Interim Regulations on the Examination and Approval of Foreign
Investment Procedures in Shenyang

　　Article1. The following regulations are formulated with the aim to improve working efficiency, simplify procedures, cut off red tape, standardize examination and improve behaviors, transform the government functions and perform duties in compliance with the law.

　　Article2. The examination and approval here refer to the administration actions taken by relevant government organizations when they execute examination, approval, registration, accreditation and other management functions of the same nature (including initial examination and filling, etc.) upon receiving applications from a certain natural person, legal entity and /or other social organizations.

　　Article3. Rules for examination and approval procedures must be set up in conformity with the law. Governments and relevant organizations at different level must abide by the law and related rules and regulations when they execute examination and approval matters must be discussed at hearings organized by relevant legislative bodies and be announced to the public.

　　Article4. The city government will make public announcements in terms or increasing or reducing examination and approval items before jan.10th every year.

　　Article5. The city government has established Administrative Examination and Approval Service Hall (Hereby referred to as the Service hall) in Heping District, Shenhe District, Shenhe District, Dadong District, Dongling District, and Yuhong District, so that governments at both city and district level could work together in order to facilitate the process or examination and approval. The Service Halls are co-managed by governments at both levels.

　　The Shenyang Administration Examination and Approval Office set up by the municipal government is relevant affairs in the Service Halls, and providing guidelines for examination and approval.

　　The district governments should set up their administration office inside the Service halls, and be responsible for the daily management and logistice services.

　　Article6. All examination and approval matters the are to by examined and approved by the city government, except those under close-type control by the development zones or those already entrusted to be taken care of by the district or county governments, are to be handled in the Service Halls nearby.

　　The Shenyang Qipanshan Scenery and Tourism Development Zone and the Shenyang Agriculture New & Hi-tech Development Zone will handle these matters in the Service Hall in Dongling District, Xinmin City and liaozhong County will handle these matters in the Service Hall in Yuhong District, Kangping County, Faku county and Xinchengzi Dictrict will handle these matters in the Service Hall in Huanggu District, while Sujiatun District will handle these matters in the Service Hall in Heping District.

　　Article7. The Service Halls will make Public the following Items such as, law bases for the examination and approval, items to be examined and approved, examination and approval procedures, documents required, time promised to finish all the procedures, charge standard and so on. Applicants could be fully aware of all the examination and approval details throuth reading the service gouidelines, checking at the rolling display screen, touching the multi-media PC, asking for a service notice or visit the website or the governments.

　　Article8. The Service Halls adopt the following systems in handing examination and approval cases, such as (1) those that could be completed on the spot must be done at once; (2) those that could not be completed in a short while must be guaranteed to have a certain of promise of time-limit; (3) those that might involve two or more organizations for a united examination and approval must be designated to one service window for acceptance and be completed in the shored possible time; (4) those that might involve a pre-requisite examination and approval form higher authority must be submitted and reproted by the organization in charge of the service window to the higher authority and handle the case form the very beginning to the end ; (5) those that could not meet the requirement and could not be approved must have a written explanation for the reason why rejected and be advised that the applicants have the right to ask for a recheck or go through administrative proceedings and place a lawsuit.

　　Article9. The Service Halls adopt a system of “all documents at the service window”, that is applicants who send their application for examination and approval, present the documents required and pay the charges at the service window are entitled to either get documents of approval at the window, or get a promise of acceptance and get the documents of approval at the window at a designated time.

　　Article10. The Service Halls adopt a consolidated charges management system. All charges are to be in compliance with the Charges Management Regulations on Charge items by the Examination and Approval Offices. Whatever kind of charges must be paid at a certain service window and be under a consolidate control.

　　Article11. The Service Halls adopt a close-end examination and approval system, that is those that are no longer required to be examined and approved should not be examined and approved andy longer, those that could be examined and approved at the Service Halls should not be examined and approved at other places.

　　Article12. The Service Halls adopt a supervision system. There are complaint windows and informantis hot-line telephones in every Service Hall. Supervising personnels form both the city and district level are stationsed in the Service Halls, who are to supervise the behaviors of various staffs from different organization working at the windows in the Service Halls. Those who make bold to create examination and approval items for their own interests, those who don't follow the designated procedures during the examination and approval process and those who continue to accept and execute examination and approval at places other than the designated Service Hall will face penalty or be punished according to the System of Accountability on Administrative Approval Improprieties in shenyang and the Honest Administration System for Staffs Working in the Administrative Examination and Approval Service halls in Shenyang.

　　Article13. The Service Halls adopt a system of representatives. Each administration and approval organization both at the city and district level should assign a chief representative to the Service Hall, to be responsible for the management and approval and be in charge of other relevant affairs at the service window according to their rights and responisbilities entitled.

　　Article14. The Service Halls adopt an executive responsibity system. The executives of relevant organizations both at the city and district level the have working staffs in the Service Hall are held responsible for the Examination and approval. All these organization to execute the overall management and coordination of examination and approval.

　　Article15. The Service Halls adopt a special stamp system. A special administrative approval stamp is to be marked on the documents to show the completion of the examination and approval process.

　　As to how to use this stamp, the Management Rules on the Usage of the Special Administrative Approval Stamp are to be followed.

　　Article16. The Service Halls adopt a consolidated examination and approval system. If the examination and approval involve pre-requisite approval from two or more organization, a consolidated examination and approval is required so that examination and checking procedures could be conducted at on time. The consolidated examination and approval are to be organized and led by the chief representatives from different organization. A consolidated meeting is to be held by the concerned chief representatives for big and important examination and approval projects.

　　Those who are supposed to attend the meeting should be present on time and those who fail to be attend the meeting at the designated time are deemed to agree and will be held responsible for any consequences thus incured.

　　Article17. The Service Halls adopt a commitment system. If it is confirmed that the examination and approval procedures could be conducted and finished on the spot, the Service Halls are fully committed in this case, in case that the procedures are to be conducted and finished within a certain period of time, the chief representatives of the organization will be responsible for the coordination and management.

　　Article18. The Service Halls Adopt a document management system. Documents are deemed to be presented completely if applicants submitted all the documents required in compliance with the Service Guidelines and the Information Notice. The Staffs working at the service window have to make a registration of all the documents and sign. In case the signed documents are lost or damaged, the examinations are held responsible.

　　Article19. The staffs who are stationed in the Service halls are under the leadership and supervision of both the Service Hall Management Authority and the organization that they come form. All staffs working in the Service Halls must abide by the Rules on the Management of Shenyang Administrative Examination and Approval Office and the Conduct Criteria for Staffs Working in Shenyang Administrative Examination and Approval Service Hall, etc..

　　Article20. Organizations at the city level must try to simplify the examination and approval procedures and entrust relevant organizations at the district and county level to handle them in accordancee with the policy of “Simple procedures and high efficiency”. Organizations at the city level must enhance their function of designing, Providing guidelines, management and supervision and be undertake the overall control.

　　Article21. The Service Halls must comply with the requirements by the city government and take overall control over the computer system, network, software, document filling ,the safety of information, signature system and the examination and approval details.

　　Article22. The City Administrative Examination and Approval Management Office will establish a set of standard documents and a management system for the procedures of examination and approval, charges, roll book, quality control, security, sanitation, inspection, fault investigation, anti-corruption, chief representative systems, etc and make necessary and timely amendments and supplements accordingly.

　　Article23. Districts and counties, other than those that have already set up Service Halls in compliance with the requirements from the city government, may consummate their administrative examination and approval procedures referring to this regulation and criteria.

　　Article24. The right for the explanation of this regulation belongs to the Legal System office of the Municipal Government.

　　Article25. This regulation comes into effect the day when it is published.

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