(Approved by the State Council on December 30， 1987， and promulgated by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on January 1， 1988)

　　颁布日期：19880101 　实施日期：19880301 　颁布单位：经贸部、 国家工商局

　　Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures and other pertinent laws and regulations in order to protect the lawful rights and interests of the various parties to Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures (hereinafter referred to as the “joint ventures”)， and to maintain the social economic order.

　　Article 2 The investments contributed by the various parties to a joint venture in accordance with the stipulations of the contract of the said joint venture must be the cash owned by the parties themselves as well as the physical goods， the industrial property rights， the proprietary technology and etc. that are owned by the parties themselves and have not been used to establish any security interests.

　　In cases where physical goods， industrial property rights and proprietary technology are used as investments at the evaluated price， the investor shall present valid documents attesting their proprietary rights and their right of disposal.

　　Article 3 No party to a joint venture may use the loans， rented equipment or other assets it has obtained in the name of the joint venture， or the assets of persons other than the parties as its own investment contribution to the joint venture; nor may it use the assets or rights and interests of the joint venture， or the assets or rights and interests of the other parties to the joint venture as the warranty for its investment contribution to the joint venture.

　　Article 4 The various parties to a joint venture shall set the time limit in their joint venture contract for paying up their respective investment contributions to the joint venture， and they shall pay fully their respective investment contributions within the time limit stipulated in the joint venture contract. The investment contribution certificates issued by the joint venture in accordance with the pertinent stipulations shall be submitted to the original examining and approving authorities and the relevant administrative department for industry and commerce for the record.