山西省道路运输管理暂行条例
山西省人大常委会
山西省道路运输管理暂行条例
山西省人大常委会
（1995年7月20日山西省第八届人民代表大会常务委员会第十六次会议通过 1995年7月20日公布 1995年10月1日起施行）
目 录
第一章 总 则
第二章 开业和歇业
第三章 旅客运输和货物运输
第四章 搬运装卸和汽车维修
第五章 运输服务业
第六章 价格、规费和票证
第七章 罚 则
第八章 附 则
第一章 总 则
第一条 为加强道路运输管理，建立统一、开放、竞争、有序的道路运输市场，保护运输经营者及其服务对象的合法权益，促进道路运输业的发展，根据国家有关规定，结合本省实际，制定本条例。
第二条 凡在本省行政区域内从事道路运输活动的单位和个人，均须遵守本条例。
本条例所称道路运输活动，是指营业性的道路旅客运输、货物运输（以下简称旅客运输、货物运输）以及与道路运输相关的搬运装卸、汽车维修、人员培训和运输服务活动。
城市公共客运不适用本条例。
第三条 道路运输业坚持多种经济成分协调发展、统一管理的原则。保护正当竞争，禁止非法经营。
第四条 各级人民政府应根据国民经济和社会发展需要，制定本行政区域内道路运输发展规划，对道路运输市场实行宏观调控。
第五条 县级以上交通行政主管部门负责管理本行政区域内的道路运输业。
交通行政主管部门可以委托其所属的交通运输管理机构履行道路运输业的具体管理职责。
工商、建设、公安、财政、税务、物价、农机行政主管部门，应按照各自的职责，配合交通行政主管部门做好道路运输管理工作。
第六条 道路运输经营者应依法经营，优质服务，遵守道路运输市场秩序。
第二章 开业和歇业
第七条 从事道路运输须具备与其经营种类、范围相适应的设备、设施、资金和专业人员等技术经济条件。
第八条 申请从事道路运输的单位和个人，须持有关技术经济条件证明向当地县级以上交通行政主管部门提出申请。县级以上交通行政主管部门应在十五日内作出答复，符合条件的发给道路运输经营许可证。申请人凭道路运输经营许可证办理工商、税务登记后，始得营业。
外商投资企业和港、澳、台商投资企业申请从事道路运输的，按国家有关规定办理。
非营业性道路运输的单位和个人，从事营业性道路运输三个月以内的，须办理临时营运手续。
第九条 道路运输经营者须在批准的范围内从事经营活动，变更经营范围或歇业、停业、合并、分立、迁移的，应在十五日前到原批准机关办理手续。
第十条 道路运输经营者每年应到所在地交通行政主管部门接受经营资格年度审验，审验合格方可继续营运。
第三章 旅客运输和货物运输
第十一条 旅客运输包括班车客运、包车客运以及行包运输；货物运输包括整车货运、零担货运、特种货运、集装箱货运和包车货运。
第十二条 道路运输车辆必须携带由交通行政主管部门核发的道路运输证。
第十三条 旅客运输、货物零担运输的经营类别、区域、线路、班次、停靠站点，由县级以上交通行政主管部门审查批准。营运期不得少于一个月。
变更经营类别、区域、线路、班次、停靠站点的，须经原审批机关批准。
第十四条 旅客运输车、零担货运班车和特种货运车应悬挂统一的经营类别、区域、线路标志牌和价目表。
第十五条 客运班车应进入交通行政主管部门指定的站、场载客，按公布的时间发车；非定班的线路客车应在始发站依次载客发车；旅游班车应按批准的线路行驶，在指定的发车点或旅游点停靠。
客运经营者应遵纪守法，文明行车，按照客票标明的日期、车次、地点运送旅客，中途不得随意将旅客转与其他承运人，不得违反规定超载运输。
因客运经营者过错造成旅客漏乘、误乘的，经营者应按照旅客要求退还票款或安排改乘；造成旅客人身伤害或行李丢失、损坏的，经营者应承担相应的法律责任。
第十六条 旅客运输车辆进入城市，应按指定的线路行驶。
城市公共客运车辆跨出市区、郊区经营客运的按本条例规定执行。
拖拉机和货运车辆不得从事旅客运输。
第十七条 货物运输经营者应根据车辆的车型和技术条件承运货物，不得超载运输。
货物运输的承、托运双方，应依法订立运输合同。
因承运人的责任造成货物丢失或损坏的，承运人应予赔偿。
第十八条 国家和省规定的限运、凭证运输货物和危险货物，托运人必须按照国家和省有关规定办理准运手续。承运危险货物的经营者必须取得危险货物运输资格。
第十九条 旅客运输和货物运输经营者应按照国家颁发的技术规范使用、维修运输车辆，接受车辆综合性能检测，不得使用技术性能不符合国家和省规定标准的运输车辆从事道路运输。
第二十条 县级以上人民政府下达的抢险、救灾、军事等紧急道路运输任务，旅客运输和货物运输经营者必须服从统一调度和安排。因执行紧急道路运输任务而受到经济损失的，由当地人民政府给予适当补偿。
第二十一条 各级交通行政主管部门根据工作需要，可派员到交通征费稽查站以及汽车停车站（场）和维修站（厂）对道路运输经营者的经营活动进行监督检查，但不得违反国家和省的规定随意拦截车辆和乱收费、乱罚款。
第四章 搬运装卸和汽车维修
第二十二条 搬运装卸经营者应在交通行政主管部门核准的作业范围内作业，并按照国家规定的安全操作规程搬运装卸。
因搬运装卸经营者的责任造成货物灭失、损坏的，经营者应予赔偿。
第二十三条 因托运人、收货人匿报、错报货物性质或者在货物中夹带危险品，造成搬运装卸经营者的机具、设备损坏或他人货物损毁、人身伤害的，托运人、收货人应承担相应的法律责任。
第二十四条 汽车维修经营者应按照核定的经营类别经营，并按照国家和省规定的有关技术标准维修车辆，执行统一的工时定额。
第二十五条 汽车维修经营者从事汽车大修、总成大修和汽车二级维护，应当与旅客运输或货物运输经营者订立维修合同。
汽车维修实行质量保证期制度，在保证期内，因维修质量原因发生故障，承修者应当无偿返修，造成车辆损坏的，应予赔偿。
第二十六条 汽车的维修，由旅客运输或货物运输经营者择厂修理，任何单位和个人不得强行指定修理厂家。
汽车维修经营者不得承修无公安机关车辆肇事处理证明的肇事车辆。
第五章 运输服务业
第二十七条 货运代理、联运服务经营者在经营中发生货损、货差时，应以承运人身份对货主承担民事责任，并有权向实际承运人追偿。
第二十八条 货运信息服务经营者应保证所提供信息的准确性，并对因信息误差而造成车辆空驶、运输延误的承担赔偿责任。
第二十九条 货物仓储经营者应当按照货物的性质、有效期限和保管要求分类存放。因保管不当而造成损失的，应承担赔偿责任。
第三十条 客运站、货运站和营业性停车场由交通行政主管部门按照城市规划统筹安排。场、站的设置应符合道路运输网络规划。
第三十一条 汽车综合性能检测站是独立的技术服务机构，应按照统筹规划、合理布局的原则设立。
汽车综合性能检测站应根据国家和省规定的标准进行检测，保证检测结果准确，不得出具虚假证明。
第三十二条 交通行政主管部门负责对汽车驾驶学校和驾驶员培训进行宏观方面的行业管理。
申领驾驶证的人员，在汽车驾驶学校培训合格后，由公安机关考核发证。
第六章 价格、规费和票证
第三十三条 道路运输业价格，国家和省定价的按规定执行；允许自行定价的由经营者定价，并报当地县级以上交通行政部门和物价部门备案。
第三十四条 道路运输经营者应按国家有关规定按时足额向车籍地交通行政主管部门缴纳运输管理费。
运输管理费应实行财政专户储存、专款专用，任何单位和个人不得截留、坐支、挪用。
第三十五条 道路运输经营许可证、道路运输证以及客运线路牌等营运标志由省交通行政主管部门印制、管理。
第三十六条 从事道路运输的单位和个人，必须按国家规定使用统一的道路运输票证，任何单位和个人不得伪造、倒卖和转让。
第七章 罚 则
第三十七条 违反本条例规定有下列行为之一的，由交通行政主管部门责令限期改正，情节严重的，吊销其经营许可证，并可处五百元以上一千元以下罚款：
（一）客运和货运零担班车不按批准的线路、区域、班次营运的；
（二）客运车辆、货运零担班车和特种货物运输车不按规定悬挂统一标志的；
（三）客运经营者中途无故将旅客转与他人运送的；
（四）道路运输经营者以不正当手段揽客揽货、强装强卸、垄断维修业务、强行服务的。
第三十八条 违反本条例规定有下列行为之一的，由交通行政主管部门按照下列规定给予处罚，构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任：
（一）无道路运输经营许可证从事道路运输的，责令其终止道路运输活动，没收全部非法所得，并处非法所得额一倍以上三倍以下罚款；
（二）不按规定缴纳或逃缴、拒缴道路运输规费的，责令其补交，并处应缴额一倍以上二倍以下罚款；
（三）经检查发现使用技术性能不符合国家和省规定标准的车辆从事道路运输的，应中止其运行，妥善处理其运送的旅客或货物，费用由责任人承担，并处一千元以上二千元以下罚款；
（四）未取得危险货物运输资格承运危险货物的，应中止车辆运行，妥善运送货物，费用由责任人承担，并处三千元以上五千元以下罚款；
（五）伪造、倒卖或使用伪造、转让道路运输票据及其有关证件、标志的，应没收票据、证件、标志和非法所得，并处非法所得额一倍以上三倍以下罚款；
（六）汽车综合性能检测站，不按国家和省规定的标准检测车辆或出具虚假检测结果的，吊销经营许可证，并处三千元以上五千元以下罚款。
第三十九条 当事人对交通行政主管部门的具体行政行为不服的，可以依法申请复议或提起诉讼。
当事人对具体行政行为在法定期限内不申请复议也不起诉，又不履行的，交通行政主管部门可以申请人民法院强制执行。
第四十条 交通行政主管部门或其委托的交通运输管理机构的工作人员，在道路运输业的管理活动中玩忽职守、滥用职权、徇私舞弊的，由其所在单位或上级主管机关、监察机关给予行政处分；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第八章 附 则
第四十一条 出租汽车业的管理，按省人民政府的规定执行。
第四十二条 本条例具体应用中的问题，由省人民政府负责解释。
第四十三条 本条例自1995年10月1日起施行。
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第一条 为进一步扩大国际经济技术合作和交流，引进外资，促进社会主义商品经济的发展，外国的公司、企业和其他经济组织或个人（以下简称外国股东），按照平等互利的原则，可与中国的公司、企业或其他经济组织（以下简称中国股东）在中国境内，共同举办外商投资股份有限公司（以下简称公司）。
第二条 本规定所称的外商投资股份有限公司是指依本规定设立的，全部资本由等额股份构成，股东以其所认购的股份对公司承担责任，公司以全部财产对公司债务承担责任，中外股东共同持有公司股份。外国股东购买并持有的股份占公司注册资本25％以上的企业法人。
第三条 公司为外商投资企业的一种形式，适用国家法律、法规对于外商投资企业的有关规定。
第四条 设立公司应符合国家有关外商投资企业产业政策的规定。国家鼓励设立技术先进的生产型公司。
第五条 公司可采取发起方式或者募集方式设立。
第六条 以发起方式设立的公司，除应符合公司法规定的发起人的条件外，其中至少有一个发起人应为外国股东。
以募集方式设立的公司，除应符合前款条件外，其中至少有一个发起人还应有募集股份前3年连续盈利的记录，该发起人为中国股东时，应提供其近3年经过中国注册会计师审计的财务会计报告；该发起人为外国股东时，应提供该外国股东居所所在地注册会计师审计的财务报告。
第七条 公司的注册资本应为在登记注册机关登记注册的实收股本总额，公司注册资本的最低限额为人民币3千万元。其中外国股东购买并持有的股份应不低于公司注册资本的25％。
第八条 股东认购的股份的转让应符合本规定第七条所规定的条件。发起人股份的转让，须在公司设立登记3年后进行，并经公司原审批机关批准。
第九条 发起人达成设立公司协议后，可共同委托一发起人办理设立公司的申请手续。具体程序是：
（一）申请人向其省、自治区、直辖市及计划单列市政府主管部门（以下称主管部门）提交设立公司的申请书、可行性研究报告、资产评估报告等文件。
以募集方式设立公司的，申请人还须提交招股说明书。
（二）上述文件经主管部门审查同意后，由主管部门转报省、自治区、直辖市及计划单列市对外经贸部门。上述文件经省、自治区、直辖市及计划单列市对外经贸部门核准后，发起人正式签定设立公司的协议、章程。
（三）发起人签定设立公司的协议、章程，报省、自治区、直辖市对外经贸部门审查同意后，报对外贸易经济合作部审查批准。对外贸易经济合作部在45日内决定批准或不批准。
第十条 发起人提交的各项文件必须用中文书写。在发起人各方认为需要时，可商定再用一种外文书写，但以审批生效的中文文本为准。
第十一条 设立公司的申请书应概要说明：
（一）发起人的名称、住所、法定代表人；
（二）组建公司的名称、住所及宗旨；
（三）公司设立方式、股本总额、类别、每股面值、发起人认购比例、股份募集范围和途径；
（四）发起人的生产经营情况，包括近3年生产经营、资产与负债、利润等情况（限于以募集方式设立公司的发起人）；
（五）公司的资金投向及经营范围；
（六）提出申请的时间，发起人的法定代表签名并加盖发起人单位公章；
（七）其他需要说明的事项。
第十二条 发起人协议应包括以下主要内容：
（一）发起人的名称、住所、法定代表人的姓名、国籍、住所、职务；
（二）组建公司的名称、住所；
（三）公司的宗旨、经营范围；
（四）公司设立的方式、组织形式；
（五）公司注册资本、股份总额、类别、发起人认购股份的数额、形式及期限；
（六）发起人的权利和义务；
（七）违约责任；
（八）适用法律及争议的解决；
（九）协议的生效与终止；
（十）订立协议的时间、地点，发起人签字；
（十一）其他需要载明的事项。
第十三条 发起人设立公司的协议、章程经对外贸易经济合作部批准后，发起人应在30日内凭对外贸易经济合作部颁发的批准证书到银行开立专用帐户。发起人应自批准证书签发之日起90日内一次缴足其认购的股份。发起人在公司发行的股份缴足之前应承担连带认缴责任。公司不能设立时，发起人为设立行为所发生的费用和债务负连带责任。
第十四条 以发起方式设立公司的，发起人按本规定第十一条的规定缴足其认购的股份后，应当选举董事会和监事会，由董事会向公司登记机关报送设立公司的批准文件、公司章程、验资证明等文件，申请设立登记。
以募集方式设立公司的，发行股份的股数缴足后，必须经法定的验资机构验资并出具证明。发起人应当在30日内主持召开公司创立大会，并选举董事会、监事会，董事会应于创立大会结束后30日内，向公司登记机关报送设立公司的批准文件、公司章程、验资证明、创立大会的会议记录等文件，申请设立登记。
公司登记机关自接到全部登记文件之日起30天内完成登记注册手续，并颁发营业执照。
第十五条 已设立中外合资经营企业、中外合作经营企业、外资企业（以下简称外商投资企业），如申请转变为公司的，应有最近连续3年的盈利记录。由原外商投资企业的投资者作为公司的发起人（或与其他发起人）签定设立公司的协议、章程，报原外商投资企业所在地的审批机关初审同意后转报对外贸易经济合作部审批。
申请转变应报送下列文件：
（一）原外商投资企业的合同、章程；
（二）原外商投资企业董事会关于企业改组的决议；
（三）原外商投资企业投资者关于终止原合同、章程的决议；
（四）原外商投资企业资产评估报告；
（五）发起人（包括但不限于原外商投资企业投资者）协议；
（六）公司章程；
（七）原外商投资企业的营业执照、批准证书，最近连续3年的财务报告；
（八）设立公司的申请书；
（九）发起人的资信证明；
（十）可行性研究报告。
第十六条 上述申请经对外贸易经济合作部批准后，发起人应自批准证书签发并缴足其认购的股本金后向公司登记机关办理变更登记手续。
第十七条 外商投资企业变更登记为公司后，原外商投资企业的一切权利、义务全部转由公司承担。
外商投资企业的中外投资者在原外商投资企业合同、章程中承诺的义务，应列入发起人协议及章程，同样适用所设立的公司。
第十八条 国有企业、集体所有制企业如申请转变为公司的，除符合本规定其他条款的规定外，还须符合以下条件：
（一）该企业至少营业5年并有最近连续3年的盈利记录；
（二）外国股东以可自由兑换的外币购买并持有该企业的股份占该企业注册资本的25％以上；
（三）企业的经营范围符合外商投资企业产业政策。
中外股东作为发起人签定设立公司的协议、章程，报企业所在地审批机关初审同意后转报对外贸易经济合作部审批。
申请转变应报送下列文件：
（一）原企业资产评估报告；
（二）设立公司的申请书；
（三）可行性研究报告；
（四）发起人协议；
（五）公司章程；
（六）原企业的营业执照、最近连续3年的资产负债表；
（七）发起人的资信证明；
（八）其他必要的文件。
第十九条 上述申请经对外贸易经济合作部批准后，发起人应自批准证书签发并缴足其认购的股本金后向公司登记机关办理变更登记手续。
第二十条 股份有限公司申请转变为公司的，除符合本规定其他条款的规定外，还须符合以下条件：
（一）该股份有限公司是经国家正式批准设立的；
（二）外国股东以可自由兑换的外币购买并持有该股份有限公司的股份占公司注册资本的25％以上；
（三）股份有限公司的经营范围符合外商投资企业产业政策。
第二十一条 股份有限公司通过向社会公开发行人民币特种股票（Ｂ股），申请转变为公司的，应报送如下文件：
（一）股东大会对转变为公司的决议；
（二）原股份有限公司资产评估报告；
（三）申请转变为公司的报告；
（四）原股份有限公司章程的补充、修改协议；
（五）证券管理部门批准公开发行人民币特种股票（Ｂ股）的文件；
（六）其它必要的文件。
第二十二条 股份有限公司通过增资扩股或转股发行外国股东持有的股份，申请转变为公司的，除报送前条第（一）、（二）、（三）、（四）款规定的文件外，还应报送股份有限公司与定向购股人的购股协议等其他必要的文件。
第二十三条 股份有限公司在境外发行境外上市外资股（包括但不限于Ｈ股和Ｎ股）并在境外上市申请转变为公司的，除报送第二十一条第（一）、（二）、（三）、（四）款规定的文件外还应报送如下文件：
（一）证券管理部门批准境外上市的文件；
（二）境外证券机构批准原股份有限公司股票上市的文件；
（三）境外上市的原股份有限公司股票交易情况。
第二十四条 上述申请经对外贸易经济合作部批准后，原股份有限公司应持批准证书和公司的募股证明向工商行政管理机关办理变更登记手续。
第二十五条 本暂行规定未规定的公司的其它事宜，按《公司法》、“国务院关于股份有限公司境外募集股份及上市的特别规定”及有关规定办理。
第二十六条 凡属外商投资企业改组成公司的，其减免税等优惠期限，不再重新计算。
第二十七条 香港、澳门、台湾地区的公司、企业、其它经济组织或个人，在大陆投资设立公司的，准用此暂行规定。
第二十八条 本暂行规定由对外贸易经济合作部负责解释。
Provisional Regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Trade andEconomic Cooperation on Certain Issues Concerning the Establishment ofCompanies Limited by Shares with Foreign Investment
(Promulgated on January 10, 1995)
Whole document
Provisional Regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation on Certain Issues Concerning the Establishment of
Companies Limited by Shares with Foreign Investment
(Promulgated on January 10, 1995)
Article 1
In order to further expand international economic co-operation and
technological exchange, to absorb foreign investment and to promote the
development of socialist market economy, foreign companies, enterprises
and other economic organizations or individuals (hereinafter referred to
as foreign shareholders) may incorporate themselves into a company limited
by shares with foreign investment (hereinafter referred to as the company)
with Chinese companies, enterprises or other economic organizations
(hereinafter referred to as Chinese shareholders) within Chinese territory
on the principle of equality and mutual benefit.
Article 2
In these Regulations, the term "a company limited by shares with
foreign investment" refers to an enterprise legal person established in
accordance with these Regulations, with the entire capital being divided
into shares of equal value, where the shareholders bear responsibilities
to the company to the extent of the number of the shares they hold and the
company bears responsibilities for its debts with all its assets, and
where the Chinese and foreign shareholders jointly hold the company's
stock, with the shares subscribed and held by foreign shareholders being
more than twenty-five per cent of the company's registered capital.
Article 3
The company is one of the forms of enterprises with foreign investment
and shall be governed by the relevant laws and regulations of the state
concerning enterprises with foreign investment.
Article 4
The establishment of such company shall be in conformity with the
state industrial policies concerning foreign investment. The state
encourages the establishment of production-oriented enterprises using
advanced technologies.
Article 5
The company may be established by means of promotion or offer.
Article 6
The company set up by means of promotion shall meet the conditions as
provided for in the Company Law on promoters, with at least one of the
promoters being a foreign shareholder.
The company established by means of offer shall meet the requirements
as provided for in the preceding paragraph, with at least one of the
promoters having records of continuously making profits in the recent
three consecutive years prior to the offer. In case the aforementioned
promoter is a Chinese shareholder, the last three years' financial
statements audited by a Chinese certified public accountant should be
furnished. In case the aforementioned promoter is a foreign shareholder,
the financial statements audited by a certified public accountant
registered in its country of residence should be furnished.
Article 7
The registered capital of the company shall be the total share capital
registered with the registration authority and actually paid in. The
minimum amount of the registered capital of the company shall be RMB 30
million, with the shares subscribed and held by foreign shareholders being
no less than twenty-five per cent of the registered capital.
Article 8
The transfer of the shares subscribed by the shareholders shall meet
the conditions stipulated in Article 7 of these Regulations. The
promoters' shares may be transferred after three years from the date of
registration of the company, subject to the approval by the original
examination and approval authority.
Article 9
After the promoters conclude an agreement to establish the company,
they may jointly entrust one of them to handle all matters regarding the
application for setting up the company. The detailed procedures are as
follows:
(1) the applicant shall submit an application for the setting up of
the company, feasibility study report, asset evaluation report, etc. to
the competent departments of the provinces, autonomous regions,
municipalities directly under Central Government and cities with
independent planning (hereinafter referred to as the competent
departments) where the applicant is located. Prospectus shall also be
submitted for the application of establishing a company through offer of
shares.
(2) the aforementioned documents, upon examination by and with the
consent of the competent departments, shall be submitted, through the
competent departments, to the foreign economic and trade departments of
the same provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under
Central Government and cities with independent planning. Upon approval of
the documents by foreign economic and trade departments, the promoters
shall officially sign an agreement for the establishment of the company
and its articles of association. And
(3) the agreement for the establishment of the company and the
articles of association signed by the promoters shall, upon examination by
and with consent of the foreign economic and trade departments of the
provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central
Government and cities with independent planning, be submitted to the
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic cooperation for examination and
approval. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation shall
decide to approve or disapprove it within 45 days.
Article 10
All kinds of documents provided by the promoters shall be written in
the Chinese language. Where all promoters consider it necessary, a foreign
language agreed upon by all the promoters can be used simultaneously.
However, the examined, approved and effectuated Chinese version shall be
authentic.
Article 11
The application for establishing a company shall lay down the
following:
(1) names, domiciles and the legal representative of the promoters;
(2) name, domicile and aims of the company to be established;
(3) method to establish the company, total value of shares, share
category, value per share, proportion of the shares subscribed by
promoters and the scope and means of the offer;
(4) the production and management situations of the promoters,
including information about production and management, assets and
liabilities and profitabilities in the recent three years (only applicable
to promoters who establish a company by means of offer);
(5) the fields of capital investment and business scope of the
company;
(6) time of the application, signature of the legal representative of
the promoters and official stamp of the promoters' unit; and.
(7) other matters that need to be elaborated.
Article 12
The promoters' agreement shall include the following main contents:
(1) names and domiciles of the promoters; name, nationality, domicile
and post of the legal representative;
(2) name and domicile of the company to be established;
(3) objectives and business scope of the company;
(4) means of establishment and structure of the company;
(5) the company's registered capital, total shares, share category
and the number, form and subscription period of the shares subscribed by
promoters;
(6) rights and obligations of the promoters;
(7) liability for breach of agreement;
(8) application of law and settlement of disputes;
(9) effectiveness and termination of the agreement;
(10) time and place of signature of the agreement, signature of the
promoters; and
(11) other matters that need to be notified.
Article 13
After the promoters' agreement to establish the company and the
articles of association are approved by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and
Economic Cooperation, the promoters shall, within 30 days, open a
special-purpose bank account with a bank by presenting the certificate of
approval issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
The promoters shall make full payment in one installment of all the shares
subscribed within 90 days from the date of issue of the certificate of
approval. The promoters shall undertake the joint and several liability
for the subscription before all the capital subscribed to the company by
themselves is paid. The promoters are also jointly liable for the debts
and expenses arising from actions to establish the company if the company
fails to be established.
Article 14
Where the company is established by means of promotion, after the
promoters have made full payment for shares subscribed in accordance with
the provisions of Article 11, an election for the board of directors and
the board of supervisors shall be made. The board of directors shall
submit the document of approval to establish the company, articles of
association, certificate of capital verification, etc. to the
registration authority and apply for the registration.
Where the company is established by means of offer, after the full
payment has been made for the shares issued, it must be verified and given
certificate by an authorized investment verification organization. The
promoters shall within 30 days, hold the founding meeting of the company
and elect the board of directors and the board of supervisors. The board
of directors shall submit document of approval, the company's articles of
association, certificate of capital verification, memorandum of the
founding meeting, etc. to the registration authority to apply for the
registration.
The registration authority shall complete the registration formalities
and issue the business licence within 30 days after it receives all
documents for registration.
Article 15
Where existing Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures, Chinese-foreign
cooperative joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises
(hereinafter referred to as "enterprises with foreign investment") apply
to reorganize themselves into a company, the enterprises with foreign
investment must have a record of making profits for the recent 3
consecutive years. The investors of the original foreign investment
enterprises shall act as the promoters (or together with other promoters)
to sign the agreement for the set up of the company and the articles of
association and then submit them to the original examination and approval
authority in the location of the original foreign investment enterprise
for preliminary examination and approval and onward submission to the
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for final approval.
The following documents shall be submitted where an enterprise with
foreign investment applies for such reorganization:
(1) contract, articles of association of the original enterprise with
foreign investment;
(2) decision of the board of directors of the original enterprise with
foreign investment on the reorganization of the enterprise;
(3) agreement of the investors of the original foreign investment
enterprise on the termination of the original contract and articles of
association;
(4) asset evaluation report of the original enterprise with foreign
investment;
(5) the promoter's (including but not limited to the investors of the
original enterprise with foreign investment) agreement;
(6) articles of association of the company;
(7) business licence, certificate of approval, and the financial
report of the recent 3 consecutive years;
(8) application letter for the establishment of the company;
(9) the promoters' credit references; and
(10) feasibility study report.
Article 16
After the foregoing applications are approved by the Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the promoters shall go through the
procedure of alteration of registration after the issuance of approval
certificate and full payment of the capital shares subscribed.
Article 17
Upon the completion of the formalities for the alteration of
registration, all the rights and obligations of the original enterprise
with foreign investment shall be fully assumed by the company.
The obligations committed by the Chinese and foreign investors of the
enterprise with foreign investment in the original contract and articles
of association should be specified in the promoter's agreement and
articles of association and made applicable to the company to be
established.
Article 18
A state-owned enterprise or a collectively-owned enterprise which
applies for reorganizing itself into a company shall meet the following
requirements in addition to other provisions as provided for in these
Regulations:
(1) the enterprise shall have an operational period of no less than
five years, and have records of taking profits in the recent three
consecutive years;
(2) shares of the enterprise as subscribed with freely convertible
foreign currencies and held by foreign shareholders shall take more than
twenty-five per cent of the registered capital of the enterprise; and
(3) the business scope of the enterprise shall be in line with the
state's industrial policies for enterprises with foreign investment.
The agreement for the setting up of the company and the articles of
association signed by Chinese and foreign shareholders as promoters shall
be submitted to the local examination and approval authority for
preliminary examination and approval and onward submission to the Ministry
of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for final approval.
The following documents shall be submitted in order to apply for the
reorganization:
(1) asset evaluation report of the enterprise;
(2) application letter for the establishment of the company;
(3) feasibility study report;
(4) promoters' agreement;
(5) the company's articles of association;
(6) business license and balance sheets for the recent three
consecutive years of the enterprises;
(7) credit references of the promoters; and
(8) other necessary documents.
Article 19
Upon the approval by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation for the above mentioned application, the promoters shall,
after the issuance of the approval certificate and full payment of the
share capital subscribed, apply to the registration authority for the
alteration of registration.
Article 20
A company limited by shares applying for reorganizing itself into the
company shall meet the following requirements in addition to other
provisions as provided for in these Regulations:
(1) the establishment of the company limited by shares was duly
approved by the State;
(2) the shares subscribed with freely convertible foreign currencies
and held by Foreign Shareholders shall take more than twenty-five per cent
of the company's registered capital; and
(3) the business scope of the company limited by shares shall be in
line with the industrial policies for enterprises with foreign investment.
Article 21
Where a company limited by shares applies to reorganize itself into a
company by means of issuing Renminbi Special Shares (B Shares) to the
public, the following documents shall be submitted:
(1) the decision of the shareholders' meeting on reorganizing itself
into a company;
(2) asset evaluation report of the original company limited by shares;
(3) application report on the reorganizing itself into the company;
(4) agreement on the additions and amendments to the articles of
association of the original company limited by shares;
(5) approval document from the security administration authority on
the public offer of Renminbi Special Shares (B Shares); and
(6) other necessary documents.
Article 22
Where a company limited by shares applies to reorganize itself into a
company by increasing capital and making public offer of new shares or
reverting to offering shares to be held by foreign shareholders, it shall
submit, in addition to the documents set out in item (1), (2), (3) and (4)
in the preceding article, the share subscribing agreement entered into
between the company limited by shares and the specifically-targeted
subscriber (s) as well as other necessary documents.
Article 23
A company limited by shares, which is listed and makes public offer of
shares outside the Chinese territory to foreign investors (including but
not limited to H shares and N shares) and applies for the reorganization
into the company, should submit the following documents in addition to
documents set out in item (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Article 21:
(1) approval document from the security administration authority on
the overseas listing;
(2) approval document from the security administration authority
outside the Chinese territory on the public listing of the original
company limited by shares; and
(3) transaction records of the overseas listed shares of the original
company limited by shares.
Article 24
Upon approval by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation on the above mentioned application, the original company
limited by shares shall apply for the alteration of registration by
presenting the approval document and the public offering certificate to
the administration authority for industry and commerce.
Article 25
Other matters relating to the company that are not provided for in
these Provisional Regulations shall be handled in accordance with the
Company Law and Special Regulations of the State Council on Offer and
Listing of Shares Outside the Territory by Companies Limited by Shares.
Article 26
The tax holidays for tax exemption and reduction etc. shall not be
recalculated for a company reorganized by an enterprise with foreign
investment.
Article 27
These Provisional Regulations are applicable to the companies
established with investment by companies, enterprises, and other economic
organizations or individuals from the regions of Hong Kong, Macao and
Taiwan.
Article 28
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation shall take
charge of the interpretation of these Provisional Regulations.
