Management Measure To Foreign Investors In Leasing Business

 

The Ministry of Commerce, Issue no. 5, 2005

Recently, the Ministry of Commerce has announced " Management Measure To Foreign Investors In Leasing Business" with effective from 5 March, 2005. The measure regulated the mode, approval procedures, business rules as well as its control of foreign investments in leasing business. The main contents are as follows:

1. Foreign investment enterprises are allowed to set up the Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises in leasing business and financing business.

2. The minimum total asset requirement of foreign investor for foreign-invested leasing companies and foreign-invested financing companies are lowered to five million US dollars. The minimum registered capital for foreign-invested financing companies are lowered to 10 million US dollars. The minimum registered capital for foreign-invested leasing companies are adjusted from five million US dollars to no special limitation.

3. Financing companies should submit their last year's business operation reports and audited reports to the Ministry of Commerce before 31 March every year.



《外商投資租賃業管理辦法》
 


商務部令2005年第5號


近日,商務部頒佈了《外商投資租賃業管理辦法》,自2005年3月5日開始實施,對外商投資租賃業的投資形式、審批程式、業務規則以及監管作出了具體規定,主要內容如下:


1. 允許以外商獨資形式設立從事租賃業務、融資租賃業務的外商投資企業。

2. 外商投資租賃公司和外商投資融資租賃公司的外方投資者的總資產最低降低為500萬美元;外商投資融資租賃公司的最低註冊資本降低為1000萬美元;外商投資租賃公司的最低註冊資本由原來的500萬美元調整為無特別限制。

3. 轉換管理模式。以有限責任公司形式設立的租賃公司的審批許可權下放到地方管理。

4. 融資租賃公司應在每年3月31日之前向商務部報送上一年度業務經營情況報告和上一年經會計師事務所審計的財務報告