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Degree of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

No. 567

Measures for the Administration on the Establishment of Partnership Business by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals in China has been adopted at the 77th executive meeting of the State Council on August 19, 2009, and are hereby promulgated, which shall come into effect as of March 1, 2010.

Premier Wen Jiabao

November 25, 2009

Measures for the Administration on the

Establishment of Partnership Business by Foreign

Enterprises or Individuals in China

Article 1 For the purpose of regulating the establishment of partnership business by foreign enterprises or individuals in China and facilitating foreign enterprises or individuals to invest in China in the form of partnership to expand foreign economic cooperation and technical exchanges, the Measures herein shall in accordance with the Partnership Business Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Partnership Business Law) be formulated.

Article 2 The establishment of partnership business by foreign enterprises or individuals in China in the Measures herein refers to the establishment of partnership businesses by 2 or more foreign enterprises or individuals, and foreign enterprises or individuals and Chinese natural person, legal person and other organizations in China.

Article 3 The establishment of partnership business by foreign enterprises or individuals in China should abide by the Partnership Business Law, other relevant laws, administrative regulations and rules and related industrial policies for foreign investment.

The legitimate rights and interests of foreign enterprises or individuals shall be protected by law while establishing partnership businesses in China.

China shall encourage foreign enterprises or individuals with advanced technologies and management experience to establish partnerships in China to boost the development of the modern service industry and other industries.

Article 4 The currency utilized by foreign enterprises or individuals for contribution should be the foreign currency that can be freely exchanged as well as the Renminbi earned by law.

Article 5 In the event of the establishment of partnership business by foreign enterprises or individuals in China, the representatives designed or the agent jointly entrusted by the whole copartners should apply to the local industrial and commercial administration authorized by the administrative department for industry and commerce under the State Council (hereinafter referred

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