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Administrative procedures
of SCIP
(Promulgated by Shanghai Municipal
People's Government on January 18, 2002)
Article
1 (Purpose)
With a view to normalizing the administration of Shanghai
Chemical Industry Area, promoting the construction and
development of the Chemical Industry Area, these Procedures
are formulated in accordance with laws, regulations and
relevant policies, and with full consideration of the
actual situation in Shanghai.
Article 2 (Scope of Application)
These Procedures apply to the Shanghai Chemical Industry
Area (hereinafter referred to as the SCIA) established
under the approval of the Municipal People's Government.
Article 3 (Location)
The SCIA lies from the Nanzhu River estuary on the east
and Jiu'er Dike on the west. It is bounded on the north
by the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway and on the south by the
Hangzhou Bay. Its total area is 23.4km2.
Article 4 (Direction of Construction and Guidance of Project)
According to the strategy of economic development of
this Municipality and the requirements of overall planning,
the SCIA shall be built into a specialized development
zone consisting mainly of petrochemistry and fine chemical
industry.
Investors at home and abroad shall be encouraged to
invest in various chemical industrial projects in the
SCIA, in accordance with the provisions of the catalogues
of industries, products and technologies emphatically
encouraged by the State, and the guiding catalogues of
relevant industries inviting foreign investors. Investors
shall be encouraged to invest in the construction of infrastructures
and necessary accessories for public utilities.
Article 5 (Legal Protection)
The investment, property, profits and other legal rights
and interests of investors in the SCIA shall be protected
by the State laws and regulations.
Article 6 (Administration Committee)
The Municipality shall set up the Administration Committee
(hereinafter referred to as AC) of the SCIA. The AC is
an agency of the Municipal People's Government.
Article 7 (The Duties of the AC)
The AC shall exercise the following powers in accordance
with these Procedures and the entrustment of relevant
administrative departments:
(1) Be in charge of drawing up and revising the development
planning, plan and industrial policies of the SCIA;
(2) Be in charge of the examination and approval of investment
items and use of land, and the administration of construction
projects;
(3) Coordinate the routine administration of the enterprises
in the SCIA by the Customs, the administrative departments
of commodity inspection and quarantine, the People's Bank
of China Shanghai Branch, and the administrative department
of foreign affairs;
(4) Provide necessary guidance and service to enterprises
in the SCIA; and
(5) Accomplish other tasks given by the Municipal People's
Government.
Article 8 (Centralization of Administration and Service
in Administrative Affairs)
Procedures of Shanghai Municipality on Administration
of Chemical Industry Area (Promulgated by Shanghai Municipal
People's Government on January 18, 2002)
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The AC shall be responsible for the relevant administrative
affairs in the SCIA. The relevant municipal administrative
departments, in matters involving administration in the
SCIA, shall solicit the opinions of the AC, with the exception
of matters involving national safety and public security.
ointly with the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau,
Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Municipal Quality
and Technology Supervision Bureau, Municipal National
Tax Bureau and Municipal Local Tax Bureau, Municipal Labor
Protection Bureau, Municipal Personnel Bureau and Municipal
Public Security Bureau, etc. the AC shall set up corresponding
departments in the SCIA, provide "All formalities
handled at one place" service, and perform relevant
administrative duties and responsibilities.
Article 9 (Development Organization)
The Shanghai Chemical Industry Area Development Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as SCIADC) shall be specifically
responsible for the development of construction and infrastructures
of the SCIA, and for inviting investors and applying for
approval of enterprises settled in the SCIA and other
routine works. The SCIADC shall also provide services
for enterprises and organizations in the SCIA.
Article 10 (Approval and Adjustment of Planning)
According to the strategy of the municipal economic
development and the requirements of overall planning,
in consideration of the professional features of petrochemistry
and fine chemistry, the AC shall make a development program
for the SCIA, and report the program to the Municipal
People's Government for approval, and then organize its
implementation.
The development program shall be adjusted, if necessary,
in accordance with the preceding clause, and be reported
for approval.
