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PROCEDURES FOR INVESTMENT APPLICATION
1. Submission for examination and approval of listing the project on the plan
Time limit: 5 days.
Departments-in-charge: the Planning Commission, the Economic Commission at all levels.
After signing the cooperation intention or agreement between sino-foreign parties, the foreign-invested enterprises should come to the local Planning Commission for examination and approval of listing the project on the plan within 2-3 months. The projects of enterprise technical innovation should be submitted to the Economic Commission.
Following documents should be provided while submitting the application:
1) Project Application
2) Letter of proposal ( or the application form for solely foreign-owned enterprise ) and feasibility study report for the project
3) Letter of Agreement on joint venture or cooperation
4) Notice on the enterprise's name approved by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau
5) The Chinese joint venture which is a state-owned enterprise with the present fixed assets confirmed by the local state-owned asset management authority.
6) Certificates of the identification and credit of the investors
7) The opinion of site, designing condition and blue-line-marked map of project approved by the construction department
8) The lease contract of the factory building or The pre-examination letter of land reservation
9) Suggestion of environment protection initiative consideration
10) The opinions of the administrative department-in-charge for some special industrial sectors
2. Environment influence statement for examination
Time limit: 7 days
The department-in-charge: The Environment Protection Bureau at all levels
While submitting the application, the foreign-invested enterprises should present environment influence statement form to the Environment Protection Bureau in accordance in regular procedures. The examination for the environment influence statement form of non-polluted or light-polluted projects should be done with listing the project on the plan at the same time
Following documents should be provided while submitting the environmental influence statements ( form ) for examination:
1) Application Forms of environmental influence
2) Letter of proposal and report of feasibility study for the project
3) Technical data of environmental protection
4) Supposed-to-be location of the project and relevant materials
3. Submitting the contract and articles of association ( Solely-foreign-funded enterprises are required to hand in the articles only )
Time limit: 7 days
Department-in-charge: the Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission at all levels
1) Following documents are required for the sino-foreign joint venture or cooperation enterprises
a. The project proposal report and feasibility report, contract, articles of association, name list of the board of directors
b. The approval file issued by involved authorities on feasibility report at all levels
c. The business license and credit liability certificate of the joint venture parties
d. The authorized letter and authentication of the members of the board issued by each parties, the Chinese ventures need the authentication of non-CPC member or non-administrative officeholder as well
e. Lease contract of the factory building or Letter of Land reservation issued by the land administration department
f. Notice on the enterprises' name approved by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau
g. The certificate for the Chinese ventures' investment
h. The Chinese joint venturer which is a state-owned enterprise with the present fixed assets as the investment should have an evaluation report for the assets confirmed by the local state-owned asset management authority. The collective enterprises should attach the opinions from the administrative department-in-charge.
2) Following documents are required for the solely-foreign-funded enterprises
a. The application form, articles of association, feasibility report, name list of the board of directors and management institution
b. The application report of the investor and the approval file issued by the authority administration
c. The business license of the overseas companies and the certificate of the credit liability and the identification of the investors
d. The authorized letter of the legal representative authentication and the member of the board of directors issued by the investors
e. Lease contract of the factory building or Letter of Land reservation issued by the land administration department
f. Notice on the enterprises' name approved by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau
g. The environment evaluation statement issued by the Environmental Protection Bureau
4. Application for the approval certificate for the foreign-invested enterprises
Time limit: 7 days
Department-in-charge: the municipal Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission
All the documents for the approval application and the approval permission file should be submitted
Άς Registration
1. Registration for industrial and commercial administration
Time limit: 6 days
Department-in-charge: The Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau
After receiving the certificate of approval, the foreign-invested enterprises should come to the administrative organization of registration to get through the registration formalities and get the business license within 30 days.
Documents required for the registration:
1) The foreign-funded enterprises registration application signed by the president and the vice-president of the board
2) The contract, articles of association, certificate and files for approval issued by the involved authorities
3) The project proposal, feasibility report and their approval files
4) The authentication of investors' legal business operation
5) The credit liability authentication of investors
6) The name list of the board of the directors and the identification of the members of the board, general managers, vice-general managers designation
7) The registration forms of enterprise name
8) The authentication of the legal enterprise location
9) The special approval files involved with the special industries
2. Registration for tax administration
Time limit: 3 days
Department-in-charge: the Taxation Bureau at all levels
After getting the business license, the foreign-invested enterprises should come to the tax authority with contract, articles of association and business license to get through registration formalities for tax administration within 30 days.
3. Registration for the customs
Time limit: 3 days
Department-in-charge: the Customs
After getting the business, the foreign-invested enterprises should come to the Customs for registration within 30 days with the following certificates in triplicate:
1) The duplicate or the copy of the approved certificate
2) The duplicate or the copy of the business license of the enterprise ( seal by the originally-approved organization )
3) The contract and articles of the enterprises
4) Letter of economic guarantee and the certificate of opening account from the bank whenever deemed as necessary
5) Letter of application for registration
4. Registration for foreign exchange
Time limit: 2 days
Department-in-charge: the local Administration Bureau of Foreign Exchange Control
After getting the business license, the foreign-invested enterprise should come to the Bureau for registration within 30 days with the following documents:
1) The approved documents of listing the project on the plan, contract and articles of association
2) Business license
3) The approval certificate
4) The enterprise code certificate
5. Opening account in the bank
Time limit: 1 day
The foreign-invested enterprises can turn to the local commercial bank to get through the formalities of opening account for foreign exchange with the notice and the registration certificate issued by the local administration of foreign currency control and opening account for RMB with the business license and code certificate of the enterprise
Άσ Examination and Approval of the Use of Land
Time limit: 10 days
Department-in-charge: the Bureau of Land Administration at all levels
1. The non-gratuitous land-use right transfer the land administrations of the county and the municipality transfer the right to use the state-owned land in the form of agreement, bid and auction while the foreign-invested enterprise get the land-use right as the transferees
a) The transferor and the transferee sign the contract of the transfer right to use the state-owned land
b) After the transferee pays according to the contract, the transferor delivers the land, handles the land registration, and issues the certificate of the land-use right
c) The transferee establishes an enterprise according to the regulations concerned, gets through registration formalities, and engaged in the development and business of the land according to the contract regulations
2. The use of the original land of the domestic enterprises by Sino-foreign joint ventures or co-operative enterprises.
1) The joint ventures or con-operative of the Chinese venturer can apply at the Bureau of Land Administration of the county or the municipality for the use of land with the following documents:
a. The approval documents of the project
b. The enterprise approval certificate
c. Business license of the enterprise
d. The planning and designing conditions, the expansion program layout
e. License of the land-use plan of the construction
2) The sino-foreign joint ventures sign the contract of the use of the land
3) Getting through the registration formalities for the change of the land-use right, changing the certificate of land-use right
3. Procedure for approval of the exploitation of joint-area land
1) A letter of proposal for the project made by the people's government of the county or city shall be submitted to Quanzhou Municipality and transferred to the Provincial People's government or the State Council for examination and approval
2) The investors establish the enterprise for development in accordance with the regulations
3) The Bureau of Land Administration of the county or the shall be responsible for taking over the land, formulating the plan of settlement, and submitting or approving " the Contract Draft of transferring the right to use the state-owned land " according to its power
4) The Bureau of Land Administration of the county or the municipality sign the contract of the land-use right with the developers
5) The developing enterprises pay the tax concerned according to the contract while the Bureau of Land Administration handles the registration of the land-use right and issues the certificates of the land-use right upon examination
6) The developing enterprise formulate the developing plan, feasibility report, and environmental influence and submits them to the Provincial People's Government for examination and approval after being examined by the People's Government of the County and the municipality
7) The enterprise carries out the development according to the approved plan. If it meets the regulations of the contract, the right to use the land can be transferred with the approval of the Bureau of Land Administration
Άτ Procedure for the Application of the Project plan and construction
1. Location for the project sites:
Department-in-charge: the Urban-rural Construction Planning Bureau or the Construction Commission at all levels
Documentation for application of the project location
1) The recommendation letter form the applicant institution, the file on the entrustment by the legal person, the identification of the person for contact in accordance with the construction workplace
2) The application report, project proposal report, construction projects planning objective report ( including feasibility report, files on approval of investment ). The real estate sectors are required to represent the proof file of the under-construction of the first site when they apply for the location of another site
3) The opinion from the department-in-charge
4) The certificate of the project fund, enterprise credit
2. Application for < The Proposal Report on the Construction Project Location >
Department-in-charge: the Urban-rural Construction Planning Bureau or the Construction Commission at all levels
Documentation for the application of the project location
1) The recommendation letter from applicant institution the file on the entrustment by the legal person, the identification of the person for contact in accordance with the construction workplace
2) Surveying Relief Map ( 1:500 ) ( in quintuple ) provided by the Bureau Consulting Service Agency or the Designing and Surveying Team
3) The application form for " The Statement of site of location "
4) If the projects are located within the regions such as scenic resorts, important facilities, relics and historical sites, confidential spots, the proposal reports provided by the involved institution are required to be issued
3. Application for the license of Land-use plan for construction
Department-in-charge: the Urban-rural Construction Planning Bureau or the Construction Commission at all levels
1) The recommendation letter from applicant workplaces, the file on the entrustment by the legal person, the identification of the person for contact in accordance with the construction workplace
2) Surveying Relief Map ( 1:500 ) ( in quintuple ) provided by the Bureau Consulting Service Agency or the Designing and Surveying Team ( ten copies )
3) Approved general program maps ( including one general layout marked by the blue-lined map ( original piece ) and the specific design map for major buildings in triplicate )
4) The memo on examination for the general layout
5) " The Statement of location " or notices for location ( copy )
6) To fill in the application form
4. Applying for examination and approval of the design
Department-in-charge: The Construction Commission at all levels
The construction workplace should proved:
1) The report on the design for examination and approval
2) The approved documents of the feasibility study report for the project
3) Environmental influence evaluation statement
4) The license of the land-use program for construction ( including the design of the major part and red-line-marked map )
5) The design document formulated by the designing workplace conditionally-match with the construction
The deportment-in-charge should be responsible for:
1) Organizing the unified examination of the raw design
2) Formalities of the approval of the design after revision
5. Application for the license of the project construction engineer planning
Department-in-charge: The Construction Commission at all levels
Documentation Required:
1) The report on the design for examination and approval
2) The license of Land-use Plan for Construction; Red-line-marked land-use project map ( copy )
3) The Annual Plan issued by the Planning Commission and the License for investment
4) Land-for-construction License issued by the Land Administration and the boundary-lined map and the property right authentication provided by the Department-in-charge
5) Project Construction Planning Objectives Report
6) The general layout and the further design map of the major parts approved by the land administration bureau
7) The memo of the examination of the plan-inspection session and the expanded original design session of project
8) The working blueprint formulated by the design authority conditionally-match with the construction workplaces according to the general-layout requirement approved by the Bureau. ( in triplicate ) including one general layout marked on the red-lined land map ( original piece )
6. Application for the license of construction
Time limit: 10 days
Department-in-charge: the Construction Commission at all levels
The construction workplace are required to provide:
1) The complete set of construction design ( original piece )
2) The license for construction project program
3) The license for investment of project construction issued by the Planning Commission
4) The formality for project bid
5) The qualification certificate for the construction workplace and the construction contract proved by the Commercial and Business Administration
6) The relevant certificate of the project security and the quality inspection
7) The record of the construction design blueprint and the technology presentation
8) The registration formalities of the newly-initiated project ( fixed asset )
9) The fee-paid certificate
The department-in-charge is responsible for issuing the Project Construction License
7. Application for the check and acceptance of the completion of the construction
The department-in-charge: the Construction Commission at all levels
The construction should provide:
1) The report on applying for the acceptance of the completion of the construction
2) The self-examination report from the construction workplace
3) The examination report on the project quality from the quality supervision workplace
4) The report on trial production ( for industrial sectors )
5) file certificate of the completion
6) The involved examination and approval formalities of the essence construction ( copy piece )
7) The special check repot or memo issued by the Fire or the Environment Protection Bureau
The department-in-charge organize the institution concerned for the check and acceptance and countersigning the check and acceptance forms and approving the quality grade
Appendix: The time limit for the examination and approval of the project program ( the time for the design approving, the application for the construction and the inspection of the project accomplishment )
1) To accept the case 8 days;
2) To locate the site of the project 10 days;
3) To determine the design condition 10 days;
4) To hold the general layout inspection session and issue the memo 25 days;
5) To mark the map of project by red lines 15 days;
6) To issue the land-use program license 5 days;
7) To determine the design the major demand 10 days;
8) To hold examination session of the project program and issue the memo 21 days;
9) To inspect the expand original design and the working blueprint 10 days;
10) To sign the sample inspection list 5 days;
11) To issue the project construction license 3 days