Questions Relevant to Expanding the Import and Export Rights of Foreign Investment Enterprises Circular
关于扩大外商投资企业进出口经营权有关问题的通知
(Issued by the General Office of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on July 2 2001.)Commissions (Departments, Bureaux) of Foreign Trade…
(Issued by the General Office of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on July 2 2001.)
(对外贸易经济合作部办公厅于二零零一年七月二日发布。)
Commissions (Departments, Bureaux) of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of every province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government and municipality with independent development plans:
各省、自治区、直辖市、计划单列市外经贸委（厅、局）：
We hereby notify you on issues relevant to broadening the trading rights of foreign investment enterprises, in order to properly prepare for China's entry into the World Trade Organization, as follows:
为做好中国加入世界贸易组织的准备工作，扩大对外商投资企业贸易权的开放，现将有关问题通知如下：
1. Broadening the Export Business Rights of Production-type Foreign Investment Enterprises
一、 扩大外商投资生产型企业出口经营权
Production-type foreign investment enterprises satisfying the conditions set forth below shall be permitted to engage in the export of purchased commodities not subject to quotas, licensing or monopolies and may participate in the bidding for export quotas for the products that they themselves produce:
允许符合下列条件的外商投资生产型企业，从事非配额许可证管理、非专营商品的收购出口业务，并可以参加自产产品的出口配额招标。
(1) having annual exports of more than US$10 million;
（一） 外商投资生产型企业年出口额在1000万美元以上。
(2) not having any record of violating laws and regulations on taxation, foreign exchange or imports and exports for two consecutive years before application; and
（二） 申请前连续二年，在税收、外汇和进出口方面没有违法、违规记录。
(3) having professional foreign trade personnel.
（三） 有从事国际贸易的专业人员。
2. Broadening the Import Business Rights of Foreign-funded Investment Companies Whose Parent Companies Are Production-type Conglomerates
二、 扩大母公司为生产型集团的外商投资投资性公司进口经营权
Such issues as the import of ancillary system integration products, and the import of products for trial sale, by foreign-funded investment companies shall be handled in accordance with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Supplementary Provision (2) (Order No. 1 of 2001 of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation).
关于外商投资投资性公司进口系统集成配套产品或进口试销产品等问题，按外经贸部《〈关于外商投资举办投资性公司的暂行规定〉的补充规定（二）》（外经贸部2001年第1号令）执行。
3. Foreign-funded research and development centres shall be permitted to import and sell a small quantity of the high- and new-technology products of their parent companies in order to test the market for the products that they themselves have researched and developed.
三、 允许外商投资研发中心为进行其研发产品的市场测试进口并销售少量其母公司生产的高新技朮产品
(1) The products imported from a research and development centre's parent company shall be products for testing the market for the products of a research and development project currently being conducted by the centre.
（一） 进口的母公司产品为研发中心正在进行的研发项目产品的市场测试产品；
(2) The quantity imported shall be consistent with the objective of market testing.
（二） 进口量与市场测试目的相适应。
Foreign-funded production-type enterprises, foreign-funded investment companies and foreign-funded research and development centres wishing to engage in the aforementioned types of import and export business shall carry out the procedures for the modification of their scopes of business with their original examination and approval authorities.
外商投资生产型企业，外商投资投资性公司、外商投资研发中心开展上述进出口业务，应向原审批部门办理经营范围变更手续。
The details of the aforementioned types of import and export business engaged in by foreign-funded production-type enterprises, foreign-funded investment companies and foreign-funded research and development centres shall be filed annually with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for the record.
clp reference:5800/01.07.02promulgated:2001-07-02外商投资生产型企业，外商投资投资性公司、外商投资研发中心开展上述进出口业务的情况应按年度向外经贸部备案。
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