Compared with previous rules regarding debt provisioning, the Measures introduces greater flexibility in making the minimum 1% of year-end balance of risk assets a guideline rather than a mandatory requirement. It changes the nature of general provisions allocated from one of pre-tax deduction to a post-tax distribution of profit. The Measures allows financial institutions to set aside two types of loan loss provisions: specific provisions and special provisions. Further requirements for other categories of the asset impairment provisions, for instance bad debt provisions and provisions for impaired long-term investments, are also in place.
Promulgated: July 6 2005Effective: October 1 2005Interpreting authority: State Administration of TaxationApplicability: Measures for the administration…
Issued: October 20 2005Main contents: Where an application by a foreign investor intending to make use of the profits from a foreign-invested enterprise…
The Letter further elaborates on the Provision for the Administration of the Employment of Foreigners in China, and requires that foreigners engaged in state-specified occupations must hold an Occupational Qualification Certificate of the PRC. Where the relevant occupations have foreign characteristics, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security may approve foreigners holding occupational qualification certification notarized by foreign notary. They may also take occupational qualification certification examinations in the PRC.