REGULATIONS ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE ——附加英文版
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
REGULATIONS ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE
(Approved for implementation at the 15th Meeting of the Standing
Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress on August 26, 1980)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Registration and Operation
Chapter III Preferential Treatment
Chapter IV Labour Management
Chapter V Administrative Organization
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
In order to develop economic cooperation and technical exchanges with
foreign countries and to promote the socialist modernization programme,
certain areas shall be delineated respectively in the three cities of
Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong Province for the establishment
of special economic zones (hereinafter referred to as "special zones").
The special zones shall encourage foreign citizens, overseas Chinese,
compatriots from Hongkong and Macao and their companies and enterprises
(hereinafter referred to as "investors") to open factories and set up
enterprises and other establishments with their own investment or in joint
ventures with our side, and shall protect their assets, the profits due
them and their other lawful rights and interests in accordance with the
law.
Article 2
Enterprises and individuals in the special zones must abide by the laws,
decrees and pertinent provisions of the People's Republic of China. Where
there are specific provisions in these Regulations, they shall be observed
accordingly.
Article 3
A Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of Special
Economic Zones shall be set up to exercise unified administration of the
special zones on behalf of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
Article 4
The special zones shall provide investors with a wide scope of operation,
create favourable operating conditions and guarantee them stable business
sites. Investors may establish, with their own investment or in joint
ventures with our side, all projects that have positive significance for
international economic cooperation and technical exchanges, including
industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, aquaculture, tourism, housing and
construction, and research and manufacture involving high technology, as
well as other businesses of common interest to investors and to our side.
Article 5
Land-levelling projects and various public works in the special zones such
as water supply, drainage, power supply, roads, wharves, communications
and warehouses shall be undertaken by the Guangdong Provincial Committee
for the Administration of Special Economic Zones. When necessary, foreign
investment may be used in building these projects.
Article 6
Each of the special zones shall invite Chinese and foreign specialists and
relevant personages who are enthusiastic about China's modernization
programme to form an advisory committee that will serve as a consultative
body for that special zone.
Chapter II Registration and Operation
Article 7
Investors wishing to open factories or set up various economic
undertakings in the special zones with their own investment shall apply to
the Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of Special
Economic Zones, which shall issue them registration certificates and land
use certificates after examination and approval.
Article 8
Investors may open accounts and conduct their foreign exchange
transactions with the Bank of China established in the special zones or
with other banks established there with the approval of the Chinese side.
Investors may take out various kinds of insurance policies at the People's
Insurance Company of China in the special zones or at other insurance
companies established there with the approval of the Chinese side.
Article 9
Products of the enterprises in the special zones shall be sold on the
international market. If their products are to be sold in the interior of
China, they must have the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Committee
for the Administration of Special Economic Zones and go through the
procedures for paying customs duties.
Article 10
Investors may operate their enterprises independently in the special zones
and employ foreign personnel for technical and managerial work.
Article 11
If an enterprise established by an investor in the special zones wishes to
terminate operations before its scheduled expiration, it shall report the
reasons to the Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of
Special Economic Zones, go through termination procedures and settle
claims and debts. After termination of operations, its assets may be
assigned and its funds may be remitted out of China.
Chapter III Preferential Treatment
Article 12
Land in the special zones is owned by the People's Republic of China. The
land to be used by investors shall be provided according to actual needs,
and preferential treatment shall be given with respect to the duration of
its use, the amount of the use fee and the method of payment according to
the different types of business and uses. Provisions for specific
measures shall be made separately.
Article 13
The machinery and equipment, spare parts, raw and semi-processed
materials, means of transportation and other capital goods necessary for
production that are imported by enterprises in the special zones shall be
exempted from import duties. The necessary consumer goods may either be
subjected to import duties or allowed a reduction or exemption therefrom,
depending on the specific situation of each case. When the above-mentioned
goods are imported or products of the special zones are exported, a
customs declaration shall be filed.
Article 14
The enterprise income tax rate in the special zones is 15 percent. Special
preferential treatment shall be given to enterprises established within
two years of the promulgation of these Regulations, to enterprises with an
investment US$ 5 million or more, and to enterprises involving higher
technology or having a longer period of capital turnover.
Article 15
The lawful profit that an investor receives after payment of the
enterprise income tax, and the wages and salaries and other legitimate
earnings that foreign, overseas Chinese and Hongkong and Macao workers and
staff members of an enterprise in the special zones receive after payment
of the individual income tax, may be remitted abroad through the Bank of
China or other banks in the special zones, in accordance with the
provisions of the foreign exchange control measures of the special zones.
Article 16
An investor that reinvests its share of the profit in the special zones
for a period of five years or longer may apply for a reduction of or an
exemption from income tax on the reinvested portion.
Article 17
Enterprises in the special zones shall be encouraged to use machinery and
equipment, raw and semi-processed materials and other materials produced
in China, and preferential prices shall be offered on the basis of China's
current export prices for the same kinds of commodities, using foreign
exchange to settle accounts. These products and materials may be shipped
directly to the special zones with the sales vouchers of the selling
units.
Article 18
Entry and exit procedures shall be simplified and conveniences given to
the foreign personnel, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hongkong and
Macao entering and leaving the special zones.
Chapter IV Labour Management
Article 19
A labour service company shall be set up in each of the special zones.
Chinese staff members and workers to be employed by enterprises in the
special zones, whether they are recommended by the local labour service
companies or recruited by the investors themselves with the consent of the
Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of Special Economic
Zones, shall all be tested by the enterprises before employment and labour
contracts shall be signed with the staff members and workers.
Article 20
The staff members and workers employed by enterprises in the special zones
shall be managed by the enterprises according to their business
requirements and, when necessary, may be dismissed, after going through
the procedures provided in the labour contracts. Staff members and
workers of the enterprises in the special zones may submit their
resignations to the enterprises in accordance with the provisions of the
labour contracts.
Article 21
The wage levels, types of wages, award measures and the labour insurance
and various state subsidies for the Chinese staff members and workers of
the enterprises in the special zones shall be included in the contracts
signed by the enterprises with the staff members and workers as stipulated
by the Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of Special
Economic Zones.
Article 22
Enterprises in the special zones shall adopt the necessary measures for
labour protection to ensure that staff members and workers work in safe
and hygienic conditions.
Chapter V Administrative Organization
Article 23
The Guangdong Provincial Committee for the Administration of Special
Economic Zones shall exercise the following functions and powers:
(1) to draw up development plans for the special zones and organize their
implementation;
(2) to examine and approve the investment projects of investors in the
special zones;
(3) to handle registration of industrial and commercial enterprises and
land allotment in the special zones;
(4) to coordinate working relations among the banking, insurance,
taxation, Customs, frontier inspection, postal and telecommunications and
other organizations in the special zones;
(5) to provide the staff members and workers needed by enterprises in the
special zones and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the staff
members and workers;
(6) to establish educational, cultural, health and various public welfare
institutions in the special zones; and
(7) to maintain law and order in the special zones and protect, in
accordance with the law, the persons and property in the special zones
against encroachment.
Article 24
The Shenzhen Special Zone shall be under the direct management and
administration of the Guangdong Provincial Committee for the
Administration of Special Economic Zones. Necessary offices shall be set
up in the Zhuhai and Shantou Special Zones.
Article 25
A Guangdong Provincial Special Economic Zones Development Company shall be
set up to suit the expanding economic activities in the special zones. Its
scope of business shall include: undertaking to raise funds and handle
trust investment business; operating, or jointing with investors in
operating, relevant enterprises in the special zones; acting as agent for
investors in the special zones in transactions relating to sales and
purchases in trade with the interior; and providing services for business
talks.
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Article 26
These Regulations shall go into effect after they have been adopted by the
People's Congress of Guangdong Province and submitted to and approved by
the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's
Republic of China.
Important Notice:
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
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九江市人民政府关于加强内部审计工作的暂行规定
第一条 为适应社会主义市场经济发展的需要，加强内部审计监督工作，保障经济建设健康发展，促进行政、企事业单位建立内部自我监督、自我约束机制，根据《中华人民共和国审计法》和《审计署关于内部审计工作的规定》，结合我市实际，制定本暂行规定。
第二条 本规定适用于下列政府部门及企事业单位：
(一)财政、财务收支金额较大或者所属单位较多的政府部门；
(二)国有或国有资产占控股地位及主导地位的大中型企业；
(三)财政、财务收支金额较大或者所属单位较多的国家事业单位；
(四)其他依法应当设立内部审计机构的单位。
上述设立内部审计机构的单位，可根据需要设立总审计师，配备与审计任务相适应的审计工作人员，其它审计业务较少的单位可以设置专职(兼职)内部审计人员。
第三条 内部审计是国家审计体系的重要组成部分。其基本职责是加强对本部门、本单位财政财务收支及经济活动的审计监督，维护国家财经法纪和部门、单位合法权益，促进廉政建设，改善经营管理，提高经济效益。
第四条 内部审计机构，在本部门、单位主要领导人的直接领导下，独立行使内部审计监督职权，对本单位领导人负责并报告工作。
政府部门的内部审计机构，业务上接受同级国家审计机关的指导和监督，同时接受上级主管部门审计机构的业务指导，并向其报告工作。
企事业单位的内部审计机构，业务上接受上一级内部审计机构的指导，并向其报告工作。市本级直属企事业单位的内部审计机构，业务上接受同级国家审计机关的指导，并向其报告工作。
第五条 政府部门、企事业单位的内部审计机构应配备政治素质好，有一定的审计、会计、经济和工程技术等专业知识人员，并保持相对的稳定性。
审计人员按干部管理权限任免。审计人员的专业技术职务，按国家有关规定评定和聘任。
专职内审人员的外勤工作可给予适当补贴，补贴标准比照国家审计机关的有关规定执行，兼职审计人员的外勤补贴由其所在单位根据实际情况自行确定。
第六条 政府部门、企事业单位的审计机构的主要任务：
(一)贯彻执行审计法规，并结合行业特点，制定本部门、单位内部审计规章制度和实施办法；
(二)提出本部门、单位内部审计工作规划和年度工作计划；
(三)组织指导本部门、单位内部审计工作，组织本部门、单位内部审计工作会议、审计人员的培训，理论研究及有关资料的编写工作，表彰先进，总结推广本部门、单位内部审计工作经验；
(四)负责本部门、单位内审机构、人员，审计成果及其他有关资料的统计汇总工作。
(五)对本部门、本单位内部控制制度的建立、健全和执行情况进行审计监督。
(六)对本部门、单位经济活动重大的、带有普遍性，倾向性的问题进行审计调查。
(七)负责本部门、单位及下属单位的国有和集体资产、财务计划及收支、经济效益、经济责任、基本建设、重大经济合同的签订及其他专项审计。
(八)对本部门、本单位及下属单位执行国家财经法规情况进行审计监督。
(九)办理国家审计机关、上级审计机构和本单位领导交办的审计事项。
第七条 政府部门、单位审计机构的主要职权：
(一)要求本单位及下属单位有关部门按规定报送经济活动、财务分析、会计报表等有关文件资料，并对其进行审计监督；
(二)检查本单位和下属单位的凭证、帐册、报表、核实资产和财产状况，查阅有关证件和资料，被审计单位不得拒绝、隐匿或者提供假资料；
(三)参加本单位及审计单位的有关会议；
(四)向被审单位及有关人员调查取证，有关单位和个人应当支持、协助，并如实向审计机构反馈情况，提供有关证明材料；
(五)向本部门及企事业单位提出改进经营管理建议，对违反财经法纪的事项提出处理意见；
(六)检查监督被审单位对审计法规的执行情况，必要时可开展后续审计，查明原因，督促审计结论的执行；
(七)通报违反财经法纪的案件，对遵纪守法成绩显著的先进单位和个人，提请领导表扬并给予适当奖励；
(八)对阻挠、抵制审计工作及拒绝提供报表和有关资料的，必要时经单位领导批准，可采取临时措施，并提出追究有关人员责任的建议；
(九)对审计工作中的重大事项，向对其进行指导的上级内部审计机构或审计机关反映。
第八条 内部审计机构所在单位可以直接在管理权限范围内，授予内部审计机构经济处罚的权限。
第九条 内部审计工作的程序是：
(一)根据上级批复或下达的年度审计计划和本部门、单位的具体情况，拟定每个项目的审计计划，报经本部门、单位领导批准后实施；
(二)实施审计前，应向被审单位发出《审计通知书》；
(三)对审计中发现的问题，可随时向有关单位和领导人员提出改进意见、审计结论，提出审计报告，征求被审计单位意见后，报送单位领导，经本单位审计机构作出并下达的审计结论和决定，被审计单位必须执行；
(四)被审计单位对审计结论和决定如有异议，可向内部审计机构所在单位领导人提出申诉，该领导人应及时进行处理，申诉期间，原审计结论和决定照常执行；
(五)被审计单位应向审计机构报告审计结论和决定执行情况，内部审计机构应督促其执行。
第十条 内部审计机构对办理的审计事项，必须建立档案，并按照有关规定管理。
第十一条 审计人员办理审计事项，与被审计单位或者审计事项有利害关系的，应当回避。
第十二条 内部审计人员要坚持原则，依法审计，实事求是，忠于职守，秉公办事，不得滥用职权，徇私舞弊，泄漏机密，玩忽职守。
内部审计人员依法行使职权，受法律保护，任何单位和个人不得打击报复。
第十三条 对违反本规定的单位和个人，由其主管单位根据情节轻重，给予行政处分，经济处罚，或提请有关部门处理。
第十四条 市属大中型集体经济组织的内部审计工作可参照本规定执行。
第十五条 政府部门、单位可根据本规定，结合具体实际，制定实施办法，并抄报上级主管部门和同级国家审计机关。
第十六条 本规定由九江市审计局负责解释。
第十七条 本规定自2000年1月1日起施行。
