Laws of the People's Republic of China

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce

Announcement of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China Concerning Registration of Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises

the State Administration for Industry and Commerce

December 8,1980

"Interim Provisions of the People's Republic of China Concerning the Control of Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises" (referred to hereafter as "Interim Provisions") has been promulgated and gone into effect. Now the Announcement Concerning Registration Reads as follows:

(1)

In accordance with the "Interim Provisions", a resident representative office or a resident representative, when approved by the proper ministries and departments under the State Council, comes to the General Administration for registration procedures. In order to facilitate the resident representative offices or resident representatives to go through the registration procedures in their localities, the General Administration has authorized the administrative bureaus for industry and commerce in various provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government and autonomous regions to undertake registration procedures on its behalf.

(2)

A resident representative office or a resident representative, when approved by the proper ministries and departments under the State Council before the promulgation of the "Interim Provisions", must, by December 20, 1980, go to the administrative bureaus for industry and commerce in various provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government and autonomous regions in their localities on the strength of the approval documents issued by the various proper ministries and departments and duplicates or photocopies of the documents listed in Article 3 of the "Interim Provisions" and go through the registration procedures and it will be granted a "Registration Certificate of Resident Representative Office of Foreign Enterprise" by the General Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China.

(3)

A resident representative office or a resident representative of an overseas Chinese, Hongkong or Macao enterprise that has been approved by the proper ministries and departments under the State Council or granted approval after the issuance of the Announcement, shall also go through registration procedures in accordance with the "Interim Provisions" and be granted a "Registration Certificate of Resident Representative Office of the Overseas Chinese, Hongkong or Macao Enterprise" by the General Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China.

(4)

A resident representative office or a resident representative that has been approved by the provincial, municipal or autonomous regional people's government or the proper departments under them, shall register with the administrative bureaus for industry and commerce in the provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government or autonomous regions in accordance with the provisions of the provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government or autonomous regions, and go through registration procedures and secure a "Registration Certificate of Resident Representative Office of Foreign Enterprise" issued by the administrative bureaus for industry and commerce in provinces, municipalities directly under the Central Government or autonomous regions.

(5)

When an approved resident representative office or an approved resident representative of a foreign enterprise goes through registration formalities, it should pay the registration fee of RMB 600 yuan. When going through the procedure of renewing the registration certificate, it should pay the registration fee of RMB 300 yuan. When going through the procedure for effecting a change in registration, it should pay the fee of RMB 100 yuan.

(6)

The period of validity of the "Registration Certificate of Resident Representative Office of Foreign Enterprise" is the duration period of the resident approved. Exceeding the period, it should go through the registration procedures again. With a resident period longer than one year, it goes through registration procedures once every year.