Chinese foreign equity joint ventures, Chinese foreign cooperative enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises is foreign investment in China was the main way and other investment includes establishment of foreign investment joint stock limited companies, investment companies, development cooperation, BOT and so on.

(a) Sino foreign joint ventures

Sino foreign joint ventures, also known as equity joint venture. It is by foreign companies, enterprises and other economic organizations or individuals and Chinese companies, enterprises or other economic organizations within the territory of the people's Republic of China jointly organized enterprise. Its characteristics are the parties to the joint venture joint venture, joint operation, in proportion to their respective capital contribution risks and responsibility for profits and losses. The organizational form of Chinese foreign equity joint venture is a limited liability company has the status of a Chinese legal person. Foreign investors accounted for the proportion of investment in the registered capital shall not be less than 25%. The joint venture available cash contribution, can also be used in buildings, plant, machinery and equipment and other materials, industrial property rights, proprietary technology , right to the use of a site at their appraised value. Foreign investors to share the profits and other legitimate rights and interests can remit abroad, can also be reinvested in the territory.

(two) Chinese and foreign cooperative enterprises

Sino foreign cooperative enterprise is also called contractual joint venture. It is common by foreign companies, companies with Chinese enterprises and other economic organizations or individuals, enterprises or other economic organizations within the territory of the people's Republic of China according to the cooperative conditions provided by the foreign Co sponsored enterprises. Sino foreign cooperative enterprises shall be between the parties to their respective conditions, rights, obligations, distribution of income and risk, debts, enterprise's management way, after the expiration of the disposal of property, such as consultation, expressly agreed in the contract of the enterprise. Held Sino foreign cooperative enterprises, the foreign collaborators with all or most of the capital, technology, key equipment, the Chinese side is often responsible for providing For the right to use the land, the existing plant facilities or part of the funds, etc., cooperative enterprises can be a legal person qualification, also can not have legal personality.

(three) foreign funded enterprises

Foreign enterprises refer to foreign companies, enterprises and other economic organizations or individuals, all capital established within the territory of China in accordance with the relevant laws of China by foreign investors to invest in enterprises. Foreign enterprise organization form for a limited liability company, not including branches of foreign enterprises and other economic organizations within the territory of the people's Republic of China.

(four) Companies Limited by Shares with Foreign Investment

Foreign-invested companies limited by shares to foreign companies, enterprises and other economic organizations or individuals and Chinese companies, enterprises or other economic organizations, in accordance with the principle of equality and mutual benefit, through the purchase of a certain proportion of the shares, within the territory of the people's Republic of China jointly organized by the company. Foreign investment Investment Co.

All of a company's capital divided into equal shares, the shareholders to the subscription of the shares of the company assume responsibility, the company with all property for the debts of the company to assume responsibility. It is a form of enterprises with foreign investment, the applicable national law and regulations for the relevant provisions on foreign investment enterprises.

(five) investment company

Investment company refers to foreign investors within the territory of the people's Republic of China in the form of sole proprietorship or joint venture with a Chinese investor established companies engaged in direct investment, in the form of limited liability company. Apply to set up investment companies by foreign investors must be good credit standing and have considerable economic strength, and within the territory of the people's Republic of China has set up a certain number of enterprises with foreign investment, and the actual payment of the registered capital of the investment more than 3000 million dollars. A foreign-invested enterprise established upon the approval of the Chinese government's investment company was given more extensive scope, to encourage multinational corporations to carry out a series of investment activities. At present, the investment company can be in the national drum Encourage and allow foreign investment in industry, agriculture, infrastructure, energy and other areas of investment.

(six) the development of Sino foreign cooperation

Sino foreign cooperative development refers to a Chinese company and a foreign company by concluding the contract risk, sea and onshore oil and mineral resources of cooperative exploration and development of. It is a measure of economic cooperation in the international field of natural resources widely used, its biggest characteristic is a high-risk, high investment, high return. Development cooperation generally into three stages, namely, the exploration, development and production stages.

(seven) BOT

BOT is refers to the investors in the foreign country bear a established industrial projects and infrastructure projects, responsible for project construction, operation, maintenance and transfer. Investors in a fixed period of time operating facilities and is allowed to recoup the investment of the project within the time limit, operation, maintenance and other expenses, in, after the expiry of the prescribed period of time, transfer the project to the government's side project. In the BOT mode in China to set up a project company in the form of, is being tried on the highway, power plants, sewage treatment and other fields.