PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE OF CHINESE INVESTORS INCHINESE-FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CONTRACTUAL JOINT VENTURES
PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE OF CHINESE INVESTORS INCHINESE-FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CONTRACTUAL JOINT VENTURES
(Promulgated on March 1, 1989)
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The following Provisions are enacted to strengthen control over the
foreign exchange of Chinese investors in Chinese-foreign equity joint
ventures and contractual joint ventures (hereinafter referred to as joint
ventures), ensure the healthy development of these ventures, and protect
the interests of the State.
Article 1
The Chinese investor in a joint venture may, starting from the day
the joint venture obtains its business licence, retain all the foreign
exchange it earns in the first five-year, and 50% of it after the
five-year period.
Article 2
When Chinese employees of a joint venture go abroad on duty together
with foreign employees out of the need of business, the expenses abroad of
the Chinese employees may be reimbursed for what they have actually spent
according to the standards set by the joint venture.
Article 3
When Chinese employees of a joint venture go abroad on duty alone,
their expenses may be computed according to the standards set by the joint
venture, while the actual sum to be spent shall be computed with reference
to the standards set by the state for those going abroad on public duties.
Article 4
The surplus foreign exchange resulting from the difference between
the sum received according to the standards of joint venture and that
spent abroad by Chinese employees according to the State standards may be
settled with the bank as foreign exchange receipts of the Chinese investor
in the joint venture, which may retain a portion of it by presenting the
exchange memos to and completing the formalities with the exchange control
authorities.
Article 5
The Chinese investor of a joint venture shall settle with the bank
the foreign exchange it has received as wages of the Chinese employees,
and the foreign exchange for its services, from industrial property, as
dividends etc. and may retain a portion of the foreign exchange by
presenting the exchange memos to and completing the formalities with the
exchange control authorities.
Article 6
Unless approved by the exchange control authorities, the Chinese
investor of a joint venture may be punished by the said authorities for
any of the following actions, on the merit of each case and in accordance
with the "Rules for the Implementation of Penalty on Offenses Against
Exchange Control":
(1) Depositing those foreign exchange receipts that are required by
State regulations to be settled with the bank in the foreign exchange
accounts of the joint venture, instead of settling these receipts with the
State bank;
(2) Using such foreign exchange to import commodities or defray other
expenses through the bank accounts of the joint venture; or
(3) Depositing such foreign exchange abroad.
Article 7
The right to interpret these provisions resides in the State
Administration of Exchange Control.
Article 8
These Provisions shall go into effect on March 1, 1989.
The Chinese investor of a joint venture shall settle with the bank
the foreign exchange it has received as wages of the Chinese employees,
and the foreign exchange for its services, from industrial property, as
dividends etc. and may retain a portion of the foreign exchange by
presenting the exchange memos to and completing the formalities with the
exchange control authorities.
Article 6
Unless approved by the exchange control authorities, the Chinese
investor of a joint venture may be punished by the said authorities for
any of the following actions, on the merit of each case and in accordance
with the "Rules for the Implementation of Penalty on Offenses Against
Exchange Control":
(1) Depositing those foreign exchange receipts that are required by
State regulations to be settled with the bank in the foreign exchange
accounts of the joint venture, instead of settling these receipts with the
State bank;
(2) Using such foreign exchange to import commodities or defray other
expenses through the bank accounts of the joint venture; or
(3) Depositing such foreign exchange abroad.
Article 7
The right to interpret these provisions resides in the State
Administration of Exchange Control.
Article 8
These Provisions shall go into effect on March 1, 1989.
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