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 Circular of the Ministry of Commerce concerning Printing and Distributing of Detailed Rules on the Implementation of Coordination 
and Management of Large Scale Complete Set Telecommunication Export Items   
Shang Chan Fa [2006] No. 185  
The commerce authorities in charge in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities 
specifically designated in the state plan and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps the relevant chambers of commerce, the relevant 
enterprises, as well as all field commercial authorities:  
In accordance with the Measures of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for the Administration and Coordination 
of Large Scale Unit Machine and Complete Set Telecommunication Equipment Export Items ([2001] No. 33), the Ministry of Commerce, 
through consultation with the relevant authorities, formulated the Detailed Rules on the Implementation of Coordination and Management 
of Large Scale Complete Set Telecommunication Export Items. It is hereby printed and distributed to you for observance and implementation. 
You shall inform the Ministry of Commerce of any problems in the process of implementation.  
The Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China 
June 5 2006 
Appendix:  
Detailed Rules on the Implementation of Coordination and Management of Large Scale Complete Set Telecommunication Export Items 
Chapter I General Principles 
Article 1   
 In order to further standardize the market order of Chinese large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export, strengthen 
the coordination and administration upon export items, prevent inappropriate competition activities, promote the sound, sustained 
and stable development of the export of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment and to maintain the overall interest 
of China as well as the legitimate interests and rights of the enterprises, the Detailed Rules is hereby formulated in accordance 
with the Measures of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation for the Administration and Coordination of Large Scale 
Single Machine and Complete Set Telecommunication Equipment Export Items ([2001] No. 33).  
Article 2   
 The large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment as mentioned in the Detailed Rules refers to the telecommunication export 
item with the contractual sum no less than $10 million, the telecommunication export items valued no less than $ 5 million using 
the export credit loan of the People’s Republic of China, the preferential governmental foreign assistance loan or the buyer-side 
credit loan for preferential export, as well as the export credit insurance.  
Article 3   
 The Ministry of Commerce and the relevant authorities shall establish the leading group for the coordination of the export items 
of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment to guarantee the smooth implementation of the Detailed Rules. The directorship 
of the leading group shall be assumed by the leaders of the Ministry of Commerce and the member units shall include the relevant 
authority in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information Industry, the Import and Export Bank of China, 
as well as the relevant departments and bureaus of, the regional departments, the mechanic and electrical chambers of commerce, and 
the contract of chamber of commerce. The office of the leading group shall be established in the Department of Mechanical, Electronic 
and Hi-tech Industry of the Ministry of Commerce. The leading group shall authorize the mechanical and electronic chamber of commerce 
and the contract chamber of commerce (hereinafter referred to as “the chamber of commerce”) to be responsible for the detailed coordination 
matters.  
The responsibilities of the leading group shall include: to be responsible for formulating the whole strategy for standardizing the 
market order of large-scale complete-set telecommunication equipment, to strengthen the communication and exchange and coordination 
of different sectors, and to be responsible for reporting the relevant issues regularly. The concrete measures for the coordination 
mechanism of the leading group shall be otherwise formulated.  
Chapter II Business Scope of the Items and the Access Qualification of the Enterprises 
Article 4   
 The large-scale whole complete set telecommunication equipment as mentioned herein includes the following scopes  
(1) 
 Content of the item: supply of equipment, technological design, technology transfer, installation, adjustment and guidance, the supply 
of parts of components, after-sale service as well as the corresponding services.  
(2) 
 Means of the public item bidding: international public bidding, biding invitation, tender discussion as well as other means of bidding 
invitation.  
(3) 
 Means for the implementation of the item: general contract, subcontract as well as other means.  
Article 5   
 The enterprises participating in the export items of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipments shall have the following 
conditions:  
(1) 
 Having the business license of the enterprise legal person verified and issued by the industrial and commercial administrative authority; 
(2) 
 Having  sound capital credit and business operation;  
(3) 
 Having the necessary technical staff for carrying out large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment, complete and sound organs, 
perfect rules and regulations;  
(4) 
 According with other conditions prescribed in the relevant national laws, rules and regulations.  
Chapter III Coordination Principle and Procedure 
Article 6   
 The coordination for the export of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment shall abide by the following principles: 
(1) 
 Openness, fairness, equity, good faith, and high efficiency;  
(2) 
 To stop inappropriate competition and guarantee the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprises;  
(3) 
 To maintain the normal export order and the whole national interest;  
(4) 
 To protect the interest of the market developers, and ” the developers shall benefit from it”;  
(5) 
 To fully respect the opinion of the embassies and consulates(the economic and commercial counselor’s office )  
(6) 
 To encourage the alliance of enterprises to cope with the competition of foreign ones and to realize advantageous complementation; 
(7) 
 Helpful to the improvement of the rate of bidding of Chinese enterprises;  
(8) 
 Helpful to the promotion of the economic efficiency of the enterprises.  
Article 7   
 The chamber of commerce shall be responsible for the early period of coordination of the export items of large-scale complete set 
telecommunication equipment. Such enterprises as are scheduled to attend the items of large-scale complete set telecommunication 
equipment shall submit to the chamber of commerce its application for the bid-invitation within 25 days prior to the tender closing 
date and the tender-discussion items within 20 days as of the conclusion of the summary of conference report and the cooperation 
agreement respectively. The enterprises shall promptly and initiatively report the progress of the items to the Chinese embassies 
and consulates in foreign countries (the economic and commercial counselor’s office) and shall be subject to the guidance hereof. 
The chamber of commerce shall otherwise prescribe the disciplines and rules for standardizing the acts of the enterprises.  
Article 8   
 The export enterprises of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment enterprises shall present the following documents 
while applying for the items herein:  
(1) 
 The item application report;  
(2) 
 The Declaration of Export Items of Large-scale Single Machine and Complete Set Equipment;  
(3) 
 The explanation about the negotiation with the clients and the technical requirement of the items;  
(4) 
 Such documents as letter of intent, summary of conference and memorandums concluded with the clients;  
(5) 
 The opinions of the Chinese embassy and the consulate in written form about the access of the enterprise;  
(6) 
 Where the item is involved in the export technology limited by the national government, the Approval Intent Letter of the Technology 
of the People’s Republic of China shall be submitted;  
(7) 
 Other relevant documents necessary for the item.  
Article 9   
 The chamber of commerce shall, within 20 working days after the expiration date of the item application, strictly examine the declaration 
documents of the enterprises and raise the coordination opinion and inform the relevant enterprises in written in accordance with 
the principle of coordination on the basis of soliciting the opinions of all parties such as the embassy, consulate in foreign countries( 
the economic and commercial counselor’s office) and experts, and submit the copy one to the leading groups office, the relevant departments 
and bureaus, the relevant Chinese embassy and consulate in foreign countrythe economic and commercial counselor’s officefor record. 
In accordance with the concrete situation, the chamber of commerce may, by means of convening item coordination conference and expert 
panel discussion, invite the leading group office and the relevant departments, bureaus, experts, banks and the insurance institution 
to attend and coordinate it after having verified the item, fully heard the opinions of all parties. The important coordination items 
shall be determined after the chamber of commerce has raised the relevant opinion and reported it to the leading group for study. 
Article 10   
 The chamber of commerce shall submit to the relevant banks and insurance institutions the copy of the coordination opinion about 
the items which require the submission of export credit loan, preferential governmental foreign assistance loan or the preferential 
buyer-side export credit loan. The relevant banks and insurance institutions shall undertake independent assessment in accordance 
with the coordination opinion hereof and the relevant provisions of export credit loan and export insurance administration, and issue 
the letter of intents of loan acceptance and insurance for those items meeting the export requirement.  
Article 11   
 The large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export enterprises shall, after having received the coordination opinion 
of the chamber of commerce, abide by and fulfill it and inform the chamber of commerce of the progress of the items. The enterprises 
hereof shall, after having concluded contract with foreign businessman, submit to the chamber of commerce the major contents of the 
contract as well as the relevant issues in written form.  
Article 12   
 Where the large-scale complete set equipment export enterprise has objection to the coordination opinion hereof, it shall, within 
15 days after its receipt of the cooperation opinion, lodge a complaint to the leading group office, which shall, within 10 days 
as of its receipt of the application, make a rule hereupon, and submit the important proceedings to be decided by the leading group. 
The rule shall, once received, come into effect and be abided by the complainant. The enterprises shall, during the period of complaint, 
fulfill the coordination opinion of the chamber of commerce.  
Article 13   
 Where the large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export enterprise disagrees with the rule made by the leading group 
(office), it may lodge administration reconsideration or administrative suit.  
Article 14   
 The leading group shall encourage and actively promote the establishment of middle and high-level consultation mechanism among the 
large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export enterprises and the chamber of commerce shall take the lead in conducting 
market coordination, information exchange and jointly concluding various discipline agreements among enterprises.  
Article 15   
 When the large-scale complete set telecommunication export enterprises apply for the for the access of the items concerning the signature 
ceremony of high level visit during the period of abroad visit of national leaders and the visit of foreign leaders, they shall meet 
the following conditions:  
(1) 
 the items which are necessary for the diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China and win the express support of the embassy and 
consulate hereof(the economic and commercial counselor’s office);  
(2) 
 the items which have been applied to and been recommended by the chamber of commerce;  
(3) 
 the items which require the financial institutions of the People’s Republic of China to provide finance and export insurance acceptance 
items and have the letter of intent concerning loan and insurance acceptance;  
(4) 
 the items which are mature and meet the relevant agreement concluded during the period of high-level visit;  
(5) 
 the item owner and the authorities in charge of that country agree to sign the relevant agreement.  
Whether the items shall be included in the signature ceremony of high-level visit shall be determined by the authority in charge with 
the consultation of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Commerce after the suggestion hereof has been raised by the chamber 
of commerce, submitted to the leading group and been jointly studied and approved by the leading group and the relevant authorities. 
Where the large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export enterprise apply to donate equipment to a foreign side during 
the period of the abroad visit of the national leader hereof and the visit of the foreign leader, the chamber of commerce shall raise 
the suggestion by the chamber of commerce in accordance with the actual situation, submitted to and determined by the leading group. 
Article 16   
 The large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export item using preferential export credit loan of the  buyer’s side shall 
be administered in accordance with such documents as the Circular of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 
Ministry of Commerce and the People’s Bank of China on Printing and Distributing the Interim Measures for the Administration of Preferential 
Export Credit from the Buyer’s Side(Cai Jin[2004] No.46) and the coordination shall be enforced by referring to the Detailed Rules 
hereof.  
The export items of large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment using preferential governmental foreign assistance loan shall 
be administered in accordance with such documents as the Circular of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the 
Ministry of Finance, the People’s Bank of China, China Import and Export Bank concerning the promulgation of the Measures about the 
Supply of Preferential Loan Assistance to Foreign Countries( Wai Jing Mao Yuan Fa [2001] No. 122) and the cooperation shall be enforced 
by referring to the Detailed Rules hereof.  
Chapter IV the Coordination Rules and the Penalty Discipline 
Article 17   
 The relevant personnel involved in the coordination of the items shall strictly abide by the industrial morality and the coordination 
discipline and impartially undertake the coordination in accordance with the rules. Where the abuse of power, favoritism, negligence 
and the revelation of commercial credentials occur in the process of the coordination of the items, the relevant authority shall 
give the corresponding administrative treatment. Where they constitute crime, the judicial authority shall trace the legal liability 
in accordance with the relevant law.  
Article 18   
 The enterprises involved in large-scale complete set telecommunication equipment export items shall strictly abide by the relevant 
laws, rules and operation it in accordance with the relevant laws, shall not harm the national interest and the legitimate interest 
of the enterprises of the same profession. The following acts of the enterprises shall be deemed as unfair competition:  
(1) 
  Harming the interest of the nation and the other domestic enterprises;  
(2) 
  Interfering the items which have won the bid and concluded contract by means of donation and low price;  
(3) 
 Maliciously defaming other domestic enterprises by any means;  
(4) 
 Hunting the staff of other enterprises by unfair means;  
(5) 
 Not applying the items in accordance with the relevant laws and rules or participating the items without accepting the coordination; 
(6) 
 Not implementing the coordination opinion, participating the items without lodging complaint within the prescribed time limit and 
fulfilling the rule;  
(7) 
 Revealing the coordination and other relevant situation outside;  
(8) 
 Violating the coordination procedure;  
(9) 
 Having falsification in the application, registration or bid tender(invitation);  
(10) 
 Offering price outside about the domestic financial items without the authorization of the relevant domestic financial institution; 
(11) 
 Not abiding by the laws, rules and customs of the local nation or region;  
(12) 
 Other acts in violating of the relevant laws and rules.  
Article 19   
 Where the large-scale complete set telecommunication export equipment violates the relevant laws, the chamber of commerce shall investigate, 
verify and submit the information hereof to the leading group, which shall render warning, grave warning or notice of criticism and 
give such punishments as the temporary suspension of the item participation qualification, and the exclusion these items of the promotion 
and support in the bilateral governmental mechanism, the preferential governmental loan or the preferential export credit from the 
buyer’s side.  
Article 20   
 The leading group shall inform the relevant banks and insurance institutions of the relevant situation about the large-scale complete 
set telecommunication equipment export enterprises of which violate the relevant rules and the banks and financial institutions herein 
shall not issue the letter of intents of item loan acceptance and item insurance acceptance.  
Chapter V Supplementary Provisions 
Article 21   
 The Ministry of Commerce shall be responsible for interpreting the Detailed Rules herein.  
Article 22   
 The Detailed Rules shall be implemented as of 30 days after the promulgation of the Detailed Rules.  
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