular (ref. Wai Jing Mao Zi Er Han [2001] No. 263) is repealed¹⁹ as of the date of issue hereof.