The branches and administrative departments of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) in various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the SAFE branches in Shenzhen, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen, and Ningbo, and nationwide Chinese-funded banks:

For the purpose of standardizing the declaration of balance of payments statistics for foreign-related receipts and payments by the declarer through domestic banks, the SAFE has revised the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Declaration of Balance of Payments Statistics through Banks (see appendix), which is now printed and distributed. All branches and foreign exchange administrative departments of the SAFE shall, after receipt of this Circular, forward it to the central sub-branches, sub-branches, urban commercial banks, rural commercial banks, wholly foreign-funded banks, Chinese-foreign equity joint venture banks, branches of foreign banks, and rural cooperative financial institutions within their respective jurisdictions in a timely manner. All nationwide Chinese-funded banks shall forward it to their branches and sub-branches timely for implementation.

Appendix: Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Declaration of Balance of Payments Statistics through Banks

State Administration of Foreign Exchange

June 18, 2015