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• China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Air Passenger Accident Insurance Provisions (Industry Guidance Provisions)

  中国保险监督管理委员会航空旅客意外伤害保险条款 (行业指导性条款)

  Issued: January 10 2003Main contents: The Provisions cover the composition, coverage, insurance liability, exemption clauses, insurance period, the sum…

  February 28, 2003

• Guangzhou City, Clarification on Certain Taxation Issues Related to Urban Real Property Tax Circular

  广州市地方税务局关于明确城市房地产税若干税政问题的通知

  Issued: August 23 2002Main contents: The Circular clarifies certain issues related to the collection of real property tax. Generally, the amount paid on…

  February 28, 2003

• People's Bank of China, Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sale Business by Designated Foreign Exchange Banks Tentative Measures

  中国人民银行外汇指定银行办理结汇、售汇业务管理暂行办法

  Promulgated: November 16 2002Effective: December 1 2002Interpreting authority: People's Bank of China (PBOC)Applicability: For the purposes of the Measures,…

  February 28, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Format of the Annual Reports of Securities Companies Guidelines (Revised in 2002)

  中国证券监督管理委员会证券公司年度报告内容与格式准则（2002年修订）

  Issued: December 27 2002Interpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionMain contents: The revised guidelines require additional disclosures…

  February 28, 2003

• China Securities Regulatory Commission, Contents and Formats for Information Disclosures by Companies that Offer Securities to the Public Guidelines (No. 2): Contents and Format of Annual Reports (Revised in 2002)

  中国证券监督管理委员会公开发行证券的公司信息披露内容与格式准则第2号(年度报告的内容与格式)(2002年修订)

  Issued: January 6 2003Effective: as of date of issueInterpreting authority: China Securities Regulatory CommissionApplicability: Companies limited by shares…

  February 28, 2003

• State Administration of Taxation, Income Tax Treatment of Enterprise Debt Restructuring Measures

  国家税务总局企业债务重组业务所得税处理办法

  Issued: January 23 2003Effective: March 1 2003Applicability: For the purposes of these Measures "debt restructuring " refers to all matters concerning…

  February 28, 2003

• China's Post-WTO Reforms in Financial Services: Achievements and Challenges

  Over a year after its WTO accession, how has China done in the key securities, fund management and insurance markets?

  February 28, 2003

• Foreign Strategic Investment in a PRC Domestic Bank

  Driven by the desire to gain a better position before China fully opens its banking sector according to its WTO commitment, and encouraged by several precedents…

  February 28, 2003

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Establishment of Sino-foreign Foreign Trading Joint Ventures Tentative Measures

  对外贸易经济合作部关于设立中外合资对外贸易公司暂行办法

  Promulgated: January 31 2003Effective: 30 days after the date of promulgationInterpreting authority: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic CooperationApplicability:…

  February 28, 2003

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and State Intellectual Property Office, Strengthening Patent Administration in Foreign Trade Opinions

  对外贸易经济合作部、国家知识产权局关于加强对外贸易中的专利管理的意见

  Issued: December 20 2002Effective: as of 30 days from the date of issueInterpreting authority: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and State…

  February 28, 2003