1.Decision to Amend the Provisional Rules on Filings of Establishment and Change of Foreign Funded Enterprises

Promulgated by the Ministry of Commerce

File number: No.19 MOC Order in 2018

Promulgation date: 29 June 2018

Effective date: 30 June 2018

The Provisional Rules states that in order to establish a foreign funded enterprise or change a domestic enterprise into a foreign funded enterprise by merger, acquisition, absorption, combination, etc. by filing as required by the Provisional Rules, filings of establishment of the foreign-funded enterprise shall be submitted online during the establishment and change recordation processes of the administration of industry and commerce and the market supervision and regulation department and the recordation authority shall begin the recordation process upon and inform the investor of receipt of the filings transferred by the administration of industry and commerce and the market supervision and regulation department. If the foreign-funded enterprise or its investor delays in submitting or has a material omission in its filings, the commerce department should give an order to correct it within a limited period of time. A fine of less than RMB 30,000 should be payable for a failure to correct it as required or a serious misconduct. (Source: Website of the Ministry of Commerce)