Q&A Regarding Foreign Exchange Management of Direct Investment (1)
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What is overseas direct investment? |
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Overseas direct investment refers to the act of domestic institutions establishing or acquiring ownership, control, or management rights of existing enterprises or projects overseas through methods such as sole proprietorship, joint venture, cooperation, mergers and acquisitions, and equity participation.
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Where is the overseas direct investment competent authority? |
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The State Administration of Foreign Exchange and its branches implement indirect supervision of foreign exchange registration for direct investment through banks. |
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What investment methods can be used for overseas direct investment? |
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Domestic institutions can use their own foreign exchange funds, compliant domestic foreign exchange loans, RMB foreign exchange purchases or physical assets, intangible assets, and other approved sources of foreign exchange assets for overseas direct investment. |
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What do domestic institutions' own foreign exchange funds include? |
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The own foreign exchange funds include: foreign exchange funds from foreign exchange accounts under current accounts, capital accounts of foreign-invested enterprises and other accounts. |
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Can the profits from overseas direct investment be retained overseas? |
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Profits from overseas direct investment of a domestic institution may be retained overseas for its overseas direct investment. |