发布机关: 国家外管局
颁布日期: 1983-08-01
生效日期： 1983-08-01
RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL REGULA-TIONS RELATING TO ENTERPRISES WITH OVERSEAS CHINESE CAPITAL, FOREIGN-CAPITAL ENTERPRISES AND CHINESE-FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES
Important Notice:
This English document is coming from the "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
RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL REGULA-
TIONS RELATING TO ENTERPRISES WITH OVERSEAS CHINESE CAPITAL, FOREIGN-
CAPITAL ENTERPRISES AND CHINESE-FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES
(Approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China
on July 19, 1983 and promulgated by the State Administration of Foreign
Exchange Control on August 1, 1983)
Article 1
These Rules are formulated for implementing the provisions of Chapter V of
the Interim Regulations on Foreign Exchange Control of the People's
Republic of China.
Article 2
In Chapter V of the Interim Regulations on Foreign Exchange Control of the
People's Republic of China, the term "enterprises with overseas Chinese
capital" refers to corporations, enterprises or other economic entities
registered in China with overseas Chinese capital or capital of
compatriots in the Hongkong and Macao regions, and managed independently
or jointly with Chinese enterprises; the term "foreign-capital
enterprises" refers to corporations, enterprises or other economic[page]
entities registered in China with foreign capital, and managed
independently or jointly with Chinese enterprises; the term "Chinese-
foreign equity joint ventures" refers to enterprises jointly established,
owned and run in China by corporations, enterprises, other economic
entities or individuals with overseas Chinese capital, capital of
compatriots in the Hongkong and Macao regions or foreign capital and
Chinese corporations, enterprises or other economic entities.
Article 3
For all foreign exchange receipts and payments, enterprises with overseas
Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-foreign equity
joint ventures must act in accordance with the provisions in the Interim
Regulations on Foreign Exchange Control of the People's Republic of China
as well as these Rules.
Article 4
Enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and
Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures shall open Renminbi deposit accounts
and foreign exchange deposit accounts in China with the Bank of China or
its branch banks or any other banks approved by the State Administration
of Foreign Exchange Control (SAFEC) or its branch offices, payments and
receipts in these accounts being subject to the supervision of the bank
with which the enterprises have established accounts. When applying for
the opening of the accounts, the enterprises shall submit for verification
their business licenses issued by the State Administration for Industry
and Commerce of the People's Republic of China.
Article 5
The exploration fund and the fund for cooperative development and
cooperative production provided unilaterally by a foreign-capital
enterprise engaged in cooperative exploitation of offshore petroleum[page]
resources in China are permitted to be deposited with the agreement of the
Chinese side in a bank, of a foreign country or of the Hongkong or Macao
region.
Article 6
Should they find it necessary to open foreign exchange deposit accounts
with banks abroad or in the Hongkong and Macao regions other than the
accounts opened in accordance with Article 5 of these Rules, enterprises
with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-
foreign equity joint ventures shall apply to SAFEC or its branch offices
for approval. The enterprises concerned shall submit to SAFEC or its
branch offices quarterly statements of payments into and withdrawal from
such accounts within 30 days as of the end of each and every quarter.
Article 7
All foreign exchange receipts of enterprises maintaining foreign exchange
accounts with banks in China in accordance with Article 4 of these Rules,
must be deposited in the said accounts and all their foreign exchange
disbursements incurred in normal business operations can be effected
through these accounts.
Article 8
For the implementation of the petroleum operations specified in their
contracts, the foreign-capital enterprises engaged in cooperative
exploitation of offshore petroleum resources may pay directly outside
China wages, salaries, cost of procurements, various labour costs and
service charges to foreign workers and staff members, foreign
subcontractors and suppliers. The foreign workers and staff members and
foreign subcontractors shall pay taxes on their income derived from China
in accordance with the provisions of the tax law of the People's Republic
of China.
Article 9
Enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and[page]
Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures shall submit within the prescribed
time limit to the SAFEC or its branch offices the following statements
with explanatory notes in detail:
(1) Balance sheet as of December 31 of the previous year, profit and loss
statement and statement of receipts and payments of foreign exchange for
the previous year shall be submitted before March 31 of each year, along
with audit reports by accountants registered in the People's Republic of
China.
(2) Budget of foreign exchange receipts and payments for the coming year
shall be submitted before December 1 of each year (subsequent amendments,
if any, shall be reported immediately).
The SAFEC and its branch offices are authorized to request the enterprises
with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-
foreign equity joint ventures to provide information about their business
activities involving foreign exchange, and to check on their foreign
exchange incomes and expenditures.
Article 10
Any currency conversion of enterprises with overseas Chinese capital,
foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures must
be conducted according to the official rates of foreign exchange quoted by
the SAFEC; the export of the products of these enterprises may be dealt
with in accordance with the relevant provisions governing China's foreign
trade exchange conversions.
Article 11
Except where otherwise approved by the SAFEC or its branch offices, the
foreign exchange receipts realized from exports by the enterprises with
overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-foreign
equity joint ventures shall be transferred back and credited to their
foreign exchange deposit accounts with banks in China and the enterprises[page]
shall also go through the procedure of cancelling their commitments for
foreign exchange receipts from these exports.
Article 12
Renminbi shall be used in the settlement of accounts between enterprises
with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises or Chinese-
foreign equity joint ventures on the one hand, and agencies, enterprises
(including enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital
enterprises, Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures), or individuals in
China on the other, except in the following cases:
(1) For products manufactured by these enterprises and sold to Chinese
entities or enterprises engaged in foreign trade which would otherwise
have to import, foreign currencies may be used in pricing and in
settlement of accounts, provided that prior approval by Chinese foreign
trade authorities has been obtained and that agreement on this arrangement
has been reached between seller and buyer; the prices of the products may
be such as to be commensurate with those current in world markets.
(2) If enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital
enterprises and Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures purchase, for the
sake of production, the commodities to be exported or imported by Chinese
entities engaged in foreign trade, foreign currencies may be used in
pricing the said commodities with reference to those current in world
markets and in settlement of accounts, with prior approval of Chinese
foreign trade authorities and arrangement between seller and buyer.
(3) Foreign currencies may be used in pricing and in the settlement of
accounts related to construction work performed by Chinese construction
entities according to contracts, provided that prior approval from the
[page]SAFEC or its branch offices has been obtained.
(4) Other items which can be priced and settled in foreign currencies are
prescribed by the State Council or approved by the SAFEC or its branch
offices.
For all transactions which can be priced and settled in foreign currencies
as approved, the receipts and payments may be made through foreign
exchange deposit accounts.
Article 13
Overseas Chinese investors of enterprises with overseas Chinese capital or
foreign investors of foreign-capital enterprises or of Chinese-foreign
equity joint ventures may apply to the banks with which they have opened
accounts for remitting abroad their profits as well as other justified
earnings after taxation, by debiting the foreign exchange deposit accounts
of the enterprise concerned. At the time of application, the investors
concerned shall submit for examination the written decision on profit
distribution adopted by the board of directors or by another organ of
power equivalent to the board of directors, documentary evidence showing
that all taxes have been duly paid as well as the contracts containing
stipulations with regard to the distribution of profits or earnings.
Overseas Chinese investors of enterprises with overseas Chinese capital or
foreign investors of foreign-capital enterprises or of Chinese-foreign
equity joint ventures shall apply to the SAFEC or its branch offices for
transferring their foreign exchange capital abroad by debiting the foreign
exchange deposit accounts of the enterprises concerned.
Article 14
Enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and
Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures engaged in cooperative exploitation
of such resources as offshore petroleum and coal, and in other contractual[page]
or equity joint ventures, whose capital is to be recovered and profits to
be realized in kind as stipulated in their contracts, may transport out of
China the products as their shares of recovered capital and realized
profits, but such enterprises shall remit back the amount of tax to be
paid in the People's Republic of China as well as other required payments.
If the products are to be sold within China, the case shall be handled in
accordance with provisions of Article 12 of these Rules, and the foreign
exchange proceeds derived from these sales may be remitted out after
taxation and other required payments.
Article 15
Staff members and workers of foreign nationality and those from the
Hongkong and Macao regions employed by enterprises with overseas Chinese
capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-foreign equity joint
ventures may remit abroad their wages and other justified earnings, after
taxation according to law, and if the remittance exceeds 50% of their
wages and other earnings, they may apply to the SAFEC or its branch
offices. The amounts remitted shall all be debited to the foreign exchange
deposit accounts of the enterprises concerned.
Article 16
Foreign exchange expenses required in the normal business operations of
the branches or offices abroad or in the Hongkong and Macao regions set up
with the approval of competent authorities by enterprises with overseas
Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and Chinese-foreign equity
joint ventures may be remitted to these branches or offices, debiting to
the foreign exchange deposit accounts of the enterprises concerned, with
the approval of the SAFEC or its branch offices.
Article 17
Enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises,[page]
and Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures may borrow foreign exchange
directly from banks or enterprises of foreign countries or of the Hongkong
and Macao regions, but they must report such borrowing to the SAFEC or its
branch offices for the record.
Article 18
Enterprises with overseas Chinese capital, foreign-capital enterprises and
Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures winding up operations in accordance
with legal procedures, shall carry out liquidation within the scheduled
period, under the joint supervision of China's finance, taxation and
foreign exchange control authorities. Overseas Chinese investors or
foreign investors shall be responsible for their taxes due and their
outstanding liabilities within China. After completion of the liquidation,
overseas Chinese investors and foreign investors may apply to the SAFEC or
its branch offices for remitting out the funds owned by or distributed to
them. And the remittance shall be debited to the foreign exchange accounts
of the liquidated enterprises.
Article 19
The measures to control foreign exchange receipts and payments of banks
with overseas Chinese capital, banks with foreign capital, Chinese-foreign
equity joint banks and other financial institutions shall be formulated by
the SAFEC separately.
Article 20
These Rules shall be promulgated and put into effect by the SAFEC upon
approval of the State Council.
