关于印发《2006年国土资源管理工作要点》的通知
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关于印发《2006年国土资源管理工作要点》的通知
各省、自治区、直辖市国土资源厅（国土环境资源厅、国土资源局、国土资源和房屋管理局、房屋土地资源管理局），计划单列市国土资源行政主管部门，国家海洋局、国家测绘局、解放军土地管理局、新疆生产建设兵团国土资源局、部各直属单位、部机关各司局：
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二○○六年一月十八日
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2006年国土资源管理工作要点
2006年，国土资源管理工作要以邓小平理论和“三个代表”重要思想为指导，认真贯彻党的十六大、十六届五中全会和中央经济工作会议精神，以科学发展观为统领，坚持依法行政、清正廉洁、深化改革、狠抓落实，进一步完善体制、提高素质，努力做到保护资源更加严格规范、保障发展更加持续有力、维护权益更加切实有效、服务社会更加全面优质。重点做好九方面的工作。
一、大力支持社会主义新农村建设
加快完善乡（镇）土地利用总体规划及专项规划，协助有关部门做好村庄和集镇建设规划。支持农村基础设施建设，依法依规提供土地。继续推进以田、水、路、林、村综合整治为主要内容的土地整理复垦，进一步规范国家土地开发整理项目管理。继续落实严格保护耕地特别是基本农田的各项制度，搞好基本农田保护示范区和高标准基本农田建设，建立完善基本农田监管体系。开展以为农业服务的多目标地球化学调查和农村地区矿区生态环境恢复治理，改善农业生产和生活条件。认真贯彻落实《信访条例》，做好土地征用等突出问题的处理工作，注重探索建立从源头上预防问题发生的长效机制，维护被征地农民的权益，促进农村稳定。全面完成征地统一年产值标准和区片综合地价制定。推广征地补偿费预存制度。研究建立征地补偿安置纠纷协调和裁决机制。继续推进征地制度改革，总结推广征地补偿安置试点成功经验，不断完善改革试点方案。加强农村地区地质灾害治理和建设用地选址地质环境评估，保护农民生命财产安全。
二、科学编制和严格实施规划
重点编制实施好国土资源“十一五”规划纲要和国土资源中长期科技发展规划、全国地质工作规划等专项规划。做好重大工程的前期论证、申报和落实。继续推进国土规划试点。2006年6月底以前完成全国土地利用总体规划纲要修编，报国务院审批。加快推进省级土地利用总体规划修编。启动新一轮全国矿产资源规划编制，各地抓紧开展新一轮矿产资源规划编制前期工作。严格实施国土资源大调查“十一五”规划。
三、继续严把土地闸门
巩固土地市场治理整顿成果。认真贯彻落实《国务院关于深化改革严格土地管理的决定》。搞好开发区土地定界和公示，严格开发区扩区、改变区位和升级的审批标准，防止盲目新建和扩大开发区，加强对工业集中区的用地管理。继续发挥卫星遥感等先进技术在执法监察中的作用，严肃查处违反土地管理法律法规的行为，对重大违法案件公开处理，对严重违法违规的地区实行“责令限期整改”措施。
有保有压、区别对待，调控土地供应。科学编制和严格实施土地利用年度计划，继续从严控制农用地转用。坚持“依法依规、从严从紧、有保有压、节约集约”，加强建设项目用地预审、新增建设用地的审查报批和批后检查。落实国家产业政策，优先保障国家重点建设项目用地需求，支持有利于结构调整的项目建设用地，支持西部大开发、振兴东北等老工业基地、中部崛起的重要建设项目用地。出台新的禁止供地和限制供地项目目录。对不符合国家产业政策、发展规划和市场准入标准的项目，不予供地。继续做好城镇建设用地增加与农村建设用地减少挂钩试点。制定补充耕地数量质量按等级折算的考核办法，全面实行按建设项目考核耕地占补平衡。
加强房地产市场土地供应调控。根据居住用地价格变化状况，调控土地供应。加大对中小户型、中低价位商品房、经济适用住房和廉租房的土地供应，严格控制低密度高档住宅土地供应，继续停止别墅类用地供应。
注重发挥经济手段的作用。规范国有土地使用权出让收入管理，探索建立国有土地收益基金和经济指标体系，充分发挥土地价格、税费在调控土地供应中的杠杆作用。
强化地籍成果应用。完善国家级开发区预警预测系统，继续对全国50万人口以上城市和其他重点地区土地利用状况进行动态监测。应用地籍统计数据，分析土地供应与宏观经济指标的量化关系。建立土地融资动态监测制度。
四、全面整顿和规范矿产资源开发秩序
落实《国务院关于全面整顿和规范矿产资源开发秩序的通知》。一是从“三查”入手，全面刹风治乱。对各种违法开采行为进行全面排查，对所有勘查项目进行全面检查，对管理中的违法违规行为进行全面清查，全面遏制各类破坏矿产资源开发秩序的行为。二是从分类管理入手，深化矿业权有偿取得制度改革。按勘查风险程度不同，分类出让探矿权、采矿权。三是从规范权限入手，全面规范和加强矿业权管理。严格执行审批权限和程序，进一步完善探矿权和采矿权管理制度。四是从完善矿区规划入手，促进规模化开采和集约化利用。继续划定大型煤炭国家规划矿区，科学编制矿业权设置方案。推动已有矿山整合，对新建矿山设定最低开采规模。五是从矿山储量动态监管入手，全面加强开发监管。六是从总结整顿和规范开发秩序的经验入手，探索建立矿政管理的长效机制，为《矿产资源法》修订奠定基础。
加强油气等重要矿产资源勘查开采的管理。研究制定支持油气资源勘查开采的政策措施，继续组织实施油气资源战略选区调查与评价，加强油气勘查开采登记管理，维护矿业权人合法权益和良好勘查开采秩序。全面实施钨、稀土等优势矿产的开采总量控制。
五、认真落实加强地质工作的政策措施
继续做好公益性地质工作。强化统一部署和组织实施，加强综合调查研究和成果集成，不断提高国家地质调查工作程度、质量和服务水平。按照建实建精建强的要求，加快中央和地方公益性地质调查队伍建设。围绕国家经济建设和社会发展急需，加强国家重大工程建设区、重要成矿区、重要经济区、重点生态环境脆弱区以及重大地质问题关键区及我国管辖海域基础地质调查，提供一批基础图件和数据。继续开展重要江河流域的环境地质调查与监测，启动矿山环境的遥感动态监测工作。继续推进多目标地球化学和城市调查试点。开展重要成矿区（带）重要矿产资源潜力评价试点。精心组织实施战略性矿产远景调查，摸清资源家底，降低商业性勘查风险。
大力推进地质勘查科技创新。加强地质成矿基础理论、区域成矿规律和找矿方法技术的研究开发、引进和应用。开展重点矿种、重点成矿区（带）和重要成矿类型的地质勘查科技攻关。综合运用地质、物探、化探、遥感等手段，提升矿产勘查的效率和水平。
加大对矿产勘查的政策引导和扶持力度。积极推进建立地质勘查基金，促进落实允许矿业企业勘查支出进成本的政策，加大对重点矿种、重点成矿区（带）的勘查投入力度，全面实施危机矿山接替资源找矿规划纲要，力争实现新的突破。加强地勘行业管理，支持地勘队伍改革发展，充分发挥现有地质队伍和广大地质工作者的作用。
加强汛期和三峡库区等重点地区地质灾害防治。进一步落实汛期灾害巡查、灾情险情速报和灾害预警预报等防灾制度，将地质灾害应急预案、汛期地质灾害气象预报延伸到基层，尽最大努力消除地质灾害造成的群死群伤。汛期结束前，完成三峡库区地质灾害应急治理项目。进一步推进群测群防体系和重点地区专业监测网建设。在全国地质灾害易发区内，完成200个县市地质灾害调查。积极推进联合防治体制建设，对华北平原、长江三角洲、珠江三角洲和汾渭地区地面沉降实施综合治理。
重视做好地质环境保护工作。加强地下水、地热、矿泉水调查、评价和监测，积极推进地热等新能源的开发利用，实施国家级地下水监测工程。完善突发性地下水环境污染的应急处置方案。搞好工矿废弃地的土地复垦和利用管理。从完善政策和法规入手，探索建立矿山环境恢复保证金，完善矿山环境治理责任制度，继续推进矿山环境恢复治理和矿山公园建设。进一步推进地质公园建设，加强古生物化石等地质遗迹保护。
六、努力推进资源节约集约利用
进一步落实节约集约用地的政策措施。大力推进土地市场体系建设，不断提高土地资源配置的市场化程度。严格控制划拨用地范围，稳步推进工业用地的招标、拍卖、挂牌出让和经营性基础设施用地有偿使用。加强协议出让土地使用权最低价格制度落实的监督检查。统筹城乡建设用地，加快集体建设用地使用制度改革步伐。继续开展土地市场体系建设的理论研究和实践总结，探索建立具有中国特色土地市场的新思路、新举措。规范土地储备制度，优先收储盘活低效利用的土地。加强宅基地管理，解决好城中村、城边村浪费土地的问题。完善激励约束机制，提高新增用地成本，鼓励使用存量土地，增大土地保有成本，促进土地合理流转。按照“布局集中、用地集约、产业集聚”的要求，建立和完善开发区土地利用评价指标体系，强化责任考核制度，促进现有开发区土地的节约集约利用。认真组织开展节约集约用地、促进科学发展的综合试点工作。
努力提高矿产资源合理开采和综合利用水平。开展重点矿种和重点矿山回采率和综合利用率调查。研究制定矿产资源合理开采和综合利用的具体标准，加强开发利用方案审核和监督检查，严格依法查处浪费和破坏资源的行为。制定鼓励企业提高资源回采率和综合利用率的政策，重点推进利用低品位、共伴生矿和尾矿资源。大力加强矿产资源综合利用技术研究和应用推广，公布淘汰技术目录。开展资源补偿费征收与储量消耗挂钩的试点。总结推广典型经验，评比表彰一批合理开采和综合利用矿产资源的矿业企业。积极推进矿产资源领域循环经济发展和试点工作。
七、进一步提高海洋和测绘工作管理服务水平
认真执行《全国海洋经济发展规划纲要》等各项规划，抓好重大项目的立项和组织实施。加快海洋法制建设，推动海岛立法工作，促进《海洋工程环境保护条例》和《海域使用金管理条例》尽早出台。强化海域使用管理。构建全海域管理动态监测监视信息网络，深化海洋生态环境保护工作，强化海洋应急管理。加强海洋执法监察工作，严格查处违法用海案件。继续做好极地与大洋工作。进一步拓宽海洋公益服务领域。
全面履行测绘管理职能，坚持依法行政，加强测绘统一监管。研究制定引导和规范地理信息产业发展的政策。加强网上地图监管。加强国家重要地理信息数据的审核发布工作。加强基础测绘工作的统筹规划，积极推进现代空间定位基准建设和高分辨率测绘卫星项目的立项进程，着力抓好西部1∶5万地形图空白区测图工程和测绘成果档案存储与服务设施项目的建设。大力推进科技创新，加快测绘信息化建设。加大开发测绘公共产品的力度，尽快推出新一代国家基本比例尺地形图和面向社会大众的公众版地形图。着力建设电子政务、电子商务、车载导航等基础地理信息平台，充分发挥测绘在社会公共服务和处理经济社会发展重大问题中的作用。
八、进一步加强基础工作
深入开展国土资源管理形势分析。加快建立国土资源管理形势分析制度，不断提高分析能力和水平。加强国土资源综合统计和专项统计，及时提供全面准确的数据。部属各事业单位都要发挥自身优势，主动开展重大问题调研，增强支撑能力。
加强地籍和储量管理。推动建立统一的土地分类、调查、统计、登记制度，实施《土地利用分类》国家标准，启动第二次全国土地调查，加快推进城镇地籍调查，完善土地统计制度，加快推进集体土地所有权、农村宅基地登记发证，建立和完善权属争议调处机制。开展土地权利理论研究，完善土地产权体系。完善储量评审备案制度，加强储量登记统计。
大力推进国际合作与科技创新。以周边国家和世界资源大国为重点，继续完善国土资源领域国际合作格局，办好2006中国国际矿业大会。开好国土资源科技大会，全面实施“科技兴地”战略，加快建立国土资源科技创新体系。
加快实施“金土工程”。大力推进电子政务，完善政务信息网上公开制度，以信息化推动国土资源管理现代化。
加大新闻宣传力度。围绕中心工作，加强新闻宣传，积极推进国土资源文化建设，为完成国土资源各项目标任务创造良好氛围。
九、继续推进完善体制提高素质活动
推进省以下国土资源管理体制改革全面到位。继续落实国务院和中组部的要求，以加强执法监督体系和基层国土所的建设为重点，保障体制到位、职能到位。开展创建“先进厅局”活动，推动省、市、县各级国土资源主管部门提高管理能力和服务水平。
进一步加强依法行政制度建设。实施“国土资源系统全面推进依法行政五年规划”。按照公开、便民、高效的原则，继续重视加强“窗口建设”和改革审批制度。推进行政执法责任制和评议考核制。加强行政复议工作。
加强领导班子建设。坚持民主集中制，提高决策的民主化、科学化水平。搞好团结协调，提高班子凝聚力。加强重大问题研究，提高驾驭全局的能力。
加强干部队伍建设。全面实施《中华人民共和国公务员法》，建立健全保持共产党员先进性的长效机制。落实中央关于建立健全惩治和预防腐败体系实施纲要，加强党风廉政建设。严格执行“五条禁令”和“十项便民措施”。增强依法理财意识，加强预算执行监管，开展公共财政支出绩效的考评。加强干部考核任用制度建设，大力培养青年干部，做好离退休干部工作。围绕中心工作，重点抓好市、县级国土资源部门的干部教育培训，充分发挥部及省厅教育培训机构的主渠道作用。
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外国投资管理委员会关于执行《中华人民共和国国务院关于管理外国企业常驻代表机构的暂行规定》中若干问题的说明，已经国务院批准，现转发给你们，请参照执行。
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《中华人民共和国国务院关于管理外国企业常驻代表机构的暂行规定》（以下简称《暂行规定》）公布后，各审批单位依照《暂行规定》对申请设常驻代表机构的外商进行了审批工作，工商行政管理部门核准了登记，公安机关办理了居留手续，工作进展很快，对外国企业常驻代表机构的管理工作有所加强。但在执行中也遇到了一些问题，需要予以明确或说明。现对《暂行规定》中若干问题说明如下。
一、《暂行规定》第一条中的“其它经济组织”是指从事经济、贸易、技术、金融业务活动，但又不称为公司、企业的组织，还包括如日中经济协会、日本国际贸易促进协会、美中贸易全国委员会、加中贸易理事会等非营利性的经济团体。
二、《暂行规定》第二条；“未经批准、登记的，不得开展常驻业务活动。”是指未经批准、登记的，不得以常驻机构人员的身份从事业务活动；并不准在住处设置外国公司、企业等任何标志。
未经批准登记设立常驻代表机构，擅自以常驻机构人员的身份进行业务活动的，由工商行政管理部门通知其撤销机构并立即停止业务活动。
三、《暂行规定》第三条中外国企业申请设常驻代表机构时应当提交的证件和材料，其中的申请书和授权书必须提交原件；其它证件可提交副本或影印件。“金融机构出具的资本信用证明书”，如外商提交确有困难，可灵活掌握，改为近一年内外商与银行有业务往来的证明即可。
非营利性外国经济团体申请设常驻代表机构时，对《暂行规定》第三条所要求提交的资本信用证明书可以免交。
四、《暂行规定》第四条中的“其它行业”，是指外贸部、中国人民银行、交通部、民航总局批准范围以外的行业，如合作开发石油、煤炭等，按其业务性质，报国务院主管部门批准。
同中国国际贸易促进委员会对口的外国非营利性经济团体申请设常驻代表机构，暂报外贸部审批。外贸部在审批过程中要征求贸促会的意见。
信托投资行业外商申请设常驻代表机构，暂报中国人民银行审批。中国人民银行在审批过程中，要征求中国国际信托投资公司的意见。
五、几个不同行业的外国企业共同申请设一个综合性的常驻代表机构时，向中华人民共和国外国投资管理委员会提出申请，外国投资管理委员会商请有关单位审批。
六、由于当前用房十分紧张，外国企业常驻代表机构的人数、驻在期限，由审批机关根据具体情况，从严控制。住房尚未落实的，不予批准。
一次批准驻在期限最长不超过三年。期满后如需要延长，外国企业应在期满前三个月向审批机关提出申请，经批准后，向工商管理局申请登记。
根据政府间的协定，需要在我国设立的常驻代表（办事）机构，按《暂行规定》办理登记手续，其人数、驻在期限、登记费等，按对等原则处理。
七、批准机关在发给申请单位批准证书的同时，应书面通知工商行政管理总局。工商行政管理部门在登记注册后，应及时通知批准机关，国家外资管委、外交部、公安部、海关总署、财政部税务总局。
属于信托投资行业的外国企业申请设常驻代表机构，在获得批准和登记后，有关部门应同时通知中国国际信托投资公司。
与贸促会对口的非营利性外国经济团体申请设常驻代表机构，在获得批准和登记后，有关部门应同时通知贸促会。
八、《暂行规定》第五条：“逾期没有办理登记手续的，应当缴回原批准证件。”申请人收到批准证件之日起，超过三十天未到工商行政管理部门办理登记手续的，视为自动撤销原申请，已发给的批准证件自动失效，并应缴回原批准机关。
九、《暂行规定》第七条常驻代表机构“驻在地点”的变更，是指在同一城市内地址的变动。但在同一建筑物内房间号的变动，可不视为驻在地点的变更。常驻代表机构应及时将变动情况通知当地有关的主管单位和登记单位。
由于我有关主管部门的要求，需要外国企业常驻代表机构变更驻在地点的，只办理变更登记手续，不收登记费。
十、外国企业常驻代表机构聘请工作人员，应按一九八一年四月六日公安部、外交部、工商行政管理总局、进出口管理委员会、外贸部联合签发的〔81〕公发（政）48号文件规定办理，原则上不得雇用第三国人员和在华没有正式户口的中国人。但如遇特殊情况，经征得当地外事服务部门或劳动部门的同意，也可以聘用第三国公民或港澳地区人员。
十一、一九八○年十二月八日，中华人民共和国工商行政管理总局《关于外国企业常驻代表机构办理登记事项的通知》第四条规定“已经省、市、自治区人民政府或所属主管部门批准的外国企业常驻代表机构或常驻代表”是指国务院一九八○年十月三十日发布《暂行规定》以前批准的外国企业常驻代表机构。《暂行规定》公布以后外国企业申请在华设常驻代表机构，按《暂行规定》办理。
十二、外商申请在北京以外的城市设常驻代表机构，除银行业、航空运输业必须直接向《暂行规定》第四条所列有关主管部门提出申请外，其它行业，应根据其业务性质，分别向所在省、市、自治区的外贸局、交通局或国务院其它主管部、委、局对口的厅、局提出申请，然后由这些部门签署意见，转报《暂行规定》第四条所列有关主管部门审批。
十三、除银行业、航空运输业外，外商申请在广东、福建两省设常驻代表机构的，由省人民政府审批；在深圳、珠海、厦门等经济特区设常驻代表机构的，由省经济特区管理委员会审批。
十四、华侨、港澳同胞、台湾同胞在国外开设的企业要求在国内（包括广东、福建两省及经济特区）设立常驻代表机构，参照《暂行规定》及本说明办理。
十五、《暂行规定》及本说明执行中遇到需要加以解释和解决的问题，由国家外国投资管理委员会负责组织协调处理。
CIRCULAR OF THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING THETRANSMISSION OF A CLARIFICATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE ADMI-NISTRATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ON SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTA-TION OF INTERIM PROVISIONS
OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLICOF CHINA ON
Important Notice: (注意事项)
英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).
当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
Whole Document (法规全文)
CIRCULAR OF THE GENERAL OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE
TRANSMISSION OF A CLARIFICATION SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE ADMI-
NISTRATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS ON SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF INTERIM PROVISIONS OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF
FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
(August 3, 1981)
The clarification submitted by the Commission for the Administration of
Foreign Investments on several questions on the implementation of "Interim
Provisions of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Governing Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises", has
been approved by the State Council and is hereby transmitted to you, and
you are requested to implement it accordingly.
A CLARIFICATION OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS ON SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIM
PROVISIONS OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE
ADMINISTRATION OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
Since the promulgation of the "Interim Provisions of the State Council of
the People's Republic of China Governing Resident Representative Offices
of Foreign Enterprises" (hereinafter referred to as the "Interim
Provisions"), the various examining and approving units have, in
accordance with the "Interim Provisions", examined and approved, the
applications filed by foreign businessmen for the establishment of
resident representative offices, the departments for the administration of
industry and commerce have approved their registration, and the organs of
public security have the performed residence procedures; work in this
respect has made very good progress, and the administrative work
concerning the resident representative offices of foreign enterprises has
been strengthened to some extent. However, in the course of implementing
the "Interim Provisions", there still exist some questions which need to
be defined more sharply or clarified. Now, several questions concerning
the implementation of the "Interim Provisions" are hereby clarified as
follows:
(1) "Other economic organizations", as mentioned in Article 1 of the
"Interim Provisions", refer to those organizations which are engaged in
economic, trade, technological or finance business activities but are not
called companies or enterprises as such, and which also include such
nonprofit economic organizations as the Japanese-Chinese Economic
Association, the Japanese Association for the Promotion of International
Trade, the National Council for American-Chinese Trade Relations, and
Council for Canadian-Chinese Trade Relations.
(2) Article 2 of the "Interim Provisions", which reads: "Those who have
not obtained approval or have not gone through the procedures for
registration shall not be permitted to undertake business operations of
resident offices", means that those who have not obtained approval or have
not gone through the procedures for registration shall not be permitted to
undertake business operations in the capacity of the staff of resident
(representative) offices, and neither shall they be permitted to put up
any sign at their residences that represents foreign companies or
enterprises.
With respect to those who undertake unauthorized business operations in
the capacity of the staff of resident (representative) offices without
going through the proper approval registration procedures for setting up
resident representative offices, the departments for the administration of
industry and commerce shall notify the persons concerned to close down
their resident offices and to stop their business operations forthwith.
(3) With respect to the certifying documents and relevant materials to be
presented by foreign enterprises when applying for the permission to set
up resident representative offices as provided for in Article 3 of the
"Interim Provisions", the written application and the vesting instrument
must be presented in the original and the other certifying documents may
be presented in duplicate or photo copies. As regards "the certificates of
creditworthiness issued by a financial institution", if a foreign
businessman has difficulty providing one, flexibility may be exercised by
requiring the foreign businessman concerned to present certifying
documents indicating business transactions concluded between the foreign
businessman and a bank within the preceding year instead.
When a nonprofit foreign economic organization applies for the permission
to set up its resident representative office, it may be exempt from
presenting the certificate of creditworthiness required in Article 3 of
the "Interim Provisions".
(4) "The other trades", as mentioned in Article 4 of the "Interim
Provisions", refer to those trades such as cooperative exploitation of oil
and coal resources and etc. which are beyond the approving authority of
the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of
Communications, and the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and the
parties concerned shall submit their applications to the competent
departments concerned under the State Council for approval in light of the
nature of their businesses.
With respect to those nonprofit foreign economic organizations, which are
the counterparts of the China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade, their applications for the permission to set up resident
representative offices shall, for the time being, be submitted to the
Ministry of Foreign Trade for examination and approval. In the course of
examination and approval, the Ministry of Foreign Trade shall consult
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
With respect to foreign businessmen in the trust and investment trade,
their applications for the permission to set up resident representative
offices shall, for the time being, be submitted to the People's Bank of
China for examination and approval. In the course of examination and
approval, the People's Bank of China shall consult the China International
Trust and Investment Corporation.
(5) In the event that several foreign enterprises of different trades
jointly apply for the permission to set up a comprehensive resident
representative office, they shall submit their application to the
Commission for the Administration of Foreign Investments of the People's
Republic of China, and the latter shall examine and approve the
application in consultation with the relevant units.
(6) Owing to the serious shortage of housing at present, a strict control
shall be exercised, by the examining and approving organ in accordance
with the specific conditions, over the number of staff of the proposed
resident representative offices of foreign enterprises and over the
duration of residence. An application for the setting up of a resident
representative office shall not be approved if the problem of housing has
not been solved. The maximum duration of residence, approved on each
occasion, shall not exceed 3 years. On the expiration of this prescribed
period, if it is necessary to have an extension, the foreign enterprise
concerned shall submit anew its application to the examining and approving
organ 3 months before the expiration of the original prescribed duration
of residence. And, after obtaining the approval, the foreign enterprise
concerned shall apply to the department for the administration of industry
and commerce for registration. If resident representative offices are to
be set up in China in accordance with agreement between the Chinese
government and foreign governments, the foreign enterprises concerned
shall go through the procedures for registration in accordance with the
"Interim Provisions", and the number of staff of the proposed resident
representative office, the duration of residence, the registration fees,
etc., shall be handled according to the principle of reciprocity.
(7) The approving organ, while issuing the certificate of approval to the
applying unit, shall notify in writing the case to the General
Administration for Industry and Commerce. The departments for the
administration of industry and Commerce shall, after the foreign
enterprise concerned has gone through the registration procedures, notify
without delay the case to the State Commission for the Administration of
Foreign Investments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Public Security, the Customs General Administration, and the State Tax
Bureau under the Ministry of Finance. With respect to foreign enterprises
in the trust and investment trade which apply for the permission to set up
their resident representative offices, after they have obtained the
approval and have gone through the registration procedures, the department
concerned shall at the same time notify the case to the China
International Trust and Investment Corporation.
With respect to those nonprofit foreign economic organizations, which are
the counterparts of the China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade and apply for the permission to set up their resident representative
offices, after they have obtained approval and have gone through the
registration procedures, the department concerned shall at the same time
notify the case to the China Council for the Promotion of International
Trade.
(8) Article 5 of the "Interim Provisions" reads: "Those who have failed to
go through the procedures for registration within the prescribed time
limit, shall return the original certificate of approval". An applicant
shall go through the procedures for registration with the department for
the administration of industry and commerce within 30 days from the day
he/she has received the certificate; if he/she has failed to do so within
prescribed time limit, he/she shall be considered to have withdrawn
automatically the original application, and the certificate of approval
already issued to him/her shall become invalid automatically, and he/she
shall be required to return the certificate of approval to the original
approving organ.
(9) The change of "the location of resident office", as mentioned in
Article 7 of the "Interim Provisions", refers to the change effected
within the same city. However, the change of room number within the same
building shall not be considered as a change of the location of resident
office. The resident representative office concerned is required to
notify, without delay, the case of change of the location of resident
office to the local competent department concerned and also to the
department for registration. In case that the resident representative
office of a foreign enterprise has to change its location at the request
of the competent department concerned of China, the foreign enterprise
concerned shall be required to go through the procedures for the
registration of the change without paying any registration fees.
(10) If the resident representative office of a foreign enterprise wishes
to employ staff members, the case shall be handled in accordance with the
provisions in Document No. 48, signed and issued jointly, in 1981, by the
Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General
Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Commission for the
Administration of Imports and Exports, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade;
and, in principle, no individual of a third country or Chinese without
regular registered residence in China shall be hired. However, in special
cases, citizens of a third country or individuals from the areas of Hong
Kong and Macao may be engaged with the approval of the local department of
service for foreign affairs and of the labour department.
(11) Article 4 of "Circular Concerning Registration of Resident
Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises" promulgated by the General
Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China
on December 8, 1980, provides: "the resident representative offices, or
the resident representatives, of foreign enterprises approved by the
competent departments of the people's governments of the province,
municipality directly under the Central Government, and autonomous region"
refer to the resident representative offices of foreign enterprises
approved before the promulgation of the "Interim Provisions" by the State
Council on October 30, 1980. Applications for the setting up of resident
representative offices submitted by foreign enterprises after the
promulgation of the "Interim Provisions" shall be handled in accordance
with the "Interim Provisions".
(12) In the event that foreign businessmen apply for permission to set up
resident representative offices in cities other than Beijing, with the
exception of such trades as banking or air transportation - the
applications shall be submitted directly to the competent departments
listed in Article 4 of the "Interim Provisions", all other trades shall,
in light of the nature of their respective businesses, apply accordingly
to the local bureau of foreign trade or bureau of communications of the
province, municipality directly under the Central Government, or
autonomous region, or to the departments or bureaus in the localities,
which have a direct business relationship with the ministries, commissions
or bureaus under the State Council; and the aforesaid departments shall,
in turn, write their comments on the written applications and forward
same, for examination and approval, to the competent departments concerned
listed in Article 4 of the "Interim Provisions".
(13) With the exception of such trades as banking and air transportation,
in case that foreign businessmen apply for the permission to set up
resident representative offices in the two provinces of Guangdong and
Fujian, their applications shall be submitted to the provincial
governments for examination and approval. In case that resident
representative offices are to be set up in the Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen
Special Economic Zones, the applications shall be submitted for
examination and approval to the provincial committee for the
administration of special economic zones.
(14) If enterprises established and run abroad by overseas Chinese, by
compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, wish to set up resident
representative offices in China
(including Guangdong and Fujian Provinces and the special economic zones),
their applications shall be dealt with reference to the "Interim
Provisions" and this Clarification.
(15) Should problems arise in the course of the execution of the "Interim
Provisions" and of this Clarification, and that explanation and solutions
are called for, they shall be handled through coordination and
consultation by the State Commission for the Administration of Foreign
Investments.
