Measures for the Administration of the Examination and Approval of Wholly Foreign-owned Shipping Companies (Revised)

外商独资船务公司审批管理办法 (修正)

Shipping WFOEs will be approved by local commerce departments.

(Promulgated by the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Commerce on, and effective as of, July 5 2015.)

(交通运输部、商务部于二零一五年七月五日印发施行。)

Order of the MOT [2015] No.16

交通运输部令 [2015] 16号

Article 1: These Measures have been formulated pursuant to the laws of the People's Republic of China on foreign-invested enterprises and relevant shipping laws and regulations in order to standardize the investments and operations in the People's Republic of China of foreign shipping companies and to protect the lawful rights and interests of investors.

第一条 为了规范对外国航运公司在中华人民共和国的投资经营行为,保护投资者合法权益,根据中华人民共和国外商投资企业法和有关航运法规的规定,制定本办法。

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