Issued: August 16 2002

Applicability: For the purposes of this Circular, "foreign-invested companies limited by shares" refers to foreign-invested companies limited by shares established with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) in accordance with the Certain Questions on the Establishment of Foreign-funded Companies Limited by Shares Tentative Provisions and those established before the issue of the Tentative Provisions with the approval of departments authorized by MOFTEC in accordance with the Questions Relevant to the Establishment of Sino-foreign Companies Limited by Shares Circular (Section Two).