MEASURES CONCERNING THE SUBSTITUTION OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BYCHINESE- FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CHINESE-FOREIGN CONTRACTUALJOINT VENTURES FOR SIMILAR IMPORTED PRODUCTS
MEASURES CONCERNING THE SUBSTITUTION OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BYCHINESE- FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CHINESE-FOREIGN CONTRACTUALJOINT VENTURES FOR SIMILAR IMPORTED PRODUCTS
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
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MEASURES CONCERNING THE SUBSTITUTION OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY
CHINESE- FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CHINESE-FOREIGN CONTRACTUAL
JOINT VENTURES FOR SIMILAR IMPORTED PRODUCTS
(Approved by the State Council and promulgated by the State Plan-
ning Commission on October 19, 1987)
Article 1
These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Provisions of the
State Council Concerning the Encouragement of Foreign Investment, to
encourage foreign businessmen to invest in setting up technologically -
advanced enterprises, and to help enterprises in achieving a balance
between their foreign exchange earnings and expenditures.
Article 2
These Measures shall apply to Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures and
Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures of a production nature
(hereinafter referred to as joint ventures and contractual ventures) which
can provide advanced technologies China needs and are engaged in the
development of new products, thereby realizing the upgrading of products
and the replacement of old products with new ones.
Article 3
Enterprises with foreign investment that satisfy the following conditions
may apply to substitute their products for similar imported products:
(1) technologically-advanced joint ventures and contractual ventures whose
products are indeed needed in China, and which have, at the initial stage
of production, experienced some temporary difficulties in balancing their
foreign exchange earnings and expenditures in the course of realizing the
replacement of imported products with home-made ones;
(2) the products manufactured by enterprises mentioned above belong to the
categories of products the central departments, the localities and other
departments need to import at present and in the next few years;
(3) products that are recommended as substitutes for similar imported
products shall meet the needs of domestic users in specifications,
properties, the delivery time, technical services and technical training,
and undergo the appraisal conducted by the national testing center for the
quality of products, thereby confirming that the aforesaid products
measure up to the quality standard of similar imported goods; in
principle, the prices of the recommended products shall not be higher than
those of the international market at the time.
Article 4
Enterprises that recommend their products as substitutes for similar
imported goods shall make an application in that connection at the time
when they submit their project proposals. When they submit their project
feasibility study reports, they must state clearly in the reports the
proportion between domestic sales and export sales of the products
manufactured by the joint ventures and contractual ventures and the rate
of progress for the replacement of imported products with home-made ones;
moreover, they shall prove by an ample demonstration or appraise the
feasibility of substituting their products for similar imported ones
(including a statement concerning the annual quantity of their products to
be used to substitute for imported products and annual amount of foreign
exchange to be earned therefrom).
Article 5
Pursuant to the principle of administration at different levels, the
applications for the approval of using the products manufactured by the
joint ventures and contractual ventures to substitute for similar imported
goods shall be examined and approved respectively by the central competent
authorities and the local competent authorities (or departments). If items
above the norm examined and approved by the central competent authorities
need to be recommended as substitutes for similar imported products, the
matter shall be examined and approved by the State Planning Commission;
and the items below the norm examined and approved by the local competent
authorities (or departments) need to be recommended as substitutes for
similar imported products, the matter shall be examined and approved by
the local planning commissions or departments on their own.
Article 6
Import substitution to be effected in the items above the norm to be
examined and approved by the State Economic Planning Commission:
(1) of the goods which have been included in the Central Government's
medium-and long-term import plans approved by the State, except those on
which long-term import agreements have been concluded with foreign
countries, substitution for imports shall be approved in advance within
the Central Government's import plans if it is still possible that some of
the goods to be imported can be substituted with domestically -
manufactured products when the feasibility study reports are examined and
approved;
(2) substitution for goods which have not been included in the Central
Government's medium-and long-term import plans shall, in principle, not be
approved in advance. However, the enterprises may apply to the State
Planning Commission for using their products as substitutes for similar
imported products if such goods have been included in the Central
Government's annual import plans and are available for substitution with
home-made similar products. Once the applications are approved, the
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade shall handle the
procedures for substituting home-made product for similar imported
products for the current year;
(3) with respect to those commodities which have not been included in the
Central Government's long-term, medium-term and annual import plans, if
they are to be imported by the local governments in the current year, the
enterprises may make an application to the local planning commission; upon
approval, the local department of foreign economic relations and trade
shall handle the procedures for using their products as substitutes for
similar imported products.
Article 7
Import substitution to be effected in the items below the norm to be
examined and approved by the local competent authorities (or departments):
(1) of the commodities which have already been included in the long-term,
medium-term and annual import plans of the province, autonomous region, or
municipality directly under the Central Government, if there are some
available for being replaced by home-made products, they may, within the
period for executing the locality's import plan, be approved in advance by
the planning commission of the province, autonomous region, or
municipality directly under the Central Government with reference to the
examining and approving procedures adopted by the central competent
authorities, and the aforesaid planning commission shall also handle,
within the aforesaid period, the procedures for using the home-made
products mentioned above as substitutes for similar imported commodities;
(2) with respect to those commodities which have not been included in the
localities' long-term, medium-term and annual import plans, but they are
to be imported by the local area or by some other areas, a transregional
operation may be conducted for using home-made products as substitutes for
similar imported commodities. The enterprises may make an application
directly to the planning commission of the province, autonomous region, or
municipality directly under the Central Government that undertakes the
import of the aforesaid commodities; after they have obtained the
approval, the department of foreign economic relations and trade of the
aforesaid province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the
Central Government shall handle the procedures for using their products as
substitutes for similar imported commodities:
(3) with respect to the commodities to be imported by some departments
with the foreign exchange in their possession, the enterprises may make an
application directly to these departments; after they have obtained the
consent of the departments, they shall go through the procedures for using
their own products as substitutes for similar commodities to be imported.
Article 8
With respect to the aforesaid products which are to be used as substitutes
for similar imported commodities as examined and approved by the planning
commission of the central competent authorities or of the local competent
authorities (or by local departments), if these products belong to the lot
of products which are to be approved in advance within the long-and
medium-term plans, they shall be further verified and confirmed in the
annual plan in accordance with the actual situation of the execution of
the import plan in the current year.
The products which have been approved as substitutes for similar imported
products shall, under equal conditions (with similar imported
commodities), be given priority of being selected for use by domestic
users.
The competent departments for imports administration and the examining and
approving departments for imports at various levels shall guide and
encourage domestic users to give priority to the purchase of the products
which are manufactured by the joint ventures and contractual ventures and
are in conformity with the conditions of products used as substitutes for
similar imported products.
Article 9
When domestic users purchase products which have been approved as
substitutes for similar imported products, the payment for such products
shall be made wholly or partially in foreign exchange to the joint
ventures and contractual ventures in accordance with the terms agreed upon
by both parties and subject to the approval of the State administrative
department of foreign exchange control.
Article 10
With respect to machinery and electrical products used as substitutes for
similar imported products, the State Economic Commission shall formulate
and publish a catalogue of products used as substitutes for similar
imported products and also the procedures for the administration of
substitution of home-made products for similar imported goods, thereby
directing the domestic users to give priority to the purchase of the
products included in the aforesaid catalogue.
The joint ventures and contractual ventures which manufacture the products
included in the aforesaid catalogue may participate in the open tender for
imported machinery and electrical equipment conducted by the China Bidding
Center for Machinery and Electrical Equipment (or by other bidding
agencies authorized by the State Economic Commission); the Center shall
issue a certificate to the enterprise which has won the tender, thereby
realizing the substitution of home-made products for similar imported
goods.
Article 11
The joint ventures and contractual ventures shall, in accordance with the
provisions of Article 4 of the Measures of the Ministry of Foreign
Economic Relations and Trade Concerning the Application by Enterprises
with Foreign Investment for the Export Licence, go through the procedures
for the importation of raw materials and component parts needed in the
manufacture of products used as substitutes for similar imported goods;
when the aforesaid products are supplied to domestic users, the
transaction shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Article
5 of the Measures of the General Customs Administration of the People's
Republic of China Concerning the Importation of Raw Materials and
Component Parts Needed by Enterprises with Foreign Investment to Execute
Their Products Export Contracts.
Article 12
The joint ventures and contractual ventures which have obtained the
approval to use their products as substitutes for similar imported goods
must fulfil the following requirements:
(1) strictly fulfil the requirements for the export proportion stipulated
in the contract and the rate of progress for the replacement of imported
products with home-made ones;
(2) strive to maintain the advanced level of the technical performance and
quality of their products;
(3) deliver their products in accordance with the quantity and schedule
stipulated in the contract; in the event that the users suffer economic
losses caused by problems relating to the time of delivery, the quantity
of products delivered, and the quality of products, they shall bear the
corresponding economic liabilities;
(4) provide high-quality service to the users.
Article 13
Once the products manufactured by the joint ventures and contractual
ventures have been approved as substitutes for similar imported goods,
they shall not be included again in the State plan for the distribution of
goods and materials produced domestically.
Article 14
The right to interpret these Measures shall reside in the State Planning
Commission.
Article 15
These Measures shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.
Appendix: Catalogue of commodities which can be replaced by home-made
products as included in the central government's import plan to be
executed during the "Seventh Five-Year Plan":
(1) steel products (2) pig iron
(3) timber (4) copper
(5) aluminium (6) zinc
(7) rubber (8) chemical fertilizers
(9) wood pulp (10) poly acrylonitrile fibre
(11)polyamide fibre (12) artificial silk
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