Circular on Delegating to Lower-level Authorities the Authority to Examine and Approve the Investment in, and Establishment of, Companies with an Investment Nature by Foreign Investors

关于下放外商投资举办投资性公司审批权限的通知

Mofcom delegates the authority to approve foreign-invested companies with an investment nature with registered capital of US$100 million or less to provincial-level and sub-provincial-level local authorities.

(Issued by the Ministry of Commerce on, and effective as of, March 6 2009.)

(商务部於二零零九年三月六日发布执行。)

Competent commerce departments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities with independent development plans, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi'an and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp:

With a view to thoroughly implementing a scientific development outlook and the spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, further intensifying reform of the administrative system, transforming government work functions, improving the examination and approval of foreign investment and facilitating investment, we hereby notify you of the revisions made to the authority for the examination and approval of companies with an investment nature invested in and established by foreign investors as follows:

各省、自治区、直辖市、计划单列市,哈尔滨、长春、沈阳、济南、南京、杭州、广州、武汉、成都、西安、新疆建设兵团商务主管部门:

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