Administration of Investment and Equity Participation in Chinese-invested Financial Institutions by Offshore Financial Institutions Procedures

境外金融机构投资入股中资金融机构管理办法

The Procedures represents the China Banking Regulatory Commission's administration of offshore financial institutions' investment and equity participation in Chinese-invested banks, credit cooperatives, and finance companies. Rules are stipulated as to the eligibility of investing offshore institutions (including the year-end total assets, credit ratings, profitability, capital adequacy ratio) and the maximum investment and equity participation ratio. CBRC's approval is required under the Procedures for the application for foreign investment, the change in registered capital or equity structure, as well as shareholders composition. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan institutions are regarded as foreign institutions under the Procedures.

(Promulgated by the China Banking Regulatory Commission on December 8 2003 and effective as of December 31 2003.)

(中国银行业监督管理委员会于二零零三年十二月八日发布，自二零零三年十二月三十一日起施行。)

Article 1:These Procedures are formulated for the purposes of regulating offshore financial institutions¡¯ investment and equity participation in Chinese-invested financial institutions and optimizing the capital structure of Chinese-invested financial institutions.

第一条为规范境外金融机构投资入股中资金融机构的行为，优化中资金融机构资本结构，制定本办法。

Article 2:These Procedures apply to offshore financial institutions investing and making an equity participation in legally established Chinese-invested financial institutions.

第二条境外金融机构向已依法设立的中资金融机构投资入股，适用本办法。

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