Administration of Foreign-invested International Freight Forwarding Agencies Measures

外商投资国际货物运输代理企业管理办法

These provisions regulate foreign-invested enterprises and the administration of International Freight Forwarding Agency Businesses in the PRC.

(Promulgated by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on December 11 2002 and effective 30 days from the date of promulgation.)

（对外贸易经济合作部於二零零二年十二月十一日发布，自发布之日起30日後施行。）

Article 1: These Measures are formulated in accordance with the State laws and regulations concerning foreign-invested enterprises and the PRC Administration of the International Freight Forwarding Agency Business Provisions in order to promote the healthy development of the international freight forwarding agency business in China, and to regulate the establishment and operational conduct of foreign-invested international freight forwarding agencies.

第一条   为促进中国国际货运代理业的健康发展，规范外商投资国际货物运输代理企业的设立及经营行为，根据国家有关外商投资企业的法律、法规和《中华人民共和国国际货物运输代理业管理规定》，制定本办法。

Article 2: "Foreign-invested international freight forwarding agencies" mentioned in these Measures refers to foreign-invested enterprises established by foreign investors in the form of Sino-foreign equity joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative joint ventures, as well as wholly foreign-owned enterprises that are able to accept commissions from consignees and consignors for imported and exported goods, to handle for the entrusting party any international freight forwarding and related business in the name of the entrusting party or itself and to charge service fees (hereafter, Foreign-invested International Forwarding Agencies).

第二条   本规定所称的外商投资国际货物运输代理企业是指外国投资者以中外合资、中外合作以及外商独资形式设立的接受进出口货物收货人、发货人的委托，以委托人的名义或者以自己的名义，为委托人办理国际货物运输及相关业务并收取服务报酬的外商投资企业(以下称“外商投资国际货运代理企业”)。

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