Limits of authority for examination and approval
1 Foreign-invested projects with a total input of US$ 30 million or greater shall be submitted by the Beijing Municipal Development Planning Commisson to the Beijing Municipal Commission for final examination and approval. Projects for industril upgraking and renovation and up to thd required bottom line for capital input shall be submitted by the Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Cooperation and Trade Commission to the Beijing Municipal Gorernment for initial examination an dapproval, and shall then be submitted to the State Foreign Economic Cooperation and Tarde Commission for final examination and approval. If the total capital in investment US$ 100million for the project, the project shall be cubmitted to the State, China's highst governing body, for final examination and approval.
2 Foreign invested production projects with a total capital input of US$ 5 million or greater, along with non?production projects of some categories with a total capital input of US$ 3 million or greater, shall be subject to examination and approval by the Municipal Development Planning Commission, or by the Municipal Foreign Economic Cooperation and Trade Commission if the aforesaid projects are for industrial upgrading or renovation.
3 Foreign invested production projects with a capital input of US$ 5 million,along with the project proposals and feasibility study reports, shall be examined and approved by the relevant district or county governments or by municipla bureaus or the relevant general corporations (groups) that are authorized to do the job. The same rule applies to foreign?invested projects calling for a capitalinput of US$ 3 million or less. The results of such examination and approval shall be reported to the Municipal Development Planning Commission or the Municipal Foreign Economic Cooperation and Trade Commission for the record.
4 The Administrative Committee of the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone shall independently examine and approve any foreign?invested projectto be implemented in the zone so long as the aforesaid project is subject to approval and examination by the Beijing municipal authorities.
5 The Administrative Committee of the Beijing Experimental Zone for Industries Using New Technologies shall independently examine and approve proposals and feasibility study reports of foreign invested projects with a capital input of US$30 million or less if the said projects are to be implemented in the zone.
6 Forign-invested projects subject to examination and approval by the relevant departments of the state are listed as below:
a) Projects falling into Category B listed in the Directory of Industries for Foreign Investment(revised in 1997)where foreign investment is restricted;
b) Real estate development projects undertaken in the city by units affiliated toBeijing based central departments (PLA departments included) through joint venture or other forms of cooperation with foreign investors;
c) Projects undertaken by local real estate developers that involve a construction space of 100,000 square meters or greater or Chinese?foreign joint venture or cooperative projects for development of highclass property that call for US$ 30million in capital input or more
d)Foreign?invested hotels and restaurants meeting four star or higher standards;
e) Villa-like luxurious housing structures and vacation villages;
f )Apartment buildings with a construction cost at least twice as great as the average construction cost for residential buildings (2,000 yuan per square meter)
g )Office and business buildings and other multi?purpose structures with a construction cost at least twice as great as the average construction cost for nonresidential buildings in Beijing (4,000 yuan per square meter).


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