Ministry of Commerce, Circular on Matters Relevant to the Review and Administration of Foreign-invested Enterprises in Certain Service Sectors by Competent Provincial-level Commerce Departments and State-level Economic and Technology Development Zones

Issued: May 4 2009
Effective: as of date of issuance

Main contents: Responsibility for the review and administration of the establishment of and changes to foreign-invested enterprises in the encouraged and permitted categories of the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue with a total investment of less than US$100 million and in the restricted category with a total investment of less than
US$50 million engaged in the industries set forth below is hereby delegated to the competent commerce departments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, cities with independent development plans, sub-provincial level municipalities and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp, and state-level economic and technological development zones:

(1) Sino-foreign equity and co-operative joint medical institutions;

(2) auction houses;