(Adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on October 31,2000)

　　颁布日期：20001031 　实施日期：20001031 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

　　Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 41

　　The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revision of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-Capital Enterprises, adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on October 31,2000, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the date of its promulgation.

　　Jiang Zemin

　　President of the People's Republic of China

　　October 31, 2000

　　At its 18th Meeting the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided to make the following revisions of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-Capital Enterprises:

　　1. The first paragraph of Article 3 is revised as follows: "Enterprise with foreign capital shall be established in such a manner as to help the development of China's national economy. The State encourages the establishment of foreign-capital enterprises which export their products or use advanced technology."

　　2. The first paragraph of Article 11 is deleted.

　　3. Article 15 is revised a s follows: "A foreign-capital enterprise may, in adherence to the principles of fairness and rationality, purchase on both the Chinese and the world market the raw and semi-processed materials, fuels and other materials it needs within the approved scope of operation."

　　4. The third paragraph of Article 18 is deleted.

　　In addition, the order of part of the articles of this Law shall be rearranged correspondingly according to this Decision.

　　This Decision shall go into effect as of the date of its promulgation.

　　The Law of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-Capital Enterprises shall be revised according to this Decision and promulgated anew.