Order of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on the Measures for the Administration of Authorized Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises
Order of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on the Measures for the Administration of Authorized Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises
Order of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on the Measures for the Administration of Authorized Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises
Order of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce [2002] No.4
December 10, 2002
The Measures for the Administration of Authorized Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises, which have been approved at the executive meeting of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, are hereby promulgated, and shall come into force as of February 1, 2003.
Director General: Wang Zhongfu
December 10, 2002
Attached: Measures for the Administration of Authorized Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises
Article 1 In order to regulate the administration of registration of foreign-invested enterprises, clarify the duty of administration bureaus for industry and commerce at all levels, and implement national foreign-invested laws, rules and industrial policies, these Measures have been formulated according to relevant laws and regulations.
Article 2 The application, conferment, implementation and supervision of authorized registration of foreign-invested enterprises shall apply to these Measures.
The foreign-invested enterprises mentioned in these Measures shall refer to Sino-foreign equity joint ventures, Sino-foreign contractual joint ventures and foreign-funded enterprises.
As for the branches and resident representative offices of enterprises of foreign countries (regions), foreign enterprises engaged in production and business activities within the territory of China, branches of foreign-invested enterprises and other enterprises that shall implement foreign capital industrial policies according to national relevant regulations, the conferment and regulation of registration administration right of these enterprises shall apply to these Measures.
Article 3 The registration administration of foreign-invested enterprises shall follow the principle of registration administration by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and authorized registration administration by the local administration bureaus for industry and commerce.
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce is in charge of the registration administration of foreign-invested enterprises of the whole country, and shall grant the authorized registration administration right of foreign-invested enterprises to local administration bureaus for industry and commerce according to the conditions stipulated in these Measures. Authorized local administration bureaus for industry and commerce (hereinafter referred to as authorized bureaus) shall exercise the registration administration right of foreign-invested enterprises in their own names within the scope of authorization.
Article 4 The administration bureaus for industry and commerce of all provinces, cities specifically designated in the state plan and cities at subprovincial level, and the administration bureaus for industry and commerce of cities at prefecture-level city and autonomous prefectures (hereinafter collectively referred to as prefecture-level administration bureaus for industry and commerce) shall apply for the authorization for registration administration of foreign-invested enterprises.
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