I. Major Responsibilities

Dongcheng District Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee is a functional department of the district government dealing with the foreign trade and economic cooperation of the whole district. The major responsibilities of it include:
i. Propagate, carry out and execute the state's and Party's laws, regulations and policies related with foreign trade and economic cooperation. Set down and carry out the near term and intermediate term developing plan of the foreign trade and economic cooperation in Dongcheng District.
ii. Examine and approve the contract and constitution on initiating non -specified foreign invested projects under the limits and the change of the approved contract and constitution. Issue and replace Approval Certificate for Foreign Invested Enterprises for the foreign invested enterprise approved to be set up or to be changed under the authorization. Examine and approve the initial examination and application of the contract and constitution of the foreign invested projects outside the authorization.
iii. Execute the initial examination and approval of the application for the foreign invested enterprise inside the scoping to set up branches in other provinces or cities.
iv. Execute the initial examination for various enterprises inside the scoping (registered enterprises including private enterprises) to apply for the foreign trade and economic cooperation import and export running rights and report it to the relative administrative department of the municipal government.
v. Examine and approve the processing trade operation under the authorization of the municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee and issue the Approval Certificate of Processing Trade and Productivity Certificate of the Processing Trade Enterprises.
vi. Execute the initial examination of the contract related with technique introduction applied by the municipal enterprises (including foreign invested enterprises) inside the scoping, and report it to the municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee for approval.
vii. As to the enterprises and public institutions tending to invest abroad, undertake the project, labor cooperation, service trade, foreign aid project and the bilateral and multilateral cooperation projects abroad, execute the initial examination of their application and report it to the municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee for approval.
viii. Instruct the foreign affairs related with the foreign trade and economic cooperation industry inside the scoping. Organize and coordinate the important foreign involved activities of trade and economic cooperation. Execute initial examination on the application of the personnel of the enterprise and institute inside the scoping to go abroad to launch the trade and economic cooperation activities and report it to the leadership. Execute initial examination and approval of the application of the enterprise and institute inside the scoping to invite the foreign merchant to run business in China.
ix. Urge the foreign merchant to invest in Dongcheng District, organize and instruct the enterprise and institute to invite businessman and draw foreign funds both inside and outside China. Organize and coordinate the relative governmental department to inspect annually and jointly the foreign invested enterprise inside the scoping. Press and examine the condition to draw the foreign funds and execute the count and analysis of the foreign funds utilized.
x. Execute the initial examination and report of the application of the enterprise inside the scoping to initiate the transportation and storage operation involved in the foreign trade and economic cooperation and international cargo agent operation.
xi. Perform the administration over the foreign invested enterprise inside the scoping ,receive complains from the foreign invested enterprise, coordinate and settle the conflict of the foreign invested enterprise.
xii. Supervise and inspect how the enterprise owning the import and export running rights carry out the laws, regulations and policies related with the foreign trade and economic cooperation, fulfill the annual export plan made by the municipal government.
xiii. Coordinate and instruct the work of China International Chamber of Commerce Dongcheng C of C, China International Trade Promotion Committee Dongcheng Branch and Beijing Dongcheng District Foreign Invested Enterprise Association.
xiv. Undertake other works assigned by District Party Committee and District Government.
II. Structural Establishment
There are altogether 4 functional sections in Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee to implement the responsibilities above:
i. Office
Instruct the foreign affairs of the foreign trade and economic cooperation industry inside the scoping. Organize and coordinate the important trade and economic activities involving foreign elements. Execute initial examination over the application of the personnel of the enterprise and institute inside the scoping to carry out the trade and economic activities abroad and report it to the leadership. Offer periodically the foreign trade and economic cooperation status report to the administrative department of the district department or the municipal government and the leader of the district government and feed back all kinds of trade and economic information. Establish, arrange in order and file up all the relative archives. Handle the letters and visits of the citizen and all kinds of administrative documents and confidential documents.
Connecting Number：64034477－5215

ii. Outside Contact Section
Execute the preparation work to invite the businessman from inside and outside China, organize all the enterprises inside the district to invite the businessman and draw the foreign funds. Make arrangement for the indoor and outdoor trade fair under the trust. Collect all the businessman inviting projects of the enterprise inside the district. Make out the detailed project list and carry out practicability research of the project and make the preparation of various materials involving the businessman invitation. Examine initially and report the newly constructed oversea enterprise. Execute the initial examine over the oversea contract work and labor cooperation project and report it to the relative department of the municipal government.

Connecting Number：64034477－5503
iii. Foreign Funds Section
Examine and approve the non - specified foreign invested project under the limit. Examine and approve the conversion of the domestic funde enterprise to other type of enterprise. Execute the initial examination over the specified foreign invested projects over the limits and report it to the relative municipal department for approval. Fulfill formalities to change and suspend the contract and constitution of the enterprise inside the authorization. Examine and approve the conversion of the foreign funded enterprise to other type of enterprise. Issue and replace the approval certificate of the foreign invested enterprise. Assist the negotiation with the foreign merchant under the trust of the investor.
Execute the initial examination and application for the enterprise inside the scoping to carry out the transportation and storage involved in foreign trade and economic cooperation and the international cargo agent.

Connecting Number：64034477- 5205
iv. Comprehensive Management Section
Collect the running information of the foreign invested enterprise. Supervise and examine whether the newly founded foreign invested enterprise has invested and started the business on time. Supervise and examine the contract and constitution signed in the operation and whether it has followed the relative policy and regulation of the state. Grasp the operation status of the enterprise and help the enterprise to handle the existing problem. Mediate the conflict existing between the both parts of the joint venture. Examine and approve the processing trade. Approve or examine initially the application made by the enterprise or institute inside the district to invite foreign merchant to carry out commercial operation inside China. Carry out the annual inspection of the three - capital enterprise. Establish, arrange in order and file up all the archives related with the approved foreign invested project. Train the foreign trade personnel of the units inside the district and the Chinese manager of the foreign invested enterprise.

Connecting Number：64034477- 5201