Decision of the State Council on the Revision of the Administrative Provisions on Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises

Decision of the State Council on the Revision of the Administrative Provisions on Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises

Shang Zi Han [2008] No.51

September 12, 2008

Commercial departments and state-level economic and technology development zones of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities specifically designated in the state plan and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp.,

With the goal of implementing the spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, further transforming the work functions of government and improving the examination and approval work of foreign investment, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows according to the Decision of the State Council on Canceling and Adjusting the Fourth Batch of Items Subject to Administrative Examination and Approval (Guo Fa [2007] No.33):
　
Article 1 The establishment of commercial enterprises with foreign investment and alternation of the established foreign-invested commercial enterprises shall be examined and verified by the commercial departments at provincial level (except for the matters involved in Article 2 herein).
　
Article 2 The enterprises that engage in non-store retailing through TV, telephone, mail order, Internet, vending machines, etc.
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