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CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING OF FINAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS OF ENTERPRISES ABROAD FOR THE YEAR 2006

Circular of the Ministry of Finance on Printing and Distributing of Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad
for the Year 2006

Cai Qi [2006] No.341

Relevant departments under the Central Committee of the CPC, relevant ministries and commissions of and relevant institutions directly
under the State Council, General Office of the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, General Office of the CPPCC, Higher
People’s Courts, Higher People’s Procuratorates, relevant mass organizations, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, departments
(bureaus) of the public finance of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities
specifically designated in the state plan, and relevant enterprises directly under the Central Government:

For the purpose of ensuring correct formulation of accounting statements of enterprises abroad for the year 2006 and keeping breast
in a timely manner of the financial conditions and operating results of state-owned enterprises (administrative organs) abroad, the
Ministry of Finance hereby prints and distributes the Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad for the Year
2006 to you all, and related matters are notified as follows:

I.

This set of statements shall apply to state-owned enterprise groups abroad invested and established outside the territory of the People’s
Republic of China or in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, domestic investment entities that have established enterprises
abroad or administrative organs abroad outside the territory of China or in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and
enterprises abroad directly invested and controlled by the domestic investment entities as mentioned above.

The state-owned enterprise groups abroad refer to China Merchant Group Co., Ltd Hong Kong, China Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong
Limited, China Resources (Holdings) Co., Ltd, Macao Nam Kwong (Group) Company Limited and relevant local enterprise groups abroad.

Finance and insurance enterprises abroad are not within the scope of filling-in of this set of statements prescribed in the Circular
herein.

II.

This set of statements shall be submitted to a higher body by the state-owned enterprise groups abroad and domestic investment entities
after consolidation or collection of all the accounting statements and materials of enterprises abroad. All state-owned enterprise
groups abroad and domestic investment entities shall, in accordance with the requirements as prescribed in this Circular, carry out
in a serious manner the arrangement and organization of accounting statements of their subordinate enterprises abroad.

III.

The statements of enterprises abroad for the year 2006 of all state-owned enterprise groups abroad and domestic investment entities
shall be filled in on the basis of final accounting results and relevant documents on December 31, 2006. In addition, the work of
typing, examination and approval, and collection shall be done in a serious manner so as to ensure the authenticity, completeness
and legitimacy of the data.

IV.

The Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad for the Year 2006 shall be filled in and typed separately for
each enterprise with U.S dollars as the unit of amount. Where other foreign currencies are to be converted into U.S. dollars, the
middle price of the exchange rates of the functional currency declared by the local bank thereabout on December 31, 2006 against
U.S dollars shall be complied with.

V.

This set of statements shall serve as the uniform format of final accounting statements submitted to competent financial authorities
by enterprises abroad. Departments (bureaus) of the public finance of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly
under the Central Government and cities specially designated in the state plan, departments (entities) directly under the Central
Government and relevant enterprises directly under the Central Government shall, on the basis of errorless examination and verification
of the data of statements of enterprises abroad under their jurisdiction, submit one copy of the following materials to the Enterprise
Department of the Ministry of Finance before July 31, 2007. Enterprises directly under the Central Government shall, while submitting
this set of statements to the Ministry of Finance, submit another copy to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
of the State Council. The specific contents to be submitted are listed as follows:

1.

Collective Accounting Statement (with “1000 U.S. dollars” as the unit of amount). It shall be bound in order of the statement cover,
the tree derivation of enterprises within the scope of compilation (not required of local enterprises), the main form, the attached
table, the table of basic conditions of enterprises abroad, the analytical statement of changes of the number of enterprises within
the scope of compilation. Signature and official seal shall be essential herein.

2.

Notes to the Accounting Statements. See Appendix 3 for details, concrete contents and requirements thereof.

3.

Directions of Financial Conditions, which mainly include the following contents:

(1)

The scope of consolidation or collection of accounting statements of enterprises abroad, the changes of the number of enterprises
in the year 2006 and the causes thereof;

(2)

The basic conditions of production and operation of enterprises abroad;

(3)

The realization and distribution of profits;

(4)

The increase and decrease and turnover of capital;

(5)

Brief analysis of the assets quality of enterprise abroad, such as analysis of the age of accounts receivable and analysis of income
from investment.

(6)

Significant financial transactions of enterprises abroad such as heavy losses of assets, the tendering of external guarantee, transactions
involving unsettled lawsuits and arbitration, mortgage of property and risk businesses beyond the authorized scope of business.

(7)

The tax policy and adjustment of tax payment of the country (region) where the enterprise abroad locates, and

(8)

Other transactions that have significant influences on the financial conditions, operational results and cash flow of the enterprise
as well as other matters that need elaboration and reflection.

4.

Soft disks of collective data and separate data for each enterprise (with U.S. dollar as the unit of amount).

VI.

The software of data processing of the Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad for the Year 2006 shall be
separately distributed later.

All entities and regions, where any question emerges in the process of the formulation and submission of the statements, shall contact
the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Finance in a timely manner.

Appendix:

(1)

Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad for the Year 2006 (Omitted)

(2)

Descriptions to the Formulation of Final Financial and Accounting Statements of Enterprises Abroad for the Year 2006 (Omitted)

(3)

Synopsis of the Notes to the Accounting Statements (Omitted)

The Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China

September 30, 2006



 
The Ministry of Finance
2006-09-30

 







CIRCULAR OF THE STANDARDIZATION ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA ON THE RELEVANT ISSUES CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TWO NATIONAL STANDARDS OF GB317-2006 WHITE SUGAR, ETC.

Circular of the Standardization Administration of China on the Relevant Issues concerning the Implementation of the Two National Standards
of GB317-2006 White Sugar, etc.

Guo Biao Wei Nong Qing [2006] No.71

The related units:

The national standards of GB317-2006 White Granulated Sugar andGB15108-2006 Crude Sugar have been issued on March 31, 2006, and shall
be carried out as of October 1, 2006. And a circular is hereby given on the implementation of the two standards as follows:

1.

As of October 1, 2006, manufacturing enterprises shall strictly carry out the national standards of GB317-2006 White Granulated Sugar
and GB15108-2006 Crude Sugar.

2.

Where the white granulated sugar and crude sugar produced before October 1, 2006 is within the quality guarantee period, shall be
hereabout carried out in accordance with the national standards of GB317-1998 White Granulated Sugar and GB/T 15108-1994 Crude Sugar.

Standardization Administration of China

September 30, 2006



 
Standardization Administration of China
2006-09-30

 







SUPPLEMENTARY CIRCULAR OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION OF TAXATION ON IMPLEMENTING RECORD-KEEPING ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FOR TAX REFUND (EXEMPTION) ON EXPORTED GOODS

Supplementary Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Implementing Record-keeping Administration System of Relevant Documents
for Tax Refund (Exemption) on Exported Goods

Guo Shui Han [2006] No. 904

State Taxation bureaus in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specially
designated in the state plan:

In response to the problems reflected after the release of (Interim) Circular of the State Administration of Taxation on Implementing
Record-Keeping Administration System of Relevant Documents for Tax Refund (Exemption) on Exported Goods (Guo Shui Fa [2005] No. 199,
hereinafter referred to as the Circular), after research, a supplementary circular is hereby given as follows:

1.

Documents to be put on file as mentioned in Article 1 of the Circular, mainly refer to documents prescribed in the Contract Law of
the People’s Republic of China or documents stipulated by competent authorities on export trade. Considering that names of documents
to be put on file of some enterprises may be not fully consistent with that stipulated in the Circular, therefore, the appendix to
the Circular, Descriptions to Recording-Keeping of Relevant Documents for Tax Refund (Exemption) on Exported Goods has given a description
of the implications, functions, effects and so on and so forth of relevant documents to be put on file, so that record-keeping administration
in all localities may be carried out in accordance with the principles thereof. Where export enterprises fail to submit documents
to be put on file as is stipulated in the Circular, documents of similar contents or effects shall be provided as documents to be
put on file. Nonetheless, export enterprises that are to put documents on file for the first time shall present grounds in a written
way and furnish formalities of relevant documents to competent tax authorities before they commit record-keeping. Bureaus of State
Taxation in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specially designated
in the State plan may also formulate, in light of de facto local conditions, specific provisions on administration of documents to
be put on file in accordance with the rules and principles prescribed in the Circular.

2.

The annex to the Circular, Descriptions to Recording-Keeping of Relevant Documents for Tax Refund (Exemption) on Exported Goods requires
that the “shipping orders of exported goods” have signatures of the Customs. Considering that it is difficult for export enterprises
to secure “shipping orders of exported goods” signed by the Customs, in practical work, provided the “shipping orders of exported
goods” to be put on records of export enterprises are in line with the implications of the Circular, signatures by the Customs shall
not be a prerequisite.

3.

Where documents to be put on file of export enterprises are in the form of electronic data or paperless data, record-keeping can be
taken in two methods:

(1)

Where paperless contracts such as electronic contracts and parol contracts instead of purchase and sale contracts in written form
are concluded by export enterprises, provided they are in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Law of the People’s Republic
of China, electronic contracts shall be printed by export enterprises, parol contracts shall be recorded in written form, be signed
by the handling person to indicate consistency with the facts and be affixed with official seals of enterprises for record.

As for record-keeping of other kinds of documents, in case export enterprises fail to secure paper documents or enterprise self-made
electronic documents on account of the adoption of paperless administration by competent state administrative authorities, export
enterprises may print pertinent electronic data into paper documents, affix them with official seals of enterprises and sign to indicate
the consistency of the printed documents with the original electronic data.

(2)

Aside from parol contracts, as for electronic purchase and sale contracts concluded by export enterprises, documents under paperless
administration by competent state administrative authorities and enterprise self-made electronic documents, export enterprises may
carry out electronic documents record-keeping administration upon application in written form which must be approved by competent
tax authorities, namely, export enterprises may put relevant documents on file in form of electronic documents. Export enterprises
shall guarantee the authenticity of electronic documents on file, back up relevant electronic data in a regular way and, when tax
authorities take documents to be put on file for inspection in accordance with rules and regulations, shall, in response to the requirements
of the said authorities, provide electronic data or paper documents, that is, printed electronic documents affixed with official
seals of enterprises.

4.

As regards businesses of special tax refund policies without involving export of goods, tax refund of the domestic equipment purchases
of enterprises with foreign investment, tax refund of bid-wining electromechanical products, tax refund of power and gas in export
processing zone, for instance, record-keeping administration system of documents shall not be implemented temporarily.

5.

Where documents to be put on file are incomplete after the release of the Circular, export enterprises shall make up for it in accordance
with the provisions of the supplementary circular herein before November 30, 2006.

State Administration of Taxation

September 30, 2006



 
State Administration of Taxation
2006-09-30

 







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