Branch offices of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, departments of foreign exchange administration, and branch offices of Shenzhen, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen and Ningbo:



For purposes of adapting foreign economic development, improving and encouraging supporting policies of foreign investment and facilitating multinational operations of domestic investors, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange decides to adjust some foreign exchange policies. Related matters are now announced as follows:



1. For purpose of this Circular, the term “foreign investment” refers to conduct of all kinds of domestic artificial persons (hereinafter referred to as “domestic investors”) obtaining rights and interests such as ownership or management rights by establishing enterprises of single ownership, joint venture and cooperative enterprises, merger and acquisition, holding shares, injecting capital and permutation of stock rights

2. Foreign investment shall conform to national industrial policies of foreign investment and be conducive to promoting international flow and optimized deployment of production elements. Related administrative departments shall approve overseas investment projects of domestic investors.

3. The overseas investment of domestic investors can be supported by owned exchanges, exchanges purchased with RMB and domestic exchanges loans. State Administration of Foreign Exchange will no longer examine and approve the purchased exchanges amount of overseas investment for branches (departments of foreign exchanges administration) as from Jul 1, 2006. Upon examination and approval of related administrative departments on overseas investment projects, domestic investors may handle examining and approving formalities of foreign exchange purchasing and payment in accordance with related regulations.

4. After submitting applications of overseas investment projects examination and approval or investment intention, domestic investors may make payment of prophase expenditure related to overseas investment to foreign beneficiaries with approval of the local branch offices of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and departments of foreign exchanges administration (hereinafter referred to “bureaus of foreign exchanges ”) before obtaining official approval.

5. The prophase expenditure of the overseas investment projects must conform to the following purposes:

(1). Deposit for purchasing shock rights of foreign enterprises and rights and interests of overseas capital in line with local laws and regulations or demand of assigning party.

(2). Bidding deposit during process of overseas projects bidding.

(3). Expenditure for market research, offices rent and facilities, recruitment and services of overseas intermediary organs in advance of overseas investment.


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