WaiJingMaoZiZi [1997] No.5 March 6, 1997

Commissions (departments, bureaus) of foreign trade and economic cooperation in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and municipalities separately listed on the State plan, Shengyang, Changchun, Harbin, Xi'an, Chengdu, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Guangzhou, Wuhan and Shenzhen Foreign Investment Offices:

In line with the Circular on Joint Annual Inspection on Enterprises with Foreign Investment (WaiJingMaoZiFa [1996] No.773) issued by Seven Departments of the State Council, for the purpose of facilitating the joint annual inspection on enterprises with foreign investment approved by the departments of the State Council and established in different places, after consulting the National Foreign Investment Steering Committee and the relevant ministries and commissions of the State Council, the relevant issues are hereby circularized as follows:

I. The joint annual inspection shall cover all enterprises with foreign investment examined and approved by the ministries and commissions of the State Council, institutions directly under the State Council ,state bureaus under the administration of relevant ministries and commissions of the State Council, China Aviation Industry Corporation, China Aerospace Industry Corporation, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, China Weapon Industry Corporation, China Nuclear Industry Corporation, China Petrol-Chemical Industry Corporation, China Non-ferrous Metal Industry Corporation and China General Logistics Department based on the company location principle. In the joint annual inspection, the appropriate authority in charge of foreign investment examination and approval covering the area where the enterprise locates inspects items that should be done by the foreign trade department.

II. Please notify the enterprises concerned of the above requirements, inform other departments in the joint annual inspection and actively coordinate with them to make the join annual inspection successful.

Promulgated by The General Office of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on 1997-3-6