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 Circular of the National Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Commerce on the Participation of Governmental Statistics System 
in the Joint Annual Inspection of Foreign-invested Enterprises  
Guo Tong Zi [2007] No. 32  
Statistics bureaus and commerce departments of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, 
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and cities specifically designated in the state plan:  
In accordance with the reply of the State Council to the Request for Instructions on Relevant Issues Concerning Joint Annual Inspection 
of Foreign-invested Enterprises from the Ministry of Commerce (Shang Zi Fa [2206] No. 654), the National Bureau of Statistics shall 
be added and listed as a membership unit of Joint Annual Inspection as from 2007. Other membership units include the Ministry of 
Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration of Industry and Commerce and the 
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, among which the Ministry of Commerce is the initiating unit. The joint annual inspection 
carried out on foreign-invested enterprises is an important measure taken for the purpose of strengthening the supervision and control 
over foreign-invested enterprises, changing the administrative mode of the government and improving the investment environment. All 
local statistics bureaus shall attach great importance to and take an active part in this task, and earnestly cooperate with other 
departments so as to complete it. The working requirements of all local statistics bureaus participating in the joint annual inspection 
are hereby notified as follows:  
1.  
Online Preliminary Examination.  
All local statistics bureaus shall carry out a preliminary examination through the National Online Joint Annual Inspection of Foreign-invested 
Enterprises System offered by the Ministry of Commerce (website: www.lhnj.gov.cn), and give examination suggestions such as “approved”, 
“disapproved” and “return for revision”, etc.  
2.  
On-the-spot examination and inspection.  
Enterprises that have passed the online preliminary examination shall voluntarily print an original Annual Inspection Report and, 
after being sealed and signed by the legal representative, submit it to participating departments of joint annual inspection to handle 
relevant formalities. The statistics bureau shall affix the Special Seal of Joint Annual Inspection of Foreign-invested Enterprises 
by XXX Statistics Bureau (newly engraved) onto the Annual Inspection Report and keep one set for record. In principle, all local 
statistics bureaus shall take part in the centralized office work. As regards any difficulty encountered through the process, the 
local statistics bureau shall, jointly with the initiating unit settle them through consultation. National Bureau of Statistics Ministry 
of Commerce  
National Bureau of Statistics 
Ministry of Commerce 
March 14, 2007 
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