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RULES FOR THE COMPILATION OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURES BY THE COMPANIES OFFERING SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC (NO. 3) — SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON THE CONTENTS AND FORMATS OF PROSPECTUSES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES (AMENDED IN 2006)

Circular of the China Securities Regulatory Commission concerning the Promulgation of the Rules for the Compilation of Information
Disclosures by the Companies Offering Securities to the Public (No. 3) — Special Provisions on the Contents and Formats of Prospectuses
of Insurance Companies

Zheng Jian Fa Xing Zi [2006] No. 151

Each insurance company and recommendation institution:

The Rules for the Compilation of Information Disclosures by the Companies Offering Securities to the Public (No. 3) — Special Provisions
on the Contents and Formats of Prospectuses of Insurance Companies are hereby promulgated for the purpose of regulating the information
disclosure of the insurance companies offering securities to the public, and shall be implemented as of the promulgation date .

The China Securities Regulatory Commission

December 8, 2006

Rules for the Compilation of Information Disclosures by the Companies Offering Securities to the Public (No. 3) — Special Provisions
on the Contents and Formats of Prospectuses of Insurance Companies (Amended in 2006)

Article 1

In accordance with the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Insurance
Law of the People’s Republic of China, as well as the relevant provisions formulated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission
(hereinafter referred to as the CSRC) and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the CIRC), the present
Provisions are formulated to regulate the information disclosure of the insurance companies that offer securities to the public (hereinafter
referred to as “insurance companies”) and protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors

Article 2

When an insurance company formulates the prospectus for the initial public offering it shall follow the requirements as prescribed
in the present Provisions in addition to the general provisions on prospectuses and financial statements as prescribed by the CSRC.

Article 3

An insurance company shall at least disclose the risk factors as follows:

(1)

risks in the change of interest rates;

(2)

risks in the insufficiencies of price fixing and reserves that may be caused by the such premises as preconcerted interest rates,
preconcerted loss ratio, preconcerted additional rates, preconcerted return on investment adopted by the insurance company for determining
the premium rates of insurance products or various reserves;

(3)

operational risks, that is, the risks caused by imperfect or ineffective internal control or uncontrollable external conditions, for
instance: related risks in the loss of insurance agency institutions or marketing staff, risks in the abnormal surrender, risks in
the reputation loss of the insurance company resulted from that its staff or agents damage the interests of the insured, risks in
catastrophes, and risks in the reinsurance business and so on.;

(4)

risks in insurance frauds, that is, the risks resulted from that the policy holders, the insured, insurance agents, brokers or assessors
make false statements or hide important facts to the insurance company without following the principle of utmost good faith and violating
statutory duties;

(5)

risks of investment, that is, the risks resulted because the asset value of the investment portfolio of the insurance company reduces
or its investment portfolio fails to produce the expected profits;

(6)

risks in the non-matching of assets and debts, that are, the risks resulted from unfavorable influences to its solvency caused by
the non-matching of assets and debts of the insurance company ;

(7)

risks in the information system, that is , the losses to the insurance company or the unfavorable influences to its operational performances
owing to the failure of the information system to conduct normal business processing or data loss because the information system
can not operate normally or is not perfect;

(8)

policy risks, that is, the risks from the alteration of national policies, laws or regulations, for instance, the risks resulted from
the alteration of such policies as taxation or government supervision, etc.; and

(9)

other risks, namely, the risks faced by the insurance company besides those mentioned above.

Article 4

As for the disclosure of the basic conditions about the insurance industry of China, an insurance company shall, at least disclose
the following contents:

(1)

the overview about China’s insurance industry;

(2)

the characteristics and trends of developments of the insurance industry; and

(3)

the regulatory system and main laws and regulations of insurance industry.

Article 5

An insurance company shall at least disclose the following contents in accordance with its own conditions:

(1)

the market share of each primary insurance business conducted by the issuer;

(2)

primary advantages and disadvantages of the issuer in the market competition;

(3)

the development system, marketing personnel and network, and insurance agency conditions of the issuer and so on; and

(4)

the conditions on study and development of insurance products, and the main new products lately promoted, etc.

Article 6

An insurance company shall set up and disclose its internal control systems, which includes the control of businesses in sales, underwriting,
compensation granting, and reinsurance and so on; the control of budgets, expenditure management and financial statements and other
financial controls; the control of capital transfer, investment decisions, investment risk management and other capital control,
and the control of information technology and information safety management and other information technology control.

Article 7

An insurance company shall disclose its main insurance business categories and its development plans, and the principles and methods
for determining premium rates in accordance with the characteristics of its own business. For the individual insurance business,
the quantity of policyholders shall also be disclosed.

An insurance company shall disclose the composition of its premium incomes for the recent three years and the latest period in light
of different regions and main insurance business categories, and analyze the increase or decrease of premium incomes for different
regions and main insurance business categories, and the reasons for such changes.

An insurance company shall disclose the composition of compensations and commissions in light of main insurance business categories
and analyze the increase and decrease thereof and the reasons for such changes.

Article 8

By considering the characteristics of its own business, an insurance company shall disclose the types of reserves, principles and
methods for calculation of reserves, and shall, disclose the balance of various reserves for the recent three years and the latest
period in light of main insurance business categories, and analyze the changes thereof and the reasons for such changes. An insurance
company shall explain whether the reserves are sufficient by considering the characteristics of various reserves.

Article 9

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the CIRC, an insurance company shall, disclose the conditions about the solvency at
the end of each period for the recent three years and the latest period. The conditions about the solvency shall include but not
be limited to the actual amount of solvency, minimum amount of solvency and adequacy ratio of solvency.

In case the solvency amount and the monitoring indices of an insurance company for the recent three years and the latest period exceed
the normal scope, and for which any objection has been put forward by the insurance regulatory organ, the insurance company shall
disclose them and make corresponding explanations.

Article 10

An insurance company shall disclose related policies and its main business partners about the reinsurance business.

An insurance company shall disclose the amount of outward and inward payment of premiums, reinsurance reserves, and the reasons for
their changes for the recent three years and the latest period in light of main reinsurance companies, and disclose related conditions
about the major reinsurance matters still within the valid term And a separate disclosure shall be made in the case of any non-proportional
reinsurance contract including reinsurance of an excess of loss.

A reinsurance company shall disclose the reinsurance premium incomes and the ceded insurance premiums in light of main insurance business
categories.

A property insurance company shall disclose the policies for which it undertakes the major insurance liability at the end of the latest
period, and its reinsurance plans.

Article 11

An insurance company shall make disclosure of the main contents and accounting methods of financial reinsurance contracts for the
recent three years and the latest period, and their influences on the profits of the current period.

Article 12

By considering the provisions of the insurance regulatory organ, an insurance company shall disclose its investment policies, strategies,
portfolio composition and return on investment for the recent three years and the latest period, and their changes and trends shall
be analyzed.

In light of investment targets and investment purposes, an insurance company shall separately disclose its investment portfolio composition
for the recent three years and the latest period. The investments can be divided into bank deposits, government bonds, financial
bonds, corporate bonds, funds, stocks and other methods for using the capital if sorted according to the types of targets; and the
investments can be divided into financial assets, held-to-maturity investments, and financial assets available for sale, etc which
are measured at their fair value and of which the changes are recorded in the profits and losses of the current period if sorted
according to the types of purposes..

Article 13

For the initial public offering of securities, a life insurance company, health insurance company or pension insurance company shall
disclose the information about embedded value; and a financial or insurance group company that possesses any life insurance company,
health insurance company or pension insurance company shall disclose the information about embedded value for the related business.

An insurance company shall employ an external actuarial agency or actuaries to compile a report on embedded value in accordance with
the related provisions of the CIRC, and take the said report as the archival documents of the prospectus. The following statement
shall be made by the external actuarial agency or actuaries after the full text of the prospectus:

“This agency and our actuaries for signature have read the prospectus and its summery, and make sure that there is no conflict between
the prospectus and its summery and the report on embedded value issued by this agency. This agency and our actuaries for signature
have no objection to the contents of the report on embedded value quoted in the prospectus and its digest by the issuer, and guaranteed
that no false record, misleading statement or major omission may be resulted from the aforesaid contents in the prospectus, and shall
bear corresponding legal liabilities for the authenticity, accuracy and integrity of such contents.” The said statement shall be
affixed with the signatures of the actuaries for signature and the person in-charge of the actuarial agency and the seal of the actuarial
agency.

When disclosing the relevant information about the embedded value in the prospectus, an insurance company shall state that: “the embedded
value is the economic value based on a group of assumptions of future experiences and estimated in accordance with actuarial methods,
however, various assumptions as the basis of embedded value are uncertain, so the investors, when making investment decisions, shall
prudently use them. The information about embedded value shall include but not be limited to the following contents:

(1)

the embedded value at the end of the latest year and the results of the new businesses’ value of one year;

(2)

return ratio and risk discount ratio for calculation of embedded value and other main assumptions at the end of the latest year;

(3)

sensitive analysis results on the embedded value at the end of the latest year and the new businesses’ value of one year; and

(4)

the analysis of the change of embedded value at the end of the latest year.

Article 14

An insurance company shall disclose main accounting policies and accounting estimates as adopted within the reporting period by considering
the characteristics of insurance business, of which, the matters with direct relation to the insurance business shall at least include
the contents as follows:

(1)

detailed methods for confirming and calculating the premium incomes (reinsurance premium incomes are included) for main insurance
business categories;

(2)

accounting methods for outstanding loss reserves;

(3)

accounting methods for the undue insurance liabilities reserves;

(4)

accounting methods for the life insurance liabilities reserves;

(5)

accounting methods for the reserves for long-term health insurance liabilities; and

(6)

accounting methods for the whole reserves.

A reinsurance company shall pay more attention to the disclosure of the accounting methods for various reinsurance reserves.

Article 15

An insurance company shall disclose the information about its branches in accordance with the provisions.

If any branch is established abroad, an insurance company shall separately disclose the business operation situation of the overseas
branch.

Article 16

An insurance company shall disclose the composition of premiums receivable at the end of the latest year and the latest period in
light of the age of accounts. In case there are the arrears of any shareholder holding more than 5%(including5%) the shares of the
issuer in the premiums receivable, the explanations therefor shall be made.

Article 17

An insurance company shall disclose the amount of reinsurance debts receivable and payable at the end of the latest year and the
latest period in light of the classification of main reinsurance companies. In case there are the arrears of any shareholder holding
more than 5%(including5%) the shares of the issuer in the reinsurance debts receivable, the explanations therefor shall be made

Article 18

An insurance company shall separately disclose the long-term equity investment at the end of the latest year and the latest period
in light of the cost method and the equity method, and as for an important investment project, it shall disclose such information
as the starting date of investment, amount of initial investment, amount of final investment, proportion of its equity investment
to the equity of the invested party, and so on.

Article 19

An insurance company shall analyze and explain the alterations of commissions payable within the reporting period.

Article 20

An insurance company shall disclose the amount and interest rate of policy-pledged loans at the end of the latest year and the latest
period.

Article 21

An insurance company shall disclose the book balance of and the depreciation reserves for pending materials insolvent at the end
of the latest year and the latest period, and the recyclability thereof shall be analyzed.

Article 22

An insurance company shall disclose the calculating basis and amount of the reserves for capital bonds and insurance protection funds.

Article 23

An insurance company shall disclose such financial indices of the recent three years and the latest period as liquidity ratio, debt-to-asset
ratio, return on net assets, earnings per share, growth rate of retained premium, ratio of composite costs (for property insurance),
loss rate (for property insurance), and surrender rate (for life insurance).

An insurance company shall make explanations for the changes of the indices mentioned above for the recent three years and the latest
period, reasons for such changes and other related information.

Article 24

An insurance company shall, if it plans to use the raised capital for the establishment of a branch, disclose the amount of capital
required and the proposed location, etc. for the branch; and the specific investment direction may not be explained in case the raised
capital is used only to increase the principal; and the specific investment direction of the raised capital shall be disclosed in
detail in case the raised capital is used to upgrade the equipment, merger, acquisition or for any other purpose.

Article 25

An accounting firm that has professional actuaries, the experiences for audit of insurance companies, and the qualification to engage
in the securities and futures-related business shall be hired by an insurance company to audit its statutory financial statements
formulated pursuant to the rules and system of China for accounts and information disclosure in accordance with independent auditing
standers; and contents for audit shall also be added, and an international accounting firm that is specially accredited by the CSRC
and the Ministry of Finance shall be hired to audit its supplementary financial statements under the internationally universal rules
for accounts and information disclosure.

The main contents that need attention to be paid for supplementary audit include: the reserves for losses, and disposition of non-performing
assets significant off-balance-sheet items and their influences to the financial status and operational results; the asset quality,
profitability and operating risks of different clients, operating projects and operating areas; and the main differences between
statutory and supplementary financial statements.

The financial materials in the formal text of the prospectus shall be digested from statutory financial statements. Supplementary
financial statements shall be disclosed as the appendix of the prospectus so that the investors can refer to them for their judgment
of the financial status and investment risks of the insurance company.

Article 26

The present Provisions shall come into effect as of the promulgation date. The Rules for the Compilation of Information Disclosures
by the Companies Offering Securities to the Public (No. 3 and No. 4) – Special Provisions on the Contents and Formats of Prospectuses
of Insurance Companies (Zheng Jian Fa [2000] No. 76) and the Special Provisions on the Annotations to the Financial Statements of
Insurance Companies (Zheng Jian Fa [2000]No. 76) shall be abolished at the same time.



 
The China Securities Regulatory Commission
2006-12-08

 






ANNOUNCEMENT NO.113, 2006 OF MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON PROMULGATING CATALOG OF COMMODITIES SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC IMPORT LICENSES ADMINISTRATION IN 2007 (CATALOG I, II AND III)

Announcement No.113, 2006 of Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs on Promulgating Catalog of Commodities Subject
to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III)

[2006] No.113

In accordance with the Measures for the Administration of Automatic Import License of Goods, the Ministry of Commerce adjusted the
Catalog of Commodities Subject to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III). They are hereby announced
and shall enter into force as of January 1, 2007.

Appendix: Catalog of Commodities Subject to Automatic Import Licenses Administration in 2007 (Catalog I, II and III) (Omitted)

The Ministry of Commerce

The State Administration of Taxation

December 10, 2006



 
The Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration of taxation
2006-12-10

 






ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST OPEN BID-INVITING FOR EXPORT LIGHT AND DEAD-BURNED MAGNESIA QUOTA OF 2007

Announcement of the First Open Bid-inviting for Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quota of 2007

The first open bid-inviting for export dead-burned magnesia quota of 2007 will start on December 12, 2006, and will conduct by two
parts. In accordance with related provisions in the Measures of the Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas (hereinafter referred
to as the Measures) and the Implementation Rules of the Bid-inviting for Export Industrial Goods Quotas (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa[2001]No.626,
hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Rules), related matters are hereby publicized as follows:

Part 1

1.

Name and scope of bid-inviting commodities

The name and custom code is as follows:

naturai magnesium carbonate(magnesite): 25191000

fused magnesia(electromagnesium, including spray supplement material):25199010

dead-burned magnesia(burned magnesia￿￿including spray supplement material):25199020

alkali- burned magnesia(light-burned magnesia):25199030

waste magnesia brick: 25309090.10

2.

Bid-inviting amount

The open bid-inviting amount of light and dead-burned magnesia for this time is 738,000tones.

3.

Bid-inviting time

Biding time: December 15 to 18, 2006

Terminal time of bid-inviting: 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Open time of bids: 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006

4.

Biding mode

Biding shall be conducted employing the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Web. The enterprise can submit only one piece of
electronic tender document before the terminal time of the bids, and where two or more are submitted, the tender document of the
enterprise is considered as invalid.

The Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be in charge of the technical safeguard for the electronic biding
and be responsible for interpretation of the specific operation problems.

Telephone￿￿010-67870108(customer service center), 010-67800472￿￿67800334￿￿67800365￿￿67800045

Fax￿￿010-67800343

5.

Biding amount

(1)

The minimum biding amount shall be 100tones, and the maximum shall be classified according to the average annual export and supply
amount of goods from 2003 to 2005, and the specific classification measures are as follows:

a.

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is 3,000 tones and more, the maximum biding amount is 55% of the average
amount aforesaid;

b.

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is less than 3,000 tones, the maximum is 1,200tones.

(2)

Annual export and supply amount of goods=Actual amount of average annual export￿￿.9 + Actual sum of average annual export ￿￿Single
price of national average export ￿￿.1

(3)

Any tender document with biding amount above the maximum or below the minimum shall be treated as invalid.

6.

Minimum biding price

The minimum biding price has been determined, and enterprises may directly accept the minimum price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document. Any tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the minimum, shall be abolished.

7.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding prices of all the biding enterprises shall be arranged sequentially from high to low, and the biding amount will be accumulated
in light of the sequence. Where the accumulating biding amount is equal to the bid-inviting amount, enterprises reckoned in the total
accumulating biding amount (namely the total bid=inviting amount) shall be the bid-wining ones, and the biding amount be the bid-winning
amount. Where the total biding amount of the enterprises with the minimum bid-winning price exceeds the remained quota, these enterprises
shall obtain quotas in accordance with their biding amount proportions. Where the bid-winning amount is below the minimum bid-inviting
amount, it is handled as failing to win bids.

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

8.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

This bid shall be opened at 10:00of December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated on www.ec.com.cn
on December 20. In case any enterprise with any objection, it may submit to the Bidding Office before 15￿￿00 of December 22. Any
bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid examined and officially publicized by the Biding Committee via www.ec.com.cn
as of December 25. The Bidding Office will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to enterprises.

9.

Deposit for winning bid

The deposit for winning bid (bid-winning price ￿￿id-wining amount ￿￿0%) for this bid is 10 percent of the bid-winning amount and
shall be remitted to the designated account before the February 28, 2007 by the bid-wining enterprise.

Unit name: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001325

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, deal with enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

10.

The Bidding Office of Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quotas

Address: 17/F, Fanli Building, No.22 of Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Bejing;

Post code: 100020

Telephone : 010-65882501-1721￿￿1730￿￿1732

Fax : 010-65882509

Part 2

1.

Name and scope of bid-inviting commodities

Other minerals with more than 70%(including 70%) magnesium oxide under custom code 25199099.10.

2.

Bid-inviting amount

The open bid-inviting amount of other minerals with more than 70%(including 70%) magnesium oxide for this time is 58,200tones.

3.

Bid-inviting time

Biding time: December 15 to 18, 2006

Terminal time of bid-inviting: 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Open time of bids: 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006

4.

Biding mode

Biding shall be conducted employing the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Web. The enterprise can submit only one piece of
electronic tender document before the terminal time of the bids, and where two or more are submitted, the tender document of the
enterprise is considered as invalid.

The Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be in charge of the technical safeguard for the electronic biding
and be responsible for interpretation of the specific operation problems.

Telephone￿￿010-67870108(customer service center), 010-67800472￿￿67800334￿￿67800365￿￿67800045

Fax￿￿010-67800343

5.

Biding amount

(1)

The minimum biding amount shall be 500tones, and the maximum shall be classified according to the average annual export and supply
amount of goods from 2003 to 2005, and the specific classification measures are as follows:

a.

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is 2,500 tones and more, the maximum biding amount is 21% of the average
amount aforesaid;

b.

Where the average annual export and supply amount of goods is less than 2,500 tones, the maximum is 500tones.

(2)

Annual export and supply amount of goods=Actual amount of average annual export

(3)

Any tender document with biding amount above the maximum or below the minimum shall be treated as invalid.

6.

Minimum biding price

The minimum biding price has been determined, and enterprises may directly accept the minimum price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document.

Any tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the minimum, shall be abolished.

7.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding prices of all the biding enterprises shall be arranged sequentially from high to low, and the biding amount will be accumulated
in light of the sequence. Where the accumulating biding amount is equal to the bid-inviting amount, enterprises reckoned in the total
accumulating biding amount (namely the total bid=inviting amount) shall be the bid-wining ones, and the biding amount be the bid-winning
amount. Where the total biding amount of the enterprises with the minimum bid-winning price exceeds the remained quota, these enterprises
shall obtain quotas in accordance with their biding amount proportions. Where the bid-winning amount is below the minimum bid-inviting
amount, it is handled as failing to win bids.

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

8.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

This bid shall be opened at 10:00of December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated on www.ec.com.cn
on December 20. In case any enterprise with any objection, it may submit to the Bidding Office before 15￿￿00 of December 22. Any
bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid examined and officially publicized by the Biding Committee via www.ec.com.cn
as of December 25. The Bidding Office will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to enterprises.

9.

Deposit for winning bid

The deposit for winning bid (bid-winning price ￿￿id-wining amount ￿￿0%) for this bid is 10 percent of the bid-winning amount and
shall be remitted to the designated account before the February 28, 2007 by the bid-wining enterprise.

Unit name: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001325

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, punish enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

10.

The Bidding Office of Export Light and Dead-burned Magnesia Quotas

Address: 17/F, Fanli Building, No.22 of Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Bejing;

Post code: 100020

Telephone : 010-65882501-1721￿￿1730￿￿1732

Fax : 010-65882509

The Committee of Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006



 
The Committee of Bid-inviting for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

 






ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FIRST PUBLIC INVITATION FOR BID FOR EXPORT QUOTA OF LIQUORICE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF IN 2007

Announcement of the First Public Invitation for Bid for Export Quota of Liquorice and Products Thereof in 2007

The first public invitation for bid for export quota of liquorice and products thereof in 2007 will start on December 15, 2006, and
in accordance with related provisions speculated in the Measures of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas (hereinafter
referred to as the Measures) and the Implementation Rules of Invitation for Bid for Export Industrial Goods Quotas (hereinafter referred
to as the Implementation Rules), related matters are hereby publicized as follows:

1.

Names and custom codes of the commodities under the invitation for bids

(1)

Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang(12111010)

(2)

Other varieties of liquorice(12111090)

(3)

Saps and extracts of liquorice(13021200)

(4)

Acid powder, super of liquorice and derivatives thereof(29389000.10￿￿29389000.20￿￿29389000.30)

2.

Amount and times of the bid

(1)

The total biding amount of Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang is 1,000 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times,
500 tons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(2)

The total biding amount of other varieties of liquorice is 2,800 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times, 1.500
tons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(3)

The total biding amount of liquorice saps and extracts is 2,400 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided for two times, 1.400 tons
of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

(4)

The total biding amount of liquorice acid powder and super and derivatives thereof is 900 tons for the whole year, and shall be bided
for two times, 500ons of which will be bided for the first time in December 2006.

3.

Time of bids

Biding time: December 12 to 15, 2006

Terminal time of biding : 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Open time of biding: 10￿￿0, December 18, 2006

4.

Installment of electronic software for biding

(1)

Applying for an electronic key to the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center (the contact telephone of each representative
office is publicized on the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce).

(2)

Entering into the Information Service System for the Electronic Biding Enterprises in the website of the Chinese International Electronic
Commerce(www.ec.com.cn), logging in each of information of the enterprise, and obtaining the procedure license number of the electronic
biding software distributed by the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center.

(3)

Downloading the electronic biding software V3.1 from the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce, completing the
installment and keying in the obtained license number to active each function of the procedure.

5.

Biding Mode

(1)

Electronic biding will be employed for this bid through the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce. The Biding Office
will refuse any biding in written. Enterprises can bid by such two means:

a.

Member enterprises of the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce may bid by dialing via special web.

b.

Enterprises that are not members of the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce may entering into Internet first,
then log in the special web to bid on the strength of the free temporary biding username and password (see the attached column) publicized
by the website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce for common use (only within the scope of the users of Win2000/XP
Operating System) and the server address for connecting VPN is vpnfree.ec.com.cn.

usersname￿￿￿￿password

zhaobiao￿￿￿￿ zhaobiao

zhaobiao1￿￿￿￿zhaobiao1￿￿

(2)

The enterprise can submit only one piece of electronic tender document before the terminal time of the biding, and where two or more
papers are submitted, the tender document of the enterprise is considered as invalid.

(3)

10 minutes later as of the completion of biding operation, the enterprise may inquire whether the tender document is successfully
accepted or not by the mainframe through entering into the Information Service System of the Electronic Biding Enterprises in the
website of the Chinese International Electronic Commerce. As for the tender document submitted only 30 minutes before the terminal
time of biding, the system shall not guarantee that it can feed back the information of whether the mainframe has accepted the paper
successfully or not.

For the Chinese International Electronic Commerce Center, the telephone for consumers: 010-67870108(first dialing 1 then 3 after contact);
the fax: 010-67800343; e ￿Cmail: callcenter@ec.com.cn.

6.

Biding amount

The highest biding amount shall be classified in accordance with the average export amount from 2004 to August 2006, namely:

(1)

Glycyrrhiza inflata bat in Xinjiang

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount￿￿

qualified enterprises of biding for glycyrrhiza inflata bat 150tones

in Xinjiang

(2)

Other varieties of liquorice

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 500tones (including 500tons) 280tones

150-500tones (including 150tones) 140tones

80-150tones (including 80tones) 70tones

less than 80tones (including new emerging enterprises) 20tones

(3)

Saps and extracts of liquorice

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 200tones (including 200tones) 160tones

100-200tones(100tones) 100tones

less than 100tones(including new emerging enterprises) 50tones

(4)

Acid powder, super of liquorice and derivatives thereof

the average export amount from 2004 to August, 2006 the highest biding amount

more than 80tones(including 80tones) 70tones

20-80tones(including 20tones) 40tones

less than 20tones(including new emerging enterprises) 10tones

7.

Biding price

The lowest biding price has been determined, and the enterprise may directly accept the lowest price determined by the Biding Committee
in its tender document. The tender document, of which the biding price is lower than the lowest determined by the Biding Committee,
shall be abolished.

8.

P rice and amount of winning bid

The biding prices of all the biding enterprises shall be arranged sequentially from high to low, and the biding amount will be accumulated
in light of the sequence. Where the accumulating biding amount is equal to the bid-inviting amount, enterprises reckoned in the accumulating
biding amount (namely the total amount of the invitation for bids) shall be the bid-wining ones, and the biding amount be the bid-winning
amount. Where the total biding amount of the enterprises with the lowest bid-winning price exceeds the remained quota, these enterprises
shall obtain in accordance with their biding amount proportions. Where the bid-winning amount is below the lowest biding amount,
it is handled as failing to win bids.

The biding price is the bid-winning price.

9.

Inquiry of the result of winning bid

This bid shall be opened at 10:00of December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated on www.ec.com.cn
on December 20. In case any enterprise with any objection, it may submit to the Bidding Office before 15￿￿00 of December 24. Any
bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid examined and officially publicized by the Biding Committee via www.ec.com.cn
as of December 25. The Bidding office will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to enterprises.

10.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid (winning price ￿￿ining amount ￿￿0%) for this biding is 10 percent of the winning amount and shall be
remitted to the designated account before the February 28, 2007 by the wining enterprise.

Bank for opening the account: Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank;

Account number: 7112410182600001628

The Biding Committee shall, in accordance with related provisions in the Measures and the Implementation Rules, punish enterprises
that fail to remit the deposit for winning bid and waste quota.

11.

As for the qualified enterprise of biding for liquorice and products thereof by such trade means as processing with supplied materials,
the quota amount may not be restricted by the total bid-inviting quota for the whole year, and half of the average bid-wining price
will be charged. The specific applying procedures shall be conducted according to related provisions.

12.

Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Liquorice and Products thereof

Address: 8/F, Building 12, Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Bejing; post code: 100021

Telephone : 010-67734756,67734746

Fax : 010-67702068,67734768

The Committee of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006



 
The Committee of the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

 






ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF CARBORUNDUM OF 2007

Announcement on the First Public Bidding for Export Quotas of Carborundum of 2007

The first public bidding for export quotas of carborundum of 2007 will start on December 15, 2006. In accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas and Circular on Printing and Issuance of Detailed Rules
on the Implementation of the Invitation of Bid for Export Quota of Industrial Products (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa [2001] No.626), the relevant
matters are promulgated as follows:

I.

Name and Scope of the Commodities under the Invitation for Bid

Carborundum

Custom Coding of the Commodities:

28492000 Carborundum

38249090.10 Raw Carborundum

II.

Amount of Biding:

Amount of this public bidding of carborundum: 109,000 tons

III.

Time for Bid

Time for Biding: From December 15, 2006 to December 18, 2006

Time for Ending the Invitation for Bidding: 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Time for Opening Bid: 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006

IV.

Means of Bid

Bids will be conducted via www.ec.com.cn. An enterprise may send only one electronic bid document before the time point for ending
the invitation for bidding. When an enterprise successfully sent more than two (including two) electronic bid documents, the bid
documents shall be regarded as invalid.

China International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be responsible for the technical guarantee work for the electronic bids.
Problems on specific operation shall be interpreted by EDI.

Tel.: 010-67870108 (Call-Center)

010-67800472, 67800334, 67800365, 67800045

Fax: 010-67800343

V.

Amount of Bid

1.

The minimum amount of bid is 100 tons. The maximum amount of bid shall be classified according to the average annual amount of export
goods supply from 2003 to 2005 of the enterprise. The concrete scheme for the classification is as follows:

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Maximum Amount of Bid

￿￿￿￿￿￿equal or greater than 500 tons￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿average annual amount of export goods supply ￿￿48%

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿less than 500 tons￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿150 tons

2.

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export￿￿.95 + Actual Average Annual Sum of Export +
National Average Unit Price of Export￿￿.05+ Average Annual Amount of Goods Supply￿￿.05

Given that the actual average annual amount of export of an enterprise is greater than its average annual amount of goods supply,

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export￿￿.95 + Actual Average Annual Sum of Export/ National
Average Unit Price of Export￿￿.05

3.

Any bid document with an amount of bid above its maximum or below its minimum amount of bid shall be treated as an invalid bid.

VI.

Base Price for Bid

A base price of bid is set up for this invitation for bid. A bidding enterprise may directly incept the base price for bid as determined
by the Committee for Invitation for Bid in its own electronic bid document.

Any bid documents with a price level lower than the level of the base price for bid as provided by the Committee for Invitation shall
be treated as an invalid bid.

VII.

Price of Winning Bid and Amount of Winning Bid

The bid prices of all the bidding enterprises shall be sorted in descending order. The amounts of bid of the enterprises shall be
accumulated according to their order. When the accumulative amount of bid equals the total amount of invitation for bid, the enterprises
which are reckoned in the accumulative total amount of bid (i.e. the total amount of invitation for bid) shall be the bid winners.

The amount of winning bid of a bid winner is its amount of bid. If the total amount of bid of the enterprises at the base price level
exceeds the rest amount of quotas, the rest quotas shall be distributed among the enterprises at this price level. Any enterprise
whose amount of winning bid is less than the minimum amount of bid shall be taken as failing to win the bid.

The price of winning bid of an enterprise shall be its price of bid.

VIII.

Inquiry of the Result of Winning Bid

This invitation for bid shall be opened at 10￿￿0, December 15, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated
on www.ec.com.cn on the morrow. In case an enterprise has any question, it may submit to the Public Bidding Administration before
15￿￿00, December 22. Any bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid via www.ec.com.cn after December 25. The
Public Bidding Administration will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to each enterprise.

IX.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid for this invitation for bid is 10% of the award amount for the bid winner. Any enterprise, after it wins
the bid, shall remit the deposit for winning bid (price of winning bid ￿￿mount of winning bid￿￿0%) into an appointed bank account
before February 28, 2007.

Name of the Entity: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for Opening the Account; Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank

Account Number: 7112410182600001325

As for any enterprise which fails to pay the deposit for winning bid, the Bidding Office shall execute in accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for Invitation of Bid and the Detailed Rules on the Implementation thereof.

X.

The Address of the Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Carborundum

: 17/F, Prime Tower, No. 22 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Postal Code: 100020

Tel.: 010-65882501-1721, 1730, 1732

Fax: 010-65882509

Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006



 
Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

 






ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF FLUORSPAR LUMP (POWDER) OF 2007

Announcement on the First Public Bidding for Export Quotas of Fluorspar Lump (Powder) of 2007

The first public bidding for export quotas of fluorspar lump (powder) of 2007 will start on December 15, 2006. In accordance with
the relevant provisions of Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas and Circular on Printing and Issuance of
Detailed Rules on the Implementation of the Invitation of Bid for Export Quota of Industrial Products (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa [2001]
No.626), the relevant matters are promulgated as follows:

I.

Name and Scope of the Commodities under the Invitation for Bid

Fluorspar Lump (Powder)

Custom Coding of the Commodities:

25292100 fluorites with a content in weight of calcium fluoride lower than 97%

25292200.10 fluorites with content in weight of calcium fluoride above 97%

II.

Amount of Biding:

Amount of this public bidding of fluorspar lump (powder): 342,500 tons

III.

Time for Bid

Time for Biding: From December 15, 2006 to December 18, 2006

Time for Ending the Invitation for Bidding: 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Time for Opening Bid: 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006

IV.

Means of Bid

Bids will be conducted via www.ec.com.cn. An enterprise may send only one electronic bid document before the time point for ending
the invitation for bidding. When an enterprise successfully sent more than two (including two) electronic bid documents, the bid
documents, shall be regarded as invalid.

China International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be responsible for the technical guarantee work for the electronic bids.
Problems on concrete operation shall be interpreted by EDI.

Tel.: 010-67870108 (Call-Center)

010-67800472, 67800334, 67800365, 67800045

Fax: 010-67800343

V.

Amount of Bid

1.

The minimum amount of bid is 1,000 tons, the maximum amount of bid shall be classified according to the average annual amount of export
goods supply from 2003 to 2005 of the enterprise. The concrete scheme for the classification is as follows:

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Maximum Amount of Bid

￿￿￿￿equal or greater than 5,000 tons￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿average annual amount of export goods supply ￿￿39%

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿less than 5,000 Ton￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿_￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿2,000 tons

2.

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export + Average Annual Amount of Goods Supply￿￿.05

Given that the actual average annual amount of export of an enterprise is greater than its average annual amount of goods supply,

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export

3.

Any bid document with an amount of bid above its maximum or below its minimum amount of bid shall be treated as an invalid bid.

VI.

Base Price for Bid

A base price of bid is set up for this invitation for bid. A bidding enterprise may directly incept the base price for bid as determined
by the Committee for Invitation for Bid in its own electronic bid document.

Any bid documents with a price level lower than the level of the base price for bid as provided by the Committee for Invitation shall
be treated as an invalid bid.

VII.

Price of Winning Bid and Amount of Winning Bid

The bid prices of all the bidding enterprises shall be sorted in descending order. The amount of bid of the enterprises shall be accumulated
according to their order. When the accumulative amount of bid equals the total amount of invitation for bid, the enterprises which
are reckoned in the accumulative total amount of bid (i.e. the total amount of bid) shall be the bid winners.

The amount of winning bid of a bid winner is its amount of bid. If the total amount of bid of the enterprises at the base price level
exceeds the rest amount of quotas, the rest quotas shall be distributed among the enterprises at this price level. Any enterprise
whose amount of winning bid is less than the minimum amount of bid shall be taken as failing to win the bid.

The price of winning bid of an enterprise shall be its price of bid.

VIII.

Inquiry of the Result of Winning Bid

This invitation for bid shall be opened at 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated
on www.ec.com.cn on the morrow. In case an enterprise has any question, it may submit to the Public Bidding Administration before
15￿￿00, December 22. Any bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid via www.ec.com.cn after December 25. The
Public Bidding Administration will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to each enterprise.

IX.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid for this invitation for bid is 10% of the award amount for the bid winner. Any enterprise, after it wins
the bid, shall remit the deposit for winning bid (price of winning bid ￿￿mount of winning bid￿￿0%) into an appointed bank account
before February 28, 2007.

Name of the Entity: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for Opening the Account; Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank

Account Number: 7112410182600001325

As for any enterprise which fails to pay the deposit for winning bid, the Bidding Office shall execute in accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for Invitation of Bid and the Detailed Rules on the Implementation thereof.

X.

The Address of the Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Fluorspar Lump (Powder): 17/F, Prime Tower, No. 22 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang
District, Beijing

Postal Code: 100020

Tel.: 010-65882501-1721, 1730, 1732

Fax: 010-65882509

Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006



 
Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

 






ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE FIRST PUBLIC BIDDING FOR EXPORT QUOTAS OF TALC LUMP (POWDER) OF 2007

Announcement on the First Public Bidding for Export Quotas of Talc Lump (Powder) of 2007

The first public bidding for export quotas of talc lump (powder) of 2007 will start on December 15, 2006. In accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for the Invitation of Bid for Export Commodity Quotas and Detailed Rules on the Implementation of the Invitation
of Bid for Export Quota of Industrial Products (Wai Jing Mao Mao Fa [2001] No.626), the relevant matters are promulgated as follows:

I.

Name and Scope of the Commodities under the Invitation for Bid

Talc Lump (Powder)

Custom Coding of the Commodities:

25261020 Talc, not crushed or powdered

25262020 Talc, crushed or powdered

II.

Amount of Biding:

Amount of this public bidding of talc lump (powder): 310,000 tons

III.

Time for Bid

Time for Biding: From December 15, 2006 to December 18, 2006

Time for Ending the Invitation for Bidding: 16￿￿0, December 18, 2006

Time for Opening Bid: 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006

IV.

Means of Bid

Bids will be conducted via www.ec.com.cn. An enterprise may send only one electronic bid document before the time point for ending
the invitation for bidding. When an enterprise successfully sent more than two (including two) electronic bid documents, the bid
documents, shall be regarded as invalid.

China International Electronic Commerce Center (EDI) shall be responsible for the technical guarantee work for the electronic bids.
Problems on concrete operation shall be interpreted by EDI.

Tel.: 010-67870108 (Call-Center)

010-67800472, 67800334, 67800365, 67800045

Fax: 010-67800343

V.

Amount of Bid

1.

The minimum amount of bid is 200 tons, the maximum amount of bid shall be classified according to the average annual amount of export
goods supply from 2003 to 2005 of the enterprise. The specific scheme for the classification is as follows:

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Maximum Amount of Bid

￿￿￿￿equal or greater than 1,000 tons￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿average annual amount of export goods supply ￿￿48%

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿less than 1,000 tons￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿700 tons

2.

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export￿￿.9 + Actual Average Annual Sum of Export + National
Average Unit Price of Export￿￿.1+ Average Annual Amount of Goods Supply￿￿.05

Given that the actual average annual amount of export of an enterprise is greater than its average annual amount of goods supply,

Average Annual Amount of Export Goods Supply=Actual Average Annual Amount of Export￿￿.9+ Actual Average Annual Sum of Export/ National
Average Unit Price of Export￿￿.1

3.

Any bid document with an amount of bid above its maximum or below its minimum amount of bid shall be treated as an invalid bid.

VI.

Base Price for Bid

A base price of bid is set up for this invitation for bid. A bidding enterprise may directly incept the base price for bid as determined
by the Committee for Invitation for Bid in its own electronic bid document.

Any bid documents with a price level lower than the level of the base price for bid as provided by the Committee for Invitation shall
be treated as an invalid bid.

VII.

Price of Winning Bid and Amount of Winning Bid

The bid prices of all the bidding enterprises shall be sorted in descending order. The amounts of bid of the enterprises shall be
accumulated according to their order. When the accumulative amount of bid equals the total amount of invitation for bid, the enterprises
which are reckoned in the accumulative total amount of bid (i.e. the total amount of bid) shall be the bid winners.

The amount of winning bid of a bid winner is its amount of bid. If the total amount of bid of the enterprises at the base price level
exceeds the rest amount of quotas, the rest quotas shall be distributed among the enterprises at this price level. Any enterprise
whose amount of winning bid is less than the minimum amount of bid shall be taken as failing to win the bid.

The price of winning bid of an enterprise shall be its price of bid.

VIII.

Inquiry of the Result of Winning Bid

This invitation for bid shall be opened at 10￿￿0, December 19, 2006, and the preliminary result of winning bid will be promulgated
on www.ec.com.cn on the morrow. In case an enterprise has any question, it may submit to the Public Bidding Administration before
15￿￿0, December 22. Any bidding enterprise may inquire about its status of winning bid via www.ec.com.cn after December 25. The
Public Bidding Administration will not issue a written Notice for Winning Bid to each enterprise.

IX.

Deposit for Winning Bid

The deposit for winning bid for this invitation for bid is 10% of the award amount for the bid winner. Any enterprise, after it wins
the bid, shall remit the deposit for winning bid (price of winning bid ￿￿mount of winning bid￿￿0%) into an appointed bank account
before February 28, 2007.

Name of the Entity: China Chamber of Commerce of Metals Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters

Bank for Opening the Account; Beijing Wanda Square Branch of China CITIC Bank

Account Number: 7112410182600001325

As for any enterprise which fails to pay the deposit for winning bid, the Bidding Office shall execute in accordance with the relevant
provisions of Measures for Invitation of Bid and the Detailed Rules on the Implementation thereof.

X.

The Address of the Bidding Office of Export Quotas of Talc Lump (Powder): 17/F, Prime Tower, No. 22 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District,
Beijing

Postal Code: 100020

Tel.: 010-65882501-1721, 1730, 1732

Fax: 010-65882509

Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas

December 11, 2006



 
Committee for the Invitation for Bid for Export Commodity Quotas
2006-12-11

 






DECISION OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF THE MEASURES FOR ADMINISTERING THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF THE LAW FIRMS OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION LOCATED IN THE MAINLAND

Decree No. 104 of the Ministry of Justice

No. 104

The Decision of the Ministry of Justice Concerning the Amendment of the Measures for Administering the Representative Offices of the
Law Firms of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region Located in the Mainland has been adopted
at the executive meeting of the Ministry of Justice upon deliberation on December 1, 2006. It is hereby promulgated and shall come
into force on January 1, 2007.
Minister Wu Aiying

December 22, 2006

Decision of the Ministry of Justice Concerning the Amendment of the Measures for Administering the Representative Offices of the Law
Firms of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region Located in the Mainland

For the purpose of promoting the closer economic partnership between Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland, and in accordance with the Supplementary
Agreement III on the Arrangement of Hong Kong/Mainland Closer Economic Relationship and the Supplementary Agreement III on Macao/Mainland
Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement as approved by the State Council, we decided to amend Article 19 in the Measures for the
Administration of the Representative Offices Stationed in the Mainland of China by Law Firms of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region as follows: “Any representative of a representative office has the right to determine
the time for residing in the Mainland on his own initiative.”

The present Decision shall be enter into force as of January 1, 2007.

The Measures for the Administration of the Representative Offices Stationed in the Mainland of China by Law Firms of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region (Promulgated by Order No.70 of the Ministry of Justice
and Amended by Order No. 84 of the Ministry of Justice) shall be revised correspondingly in accordance with the present Decision
and promulgated again.



 
The Ministry of Justice
2006-12-22

 






NOTIFICATION NO.35, 2006 OF THE TENDERING BOARD FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROJECTS OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Notification No.35, 2006 of the Tendering Board for Foreign Assistance Projects of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic
of China

No.35, 2006

Tendering Board of Foreign Assistance Projects of the Ministry of Commerce held the 35th regular meeting of 2006 on Dec 22, 2006.
Relevant matters and decisions are now announced as follows:

1.

The tendering board examined and approved enterprises winning the bid of project of medical equipment for hospital of officials in
aid of Nepal.

2.

The tendering board worked over the bidding means of the construction of parliament mansion in aid of Lesotho.

Tendering Board of Foreign Assistance Projects of the Ministry of Commerce

Dec 22, 2006



 
The Tendering Board for Foreign Assistance Projects of the Ministry of Commerce
2006-12-22

 






ANNOUNCEMENT NO.74, 2006 OF THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON ADOPTING THE ANNOTATIONS ON THE HARMONIZED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM (2007 EDITION) FOR NOTING IMPORT-EXPORT TARIFF COMMODITIES AND ITEMS THEREOF

Announcement No.74, 2006 of the General Administration of Customs on Adopting the Annotations on the Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System (2007 Edition) for Noting Import-export Tariff Commodities and Items thereof

[2006] No. 74

In accordance with the related provisions on rights and obligations of the contracting states in the Convention of the Harmonized
Commodity Description and Coding System, we hereby proclaim as follows:

As from January 1,2007, an import-export tariff, as based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (2007 Edition)
(hereinafter referred to as the Harmonized System) of the World Customs Organization was adopted. With a view to guaranteeing the
uniform understanding and implementation of the Harmonized System by each contracting state, the World Customs Organization has formulated
the Annotations on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, which are the statutory annotations on the scope and descriptions
of commodities under the items of the Harmonized System. The General Administration of Customs has organized the print of the Annotations
on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, which is one of the legal bases for the Chinese costumes to classify import-export
tariff commodities.

The General Administration of Customs

December 27, 2006



 
The General Administration of Customs
2006-12-27

 






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