TNAG-1458-FCO40-1982-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1986 — Page 71

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(a)

(b)

to make decisions on the production programme, the management plan and the labour wages plan

(though the submission of these plans to the

relevant departments is required for record purposes);

to purchase the required raw materials and equipment directly from the domestic or

international market;

(c)

(a)

(e)

to enter into contracts with domestic and

foreign enterprises;

to raise funds in Renminbi or foreign currencies

from international or Chinese financial

institutions (but recently, the Chinese authorities have issued new guidelines to

regulate the debt-to-equity ratios of joint

ventures); and

to draw up budgets, to establish financial management system, and to determine the method of profit distribution.

As regards the duration of joint ventures, the maximum

period has been extended from 30 years to 50 years.

13.

It

Although the joint ventures are in principle

entitled to all the above rights, in practice they have

difficulties in exercising fully these rights because

Government approval is still required in many areas.

was reported that the Chinese Government often interferes

with the investment and business decisions of the joint

ventures on the grounds that their activities have to be integrated within the state economic program (paragraph

61).

CONFIDENTIAL #3

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