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.
甘肃省地震安全性评价管理条例
甘肃省人大常委会
甘肃省人民代表大会常务委员会公告
(第56号)
《甘肃省地震安全性评价管理条例》已由甘肃省第十届人民代表大会常务委员会第三十一次会议于2007年9月27日通过，现予公布，自2008年1月1日起施行。
甘肃省第十届人民代表大会常务委员会
2007年9月27日
甘肃省地震安全性评价管理条例
2007年9月27日省十届人大常委会第三十一次会议通过
第一条 为了加强对地震安全性评价的管理，防御与减轻地震灾害，保护人民生命和财产安全，根据《中华人民共和国防震减灾法》、《地震安全性评价管理条例》等有关法律、法规，结合本省实际，制定本条例。
第二条 在本省行政区域内从事地震安全性评价活动，应当遵守本条例。
第三条 本条例所称地震安全性评价，是指根据对新建、改建、扩建工程场地周围的地震活动与地震地质环境的分析，按照工程设防的风险水准，给出与工程抗震设防要求相应的地震烈度和地震动参数，以及场地的地震地质灾害预测结果。
本条例所称抗震设防要求，是指建设工程抗御地震破坏的准则和在一定风险水准下抗震设计采用的地震烈度或者地震动参数。
第四条 县级以上人民政府应当加强对地震安全性评价和抗震设防工作的领导，组织有关部门采取措施，做好相关工作。
省地震工作主管部门统一负责全省的地震安全性评价和抗震设防要求的监督管理工作。
县级以上人民政府地震工作主管部门负责本行政区域内的地震安全性评价和抗震设防要求的监督管理工作。
发展和改革、建设、国土等部门应当按照各自职责做好地震安全性评价工作。
第五条 县级以上人民政府及其有关部门应当将建设工程的抗震设防要求纳入基本建设管理程序，把抗震设防要求作为建设工程可行性研究报告的审查内容。
对必须进行地震安全性评价的建设工程，建设单位应当将地震安全性评价结果和经地震工作主管部门审定的抗震设防要求，列入建设工程的可行性研究报告。
不符合前款规定的，项目审批部门不予批准立项，规划部门不予核发建设用地规划许可证。
第六条 下列建设工程必须进行专门地震安全性评价：
(一)国家重大建设工程和受地震破坏后可能发生严重次生灾害的建设工程；
(二)受地震破坏后可能引发放射性污染的核电站和核设施建设工程；
(三)国家建筑工程抗震设防分类标准中规定的必须进行地震安全性评价的建设工程；
(四)大中型水库大坝，大型水力、火力、风力发电工程，送变电枢纽工程，高等级公路、高速公路和铁路干线上的大中型桥梁、中长隧道、铁路大中型站的候车楼，机场及其新建和扩建的重要建筑物，大中型广播电视发射工程，长途邮电通信枢纽工程，大型工矿企业建设项目；
(五)城市的公安消防、道路交通安全指挥中心和医院、疾控中心、血站的重要建筑，供水、供电、供气等生命线工程，超限高层工程，学校、图书馆、展览馆、档案馆和教学科研实验楼等人口密集场所的重要建设工程；
(六)国家或者省重点文物保护工程；
(七)位于地震动参数区划图分界线附近两侧各8公里区域内的新建工程；
(八)横跨不同工程地质条件区域的大型建设工程；
(九)位于地震活动断层区域的重要建设工程；
(十)位于地震重点监视防御区和重点监视防御城市的重要建设工程；
(十一)国务院有关行业主管部门规定或者省地震工作主管部门与有关部门共同确定的有特殊要求的其他需进行地震安全性评价的建设工程；
(十二)省人民政府认为对本省有重大价值或者有重大影响的其他建设工程。
第七条 建设单位对必须进行地震安全性评价的建设工程，应当在选址之后初步设计之前，委托具有相应资质的地震安全性评价单位对其进行地震安全性评价，并到市(州)以上地震工作主管部门办理地震安全性评价相关手续。
地震安全性评价所需费用应当纳入工程建设概算。
第八条 地震安全性评价单位实行资质管理制度。
省地震工作主管部门应当自收到地震安全性评价资质申请三十日内，按照国家规定的条件对其进行审查。对符合甲、乙级资质的，由省地震工作主管部门报国务院地震工作主管部门审批；对符合丙级资质的，由省地震工作主管部门发给丙级资质证书。未通过审查的，应当书面通知申请单位并说明理由。
第九条 地震安全性评价单位应当遵守下列规定：
(一)依照国家有关技术规范，组织实施地震安全性评价工作，保证工作质量；
(二)地震安全性评价报告采用的资料和有关数据应当真实、准确、全面；
(三)严格执行物价部门核定的收费范围和标准；
(四)为建设单位保守商业秘密和技术秘密。
第十条 地震安全性评价单位在本省行政区域内承揽地震安全性评价业务的，应当持资质证书到建设工程所在地县级以上地震工作主管部门备案。
第十一条 地震安全性评价单位应当在地震安全性评价工作完成后，编制地震安全性评价报告。
地震安全性评价报告编制完成后，建设单位应当按照国家有关规定将地震安全性评价报告报送省地震工作主管部门审定；依法应当报送国务院地震工作主管部门审定的，由省地震工作主管部门报送。
省地震工作主管部门应当自收到地震安全性评价报告之日起十五日内，确定建设工程的抗震设防要求，并书面通知建设单位和所在地的地震工作主管部门。
省地震工作主管部门根据需要，可以委托有条件的市(州)地震工作主管部门进行地震安全性评价报告的审定工作。
第十二条 地震安全性评价报告审定不通过的，地震安全性评价单位应当重新评价，所需费用由其承担。
未经审定或者审定不通过的地震安全性评价结果不得使用。
第十三条 地震安全性评价单位不得有下列行为：
(一)超越其资质许可的范围承揽地震安全性评价业务；
(二)以其他地震安全性评价单位的名义承揽地震安全性评价业务；
(三)允许其他单位以本单位的名义承揽地震安全性评价业务；
(四)转借资质证书；
(五)法律法规规定的其他违法行为。
第十四条 设计、施工单位对必须进行地震安全性评价的工程，应当按照地震工作主管部门审定的地震安全性评价结果及其确定的抗震设防要求，进行抗震设计、施工。
第十五条 县级以上地震工作主管部门应当会同有关部门对必须进行地震安全性评价的建设工程进行阶段性检查，对不符合抗震设防要求的，应当向建设单位提出整改或者停工的建议。
必须进行地震安全性评价的建设工程竣工验收时，应当有地震工作主管部门参与验收。
第十六条 一般建设工程按照国家地震动参数区划图规定的抗震设防要求和现行工程建设抗震规范进行抗震设防，并分别由市(州)地震工作主管部门和建设行政主管部门确认。
第十七条 各级人民政府及其有关部门应当加强对农村民居建设工作的指导和监督，引导农牧民建设具有抗震性能的房屋。
农村的建制镇、集镇规划区和村镇公用设施必须根据地震动参数区划图确定的抗震设防要求和抗震设计规范进行规划、设计和施工。
第十八条 建设行政主管部门和地震工作主管部门应当加强对农牧民防震抗震知识的宣传，提供农村民居地震安全的技术指导和服务。对于农村民居等建筑，应当采取建设示范点、免费提供设计图纸等措施，组织实施农村民居地震安全工程。
第十九条 违反本条例规定，未进行地震安全性评价的或者不按照地震工作主管部门确定的抗震设防要求进行抗震设防的，由县级以上地震工作主管部门责令改正，并处一万元以上十万元以下的罚款。
第二十条 违反本条例规定，未取得地震安全性评价资质证书的单位承揽地震安全性评价业务的，由县级以上地震工作主管部门责令改正，没收违法所得，并处一万元以上五万元以下的罚款。
第二十一条 违反本条例第十三条规定，其评价结果无效，由县级以上地震工作主管部门责令改正，没收违法所得，并处一万元以上五万元以下的罚款；情节严重的，由颁发资质证书的部门吊销资质证书。
第二十二条 未按照地震安全性评价结果及其确定的抗震设防要求进行抗震设计的或者未按照抗震设计进行施工的，由建设行政主管部门或者其他有关主管部门按照职责权限，责令限期改正，并处一万元以上五万元以下罚款；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第二十三条 县级以上地震工作主管部门不履行监督管理职责以及发现违法行为不予查处或者查处不力的，导致公共财产、国家和人民利益遭受重大损失的，依法追究有关负责人和直接责任人的刑事或者行政责任。
第二十四条 本条例自2008年1月1日起施行。
