Measures of the People's Bank of China on Control of the Estab-lishment of Resident Representative Offices in China by Foreign BankingInstitutions
Measures of the People's Bank of China on Control of the Estab-lishment of Resident Representative Offices in China by Foreign BankingInstitutions
(Promulgated for Implementation on June 11, 1991, unvaldated onApril 29, 1996)
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Article 1
These Measures are formulated for the purpose of regulating the
control of resident representative offices in China of foreign banking
institutions (hereinafter referred to as resident representative offices),
in accordance with the Interim Provisions of the State Council of the
People's Republic of China for the Control of Resident Representative
Offices of Foreign Enterprises.
Article 2
Foreign banking institutions mentioned in these Measures refer to
foreign capital banks, securities companies, investment companies,
insurance companies, financial companies, credit card companies and
financial leasing companies.
Article 3
A resident representative office is an agency of its head office,
called the "such-and-such Representative Office". Its principal member in
charge is called chief representative and other members are called
representatives, advisers, assistants or secretaries.
Article 4
The People's Bank of China (PBC) is the agency in charge of matters
of examination and approval and of control in connection with resident
representative offices. Foreign banking institutions can apply to PBC for
establishment of resident representative offices in the open cities of
China in accordance with these Measures.
Article 5
A foreign banking institution which applies for establishment of a
resident representative office in China's open cities must submit to PBC
the following documents and materials for the application:
(1) written application signed by chairman of the board of directors
or president of the head office of the applying institution and addressed
to the President of the People's Bank of China;
(2) a copy (or photocopy) of the license to do business or of the
business registration certificate issued by the pertinent authorities of
the country or region where the applicant institution is located;
(3) the articles of association of the applying institution's head
office and list of members of its board of directors or other similar
bodies;
(4) annual reports of the applying institution of the last 3 years;
(5) other documents and materials as PBC may require.
Except for the foregoing item (4), all documents and materials listed
in the above paragraphs originally written in foreign languages must have
their Chinese translations attached.
A foreign banking institution applying to set up a resident
representative office in Beijing must submit its application documents and
materials to the Head Office of PBC while an application for the
establishment of such an office in other cities shall be submitted to the
local branches of PBC which, after examination of the applicant's paper,
shall report to the PBC Head Office.
Article 6
PBC, within 3 months of receiving the application papers from a
foreign banking institution, shall decide whether to accept its
application or not. If an application is accepted, the applicant shall be
issued a "Form of Application for Establishing Resident Representative
Office in China". If no confirmation has been received from PBC after the
three-months period, the application is deemed automatically invalidated.
A foreign banking institution must, within 2 months of receiving the
"Form of Application for Establishing Resident Representative Offices in
China" from PBC, submit to its Head Office for examination and approval
the filled out Form, together with the certificate of authority signed by
the applicant's chairman of the board of directors or president for the
chief representative of the resident representative office and the
personal resumes of the chief and other representatives.
The Head Office of PBC, after approving the establishment in China of
a resident representative office of a foreign banking institution, shall
issue a certificate of approval to the applicant.
Article 7
Having obtained permission to set up a resident representative office
in China, the foreign banking institution must, in conformity with
relevant regulations of the country, go to the industrial and commercial
administrative office and public security office of the locality of the
resident representative office to present the certificate of approval
issued by PBC and perform the procedures of business registration and
residence registration for its staff members and their relatives. It shall
also open a bank account with a local state specialized bank and perform
tax registration procedures at the local tax office.
Article 8
The work of a resident representative office falls within the scope
of non-profit activities such as consultation, liaison and market
investigation. In its performance of duties, the resident representative
office is not allowed to engage in business operations on behalf of its
home institution's head office or agencies, including those in China.
Article 9
For a change of the chief representative of the resident
representative office, it must present to the Head Office of PBC a letter
requesting approval of the change signed by the chairman of its board of
directors or president and the documents authorizing the appointment of a
new chief representative and giving a resume of his biography. The change
has to be approved by the PBC Head Office.
For and addition to or a change in the representatives, assistants
and employees of foreign nationalities or from Hong Kong and Macao in the
Beijing based resident representative office, it must present to the Head
Office of PBC a letter requesting approval of such personnel changes
signed by the officer in charge of the pertinent department of its head
office and personal resumes of the newly appointed personnel, the
personnel changes have to be approved by the PBC Head Office.
For similar personnel changes in resident representative offices in
other cities than Beijing, the offices concerned must present the same
kinds of documents as in the case of Beijing based office to the local
branches of PBC, which shall approve the requested personnel changes and
report them to the PBC Head Office for record.
Article 10
For employment of Chinese citizens inside the country to work as
advisers, secretaries, translators or ordinary workers at the
recommendation of Chinese foreign affairs service units, the resident
representative office must report to the Head Office or local branches of
PBC the name list of the employed Chinese citizens and their resumes for
record. Those whose employment is not reported for the record are not
allowed to work for the resident representative office.
Article 11
For a change of its name, the resident representative office must
present to PBC a letter requesting approval of the change signed by the
chairman of the board of directors or president of its head office. On
obtaining approval by the Head Office of PBC, the resident representative
office shall present the certificate of approval to the local industrial
and commercial administrative office and perform the formalities for a
change in the registration.
Article 12
For a change of office location, the resident representative office
shall present to PBC a letter requesting approval signed by its officer in
charge. On obtaining approval by PBC, the resident representative office
shall present the certificate of approval to the local industrial and
commercial administrative office and perform for formalities for a change
in the registration.
For a change of office location, the resident representative office
based in Beijing shall report to the Head Office of PBC for approval while
resident representative offices located in other cities shall report to
the local branches of PBC for approval.
Article 13
The chief representative of a resident representative office should
reside in China to take charge of its routine work. If the chief
representative leaves China for more than 1 month or if he is unable to
regularly stay in China to take charge of its routine work, he should
appoint in advance a special person to act for him and send the letter of
appointment to the Head Office of PBC or a local branch of PBC for record.
Article 14
Resident representative offices shall, before the end of February
each year, present to PBC reports of their work in the previous year. The
reports must be made in Chinese in the forms specified by PBC, and truly
reflect the offices' work in China.
The resident representative office in Beijing should send its report
to the Head Office of PBC while the resident representative offices in
other cities should send their reports to the local branches of PBC which
will forward the reports to their Head Office.
Article 15
If a foreign banking institution decides to withdraw its resident
representative office in China, it must present in advance a letter
requesting approval signed by its head office to PBC. With approval from
the Head Office of PBC, it shall proceed with the cancellation of
registration at the relevant office. It's head office shall bear
responsibility for any unsettled matters the resident representative
office involved in.
Article 16
The Head Office of the PBC is responsible for the supervision,
inspection and regulation of the resident representative office stationed
in Beijing while it authorizes its branches to exercise supervision,
inspection and regulation of the local resident representative offices in
other cities.
Article 17
The resident representative offices must abide by Chinese laws and
regulations and these Measures. If a resident representative o ffice
violates these Measures, the Head Office of PBC and its local branches
have the right to take up the matter with the resident representative
office involved in.
Article 18
These Measures are applicable to the banking institutions registered
in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for their establishment of resident
representative offices.
Article 19
These Measures shall go into effect on the day they are promulgated.
At the same time, the Measures of the People's Bank of China for Controls
Relating to Establishing Resident Representative Office in China by
Overseas Chinese and Foreign Banking Institutions promulgated in February,
1983 are annulled.
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