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Procedures for Administration of Pilot Value-added Telecom Business with Foreign investment in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

china-shftz.gov.cn Updated:2017-07-24

3. Copies and photocopies of the company's Certificate of Approval for Enterprises with Foreign Investment or Certificate of Filing of Enterprises with Foreign Investment /with Investment from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone and the Business License for an Enterprise Legal Person;
4. Company profile, including basic information of the company, staff to be engaged in value-added telecom business, premises and facilities;
5. The articles of association and matters about the equity structure of the company;
6. The business development and implementation plans and technical solutions of the telecom business to be applied for;
7. Measures to provide users with long-term service, quality assurance, and users' personal information protection;
8. Network and information security systems and measures;
9. Relevant materials to prove the credibility of the company; and
10. Letter of commitment signed by the legal representative of the company on conducting telecom business in accordance with the law.

Article 5 Shanghai Communications Administration shall review the application materials, issue a notice of acceptance to the applicant with the complete application materials in compliance with the legal form, and shall inform at a time the applicant with incomplete application materials or out of compliance with the legal, either on spot or within five working days of all the contents that need to be complemented.

Article 6 Shanghai Communications Administration shall complete the review within 60 days from the date of acceptance and make a decision of approval or disapproval. For the applications that are approved, the administration shall issue an Official Reply of Approval for the Pilot Value-added Telecommunications Business with Foreign Investment in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (temporarily valid for 3 years). For the applications that are not approved, the Administration shall notify the applicant concerned in writing and explain the reasons.

Article 7 The Shanghai Communications Administration shall, after issuing an official reply of approval for pilot business to the applicant concerned, report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for filing within 10 days.  

Article 8 The foreign-funded telecom enterprises in the Pilot Zone shall conduct operation of value-added telecom business in accordance with the law, protect the legitimate interests of users, report business developments on time, exercise no unfair competition of any kind, properly protect users' information and maintain network and information security.

Article 9 Shanghai Communications Administration shall implement annual inspection system for foreign-funded telecom companies in the Pilot Zone. The foreign-funded telecom enterprises shall submit the following materials for annual inspection to the Shanghai Communications Administration in the first quarter of the next report year:
1.The operation of telecom business within the year; business developments, changes of personnel and set-up; quality of service and protection of users’ personal information; implementation of the requirements of network and information security management; implementation of relevant regulations of the State and the telecommunications regulatory administrations; 

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