（Promulgated on February 4， 1993）
颁布日期：19930204 　实施日期：19930204

In order to meet the need of development of foreign economic cooperation and trade， the current name list of the issuing departments of import license and the procedures for approval and issuing of licenses of import commodities are promulgated and announced as follows：

1. The name list of the issuing departments of import licenses at each level

（1） The name of issuing department for the commodities needed to uniformly apply for licenses to the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade：

The Administration of Quota and License of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade.

（2） The name list of issuing departments for the commodities needed to apply for licenses to the Special Commissioner's Offices of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade：

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Tianjin；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Dalian；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Shanghai；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Guangzhou；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Shenzhen；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Hainan；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Nanjing；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Fuzhou；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Qingdao；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Zhengzhou；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Wuhan；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Nanning；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Chengdu；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Xi'an；

The Special Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in Hangzhou.

（3） The name list of the issuing departments for the commodities needed to apply for licenses to the foreign economy and trade commission （or departments） of the provinces， autonomous regions， municipalities directly under the Central Government， municipalities with separate listing in the State planning：

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Beijing；

The Department of Foreign Trade of Tianjin；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shanghai；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Hebei Province；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shanxi Province；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region；

The Department of Foreign Trade of Liaoning Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Dalian；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shenyang；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jilin Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Changchun；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Heilongjiang Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Harbin；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jiangsu Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Nanjing；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Zhejiang Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ningbo；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Anhui Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Fujian Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xiamen；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Jiangxi Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shandong Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Qingdao；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Henan Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Wuhan；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Hunan Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangdong Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangzhou；

The Department of Trade Development of Shenzhen；

The Department of Commerce and Trade of Hainan Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Regions；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Sichuan Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Chengdu；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Chongqing；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Guizhou Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Yunnan Province；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Tibet Autonomous Region；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Shaanxi Province；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xi'an；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Gansu Province；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Qinghai Province；

The Department of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomous Region；

The Commission of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Xinjiang Uygur Nationality Autonomous Region.

2. The procedures for approval， applying for and issuing of the licenses of import commodities

According to the Interim Provisions on Licensing System of Import Commodities of the People's Republic of China and its detailed implementary provisions， the import of commodities controlled by import licenses shall be approved and apply for import licenses to the competent administrative departments of the State.

（1） The foreign trade corporations， industrial and trade corporations， corporations of international economic and technological cooperations， all productive enterprises and enterprises with foreign investments which have operating rights of import and export approved by the State have the qualifications to apply for the import licenses.

（2） The corporations shall apply for import licenses by presentation of the effective approval documents of the competent administrative departments. The administrative approval documents by the competent administrative departments of the State are the basis of issuing the import licenses by the issuing departments at all level.

（3） The competent administrative departments of the State are the Planning Commission of the State， the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade， the Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council， the Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment Import of the State Council. They are in charge of administrative approval of different commodities needed import licenses.

（1） The Planning Commission of the State is in charge of approval of the following commodities： rolled steel （including tinplate steel）， ingot of steel， scrap steel， waste vessels （for dismantling）， natural rubber （including natural emulsion）， timber （excluding cork）， veneer board， wool， synthetic fiber， wood pulp， crude oil， sugar， chemical fiber monomer， ABS resin， synthetic resin， polycarbonate， sodium cyanide， agricultural pesticide， tobacco products， cigarette filter， biacetic fiber bing （cigarette grade）， cobalt and cobalt sodium， tire （including used tire）， civil explosives materials， polyester cloth， polyester garments， medicine of South of China.

（2） The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade is in charge of approval of the following commodities： coffee and coffee products， tobaccos consigned for sale.

（3） The Office of Economy and Trade of the State Council is in charge of approval of the following commodities： carbonate drinks （including products and condensed）， assembly and process equipment.

（4） The Coordinating Office of the Machinery and Electric Equipment Import of the State is in charge of the following commodities：

TV-kinescope， vehicles， critical parts of vehicles， vehicle lifter， civil airplane， open-end spinning machine， electron microscope， electron color selective instruments， fault image formers， electronic computers and associated equipment， copiers for magnetic audio and video cassettes （excluding the copiers with rate of copying less than 1：8）， video recorder and player， copier， air conditioner and its compressor， refrigerator and its compressor， washing machine， audio recorder， TV， motorcycle， critical parts of motorcycle， camera， body of camera， wrist watch.

（4） The applications for import licenses by companies with foreign investments shall be handled according to the Interim Provisions Concerning Applying for Import and Export Licenses by the Companies with Foreign Investments of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade （[87] The Notice No. 1 of Administration of Foreign Investments of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade， which was repromulgated on December 5， 1991）。

（5） The commodities under the administration of import licenses and donated by the overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao shall be handled according to the Several Regulations of the State Council Concerning Strengthening the Administration of Import Materials Donated by the Overseas Chinese and Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao （[1989] No. 16 of State Council）。

（6） The application and issue of import licenses.

（1） Filling the application forms of import licenses.

（2） Submitting the effective approval documents of the competent administrative departments of the State.

（3） The approval documents for establishing the enterprises shall be submitted for file by the company when the company applies for import licenses at first time.

（4） The issuing departments shall， according its scope of authorization， issue the import licenses. It is based on the Notification of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade and the General Administration of Customs Concerning the Matters of Adjustment of the Categories of Commodities Administrated with Licenses and Issuing Departments （[87] No. 429 of the Administration of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade， which was repromulgated on June 6， 1992）。

（5） The changes and extension of import licenses shall be handled by the original issuing department.

（7） The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade shall be responsible for the interpretation of the procedures of applying and issuing of the import licenses.