The branches and foreign exchange administrative departments of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) in all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government; the branches in Shenzhen, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen, and Ningbo; and all designated Chinese-funded foreign exchange banks:
In order to increase the efficiency of the use of funds by domestic enterprises and to further promote the facilitation of trade and investment, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange has decided to implement the Interim Measures for the Administration of Overseas Deposits of Export Proceeds from Trade in Goods (hereinafter referred to as the Interim Measures,see Appendix 1 for details) on a nationwide scale as of January 1, 2011 in accordance with the Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration, based on the results of the pilot implementation. The Interim Measures and the Instructions for Operations (see Appendix 2) are hereby distributed, with the relevant issues notified as follows:

1. All branches and administrative offices of the SAFE shall comply with the Interim Measures when disseminating the policies on overseas deposits of export proceeds throughout the country, when providing training to branches within their jurisdictions and to enterprises that apply for overseas deposits of export proceeds, when strengthening publicity about the relevant policies, and when keeping a close eye on and addressing problems arising from implementation of the policies.

2. Pilot enterprises in the pilot regions that have received approval from the foreign exchange authorities for the operation of overseas deposits of export proceeds can make adjustments to the ways of reporting information about receipts and payments of the overseas accounts in accordance with the Interim Measures.

3. All branches and administrative offices of the SAFE shall, within the first five working days of each month, report the information about the overseas deposits of export proceeds of the previous month within their jurisdictions to the Current Account Management Department of the SAFE.

The branches and foreign exchange administrative departments of the SAFE shall, upon receiving this Circular, transmit it as soon as possible to the central sub-branches, sub-branches, foreign-funded banks, local commercial banks, and relevant units under their respective jurisdictions. All designated Chinese-funded foreign exchange banks shall, upon receipt of this Circular, immediately forward it to their subordinate branches. With respect to any problems arising from implementation of this Circular, please provide feedback to the SAFE in a timely manner.

Tel.: 010-68402450

December 27, 2010