Shenzhen City, Non-local Construction Enterprises Registration Measures

Promulgated: July 19 2002
Effective: August 1 2002
Applicability: All non-local construction enterprises that participate in construction activities in Shenzhen shall register in accordance with the Measures (Article 4). For purposes of the Measures, a "non-local construction enterprise" is an enterprise that possesses a Construction Enterprise Qualification Certificate, but does not have an enterprise legal person business licence issued by the Shenzhen municipality (Article 2)

Main contents: Non-local construction enterprises can apply for single-project registration or annual registration (Article 5).
Those applying for single-project registration must meet certain conditions (Article 5). For example, they must possess a Construction Enterprise Qualification Certificate issued by the Ministry of Construction; they must possess a qualification level that meets the requirements of the construction project; and the head construction work unit must approve of its participation in the project or the tendering thereof (Article 6).
If a non-local construction enterprise meets certain conditions, it can apply for an annual registration certificate (Article 10). It must have a fixed office location in the city (Item 1), handle at least five projects annually in the city, and have an annual output of at least Rmb50 million if it is a first-level primary contractor or at least Rmb3 million if it is a specialized contractor.
Related legislation: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Invitation and Submission of Tenders for Works of Construction Projects Regulations (Revised), Jan 17 2002, CLP 2002 No.2 p18 and Administration of the Qualifications of Construction Enterprises Provisions, Apr 18 2001