Appendix I: Conditions and Measures on the Designation of High and New Technology Enterprises in National High and New Technology Industry Develoment Zones
Appendix I: Conditions and Measures on the Designation of High and New
Technology Enterprises in National High and New Technology Industry
Develoment Zones
(Approved by the State Council on March 6, 1991 Promulgated by the
State Science Commission in March, 1991)
Article 1
These Measures are formulated to implement the relevant policy and
provisions on the national high and new technology industry development
zone approved by the high and new technology industry in our country.
Article 2
High and new technology enterprises in national high and new
technology industry development zones (hereinafter referred to as the
Development Zones) shall be identified and designated according to these
Measures.
Article 3
Science and technology commission in each province, autonomous region,
municipality, planned separate city (hereinafter referred to as science
and technology commission at provincial and city level) shall be the
authority in charge of the identification and designation of high and new
technology enterprises in the Development Zones administered by the
people's government of each province, autonomous region, municipality
planned separate city, and shall be responsible for the implementation of
these Measures. The Development Zone Office shall, under the leadership of
the people's government and the leadership and supervision of the science
commission at provincial and city level, specifically handle the
examination and approval of the identification and designation of the high
and new technology enterprises.
Article 4
According to the current development of science and technology in the
world, high and new technology is divided into following categories:
(1) microelectronics and electronic information technology;
(2) space science and aerospace and aeronautical technology;
(3) optoelectronics and optical, mechanical and electronic integration
technology;
(4) life science and biological engineering technology;
(5) material science and new materials technology;
(6) energy science and new energy, high efficient energy conservation
technology;
(7) ecology and environmental science;
(8) earth science and ocean engineering;
(9) basic matter science and radiation science;
(10) medical science and bio-medical engineering;
(11) other new process or new technology applicable in the traditional
industries.
The categories of high and new technology shall be supplemented and
amended from time to time according to the constant development inside and
outside China, and shall be published by the State Science Commission.
Article 5
High and new technology enterprises shall be knowledge-intensive and
technology-intensive economic enterprises. High and new technology
enterprises within the Development Zones must meet the following
conditions:
(1) they are engaging in the research, development, production and
sale of one or more high technologies within the scope of Article 4 and
their products. However, pure commercial distribution of such technologies
and their products are excepted;
(2) they are practicing independent accounting, autonomous operation
and bearing their own profit and loss;
(3) the persons in charge of the enterprises with the research,
development, production and sale of the products in their enterprises, and
shall be the full time personnel of the enterprises;
(4) scientist and technical personnel with college and university
education shall account or more than 30% of all the staffs of the
enterprises; scientists and technical personnel engaged in the research
and development of high and new technology products shall account or more
than 10% of all the staffs of the enterprises.
For those labor-intensive high and new technology enterprises engaging
in the production or service of high and new technology products,
scientists and technical personnel with college and university education
shall account or more than 20% of all the staffs of the enterprises;
(5) they have more than RMB 100000 yuan as their own funds, as well as
appropriates places of business and facilities corresponding to their
respective scale of business activities;
(6) more than 3% of the gross revenue of the enterprises shall have
been allotted as expenses of the research and development of high and new
technology products;
(7) the gross revenues of the high and new technology enterprises
shall be composed of technology income, value of the high and new
technology products, value of the ordinary technological products and
technology-related trade. The aggregate of technological income and value
of the high and new technology products shall account of more than 50% of
the annual gross revenue of the enterprises.
Technological income shall mean income derived from technical
consultancy, technology transfer, technology contributed as equity
investment, technical services, technical training, technical engineering
design and contracts, technology export, adoption and acquisition of
imported technology and trial productions;
(8) they have specific articles of association and strict technical
and financial administration system;
(9) their terms of operation shall be more than 10 years.
Article 6
An application for the establishment of high and new technology shall
be submitted to the Development Zone Office, after the Development Zone
Office has examined and determined, the application shall be approved and
a "Certificate of High and New Technology Enterprise" shall be granted by
the science and technology commission at provincial and city level.
Article 7
The Development Zone Office shall examine and verify the high and new
technology enterprises according to the conditions set forth in Article 5
on a regular basis. Those high and new technology enterprises that do not
meet the above conditions shall not be entitled to the policies and
provisions of the national high and new technology industry development
zone.
Article 8
The duration of those classified as high and new technology products
shall be within 5 years, and duration of those high and new technology
products that have a longer technological cycle shall upon approval be
extended to 7 years.
Article 9
High and new technology enterprises that alter their scope of
business, merge with or separate from other entities, change their
production line, redomicile or wind-up shall apply to the Development Zone
Office for examination and approval, and shall undertake corresponding
industrial and commercial and tax registration.
Article 10
Science research institutes with the ownership of the whole people in
the Development Zones whose administrative and operational expenses have
been reduced pursuant to the stipulations of the State, that practice
independent accounting and that meet the conditions set forth in Article 5
may, upon verification by the Development Zone Office, be converted into
high and new technology enterprises.
Article 11
These Measures shall replace Interim Provisions on the Conditions and
Standards for the Designation of High and New Technology Enterprises
promulgated by the State Science and Technology Commission.
Article 12
Science and technology commissions in each province and city shall
adopt implementing rules based on these Measures. The existing
implementing rules that do not conform to these Measures shall be amended
in accordance with these Measures.
Article 13
The State Science Commission shall be responsible for the
interpretation and amendment to these Measures.
Article 14
These Measures shall be implemented from the date of approval by the
State Council.
Appendix II: Interim Provisions on Certain Policies Concerning National High and New Technology Industry Development Zones
Appendix II: Interim Provisions on Certain Policies Concerning National
High and New Technology Industry Development Zones
(Approved by the State Council on March 6, 1991 Promulgated by the
State Science Commission in March, 1991)
Article 1
These Provisions are formulated to further support the construction of
high and new technology industry development zones in our country, and to
push forward the development of high and new technology industry.
Article 2
These Provisions shall apply to high and new technology enterprises in
the national high and new technology industry development zones, which
have been designated pursuant to Conditions and Measures on the
Designation of High and New Technology Enterprises in National High and
New Technology Industry Development Zones made by the State Science
Commission.
Article 3
These Provisions include various preferential policies except those of
taxation.
Article 4
Preferential treatment on customs duties concerning the import and
export of goods shall be handled as follows:
(1)Import of raw materials and spare parts and components by high and
new technology enterprises established in the high and new technology
industry development zones for the manufacturing of export products shall
be exempted from import license requirement, and the Customs shall clear
the goods upon presentation of export contract and approval document of
the high and new technology industry development zone.
(2)When approved by the Customs, high and new technology enterprises
may set up bonded warehouse or bonded factories in the high and new
technology industry development zones. The Customs shall, pursuant to
relevant provisions on processing with imported materials, exempt import
duty and product tax and value added tax for the import stage based on the
actual manufactured and exported volume.
(3)Export products manufactured by the high and new technology
enterprises shall be exempted from export duty except for those products
whose export are restricted by the State or regulated by other provisions.
(4)If the goods under bonds are to be sold domestically, then
approval from the original examination and approval authority and customs'
permission must be obtained and duties shall be paid according to the law.
For those products that fall into the quota and import license
administration by the State, the application for approval of import shall
be submitted and approved and import license shall be applied for.
(5)For instruments and equipment that can not be produced domestically
and are needed by the high and new technology enterprises for the
development of high and new technologies, import duty shall be exempted by
the Customs upon presentation of the approval documents of the examination
and approval authority which are examined and verified by the Customs.
When the Customs deem necessary, it may set up offices or station
supervision and administration group in the high and new technology
development zones to administer the import and export of goods.
Article 5
Provisions concerning import and export business.
(1)When approved by MOFERT, technology import and export companies may
be established in the high and new technology industry development zones
so as to promote the high and new technology products to enter into
international market.
(2)Pursuant to relevant provisions of the State, those high and new
technology enterprises that have a good record of conducting import and
export business shall be granted rights to engage in foreign trade. When
necessitated by business operation and approved by relevant department,
high and new technology enterprises may set up branches and subsidiaries
abroad.
Article 6
Provisions on funding and credits.
(1)The banks shall provide active support to the high and new
technology enterprise, and shall endeavor to arrange funds needed in their
development, production and construction.
(2)The banks may arrange the issuance of long-term bonds within
certain quota by the high and new technology development zones so as to
raise funds from the society and support the development of high and new
technology industry.
(3)Relevant departments may establish venture capital funds for
development of high and new technology products in the high and new
technology industry development zones. In the more matured high and new
technology industry development zones, venture capital companies may be
set up.
Article 7
Capital construction project for the production and operation of the
high and new technology enterprises shall be arranged for construction
according to uniform planning, and shall be given priority in having the
same included in local fixed asset investment scale.
Article 8
When approved by local people's government, high and new technology
enterprises may be exempted from subscribing the bonds for State Key
Construction.
Article 9
If all the indicators of the high and new technology products
developed by the high and new technology enterprises have reached the
level of the imported products of the same kind, and the high and new
technology enterprises posses certain production capacity, after the
review and determination by the State Science Commission and relevant
department, such products shall be controlled pursuant to the existing
import administration measures.
Article 10
New products development by the high and new technology enterprises
whose prices are controlled by the State (including the prices fixed by
the State and prices guided by the State), the enterprises may fixed the
sales promotion prices by themselves and file the same with the price
administration department and its superior department in charge within the
prescribed sales promotion period, except that the prices of certain type
of products shall be determined by the price administrative department.
The enterprises may fix the price of those high and new technology
products which are not subject to the price control of the State.
Article 11
Instruments and equipment used by the high and new technology
enterprises for the development of high and new technology and production
of high and new technology products may adopt accelerated depreciation.
Article 12
Provided that the portion to be handed over to central treasury shall
not be affected, when approved by local people's government, all taxes and
charges paid by the high and new technology enterprises in 1990 shall be
used as a base figure. Any additional taxes paid on top of that shall
within 5 years be fully refunded to high and new technology industry
development zones and shall be used for the construction of development
zones.
Article 13
Business and technology personnel of the high and new technology
enterprises who make multiple trips abroad shall follow the Guo Ban Fa
(1990) No. 9 Document.
Article 14
When arranging employment and recruiting employees, each region and
each department shall give prior consideration to the needs of high and
new technology enterprises for graduate, post-graduate students and
returned Chinese students and exports from abroad.
Article 15
The people's government of each province, autonomous region,
municipality or planned separate city where high and new technology
industry development zone arrived by the State are situated may adopt
detailed implementing measures according to these Provisions.
Article 16
The State Science Commission and relevant department shall conduct
periodic inspection to the high and new technology industry development
zones. For those national high and new technology industry development
zones that are poorly managed or whose progress are sluggish, the
applicable preferential policies shall be terminated, or even the status
of national high and new technology industry development zone shall be
removed.
Article 17
The State Science Commission and relevant departments shall be
responsible for the interpretation of these Provisions.
Article 18
These Provisions shall be implemented from the date of approval by the
State council.