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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.
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