The Economic Cooperation Office of the Yunnan Provincial People¡¯s Government
The Economic Cooperation Office of the Yunnan Provincial People¡¯s Government (hereinafter called ECO) was established on October 29th, 2002, by the approval of the Yunnan Provincial People¡¯s Government. This office is an institution directly under the provincial government and is responsible for inviting business and introducing foreign investment into the province, as well as for organizing and enforcing the opening-up of the province to the rest of the country and to the outside world. It is also the work institution of the Yunnan Provincial Commission on Foreign Investment, and it handles daily affairs of the commission. Its main responsibilities are:
1. The implementation and enforcement of the principles and policies of the state and the work plans of the Provincial CPC Committee and the Provincial Government on the utilization of foreign investment;
2. Being responsible for handling the daily affairs of the Provincial Commission on the Foreign Investment; Coordinating and dealing with the issues in the work of inviting business and foreign investment to the province and of the economic and social cooperation.
3. Coordinating with other governmental departments in planning and implementing the median and long term plans on inviting business and foreign investment to the province and on the economic and social cooperation.
4. Coordinating and organizing relevant departments of the provincial government, the prefectures, and important trades and enterprises to conduct the work in inviting business and foreign investment, facilitating the economic and social cooperation, and promoting the regional economic cooperation.
There are 6 functional divisions in the ECO, i.e. the Secretary Division, the General Division, the Division of Project Development, the Division of International Cooperation, the Division of Domestic cooperation, and the Division of Enterprises Liaison and Service.
Address: 85 Guan Shang Zhong Lu,Kunming, Yunnan China
Telephone: 86-871-7195601 7195616 7195582
Fax numbers: 86-871-7195601 7195616 7195582
Post code: 650200
e-mail: jhb@yn-invest.gov.cn
The Yunnan Provincial Foreign InvestmentService Building
1. The objectives of the service building
The Yunnan provincial foreign investment service building is an important measure adopted by the province for the further expansion of the opening-up to the outside world and the increasing utilization of foreign investment. It is also an important measure for the change of government functions, the improvement and openness of the government administration, and the improvement of investment environment. With the aim of ¡°open handling of administrative affairs, transparent operational procedure, standardized work regulations, and streamlined work structure¡±, by providing investment consultancy service, handling investment approvals, and providing excellent, efficient, uniformed, and standardized services to foreign investment enterprises, the service building serves as a modal of foreign investment environment improvement in the whole province. The Provincial Economic and Trade Cooperation Office is responsible for the organizational work and a leading department in the service building.
2. The responsibilities and requirement of the service building
(1). The responsibilities of the service building. The responsibilities are providing good investment policy consultancy work, and handling all the approval formalities required of the foreign investors intended to invest in Yunnan province. All those approvals related to the responsibility of the provincial government are to be handled in the service building. For those projects to be processed at the provincial level, all the formalities related to the establishment of enterprises, as well as the related approval work on the provincial level concerning the starting of construction and the production and management will be processed centrally in the service building. For projects to be approved on the prefectural levels, the relevant formalities requiring the provincial level approval concerning the starting of construction and the production and management will be also handled in the building.
(2). The work requirement. Project approval formalities which should be handled in the building will be accepted and handled by the relevant government functional departments in the building. The working staff of all the composing departments in the building will undertake the receiving, transferring, following-up, coordinating, and approving of the application within their own scopes of departmental responsibilities.
3. The composing departments in the service building.
The united offices of the service building is composed of by the following departments: the Provincial Economic Cooperation Office, the Provincial Development Planning Commission, the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the Provincial Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Construction, the Provincial Department of Supervision, The Provincial Department of Land and Resources, the Provincial Department of Labour and Social Security, the Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Provincial Environmental Protection Administration, the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, the Provincial State Taxation Administration, the Provincial Local Taxation Administration, the Provincial Administration of Foreign Exchanges, and the Kunming Customs. Other departments and agencies like the Public Security Bureau, Fire Brigade, the Personnel Department, the Cultural Department, and Health Department will not join the united office. But any work related to these departments will be transferred to the relevant department after handled by the approval leading department in the building and must be handled within the specified timing limit.
4. The responsibilities of each department.
(1). The Provincial Economic Cooperation Office:
a. Taking the lead and responsible for the daily management of the service building;
b. Conducting coordination if different opinions arise towards important projects on the provincial level between two or more than two departments;
c. Responsible for the supervision on the timing limit and promises for project approval service;
d. Responsible for policy consultancy of foreign investment utilization;
e. Introduction to visiting foreign investors of the projects inviting foreign investment in Yunnan;
f. Responsible for work achievements checking of the working staff dispatched to the service building by the various government departments.
(2). The Provincial Development Planning Commission:
a. The approving of the project proposal and feasibility study of foreign investment project on infrastructure at the provincial level;
b. The checking and reporting to the central government level on the project proposal and feasibility study of foreign investment project on infrastructure to be approved at the state level;
c. The issuance of registration card on fee collection to foreign investment enterprises.
(3). The Provincial Economic and Trade Commission:
a. The approving of the project proposal and feasibility study of the technical renovation projects using foreign investment at the provincial level;
b. The checking and reporting of the project proposal and feasibility study of the technical renovation projects using foreign investment to be approved at the state level;
c. Coordinating with other relevant departments to solve the difficulties and problems of foreign investment enterprises in their production and management.
(4). The Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
a. The approving of the business contract and the articles of incorporation of the foreign investment enterprises, and the issuance of the approval certificate of the foreign investment enterprises at the provincial level;
b. The checking and reporting to the central government on the business contract and the articles of incorporation of the foreign investment enterprises to be approved at the state level;
c. The checking and management of the import and export quotas and licenses to the foreign investment enterprises;
d. The handling of the alteration and suspension of the business contract and the articles of incorporation, and of the financial settlement of the foreign investment enterprises;
e. The issuance of ¡°Confirmation on Domestic and Foreign Investment Project encouraged by the State¡± to the qualified foreign investment enterprises.
(5). The Provincial Department of Finance:
a. The handling of the financial registration and the alteration of registration of foreign investment enterprises located in Kunming at the provincial and state approval levels;
b. Responsible for the consultancy and explanation of the state and provincial policies on financial and accounting affairs.
(6). The Provincial Department of Construction:
a. The qualification checking and the issuance of licenses to foreign investment enterprises engaged in projects on real estate development, construction engineering, survey and designing, interior decoration and renovation;
b. The handling related formalities concerning planning and construction belonging to the provincial management;
c. Coordinating to resolve the difficulties and problems of the foreign investment enterprises at the construction stage.
(7). The Provincial Department of Supervision:
a. The setting up of offence informant box to handle the complaints from the foreign investment enterprises, and being responsible for the coordinating, supervision, and feed back of the related complaint;
b. The handling of the complaints related to the work quality and work style of all the offices in the building by the visiting guests, and coordinating with the Provincial Economic Cooperation Office to supervise the relevant departments to rectify and reform.
(8). The Provincial Department of Land and Resources:
a. The handling of all the application formalities on the issue of land acquisition and land utilization of the foreign investment enterprises;
b. The handling of the application of foreign investors and foreign investment enterprises to be engaged in the prospecting, exploitation, and mining of mineral resources;
(9). The Provincial Department of Labour and Social Security:
a. Coordinating and handling the application formalities of foreign investment enterprises in their advertisement for employment;
b. Coordinating and handling of the application formalities of foreign investment enterprises in employing personnel from overseas, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao;
c. Coordinating and handling the employment registration formalities of Chinese personnel by the foreign investment enterprises.
(10). The Provincial Administration of Industry and Commerce:
a. The handling of the approval to the company names of the foreign investment enterprises;
b. Responsible for the checking of relevant formalities related to the industrial and commercial registration, and the issuance of business licenses of the foreign invested projects at the provincial management level;
c. The handling of the registration formalities of the foreign investment enterprises fitting the direct registration criteria;
d. The handling of the alteration and suspension of related formalities of the foreign investment enterprises.
(11). The Provincial Environmental Protection Administration:
The examining and approving of the environmental protection aspect of the construction projects by the foreign investment projects (including the environmental effect report, charter and registration of the foreign investment enterprises)
(12). The Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision:
a. The application, alteration, re-issuance, change, and canceling of the organization code certificate of the foreign investment enterprises, and the regular checking of the code certificate;
b. The policy consultancy and explanation related to issues on the quality and technical supervision.
(13). The Provincial State Taxation Administration:
a. The consultancy, explanation, and related services on the policies of state taxation;
b. Responsible for the coordination, supervision, and execution of issues related to taxation;
c. The handling of the reports on the illegal cases and complaints related to taxation.
(14). The Provincial Local Taxation Administration:
a. The handling of the registration affairs concerning local taxation;
b. Coordinating and carrying out the affairs concerning the policy consultancy on local taxation and matters related to local taxation.
(15). The Provincial Administration of Foreign Exchange;
a. The approving and issuance of the foreign exchange registration certificate to the foreign investment enterprises;
b. The approving of the opening up of foreign exchange account and of the capital settlement of foreign exchanges:
c. The handling of the related formalities concerning overseas loans for foreign investment enterprises.
(16). The Kunming Customs:
a. The handling of the customs registration and the issuance of the customs certificate;
b. Providing consultancy of the customs policy and the coordination of matters related to the customs;
c. The handling of relevant formalities concerning the importation of equipments for foreign investment.
The annual checking up of foreign investment enterprises will be handled at relevant offices inside the service building by the 8 related governmental functional departments: the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Provincial of Finance, the Provincial Administration of Industry and Commerce, the Provincial State Taxation Administration, the Provincial Local Taxation Administration, the Provincial Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the Kunming Customs.
5. The management of the operation of the service building
The Provincial Office of Foreign Investment organizes, coordinates, and manages the service building, and is responsible for the supervision of the promised undertaking of the services, which will be executed according to the principle of unified offices, unified operation to the public, executing each other¡¯s own responsibilities, and integrated coordination. Departments joining the united office will fulfill their own responsibilities within the specified time limite.
(1). The organizational structure
There are 16 work rooms set up in the service building: the Foreign Investment Room, the Planning Room, the Economic and Trade Room, the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Room, the Industrial and Commercial Room, the Environmental Protection Room, the Customs Room, the State Taxation Room, the Local Taxation Room, the Labour Room, the Land and Resources Room, the Financial Room, the Foreign Exchange Administration Room, the Supervision Room, the Construction and Planning Room, the Quality and Technical Supervision Room.
(2). The management of the working staff of the service building
a. The working staff of the service building is from the relevant provincial functional departments. The numbers of working personnel in the building from each department are determined according to the work volume, normally no less than 2 persons. Among all the participating departments, because of the larger work load of the Provincial Development Planning Commission, the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, the Provincial Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Provincial Administration of Industry and Commerce, the Provincial Department of Land and Resources, the Provincial Department of Construction, the Provincial Administration of Environmental Protection, and the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, by having set up their own offices dealing with foreign investment related affairs, their working staff of related rooms should been dispatched to conduct work in the service building.
b. Each department should send to the service building its own working staff with high familiarity with its profession, strong sense of service and discipline, and high understanding of the government policies. The staff working in the building shall be fixed with assignment and responsibility, and make the specially assigned job with specified person for relatively stable period. The change of director of each room is in principle in three-year term, and general working staff should complete one-year work before being transferred.
c. The Provincial Economic Cooperation Office is responsible for conducting the annual checking-up of achievements of the working personnel dispatched by the relevant departments. The results of the checking-up will be the basis for the annual public servant checking-up, the consideration of rewards and penalties, and the posting of the dispatched working staff by the relevant departments. Each department should respect the conclusions of the checking-up by the Provincial Economic Cooperation Office.
(3). The establishment of standardized and transparent office work system
a. The establishment of efficient work institution
The participating departments in the service building should, in accordance with the principle of improvement of government administration and the requirement of transforming the style of work effectively and raising the work efficiency, streamline and reorganize the internal application approval links, and authorize fully the working staff in the service building. For those departments allowing the using of their special stamp for application approval in the building, their working personnel in the building may use the special stamp directly on the application formalities and issue the certificate. For those departments not allowing the using of their stamps in the building, they should adopt concrete measures to ensure the approving work within their responsibility be completed in the building.
In order to ensure the smooth functioning of various departments inside, the service building provides each office room with a computer which is connected with the computer network linking all the office rooms. The cost of purchase and operation of the equipment will be covered centrally by the Provincial Economic Cooperation Office.
b. The adoption of the public notice, the working time limit and the leading department responsibility systems
The service building sets up the Service Guide of the Yunnan Provincial Foreign Investment Service Building. In accord with the principles of the open government administration, the public notification of the administrative affairs, the open promise undertaking, and being under the supervision of the society, the service building will make open its office work system and the content, make explicit the procedures of application handling and the required materials and references, undertake the promised work time limit, and make public the bases for relevant charges and the criteria. For affairs belonging to joint handling, the leading department should, by effectively fulfilling its responsibility and actively seeking the coordination with other related departments, provide solution to the problems or the replies within specified work time limit. For those projects considered important projects at the provincial level, the working staff of the building should provide door-to-door service.
c. The setting up of joint project approving and coordination meeting system
The service building formulates the Provincial Approving Work Procedure for Foreign Investment Project in Yunnan Province and sets up the project joint approving and coordination meeting system. The Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation is in charge of the approving work of the foreign invested projects. If there are different opinions by more than two departments concerning an important project, the Provincial Economic Cooperation Office will take the lead to organize coordination. Decisions reached by the coordination meeting must be strictly followed by the relevant departments. The project approving work should ensure that all the approving formalities will be completed within 15 work days starting from the date the application is officially accepted.
d. By actively seeking the improvement of their style of work, observing discipline, providing warm service, speaking politely, the working personnel of the service building should continuously raise the efficiency of their work and strive to provide high quality service to the investors. The Foreign investment Office shall strengthen the management towards the composing departments in the service building, and, together with the disciplinary commission and the department of supervision, conduct the activities of the democratic appraisal of the style of work and the open rectification and reform of all the work rooms in the building.
6. Supplement
This operational guide is effective from the date of its publication. In case that in the document of YUN ZHENG BAN FA [2000] 160 by the Yunnan provincial government there are points which might not be in keeping with the spirit of this present guide, this present guide will supersede. The Provincial Economic Cooperation Office is responsible for the explanation of this guide.
The Investment Affairs Organs in Yunnan
The Investment Affairs Organs in Yunnan
Area
Name of Organs
Principal
Tel
Address
Postcode
1.Yunnan Province
Economic Cooperation Office of Yunnan Provincial Government
Du Yong
0871-
3135651
3186034
465 Beijing Road, Kunming
650011
2.Kunming City
Foreign Investment Affairs Office of Kunming Municipal Government
Pan Huili
0871-
3194561
1st Floor, No. 2 Building in Municipal Yard,
17 East Dongfeng Road, Kunming
650011
Economic Cooperation Office of Kunming Municipal Government
Li Xiao ming
0871-
3154162
6th Floor, No. 6 Building in Municipal Yard,
17 East Dongfeng Road, Kunming
650011
3.Yuxi City
Investment Promotion Bureau of Yuxi Municipal Government
Guo Kai tang
0877-
2014296
5th Floor, Yuxi Hall
653100
4.Qujing City
Investment Promotion Bureau of Qujing Municipal Government
Wang Song ping
0874-3124477
78 Wenchang Street,
Municipal Yard, Qujing
655000
5.Baoshan City
Economic Cooperation Office of Baoshan Municipal Government
Li Hongchun
0875-2122173
North Zhengyang Road,Baoshan
678000
6.Zhaotong City
Investment Promotion Bureau of Zhaotong Municipal Government
Huang Qi
0870-
2121559
2122606
48 West Street, Zhaotong
657000
7.Lijiang City
Investment Promotion Office of Lijiang Municipal Government
Sha Wen hui
0888-
5196666
5192222
3rd Floor, Industrial & Commercial Building, Shangrila Avenue
674100
8.Chuxiong Prefecture
Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau of Chuxiong
Su Guang ping
0878-
3396601
3396602
11th Floor, Life Insurance Comapany, Middle Yong an Road, Chuxiong
Development Zone
675000
9.Honghe Prefecture
Investment Promotion Bureau of Honghe Prefectural Government
Li Yuesheng
0873-
3732756
1st Floor,West Government Building,Mengzi
661100
10.Wenshan Prefecture
Investment Promotion Bureau of Wenshan Prefectural Government
Xu Bichang
0876-
2123050
82 Dongfeng Road,
Wenshan County
663000
11.Dali Prefecture
Investment Promotion Bureau of Dali Prefectural Government
He Zhong yao
0872-
2224564
79 North Renmin Road, Xiaguan, Dali
671000
12.Xishuang-banna Prefecture
Investment Promotion Office of Xishuangbanna Prefectural Government
Wu Song wei
0691-
2138735
6 East Road, Jinghong
666100
13.Dehong Prefecture
Investment Promotion Office of Dehong Prefectural Government
Pai Zhike
0692-
2121191
6 Qingnian Road, Luxi
678400
Economic Cooperation Office of Prefectural Government
Su Wei
0692-
2111115
Dehong Economic and
Trade Committee
14.Nujinag Prefecture
Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau of Nujiang
Bai Kun yun
0886-
3621818
Chuncheng Road, Liuku town, Lushui County
673100
15.Diqing Prefecture
Foreign Affairs & Investment Promotion Bureau of Diqing
Nong Bu qi lin
0887-
8229166
Prefectural Government's Yard, Changzheng Road,
Shangrila County
674400
16.Simao Prefecture
Economic Cooperation Office of Prefectural Government
Xiong Gang
0879-
2144404
1 Yueguang Road, Simao
665000
Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau of Simao
Ji Na
0879-
2122447
Middle Zhenxing Road, Simao
17. Lincang Prefecture
Investment Promotion Bureau of Prefectural Government
Yang Shiji
0883-
2130578
Fengxiang town,Lincang Country
677000
18.Hekou County
Administrative Committee of Cooperative Zone
Li Guang hua
0873-
3421158
Administrative Committee, Border Economic Cooperation Zone, Hekou County
661300
19.Ruili City
Economic and Trade Bureau of Ruili
Feng Shaotian
0692-
4141253
4128887
Economic and Trade Bureau, Ruili City
678600
Yunnan Association Of Enterprises With Foreign Investment
Established on August 28, 1992 with the approval of Yunnan Provincial Government , the Yunnan Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment ( hereinafter referred to as YAEFI ) is a non-profit-earning social organization consists of the following members: enterprises with foreign capital which is approved to be established by Yunnan Province, enterprises set up by compatriot from Hong Kong , Macau, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese, as well as those non-profit-earning corporate body. It possesses a membership of more than 600 enterprises and is a corporative legal representative.
PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION
The purposes of this Association are as follows:
1. To provide services for its members and investors in accordance with the laws and regulations of the People¡¯s Republic of China on opening to the outside world and encouraging foreign investment.
2. To protect the legal interests and rights of its members.
3. To enhance the links, the communication and cooperation between the members and the governmental organizations.
4. To promote the active role of the member in the international cooperation and the construction of China¡¯s modernizations.
TASKS OF THE ASSOCIATION
1. To popularize and to carry out the laws, regulations, general and specific policies of the People¡¯s Republic of China on opening to the outside world and utilizing foreign capitals; To make introductions on the investment environment of China; To provide necessary information and advisory services to outside businessmen coming to China.
2. To promote the development of enterprises by mobilizing experience exchange workshops and giving commendation to the advanced units.
3. To submit report and requirements of membership enterprises to the relevant authorities upon investigations. To accept complaints from its members, to safeguard the legal and benefit to its members and the investors.
4. To organize its members to participate in the quota bidding of the export commodities, anti-dumping lawsuit and other issues according to the governmental authorization and entrustment; to mediate trade disputes incurred between its members.
5. To conduct training class, study group, workshops and business investigations based on the requirements of its members, to improve the quality and professional skills of the management staff.
6. To mobilize various commodity sale fair within and outside China for the purpose to promote markets.
7. To organize PR activities in different forms to strengthen the links and understandings between its members and the relevant governmental departments, as well as to enhance the friendship and the cooperation between its members.
8. To develop friendly communications with the relevant foreign authorities and organizations as well as to promote international communications and cooperation¡¯s.
9. To conduct research on the theoretical policies on absorbing foreign investment, to put forward suggestions to the referent government departments provide necessary information on domestic and international market for its members and to compile and make publications on the work concerning encouraging foreign investment.
10. To handle issues entrusted by the relevant governmental departments and its members.
Add: 5/F, No.129 Taoyuan Road, Kunming, Yunnan , China
Tel: 86-871-3112184, 3112699?3132037
Fax: 86-871-3112699?3132037
Post Code: 650011
E-mail: ynaefi1@public.km.yn.cn
Yunnan Provincial Appeal Center for Foreign-Invested Enterprises
To save the time and energy of foreign investors and foreign-invested enterprises, and to protect their legal rights, the Yunnan Provincial Government set up this center in 1997 in its Supervision Bureau. Foreign investors can lodge complaints with the center if they think that any official has committed acts contrary to China¡¯s laws, regulations, policies or government orders, or infringing upon their legal rights. The center is responsible for hearing foreign investors¡¯ complaints, solving their problems and even making judgments if the client so requests.
Foreign investors can make complaints in person, or by letter, phone or fax. They also have the right to receive satisfactory answers.
Add: 1st Floor, Provincial Discipline Committee Bldg, 2 Xichang Rd., Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Tel: 0086-871-419-5806 417-2578
Fax: 0086-871-419-5806
Persons to Contact: Wang Weiei, Lijun
Yunnan Foreign Investment Service Center
Yunnan Foreign Investment Service Center is an institution to provide the investors in Yunnan with various services. Its foundation was approved by the People¡¯s Government of Yunnnan Province in 1996.
Its services are as follows:
I. Investment Promotion
To preparing and recommending investment plans. Recommend investment partners.
II. Agency Services
a) To prepare report of feasibility study, contract, articles of association, etc. for the investors for the establishment of foreign-funded enterprises.
b) On behalf of investors, going through the whole procedures for the approval of investment certificate and for the registration with Industrial and commercial administration department, taxation bureau and the Customs for the establishment of foreign-funded enterprises.
c) To provide the service for foreign companies to set up branch
offices in Yunnan Province. Provide various relevant services for foreign-funded enterprises during their period of production upon termination of business and amendment of contract terms.
III. Consultant Services
Provide consultant services in the field of investment environment, policies and law, etc.
Add: 13th floor, Foreign Trade Building, 175 Beijing Road, Kunming, Yunnan China
Tel: (0871)3184978 3184979
Fax: (0871)3149574 3184979
Post code: 650011, Yunnan Province, P.R. china
E-mail: yqfisc@sina.com
Persons to contact: Yuan Qin
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