I. General (37 Items)

1. Basic Rules

1          Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration (Decree No. 532 of the State Council)

2          Regulations on the Administration of Settlement, Sales, and Payments of Foreign Exchange (Yinfa No. 210 [1996])

3          Interim Measures for the Administration of Collection and Payment of Foreign Cash by Domestic Institutions (Huiguanhanzi No. 211 [1996])

4          Interim Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Foreign Exchange Transfers (Huiguanhanzi No. 250 [1997])

5          Measures for the Administration of Individual Foreign Exchange Business (Decree No. 3 [2006] of the People’s Bank of China)

6          Detailed Rules on the Implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Individual Foreign Exchange Business (Huifa No. 1 [2007])

2. Account Administration

1        Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Foreign Exchange Accounts (Yinfa No.416 [1997])

2        Regulations on the Administration of Overseas Foreign Exchange Accounts (Huizhengfazi No. 10 [1997])

3        Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Regarding Foreign Exchange Administration Policies Regarding the Business of Corporate Foreign Exchange Accounts (Huifu No. 398 [2007])

4        Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Business of Foreign Diplomatic Institutions in China (Huizongfu No. 53 [2008])

5        Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Management of Domestic Foreign Exchange Accounts of Overseas Institutions (Huifa No. 29 [2009])

3. Administrative Licensing

1          Announcement of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Revocation of 26 Administrative Examination and Approval Items (Announcement No. 1 [2003] of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

2          Announcement of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Revocation of 8 Administrative Examination and Approval Items (Announcement No. 1 [2004] of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Procedural Issues Concerning Implementation of Administrative Licensing for Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 68 [2004])

4          Decision of the State Council on Administrative Examination and Approval of the Necessary Items for Establishing Administrative Licensing (Decree No. 412 of the State Council, Promulgated and Coming into Force on July 1, 2004)

5          Announcement No. 5 [2006] of the People’s Bank of China on the Adjustment of Some Foreign Exchange Administration Policies

6          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding the Decision of the State Council on the Fourth Batch of Revocations and Adjustments of Administrative Approval Items (Huizongfa No. 189 [2007])

7          Administrative Licensing Procedures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Huizongfa No. 191 [2008])

8          Decision of the State Council on the Fifth Batch of Revocations and Delegations of Administrative Authority for Administrative Examination and Approval Items (Guofa No. 21 [2010])

9          List of the Administrative Licensing Items of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (Huifa No. 43 [2010])

4. Others

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Ending Implementation of Some Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations (Huifa No. 289 [1999])

2          System of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Receipt of Letters and Visits (Huifa No. 346 [1999])

3          Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Administration of Important Vouchers, Examination and Approval, and Archive Management for Foreign Exchange Business (Huifa No. 1 [2004])

4          Working Procedures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Information Disclosures of Illegal (Negative) Foreign Exchange Activities (Trial) (Huizongfa No. 105 [2006])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Guide of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Disclosure of Government Information, the Catalogue of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Disclosure of Government Information, and the Working Procedures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Disclosure of Government Information Upon Application (Huifa No. 12 [2008])

6          Regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Administration of Legal Consulting Work (Huizongfa No. 106 [2009])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Announcing the List of Repealed and Expired Regulatory Documents on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 19 [2009])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Announcing 25 Repealed and Expired Regulatory Documents on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 36 [2009])

9          Announcement No. 16 [2009] of the People’s Bank of China on the Abolition of 6 Regulatory Documents

10      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Announcing the List of 56 Repealed and Expired Regulatory Documents on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 44 [2009])

11      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Announcing 55 Repealed and Expired Regulatory Documents on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 60 [2009])

12      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Announcing 24 Repealed and Expired Regulatory Documents on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 16 [2010])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Concerning the Repeal of 52 Regulatory Documents on the Statistical Declaration of the Balance of Payments (Huifa No. 42 [2010])

14      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening Administration of the Foreign Exchange Business (Huifa No. 59 [2010])

15      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to Doing a Good Job in Foreign Exchange Administration for Disaster Relief in Zhouqu (Huizongfa No. 105 [2010])

16      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Foreign Exchange Business Concerning Cross-border Trade of Environmental Interests, Including CO2 Emissions Reductions (Huizongfa No. 151 [2010])

17      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Strengthening Administration of Foreign Exchange Business (Huifa No. 11 [2011])

 

II. Foreign Exchange Administration under the Current Account (110 Items)

1. Comprehensive Business under the Current Account

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues on Using RMB as the Pricing Currency in Foreign Trade by Domestic Institutions (Huifa No. 29 [2003])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Duty-free Commodities (Huifa No. 16 [2006])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to the Foreign Exchange Administration Policies for the Current Account (Huifa No. 19 [2006])

4          Operational Procedures for the Foreign Exchange Accounts under the Current Account and Individual Foreign Exchange Purchases by Domestic Residents (Huizongfa No. 32 [2006])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Retaining Foreign Exchange Income under the Current Account by Domestic Institutions at their own Discretion (Huifa No. 49 [2007])

6          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Foreign Exchange Account under the Current Account of Foreign Embassies and Consulates Stationed in China (Huizongfa No. 114 [2007])

2. Administration of the Collection and Payment of Foreign Exchange and the Verification and Writing-off for Imports and Exports

(1) Administration of the Collection and Payment of Foreign Exchange for Imports and Exports

1          Circular of the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening the Administration of the Customs Declaration Forms for Imports and Exports in Foreign Exchange, Payments for Imports and Foreign Exchange Collection from Exports, and Intensifying Anti-counterfeiting and Verification Measures (Shujian No. 28 [1996])

2          Circular of the General Administration of Customs, the People’s Bank of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Pilot Operations and Popularization of the On-line Inspection System for the Import and Export Declaration Form (Shutong No. 622 [1998])

3          Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing Several Provisions for Regulating the Agent Business for Imports and Exports (Waijingmaozhengfa No. 725 [1998])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Popularizing the Measures for Application of IC Cards and Card Readers in the On-line Inspection System for Import and Export Declaration Forms (Huifa No. 79 [1998])

5          Announcement of the General Administration of Customs, the People’s Bank of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the On-line Inspection System for the Import and Export Declaration Forms for the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange (Date of Promulgation: Jan. 3, 1999)

6          Operational Procedures for the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange and the Verification and Writing-off of the Carry-over (Transfers Between Factories) for Intensive Processing (Huifa No. 78 [1999])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Decisions on Conscientiously Strengthening the Verification and Writing-off Work for Imports and Exports (Huifa No. 85 [1999])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Re-clarifying Issues Concerning the Use of the On-line Inspection System for Import and Export Declaration Forms (Huifa No. 97 [1999])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reaffirming the Reporting System and the Date of Advance Reporting of the Statistical Statements on the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Payments and Collections for Imports and Exports (Huifa No. 91 [1999])

10      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Purchase of Xinjiang Cotton with Foreign Exchange within the Territory of China (Huifa No. 259 [1999])

11      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on the Classified Use of the Export Verification Form for Foreign Exchange Collection according to the Supervisory Mode for Imported and Exported Goods (Huifa No. 120 [2001])

12      Circular of the General Office of the State Economic and Trade Commission, the General Office of the General Administration of Customs, and the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Import of Diesel Oil by the Refined Oil State Trading Enterprises on Behalf of Enterprises that are Processing using Customers’ Materials (Guojingmaotingwaijing No. 176 [2002])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Handling of the Collections and Payment of Foreign Exchange and the Verification for Imports and Exports of Gold by Commercial Banks (Huifa No. 93 [2003])

14      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the State Administration of Taxation on Relevant Issues Concerning the Transmission of Verification Data and the Use of Tax Rebate Data in the “System for Verification and Reporting of Foreign Exchange Collections for Exports” (Huifa No. 126 [2003])

15      Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Handling of the Collection and Payment of Foreign Exchange and the Verification for Imports and Exports of Gold by Commercial Banks (Huifa No. 79 [2004])

16      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to Foreign Exchange Administration of the Cross-Border Transportation of Domestic Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 21 [2007])

17      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Repealing the Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Relevant Issues Concerning Issuance of the “Form for Foreign Exchange Payments for Letters of Credit and Acceptances Against Collection” for Imports Issued by Banks (Huifa No. 62 [2007])

(2) Administration of Foreign Exchange Payments for Imports

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Implementation of Classified Administration for the Handling of Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange and Verification and Writing-off based on the Certification Sheet of the Declaration Form for Imported Goods (Huifa No. 15 [2003])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Implementation of the Reform of the Verification and Writing-off System for Foreign Exchange Payments for Imports (Huifa No. 57 [2010])

3          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Clearing Up of the Unhandled Business of the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Payments for Imports (Huizongfa No. 130 [2010])

(3) Administration of Foreign Exchange Collection from Exports

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange and Verification and Writing-off for Intensive Processing Carry-overs (Transfers between Factories) (Huifa No. 84 [1999])

2          Circular of the Supervision and Inspection Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Business Operations after Enabling the New Version of the Form for Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections for Exports (Huiguanhan No. 18 [1999])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Strengthening the Administration of Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange and Verification and Writing-off of Intensive Processing Carry-overs under the Processing Trade Item (Huifa No. 64 [2001])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Formal Operation of the Foreign Exchange Collection System from Exports in the “Electronic System for Law Enforcement at Ports” (Huifa No. 140 [2001])

5          Operational Rules for the Memorandum on Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collection from Exports (Interim) (Huifa No. 186 [2001])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Adjustments of the Policies on the Administration of the Verification and Writing-off for Imports and Exports (Huifa No. 65 [2002])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Chartered Airplane Trade (Huifa No. 94 [2002])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Issuance of the Special Sheet for the Verifications and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports by Banks under the Buyer’s Credit Item (Huifa No. 107 [2002])

9          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Asking for Instructions on the Required Certificates for Export Verification and Writing-off Settled in RMB under the Item of Intensive Processing Carry-over (Huifu No. 175 [2002])

10      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the “Special Sheet for Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports” (Huifa No. 11 [2003])

11      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Verification and Writing-off for Foreign Exchange Collections under the Item of Export Factoring Business (Huifa No. 79 [2003])

12      Measures for the Administration of the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports (Huifa No.91 [2003])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Measures for Administration of the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports and the Operational Rules for the Administration of the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports (Huifa No. 107 [2003])

14      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to Authorizing its Branches to Decide on the List of Enterprises for the Automatic Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports (Huifa No 91 [2004])

15      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Simplifying the Procedures for Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports (Huifa No. 73 [2005])

16      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Simplification of the Formalities for the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports under the Item of Foreign Contracted Projects Handled by Petroleum-related Enterprises (Huifa No. 79 [2005])

17      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Relevant Issues Concerning Withdrawing the Export of Tourist Commodities from the Administration of Foreign Exchange Verification and Writing-off (Huifa No. 91 [2005])

18      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Verification and Writing-off of Exports and the Declaration of the Balance of Payments under the Item of Confirmed Business (Huifu No. 304 [2005])

19      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Strengthening Administration of the Form for the Verification and Writing-off of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports (Huizongfa No. 83 [2006])

20      Announcement No. 7 [2007] of the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration of Taxation on Repealing the Detailed Rules on the Punishments and Rewards for the Trial Measures on the Examination of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports

21      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Commerce on Relevant Issues Concerning the Cancellation of the Measures for the Examination of Foreign Exchange Collections from Exports on a Trial Basis (Huifa No.35 [2007])

22      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs on Printing and Distributing the Measures for On-line Inspections of the Collection and Settlement of Foreign Exchange from Exports (Huifa No. 29 [2008])

23      Emergency Plan for the On-line Inspection System for the Collection and Settlement of Foreign Exchange from Exports and the On-line Inspection System for the Import Declaration Form (Huizongfa No. 123 [2008])

24      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Launching a Pilot Policy Program for Overseas Deposits of Export Proceeds in Some Regions (Huifa No. 44 [2010])

25      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Revision of the Operational Rules on the On-line Inspection of Foreign Exchange Collections and Settlements from Exports (Huifa No. 61 [2010])

26      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Implementation of Overseas Deposits of Export Proceeds from Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 67 [2010])

3. Border Trade

1          Measures for Foreign Exchange Administration of Border Trade (Huifa No. 113 [2003])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating the Monitoring of Currency Circulation in Border Trade (Huifa No. 125 [2004])

3          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Declaration and the Verification and Writing-off of Border Trade after the Upgrading of the Monitoring System for the Balance-of-Payments Statistics (Huizongfu No. 5 [2007])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Verification and Writing-off and Settlement Handled in RMB for Cross-border Trade in the Border Provinces and Regions (Huifa No. 40 [2010])

4. Foreign Exchange Administration of Trade in Services

(1) Basic Rules

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Handling of Outward Remittances of Profits, Stock Dividends, and Stock Bonuses by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Huifa No. 29 [1998])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Revising the Circular on Issues Concerning the Handling of Outward Remittances of Profits, Stock Dividends, and Stock Bonuses by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Huifa No. 308 [1999])

3          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding the Ministry of Agriculture’s Letter on Submitting the List of Enterprises with Qualifications for Distant Water Fishery Granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Distant Water Fishery Projects (Huizongfa No. 25 [2001])

4          Operational Rules Concerning Administration of the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange under the Non-trade Account and the Receipt and Payment of Foreign Exchange for Domestic Individual Residents (Trial) (Huifa No. 29 [2002])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Doing a Good Job in the Administration of Foreign Exchange Sales for Personnel Sent Abroad for Official Duties (Huifa No.118 [2002])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange under the Non-trade Items Not Precisely Specified in the Existing Laws and Regulations (Huifa No. 35 [2003])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Sales Agents for Foreign Currency Travelers’ Cheques (Huifa No. 15 [2004])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange under the Non-trade Items for Transnational Companies (Huifa No. 62 [2004])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Utilization of Foreign Exchange by Personnel Sent Abroad on Official Duties for Enterprises and Extra-Budgetary Entities (Huifa No. 117 [2004])

10      Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Utilization of Foreign Exchange by Personnel Sent Abroad on Official Duties for Enterprises and Extra-Budgetary Entities (Huizongfu No. 39 [2005])

11      Circular of the Current Account Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the Reply on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration under the Services Trade Item  (Huijinghan No. 12 [2006])

12      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Adjustments to Some Policies on the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange under the Services Trade Item (Huizongfa No.73 [2006])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Donations by Domestic Institutions (Huifa No. 63 [2009])

14      Several Opinions of the People’s Bank of China, the Ministry of Commerce, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Financial Support for the Development of the Outsourcing Service Industry (Yinfa No. 284 [2009])

15      Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Donations by Domestic Institutions to Japanese Non-profit Institutions (Huizongfu No. 35 [2011])

(2) Foreign Exchange Administration in Transportation

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Agriculture on Printing and Distributing the Interim Regulations on the Administration of the Income and Expenditure of Foreign Exchange for Deep Sea Fishing of Deep Sea Fishing Enterprises (Huifa No. 49 [2001])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments for the International Ocean Shipping Industry (Huifa No. 58 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Taxation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Administration of Taxes on the Shipping Income of Foreign Companies and Administration of External Payments in the International Ocean Shipping Industry (Guoshuifa No. 139 [2001])

4          Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Taxation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Administration of Taxes on the Shipping Income of Foreign Companies and Administration of External Payments in the International Ocean Shipping Industry (Guoshuifa No. 107 [2002])

5          Reply of the Current Account Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Handling the Formalities for Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange under the Air Transportation Item (Huijinghan No. 1 [2005])

6          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Relevant Interface Work After Cancellation of the Special Invoices for International Transportation (Huizongfu No. 122 [2010])

(3) Foreign Exchange Administration in Tourism

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments for Travel Agency Tourism (Huifa No. 3 [2001])

2          Circular of the Current Account Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Payments for the Extended Tourism Business of International Travel Agencies (Huijinghan No. 26 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Operational Issues Concerning Administration of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments for Tourism of Travel Agencies (Huifa No. 122 [2001])

4          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Currency Exchange for the Sale of International Air Tickets by Travel Agencies (Huifu No. 213 [2001])

5          Reply of the Current Account Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Payments of Overseas Tour Fees for Border Tourism (Huijingfu No. 3 [2002])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Travel Agencies Arranging Domestic Residents to Travel to Hong Kong and Macao (Huifa No. 31 [2002])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Adjustments to the Policies for the Purchase of Foreign Exchange by Chinese Citizens on Outbound Tours (Huifa No. 55 [2002])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Tourism (Huifa No. 84 [2002])

9          Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Travel Agencies Arranging Domestic Residents to Travel to Hong Kong and Macao (Huifa No. 109 [2002])

(4) Foreign Exchange Administration in Intangible Assets

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening Administration of the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange for Introducing Intangible Assets (Huiguanhanzi No. 092 [1998])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Revising the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening Administration of  the Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange for Introducing Intangible Assets and Forwarding Guoquan Document No. 15 [1999] of the National Copyright Administration (Huifa No. 283 [1999])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Simplifying the Procedures for Administration of Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange for the Introduction of Technology by Foreign-invested Enterprises (Huifa No. 319 [1999])

4          Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Information Industry, the State Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the National Bureau of Statistics on Relevant Issues Concerning Software Exports (Waijingmaojifa No. 680 [2000])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Adjustments of the Credentials for Examining and Verifying the Use of Foreign Exchange for Licensing Patents (Huifa No. 34 [2002])

6          Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Administration of Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange for Technology Import Contracts (Waijingmaojifa No. 50 [2002])

(5) Tax Certifications for External Payments

1          Circular of the State Administration of Taxation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Ceasing Submission of Tax Vouchers for the Sales Tax for External Payments of Technology Transfer Fees by Domestic Institutions and Individuals (Guoshuifa No. 28 [2005])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the State Administration of Taxation on Relevant Issues Concerning the Submission of Tax Certifications for External Payments for the Services Trade and Other Accounts (Huifa No. 64 [2008])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding the Measures of the State Administration of Taxation on Administration of the Presentation of the Tax Certifications for External Payments for the Services Trade and Other Accounts (Huifa No. 1 [2009])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the State Administration of Taxation on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Clarifying Submission of the Tax Certifications for External Payments for the Services Trade and Other Accounts (Huifa No. 52 [2009])

5. Foreign Exchange Administration of Individuals under the Current Account

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Regarding Foreign Exchange Administration of Foreign Trade Operations by Individuals (Huifa No. 86 [2004])

2          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Doing a Good Job in Verifying and Analyzing the Data on Settlements and Sales of Individual Foreign Exchange Business (Huizongfa No. 76 [2007])

3          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating Operations for Settlements and Sales of Individual Foreign Exchange Business by Banks (Huizongfa No. 90 [2007])

4          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Foreign Exchange Purchases by Overseas Individuals (Huizongfa No. 159 [2008])

5          Guidelines for Off-site Supervision of the Settlement and Sales of Individual Foreign Exchange Business (Trial) (Huijinghan No. 7 [2009])

6          Circular of the SAFE on Further Improving the Administration of the Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales Business by Individuals (Huifa No.56 [2009])

7          Emergency Plan for the Management Information System for the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange for Individuals (Huizongfa No. 49 [2008])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the Data of the Management Information System on the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange for Individuals on a Regular Basis (Huizongfa No. 142 [2009])

9          Interim Measures for the Administration of E-banking-based Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales for Individuals (Huifa No. 10 [2011])

6. Administration of Foreign Currency Cash and Denominations of Foreign Currency

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs on Distributing the Administrative Regulations on the Allocation and Transportation of Foreign Currency Cash into and out of China by Banks (Huihan No. 65 [1998])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and General Administration of Customs on Relevant Issues Concerning Allocation and Transportation of Macao Pataca Banknotes by Banks (Huifa No. 204 [1999])

3          Interim Measures for Administration of Carrying Foreign Currency Cash into and out of China (Huifa No. 102 [2003])

4          Operational Rules on Administration of Carrying Foreign Currency Cash into and out of China (Huifa No. 21 [2004])

5          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Office of the General Administration of Customs on the Allocation and Transport of Ruble Banknotes into and out of China (Huizongfa No. 44 [2004])

 

III. Foreign Exchange Administration under the Capital Account (142 Items)

1. Comprehensive Issues under the Capital Account

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Beginning the Use of the New Version of the Approval Instrument of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for Foreign Exchange Businesses under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 45 [2001])

2          Circular of the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to Certain Administrative Measures for Foreign Exchange Purchases under the Capital Account (Yinfa No. 304 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Transitional Policies and Measures after Revocation of Certain Administrative Examinations and Approvals of Foreign Exchange Administration under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 50 [2003])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Delegation of Certain Approval Authorities for Foreign Exchange Businesses under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 63 [2005])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to Certain Approval Authorities for Foreign Exchange Businesses under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 21 [2009])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to Certain Approval Authorities for Foreign Exchange Businesses under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 29 [2010])

7          Circular of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Regulating Administration of Housing Purchases by Overseas Institutions and Individuals (Jianfang No. 186 [2010])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the Operational Guidelines for Businesses under the Capital Account involved in the Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Exchange Business (Huizongfa No. 29 [2011])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Cancellation and Adjustments to the Approval Authorities and the Administrative Measures for Certain Foreign Exchange Businesses Under the Capital Account (Huifa No. 20 [2011])

2. Foreign Exchange Administration of Foreign Direct Investments

(1) Basic Rules

1          Letter of Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Reinvestments in RMB by Foreign Businessmen (Huifu No. 129 [2000])

2          Interim Provisions on Reorganization of State-owned Enterprises by Utilizing Foreign Investment (Decree No. 42 [2002] of the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

3          Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-Invested Venture Investment Enterprises (Decree No. 2 [2003] of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Taxation, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Improvements in the Foreign Exchange Administration of Foreign Direct Investments (Huifa No. 30 [2003])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Financing and Return Investments through Overseas Special Purpose Companies by Domestic Residents (Huifa No. 75 [2005])

6          Measures on Administration of Strategic Investments in Listed Companies by Foreign Investors (Decree No. 28 [2005] of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

7          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Opening Foreign Exchange Capital Accounts by Insurance Intermediary Institutions (Huizongfa No. 6 [2006])

8          Provisions on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (Decree No. 10 [2006] of the Ministry of Commerce, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

9          Operational Rules on Foreign Exchange Administration of Financing and Return Investments by Domestic Residents through Overseas Special Purpose Companies (Huifa No. 19 [2011])

(2) Capital Administration

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Several Issues Related to Capital Changes in Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huizihanzi No. 188 [1996])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Concerning Reform of the Administrative Mode for Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital under Foreign-Invested Items (Huifa No. 59 [2002])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Improving the Verification of Foreign Exchange Settlements under the Capital Account and the Administration of External Debt Registration of Foreign-invested Enterprises (Huifa No. 42 [2004])

4          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Determining the Nature of Activities of Foreign-funded Enterprises in Settling Foreign Exchange Capital for Repaying RMB Loans (Huizongfa No. 39 [2008])

5          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Conducting Domestic Equity Investments with Capital from Foreign Exchange Settlements by Foreign-Invested Venture Investment Enterprises (Huizongfu No. 125 [2008])

6          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Business Operation Issues Concerning Improving Administration of the Payment and Settlement of Foreign Exchange Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huizongfa No. 142 [2008])

(3) Registration

1          Interim Measures for Management of Foreign Exchange Registration of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huizihanzi No. 187 [1996])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementation of Foreign Exchange Registration of Foreign Direct Investments (Huifa No. 42 [2002])

3          Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Strengthening Capital Verifications of Foreign-Invested Enterprises and Perfecting the Foreign Exchange Registration System for Foreign Investments (Caikuai No. 1017 [2002])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Carrying Out Confirmation of Capital Verifications of Foreign Direct Investments and Foreign Exchange Registration of Foreign Investments in the Export Processing Zones, the Bonded Zones, and within the Shanghai Diamond Exchange (Huifa No. 108 [2004])

5          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Confirmation of the Capital Verification of Mergers and Splits of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huifu No. 180 [2005])

6          Opinions of the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating Access and Administration of Foreign Investments in the Real Estate Market (Jianzhufang No. 171 [2006])

7          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issuing the List of the First Batch of Foreign-Funded Real Estate Projects That Have Filed for the Record with the Ministry of Commerce (Huizongfa No. 130 [2007])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementing the On-line Announcement of the List of Foreign-Funded Real Estate Projects That Have Filed for the Record with the Ministry of Commerce (Huizongfa No. 138 [2007])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Promotion of the Foreign Exchange Business Information System for Direct Investments (Huifa No. 16 [2008])

10      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Operations of the Foreign Exchange Business Information System and the Foreign Exchange Account System for Direct Investments (Huizongfa No. 129 [2008])

11      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Registration of Foreign-Invested Real Estate Enterprises (Huizongfa No. 42 [2009])

12      Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Procedures Related to the Handling of Capital Verifications and Confirmation of Investments with Domestic Equity for Foreign Shareholders of Foreign-Funded Enterprises (Huizongfu No. 3 [2010])

(4) Annual Inspections

1          Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Auditing of the Foreign Exchange of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Caiwaizi No. 607 [1998])

2          Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, the State Taxation Administration, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementing a Program for Joint Annual Inspections of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Waijingmaozifa No. 938 [1998])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Finance on Adjusting the Table of Foreign Exchange Issues Under the Annual Inspections of the Foreign Exchange Business of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huifa No. 124 [2002])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Improvements in the Annual Inspections of the Foreign Exchange Business of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (Huifa No. 7 [2004])

(5) Investment Liquidation

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Authorizing the Branches to Handle Equity Transfers and Foreign Exchange Clearing Business for Foreign-Funded Enterprises (Huifa No. 397 [1999])

(6) Others

1          Letter of Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Several Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Domestic Projects Contracted by Overseas Enterprises (Huizihanzi No. 204 [1998])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding the Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Relevant Issues Concerning the Proper Handling of Existing Projects with Guaranteed Fixed Returns on Investments for Foreign Parties (Huifa No. 105 [2002])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Construction on Issues Related to Regulating Foreign Exchange Administration of the Real Estate Market (Huifa No. 47 [2006])

4          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Delegating Authority for Examining and Approving Dedicated Foreign Exchange Guarantee Accounts for the Bidding of Land-use Rights by Foreign Investors and Dedicated Foreign Exchange Guarantee Accounts for Property Rights Transactions by Foreign Investors (Huizongfa No. 130 [2008])

3. Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Investments

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Foreign Aid Projects (Huifa No. 251 [1999])

2          Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Processing and Assembling with Materials from China and Foreign Aid Projects (Huifa No. 317 [1999])

3          Interim Measures for Joint Annual Inspections of Overseas Investments (Decree No. 32 [2002] of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Lending Granted by Domestic Enterprises (Huifa No. 24 [2009])

5          Regulations on Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Direct Investments by Domestic Institutions (Huifa No. 30 [2009])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Direct Investments by Domestic Banks (Huifa No. 31 [2010])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Overseas Lending of Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. (Huizongfu No. 19 [2010])

4. Administration of Overseas Financing and Negotiable Securities

(1) Overseas Issuance of Bonds and Listings

1          Interim Measures for Administration of Conducting Project Financing Abroad (Jiwaizi No. 612 [1997])

2          Circular of the General Office of the State Council Forwarding the Opinion of the State Development Planning Commission and the People’s Bank of China on Further Strengthening Administration of External Bond Issuances (Guobanfa No. 23 [2000])

3          Provisional Measures on Reducing State-owned Shares to Finance Social Security Funds (Guofa No. 22 [2001])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Issues Concerning Further Improving Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Listings (Huifa No. 77 [2002])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Regarding Improving Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Listings (Huifa No. 108 [2003])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues related to Remitting to the National Social Security Funds the Foreign Exchange Income Gained from Overseas Reductions of Stated-owned Shares (Huifa No. 64 [2004])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Listings (Huifa No. 6 [2005])

(2) Hedging

1          Measures for Administration of the Overseas Futures Hedging Business of State-owned Enterprises (Zhengjianfa No. 81 [2001])

2          Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Overseas Futures Hedging Business of State-owned Enterprises (Trial) (Huifa No. 150 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjusting the Issues Related to the Opening of Domestic Foreign Exchange Accounts in the Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Overseas Futures Hedging Business of State-owned Enterprises (Trial) (Huifa No. 72 [2003])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to Modification of the Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Overseas Commodity Futures Hedging Business of State-owned Enterprises (Trial) (Huifa No. 34 [2005])

5          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd. Paying Foreign Exchange Funds for Hedging in Overseas Commodity Futures (Annex: Principles for Dealing with Relevant Issues Related to Foreign Exchange Administration of Hedging in Overseas Commodity Futures Conducted by State-owned Enterprises During the Transitional Period) (Huizongfu No. 78 [2008])

6          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Resolving Issues Regarding Outward Remittances of Foreign Exchange Petty Cash under the Item of Hedging in Overseas Commodities Futures Conducted by State-owned Enterprises During Holidays (Huizongfu No. 7 [2009])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of the Overseas Financial Derivative Business of Enterprises under the Direct Control of the Central Government (Huifa No. 24 [2011])

(3) Others

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjusting the Authority for Examining and Approving the Opening of Dedicated Foreign Exchange Accounts and Settlement of the Foreign Exchange Proceeds of Share Offerings for Domestic Issuances of B-Shares and Overseas Listed Shares. (Huifa No. 380 [1999])

2          Circular of General Office of the PBOC on Relevant Issues Concerning the Decrease in the Stakes held by Foreign Stockholders of A-share Listed Companies, the Opening of Dividend-related Accounts, and Foreign Exchange Administration (Yinbanfa No. 178 [2009])

5. Foreign Exchange Administration of Investments in the Securities Market

(1) Foreign Exchange Administration of Investments in the Domestic Securities Market

1          Measures for Administration of Domestic Securities Investments by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (Decree No. 36 [2006] of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the People’s Bank of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

2          Provisions for the Administration of Foreign Exchange Investments in Domestic Securities by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (Announcement No. 1 [2009] of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

3          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Reduction in A- Share Funds by Lüting (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (Huizongfu No. 58 [2010])

4          Announcement No. 10 [2010] of the People’s Bank of China, the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission on the Interim Measures for Administration of the Issuance of RMB Bonds by International Development Institutions

(2) Foreign Exchange Administration of Investments in Overseas Securities Markets

1          Interim Administrative Measures for the Overseas Wealth Management Business Conducted by Commercial Banks On Behalf of Clients (Yinfa No.121 [2006])

2          Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Wealth Management Business Conducted by Commercial Banks on Behalf of Clients (Huizongfa No. 135 [2006])

3          Interim Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investments of Insurance Funds (Decree No. 2 [2007] of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, the People’s Bank of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

4          Interim Measures for the Administration of Entrusted Overseas Wealth Management Business of Trust Enterprises (Yinjianfa No. 27 [2007])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Securities Investments by Fund Management Companies and Securities Companies (Huifa No. 47 [2009])

6. Administration of External Debts and External Guarantees

(1) Basic Rules

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Administrative Provisions on the Foreign Exchange Business of Banks and other relevant regulations (Annex: Measures for the Administration of Borrowing of International Commercial Loans by Domestic Institutions) (Huizhengfazi No. 06 [1997])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to the Measures for Management of the Purchase of Foreign Exchange for the Early Repayment of Loans (Huifa No. 38 [2002])

3          Interim Measures for the Administration of the External Debt (Decree No. 28 [2003]of the State Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange)

4          Measures for Management of the External Debt of Domestic Foreign-funded Banks (Decree No. 9 [2004] of the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Bank of China, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission)

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementation of the Measures for Management of the External Debt of Domestic Foreign-funded Banks (Huifa No. 59 [2004])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Improving Administration of the External Debt (Huifa No. 74 [2005])

7          Interim Measures for Administration of the Issuance of RMB Bonds in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Domestic Financial Institutions (Announcement No. 12 [2007] of the People’s Bank of China and the National Development and Reform Commission)

(2) Statistics and Administration of External Debts

1          Interim Provisions for the Monitoring of External Debt Statistics

2          Circular of the State Development Planning Commission on Implementation of Calibrated Planning Management for the Borrowing of Foreign Loans (Jiwaizi No. 751 [1996])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Administrative Provisions on the Foreign Exchange Business of Banks and other relevant regulations (Annex: Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Monitoring of External Debt Statistics) (Huizhengfazi No. 06 [1997])

4          Circular of the State Development Planning Commission, the People’s Bank of China, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementing Administration of the Outstanding Mid-term and Long-term External Debt for State-owned Commercial Banks (Jiwaizi No. 53 [2000])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to the External Debt Specifications for China and Relevant Issues (Huifa No. 174 [2001])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Popularizing the Statistics and Monitoring System for the External Debt (Bank Version) and Adjusting the Requirements for the Submission of External Debt Data (Huifa No. 78 [2005])

7          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning External Debt Registration for Foreign-invested Real Estate Enterprises (Huizongfu No. 118 [2007])

8          Measures for Off-site Inspections of the External Debt Data of Banks (Trial) (Huifa No. 44 [2007])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Improving the Approaches to Foreign Exchange Administration of External Debt On-lending by the Export-Import Bank of China (Huifa No. 22 [2009])

10      Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Improving the Mode for Foreign Exchange Administration of On-lending Projects of International Financial Organizations in Some Regions (Caiji No. 7 [2010])

11      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Ratification of the Quotas for Outstanding Short-term External Debts of Domestic Institutions in 2011 (Huifa No. 14 [2011])

(3) Guarantees

1          Measures for Administration of External Guarantees of Domestic Institutions (Decree No. 3 [1996] of the People’s Bank of China)

2          Detailed Rules on Implementation of the Measures for Administration of External Guarantees of Domestic Institutions (Huizhengfazi No. 10 [1997])

3          Letter of the Policy and Regulation Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on How to Define Unauthorized Pledges Conducted with Foreign Exchange (Huizhengfazi No. 2 [1997])

4          Circular of the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Administration of the RMB Loan Business under the Item of Foreign Exchange Guarantees of Domestic Financial Institutions (Yinfa No. 458 [1998])

5          Letter of Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on RMB Loans under the Item of Foreign Exchange Guarantees of Financial Institutions (Huifu No. 56 [1999])

6          Circular of the Capital Account Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Supplementary Registration of the External Debt and External Guarantees (Huizihan No. 77 [1999])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating Authority for the Examination and Approval of the Performance of External Guarantees (Huifa No. 84 [2000])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Principles for Dealing with the Payment of Overseas Guarantee Fees (Huifa No. 105 [2000])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding and Implementing the Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Applicability of the “Guarantee Law of the People’s Republic of China” (Huifa No. 6 [2001])

10      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Registration of Insurance Equity Pledges (Huifu No. 144 [2001])

11      Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning RMB Loans under the Item of Foreign Exchange Guarantees (Huifa No. 26 [2005])

12      Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Settlement of Compliance Payments for Overseas Guarantees (Huizongfu No. 65 [2009])

13      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Provision of External Guarantees by Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. (Huifu No. 7 [2010])

14      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Administration of External Guarantees Provided by Domestic Institutions (Huifa No. 39 [2010])

15      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Regulation of Administration of the Record Filing for Guarantees Involved in the Outward Transfer of Non-performing Assets by Financial Asset Management Companies (Huifa No. 13 [2011])

(4) Trade Credits

1          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Issues Concerning Conducting the Business of Letters of Credit and Letters of Guarantee by Commercial Banks (Yinfa No. 124 [2002])

2          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Foreign Exchange Administration Issues Concerning Applications to Conduct New Product Businesses under the Trade Financing Category by Banks (Huifu No. 274 [2004])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementation of Management of Registration of the External Debt under the Item of Corporate Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 30 [2008])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Doing a Good Job in Management of Registration of the Deferred Payments of Enterprises (Huifa No. 46 [2008])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementation of Management of Registration of the External Claims under the Item of Corporate Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 56 [2008])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Improvements in the Management of Registration of the External Debt under the Item of Corporate Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 73 [2008])

7          Operational Guidelines for Management of the Trade Credit Registration System (Deferred Payments) (Huizongfa No. 157 [2008])

8          Operational Rules for the Management of Trade Credit Registration for Enterprises (Advance Receipts) (Huizongfa No. 163 [2008])

9          Operational Guidelines for Management of the Trade Credit Registration System (Advance Payments) (Huizongfa No. 174 [2008])

10      Operational Guidelines for Management of Trade Credit Registration (Deferred Collections) (Huizongfa No. 176 [2008])

11      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the SAFE on Relevant Issues Concerning Improving Administration of Trade Credit Registration by Enterprises (Huizongfa No.36 [2009])

12      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Further Improvements to Trade Credit Registration for Enterprises and Administration of On-line Inspections for the Collection and Settlement of Foreign Exchange from Exports (Huizongfa No. 78 [2009])

13      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the SAFE on Relevant Issues Concerning Improvement of the Administration of Trade Credit Registration by Enterprises (Huizongfa No.108 [2009])

(5) Foreign Exchange Loans

1          Measures for Management of Registration of Foreign Exchange (On-lending) Loans

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning External Borrowing Valued in RMB (Huizihanzi No. 002 [1995])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementing the Reform of the Mode of Foreign Exchange Administration of Domestic Foreign Exchange Loans (Huifa No. 125 [2002])

4          Provisions on the Collective Operations and Administration of Foreign Exchange Funds of Internal Members of Domestic Enterprises (Huifa No. 49 [2009])

7. Foreign Exchange Administration of Personal Capital Accounts

(1) Asset Transfers

1          Interim Measures for Administration of the Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange in Terms of External Transfers of Personal Property (Announcement No. 16 [2004] of the People’s Bank of China)

2          Operational Guidelines for the Interim Measures for the Administration of the Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange in Terms of External Transfers of Personal Property (Trial) (Huifa No. 118 [2004])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of Justice on Issues Concerning Implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of the Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange in Terms of External Transfers of Personal Property (Huifa No. 9 [2005])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Taxation and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Submission of Tax Certificates or Tax Payment Vouchers for Outward Transfers of Personal Property (Guoshuifa No. 13 [2005])

5          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Settlement of Foreign Exchange Capital for Purchasing Domestic Commercial Residential Buildings by Overseas Natural Persons (Huizongfu No. 86 [2007])

(2) Portfolio Investments

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Issues Concerning Domestic Securities Trading Institutions Engaging in B-share Trade (Huiguanhanzi No. 140 [1995])

2          Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Several Issues Concerning Investments in Listed Domestic Foreign-funded Shares by Domestic Individual Residents (Zhengjianfa No. 22 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementing the Circular on Several Issues Concerning Investments in Domestic Listed Foreign-funded Shares by Domestic Resident Individuals (Huifa No. 26 [2001])

4          Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Investments in Listed Domestic Foreign-funded Shares by Domestic Individual Residents (Huifa No. 31 [2001])

5          Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Implementing the Circular on Several Issues Concerning Investments in Domestic Listed Foreign-funded Shares by Domestic Resident Individuals (Huifa No. 32 [2001])

6          Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Investments by Domestic Residents in the B-Share Market with Personal Foreign Exchange Deposits (Huifa No. 33 [2001])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Settlement of Income from B-Share Investments by Individual Domestic Investors (Huifu No. 283 [2007])

8          Operational Rules on Foreign Exchange Administration of the Involvement of Domestic Individuals in Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Share Option Schemes of Overseas Listed Companies (Huizongfa No. 78 [2007])

9          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Delegating Authority for Examining and Approving the Quotas for Initial Purchases and Payments in Foreign Exchange and the Opening of Foreign Exchange Accounts for the Involvement of Domestic Individuals in Employee Stock Ownership Plans of Overseas Listed Companies (Huizongfa No. 2 [2008])

(3) RMB Loans with Pledged Foreign Exchange

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Policy-related Issues Concerning the Mortgaging of Foreign Exchange for RMB Loans by Domestic Individual Residents (Huifa No. 2 [2003])

 

IV. Supervision of the Foreign Exchange Business of Financial Institutions (68 items)

1. Basic Rules

1          Administrative Provisions on the Foreign Exchange Business of Non-bank Financial Institutions (Huiyefazi No. 15 [1992])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the Supplementary Provisions on the Administrative Provisions on Banks’ Foreign Exchange Business and the Administrative Provisions on the Foreign Exchange Business of Non-bank Financial Institutions (Annex: Relevant Regulations on the Administration of the Foreign Exchange Business of Non-bank Financial Institutions) (Huiyehanzi No. 83 [1993])

3          Definition of the Scope of the Foreign Exchange Business of Non-Bank Financial Institutions (Huiguanhanzi No. 142 [1996])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjusting the Scope of Foreign Exchange Operations of Non-bank Financial Institutions (Huiguanhanzi No. 258 [1997])

5          Working System of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Off-site Supervision of Receipts and Payments in Foreign Exchange (Trial) (Huifa No. 22 [2004])

6          Measures for Examination of Bank Performance in Implementing the Provisions on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 38 [2010])

7          Contents and Scoring Criteria for Assessments of Bank Implementation of the Provisions on Foreign Exchange Administration (2011) (Huizongfa No. 71 [2011])

2. Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange

(1) Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks

1          Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Settlement, Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange of Foreign-funded Banks (Yinfa No. 202 [1996])

2          Regulations Concerning the Accounting Treatment for the Detailed Rules for Implementation of Settlement, Sales, and Payments of Foreign Exchange by Foreign-funded Banks

3          Interim Measures for Management of the Designated Foreign Exchange Banks’ Handling of Foreign Exchange Purchases and Sales (Decree No. 4 [2002]of the People’s Bank of China)

4          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning Opening Special RMB Currency Accounts for Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange by Foreign-funded Banks (Yinfa No. 180 [2003])

5          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Administration of the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange (Yinfa No. 62 [2004])

6          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning Special RMB Accounts for Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange (Yinfa No. 292 [2005])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Foreign Exchange Administration of Overseas Gold Lending/Borrowing and Derivatives Transaction Businesses (Huifu No. 253 [2005])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjusting the Administration Mode for Market Access and Withdrawals for Spot Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks (Huifa No. 20 [2007])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of the Exchange Rate Exposure of the Gold Business Conducted by the Relevant Banks (Huifa No. 42 [2007])

10      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Using the Special Administrative Stamp for the Settlement and Sale of the Foreign Exchange of Banks (Huizongfa No. 97 [2007])

11      Reply of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Market Access and Withdrawals for Spot Settlement and Sale of Foreign Exchange of Banks (Huiguofa No. 11 [2007])

12      Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Handling Violations for the Failure of Designated Foreign Exchange Banks to File the Modified Information on the Settlement and Sale Business of Foreign Exchange in Compliance with the Relevant Regulations (Huizongfu No. 117 [2008])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Improving Administration of the Banks’ Own Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sale Business (Huifa No. 23 [2011])

(2) Position Management of the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks

1     Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Synthetic Position of Banks’ Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales (Huifa No. 56 [2010])

(3) Statements of Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks

1          Statistical System for the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks (Huifa No. 42 [2006])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Regulating Statistical Administration of the Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Banks (Huifa No. 54 [2008])

3          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues concerning including RMB Purchase and Sales in the Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales Statistics (Huizongfa No. 99 [2010])

(4) Administration of Products related to Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales

1          Operational Guidelines on the Filing of the Forward Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange and the RMB against Foreign Currencies Swap Business Provided to Customers by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Huifa No. 70 [2005])

2          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Issues Concerning Widening the Forward Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange of Designated Foreign Exchange Banks to Customers and Launching the RMB against Foreign Currencies Swap Business (Yinfa No. 201 [2005])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Foreign Exchange Administration Issues Concerning the Forward Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange and the RMB against Foreign Currencies Swap Business Provided to Customers by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Huifa No. 52 [2006])

4          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning the Handling by Policy Banks of the RMB Loan Business and the Currency Swap Business for Qualified Foreign Institutions (Yinfa No. 81 [2007])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Joint Handling of the Forward Settlement and Sales of Foreign Exchange (Huifa No. 62 [2010])

6          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Handling of the Forward Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales and the RMB against Foreign Currencies Swap Business with Funds in Individual Foreign Exchange Settlement Accounts of Individual Foreign Trade Business Persons (Huifu No. 197 [2010])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Renminbi Against Foreign Exchange Currency Swaps Provided by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks to Their Clients (Huifa No. 3 [2011])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning RMB Options Trading against Foreign Exchange (Huifa No. 8 [2011])

3. Offshore Business

1          Measures for the Administration of Offshore Banking Businesses (Yinfa No. 438 [1997])

2          Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Measures for Administration of Offshore Banking Businesses (Huiguanfazi No. 09 [1998])

4. Related to Bank Cards

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Submitting the Statistical Statement on the Use of Mainland RMB Cards in Hong Kong (Huifa No. 57 [2004])

2          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Raising the Foreign Currency Withdrawal Limits for Single Cards on Single Days of China UnionPay Cards through Overseas ATMs (Huifu No. 103 [2008])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating Administration of the Foreign Currency Cards of Banks (Huifa No. 53 [2010])

5. Non-performing Loans

1          Circular of the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Concerning Relevant Foreign Exchange Administration Policies for Wholly State-owned Commercial Banks After Divesting Non-performing Foreign Exchange Loans (Yinfa No. 92 [2001])

2          Circular of the State Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating Administration of the Filing for the Record of Outward Transfers of Distressed Debts by Domestic Financial Institutions (Fagaiwaizi No. 254 [2007])

6. Bank-Related and Others

1          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues on Handling Personal RMB Business between Banks in Mainland China and Banks in Hong Kong and Macao (Yinfa No. 254 [2004])

2          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Guarantee Money Accounts and Other Aspects of the Letters of Credit Issued by the Guangdong Development Bank (Huifu No. 1 [2006])

3          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Launching the Transaction of Personal Guarantee Money in Foreign Exchange by the Fujian Branch of the Bank of China (Huifu No. 95 [2006])

4          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Domestic Payment Business on Behalf of Clients and Other Issues of the Guangdong Development Bank (Huizongfu No. 17 [2007])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration Involved in the Restructuring of Foreign-funded Banks (Huifa No. 15 [2007])

6          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to the Request to Launch Account Opening Attestation Agent Services at Overseas Branches by the Bank of Communications (Huifu No. 208 [2010])

7. Insurance Companies

1          Interim Provisions for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Insurance Business (Huifa No. 95 [2002])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Submission of the Foreign Exchange Regulatory Reporting Forms for the Insurance Business (Huifa No. 27 [2003])

3          Operational Rules for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Insurance Business (Huifa No. 118 [2003])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Launching of Domestic Interbank Foreign Exchange Borrowing (Lending) Business by Insurance Companies (Huifa No. 105 [2003])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Collection and Payment of Foreign Exchange of Export Credit Insurance Businesses (Huifa No. 29 [2004])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Simplification of the Examination and Verification Procedures for the Foreign Exchange Business of Insurance Institutions (Huifa No. 85 [2004])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementation of the Operational Measures for the Interbank Foreign Exchange Borrowing (Lending) Business Undertaken by Insurance Companies—Operational Measures for the Interbank Foreign Exchange Borrowing (Lending) Business Undertaken by Insurance Companies (Interim) (Huifu No. 93 [2004])

8          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Advance Payments for Other Parties by the Shanghai Branch of the Federal Insurance Company (Huifu No. 216 [2005])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Adjustments of the Foreign Exchange Administration Policies on the Part of Insurance Businesses (Huifa No. 23 [2006])

8. Trust Companies, Financial Asset Companies, and Other Non-bank Financial Institutions

1          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on the Scope of the Foreign Exchange Business of Financial Asset Management Companies (Yinfa No. 160 [2000])

2          Supplementary Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Several Issues Concerning Securities Trading Institutions Engaging in B-Share Business (Zhengjianfa No. 26 [2001])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Purchase of Foreign Exchange to Replenish Foreign Exchange Capital by Trust and Investment Companies (Huifa No. 159 [2001])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Fund Management Companies with Foreign Shares (Huifa No. 44 [2003])

5          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning International Remittance and Exchange Business Conducted by the Postal Savings Bureau of the State Posts Bureau (Huifu No. 271 [2003])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Automotive Financial Companies (Huifa No. 72 [2004])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Foreign Exchange Administration of the Disposal of Non-performing Assets with Foreign Investments by Financial Asset Management Companies (Huifa No. 119 [2004])

9. Foreign Currency Exchange Agencies, Franchised Institutions of Domestic and Foreign Currency Exchange for Individuals, Self-service Exchange Machines, and Advance Settlement of Foreign Exchange

1          Interim Measures on the Administration of Foreign Currency Exchange Agencies (Decree No.6 [2003] of the People’s Bank of China)

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Handling of the Remittance Business of Pre-settled Foreign Exchange for Individuals by Some Banks on a Trial Basis (Huifa No. 48 [2003])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Improving Foreign Exchange Administration of Foreign Currency Exchange Agencies (Huifa No. 48 [2007])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Improving the Individual Domestic and Foreign Currency Exchange Business (Huifa No. 24 [2008])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Further Improving the Handling of the Remittance Business of Pre-settled Foreign Exchange for Individuals by Banks on a Trial Basis (Huifa No. 51 [2009])

6          Circular of the SAFE on the Expansion of the Pilot Operation of Franchised Individual Domestic and Foreign Currency Exchange Businesses (Huifa No. 54 [2009])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Conducting Currency Exchange Business in Shenzhen Municipality with Foreign Currency Exchange Machines (Huifu No. 264 [2009])

 

V. RMB Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Market (31 Items)

1. Exchange Rate

1          Announcement No. 16 [2005] of the People’s Bank of China Regarding Issues on Improving the Reform of the RMB Exchange Rate Formation Mechanism

2          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of the Trading Exchange Rate on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and the Exchange Rates Listed by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Yinfa No. 183 [2005])

3          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Further Improving Administration of the Trading Exchange Rates on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and the Exchange Rates Listed by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Yinfa No. 250 [2005])

4          Announcement of Relevant Issues on Further Perfecting the Interbank Spot Foreign Exchange Market and Improving the Method of Formation of the Middle Price of the RMB Exchange Rate (Announcement No. 1 [2006] of the People’s Bank of China)

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to Further Improving Monitoring of Exchange-based Costs for Exports (Huifa No. 12 [2006])

6          Announcement No. 9 [2007] of the People’s Bank of China on Expanding the Floating Range of the Trading Price of the RMB against the US Dollar on the Interbank Spot Foreign Exchange Market

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjustments to the Charging Program of the Foreign Exchange Market by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 107 [2007])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Putting the New System Online for the Monitoring of the Exchange-based Costs for Exports (Huizongfa No. 103 [2009])

9          Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning Administration of Transaction Exchange Rates on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market and Posted Exchange Rates of Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Yinfa No. 325 [2010])

2. Foreign Exchange Transaction Market

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Strengthening Supervision of the Foreign Exchange Market and Regulating Office Procedures (Huiguohanzi No. 009 [1996])

2          Interim Provisions on the Administration of the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Yinfa No. 423 [1996])

3          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Launching EUR/RMB Trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 14 [2002])

4          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Approval of the Launching of the Interbank Lending Intermediary Business in Foreign Currency by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 37 [2002])

5          Announcement No. 16 [2003] of the People’s Bank of China on Provision of Clearance Arrangements for Relevant Banks that Handle Individual Business of RMB Savings, Currency Exchange, Bank Cards, and Remittances in the Hong Kong SAR

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Carrying Out Bilateral Trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Huifa No. 109 [2003])

7          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Carrying Out Interbank Foreign Currency Trading Business by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 115 [2004])

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Launching of Spot Over-the-Counter Trading on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Huifa No. 87 [2005])

9          Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Application for Membership on the Interbank Spot Foreign Exchange Market by Non-financial Enterprises and Non-bank Financial Institutions (Interim) (Huifa No. 94 [2005])

10      Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning Accelerating Development of the Foreign Exchange Market (Yinfa No. 202 [2005])

11      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Release of the Master Agreements and Rules for RMB and Foreign Exchange Forward Trading by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 291 [2005])

12      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Release of the Rules for RMB and Foreign Exchange Spot Trading by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 325 [2005])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Regarding Engagement in the Business of Won Listing and Exchange by Domestic Designated Foreign Exchange Banks (Huifa No. 45 [2006])

14      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Unifying the Time for Spot Bid-Offer Trading and Spot Over-the-Counter Trading on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Huifa No. 50 [2006])

15      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Release of the Rules for RMB and Foreign Exchange Swap Trading by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 87 [2006])

16      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Launching of GBP/RMB Trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 153 [2006])

17      Circular of the People’s Bank of China on Relevant Issues Concerning the Launching of RMB and Foreign Currency Swap Business on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Yinfa No. 287 [2007])

18      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Release of the Rules for RMB and Foreign Currency Swap Trading by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 347 [2007])

19      Interim Measures for the Administration of Foreign Exchange Brokerage Business for Currency Brokerage Companies (Huifa No. 55 [2008])

20      Circular of the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Matters Regarding Suspension of the Foreign Currency Clearance Business (Yinfa No. 137 [2009])

21      Guidelines for Market-Makers on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (Huifa No. 46 [2010])

22      Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Launching of RMB-FOREX Options Trading on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (Huifu No. 30 [2011])

 

VI. Balance of Payments and Foreign Exchange Statistics (40 items)

1. Statistics on the Balance of Payments

1          Measures for Statistical Declarations of the Balance of Payments (Decree No.2 [1995] of the Governor of the People’s Bank of China)

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on the Overall Use of the Organization Identification Code in Foreign Exchange Businesses (Huifa No. 24 [2002])

3          Detailed Rules for Implementation of the Measures for Declaration of Balance-of- Payments Statistics (Huifa No. 21 [2003])

4          Operational Rules for the Code Assignments of the Special Organization Codes in the Statistics and Declaration of the Balance of Payments (Huifa No. 131 [2003])

5          Circular of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Clarifying Relevant Matters Concerning Code Assignments for the Special Organization Codes in the Statistics and Declaration of the Balance of Payments (Huiguofa No. 5 [2004])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the Regulations on the Administration of the Relevant Vouchers of Domestic Banks for Foreign-related Receipts and Payments (Huifa No. 45 [2004])

7          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Regulating the Printing of the Relevant Vouchers of Domestic Banks for Foreign-related Receipts and Payments (Huifa No. 65 [2004])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Related to the Filing of the Relevant Vouchers by Domestic Banks for Foreign-related Receipts and Payments (Huizongfa No. 140 [2004])

9          The Administration System of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Inspection Certificates for the Declaration of the Balance of Payments (Huifa No. 20 [2010])

10      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Adjusting the Content of the Relevant Vouchers of Domestic Banks for Foreign-related Receipts and Payments (Huizongfa No. 50 [2010])

11      Statistical System for Foreign Direct Investments (Shanghefa No. 520 [2010])

2. Indirect Declarations of the Balance-of-Payments Statistics

1          Announcement No. 3 [2002] of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange  on Adjustment of the Time Limit for the Declaration of Foreign-related Revenue in the Balance of Payments

2          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Regarding Indirect Declarations of the Balance-of-payments Statistics and the Writing-off of Banknote Settlements (Huizongfu No. 106 [2006])

3          Reply of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Carrying Out the Reporting of the BOP Statistics by Foreign Institutions in China, International Organizations in China, Individual Diplomats, and Foreign Press Institutions in Beijing (Huiguofu No. 2 [2007])

4          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Declaration of the Balance-of-Payments Statistics for the Restructuring of Foreign-funded Banks (Huizongfu No. 40 [2007])

5          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Indirect Declarations of the Balance of Payments (Huizongfu No. 41 [2007])

6          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Declaration of the BOP for the Overseas Wealth Management Business Provided by Commercial Banks on Behalf of Clients (Huizongfu No. 73 [2007])

7          Circular of General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Indirect Declarations of the Balance-of-Payments Statistics on Collections and Payments by Domestic Non-residents (Huizongfa No. 85 [2009])

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Declaration of the Balance-of-Payments Statistics for the RMB Settlement of Cross-border Trade (Huizongfa No. 90 [2009])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Operating Rules on the Declaration of the Balance-of- Payments Statistics through Financial Institutions (Huifa No. 22 [2010])

10      Operational Rules on the Online Balance of Payments Declaration System (Huizongfa No. 122 [2010])

11      Reply of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Declarations of the Balance-of- Payments Statistics (Huiguofu No. 6 [2010])

12      Reply of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Indirect Declarations of the Balance-of- Payments Statistics in Overseas Contracted Projects (Huiguofu No. 10 [2010])

13      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Rules for Inspections of the Indirect Declarations of the Balance-of-Payments Statistics (Huifa No. 1 [2011])

3. Declarations and Statistics of Overseas Assets and Liabilities, and Profits and Losses by Financial Institutions

1          Operational Rules for Reporting Overseas Assets and Liabilities, and Profits and Losses of Financial Institutions (Huiguofazi No. 13 [1996])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning the Declaration of Overseas Assets and Liabilities as well as Profits and Losses by Financial Institutions (Huiguohanzi No. 075 [1997])

3          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Popularizing the Use of Software for Statistics and Declaration of Overseas Assets and Liabilities and Profits and Losses as well as Foreign Currency Exchange by Financial Institutions (Huifa No. 246 [1999])

4          Circular of the International Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Clarifying the Specific Requirements for Popularizing the Use of Computer Software for the Declaration of Overseas Assets and Liabilities and Profits and Losses by Financial Institutions (Huiguohan No. 31 [1999])

5          Circular of the People’s Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Submission of External Liability Data by Domestic Foreign-funded Financial Institutions (Yinfa No. 244 [2001])

6          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Declaration of Overseas Assets and Liabilities as well as Profits and Losses by Financial Institutions (Huizongfa No. 112 [2005])

7          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Supplementary Declaration of Direct Investment Data by Domestic Financial Institutions (Huizongfa No. 24 [2008]

8          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Reporting Data on RMB Accounts of Non-residents by Domestic Banks (Huizongfa No. 51 [2008])

9          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Submission of the Statistical Statement on Foreign Exchange Assets and Liabilities by Chinese-Funded Financial Institutions (Huifa No. 6 [2009])

10      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning the Pilot Program and the On-line Operation of the Statistical Software for the Foreign Exchange Assets and Liabilities of Chinese-funded Financial Institutions (Huizongfa No. 2 [2010])

4. Statistical Declaration for Exchange Business

1          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Ceasing Submission of the Statistical Declaration Form for Exchange Business (Huizongfa No. 54 [2010])

5. The System of Sample Surveys

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Printing and Distributing the Investigation System for Trade Credits and the Implementation Plan for Trade Credit Investigations (Huifa No. 67 [2004])

2          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the SAFE on the Adjustment to the Sample Survey Report Form for Trade Credits and on the Use of the Trade Credit Sample Survey System for Data Submission (Huizongfa [2009] No.12)

3          Circular of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Activation of the Trade Credit Survey System (Foreign Exchange Authority Version) for Conducting Trade Credit Surveys (Huiguofa No. 1 [2010])

4          Circular of the Balance of Payments Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Conducting Trade Credit Surveys At End-June,2010 (Huiguofa No. 8 [2010])

5          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Expanding the Scope of the Trade Credit Survey Regions and Increasing the Frequency of the Survey (Huizongfa No. 28 [2011])

 

VII. Administration of the Special Economic Zones (8 items)

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of Bonded Warehouses (Huifa No. 97 [1998])

2          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Interim Measures for Foreign Exchange Administration of the Shanghai Diamond Exchange (Huifu No. 316 [2000])

3          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration of the Shanghai Diamond Exchange (Huifu No. 261 [2002])

4          Examination and Approval Standards and Procedures for the Establishment of Export Processing Zones (Shujiafa No. 102 [2004])

5          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Promoting a Pilot Reform of Foreign Exchange Administration of Transnational Corporations in the Pudong New Area (Huifu No. 300 [2005])

6          Measures for Foreign Exchange Administration in the Bonded Areas under Customs Supervision (Huifa No. 52 [2007])

7          Operating Rules for the Measures on Foreign Exchange Administration in the Bonded Supervisory Areas (Huizongfa No. 166 [2007])

8          Reply of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Payments by Enterprises Incorporated within Bonded Ports or Comprehensive Bonded Zones under the Supervisory Mode of "Goods in Logistics within the Zones" (Huifu No. 248 [2010])

VIII. Foreign Exchange Inspections and Application of the Laws and Regulations (26 items)

1. Procedures for Investigating Cases

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Distributing the List of Units Having Foreign Exchange Inspections and the Power of the State to Impose Penalties in the Administration of the Foreign Exchange System (Huiguanhanzi No. 261 [1997])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementing the Measures for Administration of Penalty Collections and Payments for Others (Huifa No. 54 [1999])

3          Trial Measures of Awards for Reporting Cases of Acts in Violation of the Rules of Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 1 [2000])

4          Regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Administration of Authority for Administrative Penalties during Foreign Exchange Inspections (Huifa No. 219 [2001])

5          Procedures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for Administrative Penalty Hearings (Huifa No. 79 [2002])

6          Procedures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Administrative Reconsideration (Huifa No. 80 [2002])

7          Measures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for Administration of Law Enforcement Certificates (Huifa No. 86 [2002])

8          Procedures for Investigating Cases of Acts in Violation of the Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 50 [2008])

9          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Concerning Relevant Issues on Using the New Foreign Exchange Inspection Certificates (Huizongfa No. 18 [2009])

10      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Revising the Administrative Enforcement Documents on Foreign Exchange Inspections (Huifa No. 17 [2010])

2. Law Sources

1          Provisions on Disciplinary Sanctions to Financial Institutions and Relevant Persons in Charge in Violation of the Administrative Rules on Sales and Payments of Foreign Exchange (Yinfa No. 331 [1998])

2          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Forwarding the Interim Provisions on Implementing Administrative or Disciplinary Sanctions for Fraudulent Purchases, Illegal Purchases, Evasion, and Illegal Trading of Foreign Exchange and Other Acts in Violation of the Rules on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 102 [1999])

3          Provisional Measures for Dealing with the Failure to Verify and Cancel the Collection and Payment of Foreign Exchange for Imports and Exports in Due Time (Huifa No. 40 [2003])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Applicability of the Laws and Regulations for Investigating Cases of Acts in Violation of the Foreign Exchange Administration Rules after Revision of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 41 [2008])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Regarding the Content and Meaning of Certain Provisions and the Principles of Application in Chapter VII: Legal Responsibilities in the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration (Huifa No. 59 [2008])

3. Other

1          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Opinions Regarding Punishment of Financial Institutions that Engage in Illegal Foreign Exchange Futures Transactions (Huiyehanzi No. 121 [1993])

2          Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the Ministry of Public Security on Sternly Investigating and Punishing Illegal Foreign Exchange Futures Transactions and Foreign Exchange Margin Trading Activities (Zhengjianfazi No. 165 [1994])

3          Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the Ministry of Public Security on Printing and Distributing the Minutes of the Conference on Implementing the Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the Ministry of Public Security on Sternly Investigating and Punishing Illegal Foreign Exchange Futures Transactions and Foreign Exchange Margin Trading Activities (Zhengjianfazi No. 196 [1994])

4          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Investigating and Punishing Illegal Foreign Exchange Futures (Margin) Trading Activities (Huiguanhanzi No. 191 [1995])

5          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the State Administration of Industry of Commerce on Prohibiting the Pricing and Settlement in Foreign Currency without Authorization within the Territory of China and Prohibiting the Release of Advertisements Containing Information on the Pricing and Settlement in Foreign Currency (Huiguanhanzi No. 177 [1996])

6          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Prohibiting Foreign Exchange Borrowing and Lending Among Non-financial Enterprises (Huizihanzi No. 305 [1996])

7          Circular on Prohibiting Financial Institutions from Conducting Overseas Derivative Instrument Transactions without Authorization

8          Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the Ministry of Public Security on Imposing Severe Punishments on Illegal Foreign Exchange Trading Activities (Huifa No. 155 [2001])

9          Reply of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Identifying Relevant Issues Concerning Illegal On-line Foreign Exchange Speculation (Huizongfu No. 56 [2008])

10      Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Punishment for Acts in Violation of the Administration of Foreign Exchange under Trade in Goods (Huifa No. 34 [2008])

11      Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues Concerning Administrative Penalties for Unregistered Deferred Payments of Foreign Exchange (Huizongfa No. 170 [2008])

 

IX. Scientific Administration of Foreign Exchange (4 items)

1          Measures of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Management of Standardization of the Information System Codes (Interim) (Huizongfa No. 162 [2008])

2          Detailed Rules of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Implementation of Management of Standardization of the Information System Codes (Interim) (Huizongfa No. 82 [2009])

3          Circular of the General Affairs Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Standardization of the Information System Codes (Huizongfa No. 101 [2009])

4          Standard Library of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on the Information System Codes (Version 01 [2010]) (Huizongfa No. 59 [2010])