Ministry of Commerce, Establishment of Companies with an Investment Nature by Foreign Investors Provisions (2nd Revision)

Promulgated: November 17 2004
Effective: 30 days after the date of promulgation
Interpreting authority: Ministry of Commerce
Applicability: These Provisions shall apply to investors from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao who invest in the establishment of companies with an investment nature in China.

Main contents: The revised Provisions clarify that where a company with an investment nature invests in and establishes an enterprise in which the proportion of investment made attributable to foreign investors of such company alone, or in conjunction with other foreign investors, in general accounts for less than 25% of the registered capital of the enterprise invested in and established; examination, approval and registration shall be carried out in accordance with the prevailing examination, approval and registration procedures for establishment of foreign-invested enterprises unless otherwise provided by laws or administrative regulations.