Laws of the People's Republic of China

the National Development and Reform Commission,the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China

Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission on Promulgating the Cancellation of 103 Charging Items Subject to Administrative Examination and Approval.

No.87 [2004] of the Ministry of Finance

The relevant departments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, all the ministries and commissions of the State Council, the institutions directly under the State Council, and the finance offices or bureaus, development and reform commissions and price bureaus of all the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government:

For the purpose of carrying out the Administrative License Law and promoting law-based administration, we have made an overall clean-up on the charging items subject to the national administrative examination and approval and etc. (including administrative license, the same hereinafter) of the departments and entities under the Central Government according to the relevant provisions of the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Implementation Programs for Overall Pushing Forward the Law-based Administration (No.10 [2004] of the State Council), the Implementation Opinions of the Office of the State Council on Carrying out the Implementation Programs for Overall Pushing Forward the Law-based Administration (No.24[2004] of the Office of the State Council), the Decision of the State Council on Canceling and Adjusting the Items Subject to Administrative Examination and Approval (III) (No.16 [2004] of the State Council) and the Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Cleaning up the Relevant Charges of Administrative Departments and Institutions (No.1196 [2004] of the National Development and Reform Commission), and decide to promulgate the cancellation of 103 charging items subject to administrative examination and approval and etc. We hereby notify the matters concerned as follows:

I.

The following 84 charging items, which have been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission (including the former State Planning Commission and the former State Price Bureau)but do not conform to the charges for administrative examination and approval as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations, shall be promulgated for cancellation.

1.

Public Security Departments

(1)

Cost of the pass for border administration areas

(2)

Cost of the pass for entry and exit of residents in border areas

(3)

Cost of the identity confirmation forms for settlement of foreigners

(4)

Cost of the employees' cards on ship

(5)

Cost of travel certificates of Taiwan compatriots

(6)

Fees for annual examination of driving licenses

(7)

Fees for handling grave and serious traffic accidents

(8)

Cost of certificates for holding guns used for the discharge of official duties

(9)

Cost of certificates for holding guns for civilian use

(10)

Cost of licenses for storage of explosives

(11)

Cost of licenses for the use of explosives

(12)

Cost of licenses for the purchase of explosives

(13)

Cost of license for the transportation of explosives

(14)

Cost of licenses for working of a blaster

2.

Departments of Development and Reform (Coal)

(15)

Cost of qualification certificates for operation of coals

3.

Food and Drug Supervision Departments

(16)

Fees for the examination and approval of new biological products (merged into the fees for the examination and approval of new pharmaceuticals)

(17)

Fees for the registration of licenses for the export of special chemicals

(18)

Fees for the appraisal of licenses for enterprises undertaking the production of materials and containers for the use of drug packaging

4.

Agriculture Departments

(19)

Fees for examination and approval for the export of pesticides

(20)

Fees for examination and approval of application for the test of pesticides

(21)

Fees for testing soil and fertilizer

(22)

Fees for registration of fertilizer and soil opsonins and opsonins for the growth of plants (including fees for registration certificates)

(23)

Fees for regional test of crop varieties

5.

Departments of Industry and Commerce

(24)

Fees for checking the Trademark Registration Certificates

6.

Departments of Information Industry

(25)

Wireless registration fees (including fees collected by other departments)

(26)

Cost of the licenses for operation of basic telecommunications service

(27)

Cost of the licenses for operation of trans-regional value-added telecommunication services

(28)

Cost of the licenses for operation of value-added telecommunications services

7.

Departments of Science and Technology

(29)

Fees for the registration of technology contracts

(30)

Fees for the appraisal of technology awards (including fees collected by other departments)

8.

Departments of State Land and Resources

(31)

Fees for the examination and approval of geological survey reports

(32)

Cost of approval documents for land used for construction

9.

Mapping Departments

(33)

Cost of mapping employee's cards

(34)

Cost of qualification certificates of mapping

10.

Departments of Tobacco Monopoly

(35)

Charges for the licenses of tobacco monopoly (including production, wholesale, retail and temporary charges)

11.

Administrations of Departments Directly under the CCCPC

(36)

Fees for appraisal of entities undertaking scientific research and production of code products for commercial use

(37)

Annual fees for franchising sale of code products for commercial use

12.

Talent Exchange Centers under the Departments of Personnel and Other Departments.

(38)

Fees for political examination on going abroad

13.

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense

(39)

Fees for the licenses of nuclear materials

14.

People's Banks of China

(40)

Charges for loan cards

15.

Competent Departments of Work Safety (Coal)

(41)

Cost of the licenses for operation of hazardous chemicals

(42)

Cost of the operation certificates (IC cards)of special operators

(43)

Fees for conformity certificates of safety production conditions of village and town coal mines

16.

Departments of Justice

(44)

Cost of practicing certificate of lawyers

(45)

Cost of practicing certificate of grass-root legal service practitioners

(46)

Cost of practicing certificate of notaries

(47)

Cost of practicing licenses of law firms

17.

Departments of Press and Publication

(48)

Cost of the licenses for publication of newspapers and periodicals

(49)

Cost of press cards

18.

Cultural Departments

(50)

Fees for performance licenses

19.

Forestry Departments

(51)

Cost of certificates of timber transportation

(52)

Cost of licenses for timber felling

(53)

Cost of licenses for domestication and breeding

(54)

Cost of special hunting and catching certificate

(55)

Cost of hunting certificate

20.

Departments of Population and Family Planning

(56)

Cost of the Certificates of Marriage and Bearing of Migrant Populations

21.

Administrative Departments of Civil Aviation

(57)

Cost of licenses for operation

(58)

Cost of licenses for safety inspection of civil aviation

(59)

Cost of conformity certificates for the use of safety inspection appliances

22.

Railway Departments

(60)

Fees for the licenses of transportation of liquefied petroleum gas railway tank trucks

23.

Construction Departments

(61)

Fees for the certificates of registered architects

(62)

Fees for the certificates of registered structural engineers

(63)

Fees for the certificates of registered urban planners

(64)

Fees for the certificates of real estate appraisers

(65)

Cost of the registration certificates of real estate brokers

(66)

Fees for the certificates of cost engineers

(67)

Fees for the certificates of supervision engineers

(68)

Charges for examination and license issuance of qualifications of survey and design of projects

(69)

Fees for the certificates of examination on qualification of construction enterprises

(70)

Fees for the construction supervision certificates (including certificates of supervision engineers and certificates of supervision entities)

(71)

Fees for the qualification certificates of urban planning compilation

24.

Departments of Labor and Social Security

(72)

Cost of wages and funds management handbooks

25.

Education Departments

(73)

Cost of the determination letters for the qualification of intermediary service institutions for studying abroad at one's own expenses

26.

Communication Departments

(74)

Cost of licenses for operation above and under water

27.

China Securities Regulatory Commissions

(75)

Fees for the examination of issuance

28.

General Administrations of Customs

(76)

Handling charges for the customs supervision over tax-free commodities

(77)

Handling charges for the customs supervision over goods in the export supervision warehouses

(78)

Handling charges for tax refund of imported goods

(79)

Fees for occupying inspection places by vehicles overtime

(80)

Fees for inspection of vehicles

29.

Health Departments

(81)

Fees for administration of medical institutions run by the local people

30.

Port Administration Departments (Local Governments)

(82)

Port administration (construction)fees

31.

Departments of Quality Inspection and Quarantine

(83)

Cost of the registration certificates of cotton quality inspectors

32.

Departments of Intellectual Property Rights

(84)

Expenditures for running schools by intellectual property training centers

II.

The following 7 charging items subject to administrative examination and approval, which have been approved by the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission (including the former State Planning Commission and the former State Price Bureau), shall be cancelled with the cancellation of the items subject to administrative examination and approval of the State Council (III)accordingly.

1.

Public Security (Work Safety)Departments

(1)

Cost of the licenses for work safety of explosives (including fireworks and firecrackers)

(2)

Cost of the licenses for the sale of explosives (including fireworks and firecrackers)

2.

Finance Departments

(3)

Fees for signing up and examination of registered accountants for their implementation of securities and futures and other relevant businesses

3.

Agriculture Departments

(4)

Cost of the licenses for veterinary drug preparations

4.

Commerce Departments

(5)

Cost of the certificates for the export of special mechanical and electrical products

(6)

Cost of the certificates of export quotas of mechanical and electrical products

5.

General Administrations of Customs

(7)

Handling charges for the registration and recording of customs declaration entities

III.

The following 12 charging items subject to examination and approval, which fall within the items charged by the relevant departments by exceeding their powers of examination and approval, shall be promulgated for cancellation.

1.

People's Banks of China

(1)

Cost of the registration forms for import of mechanical and electrical products

2.

Communications Departments

(2)

Cost of the Licenses for Waterage

(3)

Cost of the conformity certificates of construction and fire control

(4)

Cost of the licenses for fire control construction

(5)

Fees for examination on the fire control construction

(6)

Cost of the certificates for the administration of explosives

3.

Tourism Departments

(7)

Cost of reports on the star-rated tourism hotels

(8)

Cost of the licenses for operation of travel agencies

(9)

Cost of the reports on the declaration of technology of travel agencies

(10)

Cost of the name lists of traveling groups going abroad

(11)

Cost of the certificates of team leader of outbound travel

(12)

Cost of the certificates of grade qualification of tour guides

IV.

The aforesaid charging items shall be cancelled with the cancellation of the items subject to the administrative examination and approval of the State Council (III).The charging items examined and approved by the relevant departments by exceeding their powers shall be corrected at once, and other charges shall be canceled as of January 1st, 2005 without exceptions.The relevant implementation departments and entities that carry out the charging shall, pursuant to regulations, go through formalities for writing off the Charging License at the competent price department which has issued the Charging License originally, and go through formalities for cancellation of the documentations at the finance department which has issued the charging bills originally.And the balance of the relevant charging funds shall be turned in to the state treasury or to a special finance account at the exact amount strictly in light of the channels as prescribed formerly by the finance department.In case any provision of the relevant documents in the past is inconsistent with this Notice, this Notice shall prevail without exceptions.

V.

After the aforesaid charging items are cancelled, the relevant departments and entities shall perform the duties of administrative examination and approval or issue expenses as needed for issuance of licenses and certificates according to laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the State Council.The finance department at the corresponding level shall give guaranty through departmental budget or the channels of outlay approved by the finance department.The finance departments at all levels shall guarantee the expenditures as needed by the relevant departments and entities to perform administrative examination and approval matters according to law.

VI.

All the localities and the relevant departments shall strictly carry out the provisions of this Notice and Document No.1196 [2004] of the National Development and Reform Commission, and earnestly implement the charging items promulgated for cancellation, and report the situations of their own districts and departments on the implementation of the cancellation of charging items and the amount of money involved to the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission for archival filing.

the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China

the National Development and Reform Commission

November 24, 2004