I . Survey
(i) Geographic Location and Major Cities
Henan
Province, lying in Middle Eastern China and along with middle lower
reaches of Yellow River, has a total area of 167,000 square kilometers.
The landforms of Henan Province is that the surface of western land is
higher than that of eastern land; the area of plain, mountainous region
and hills accounts for 56%, 26%, and 18% of the total area of Henan
Province respectively. Henan Province, lying in an area between north
latitude 31°23′to 36°22′and east longitude 110°21′to 116°39′, connects
Anhui Province and Shandong Province to the east, Hebei Province and
Shanxi Province to the north, Shaanxi province to the west, Hubei Province
to the south; thus connecting the eastern area with the western area and
southern area with northern area. In ancient time, Henan Province is the
only way a postman must take to deliver a mail, and an inevitable
watercourse by which to transport grains to the capital; it is also a
place crowded with merchants and businessmen. Today, as Henan Province
links the central and western area together with the opening coastal area,
its regional advantage is extraordinary as economic development in China
is progressing from eastern area to western area step by step.
There
are 18 cities that is under direct jurisdiction of Henan Province, namely,
Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Anyang, Hebi, Xinxiang,
Jiaozuo, Puyang, Xuchang, Luohe, Sanmenxia, Nayang, Shangqiu, Xinyang,
Zhoukou, Zhumadian, and Jiyuan. Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan
Province.
(ii) Climate
The climate of Henan
Province is continental monsoon climate that extends from subtropical zone
in the northern area to temperate zone in the southern area, and also
extends from plain climate in eastern area to hilly climate in western
area. The four seasons are clearly distinct and the periods of rain and
heat are overlapping, thus making the climate in Henan Province
complicated and various. The average temperature in Henan Province is
15.7℃ to 9.5℃ from southern area to northern area, while the annual
average rainfall 1,380 to 533 mm, the amount of rain between June to
August accounts for 45% to 67% of the overall rainfall in a year, the
annual average sunshine hour is between 1,140 to 2,526 hours, and the
annual frost-free period is between 189 to 240 days.
(iii)Population and Nationalities
Henan Province
boasts the largest population in China. By the end of 2005, the gross
population of Henan Province is 97,680,000, with 30.65% urban residents
and 69.35% rural residents. There are many nationalities in Henan
Province. Beside Han nationality, there are 55 minorities, including Hui
nationality, Meng nationality, Zang nationality, etc, with the population
of 1,280,000 that accounts for 1.3% of the gross population of Henan
Province.
(iv) Infrastructure and Transportation
The infrastructure of Henan Province has become more and more
completed. It has played a more and more significant role in economic
development. The electricity installation capacity ranks 5th in the
county. The transportation system of highway, railway, and aviation has
already come into existence.
Henan Province, which is to the east of
Shanghai, south of Wuhan, north of Beijing and Tianjin, and west of Xi’an,
is situated in the central area of China. Its convenient and superior
transport condition plays an important role in its economic development as
Henan Province links up east, west, south, and north area together.
Highway
The highway network in Henan Province
extends in all directions, and the Lianhuo Expressway meets Jingzhu
Expressway in Zhengzhou. By the end of 2005, the total mileage of highway
in Henan Province had already reached 79,500 km, among which 2,678 km is
expressway. The Yellow River highway bridges in Zhengzhou, Luoyang,
Kaifeng and Sanmenxia link up the transportation between the southern and
northern area of Yellow River. The highway passenger transportation
network that links capital city Zhengzhou with other cities, cities with
counties, and counties with villages has already come into existence.
There are also 4 international container transportation courses passing
through Zhengzhou. In 2005, provincial road transportation run
successfully, among which, passenger transportation reached 1 billion
person-times, circular passenger flow volume 50.1 billion person-kms,
goods transportation 0.7 billion tons and circular freight flow volume 51
billion ton-kms.
Railway
Henan Province is an
important railway hub in China. A complicated railway network, including
10 railways like Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Long-Hai Railway, Jiao-Zhi
Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Tai-Jiao Railway, and Hou-Yue Railway,
is formed here that leads to all directions. The two mainlines of
Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Long-Hai Railway meets in capital city
Zhengzhou, which is one of the biggest railway hub in China, as well as
the biggest passenger and goods transfer railway station on the eastern
end of the inter-continental railway between Lianyungang and Netherlands.
Zhengzhou Northern Railway Station is the biggest marshalling station of
goods train. Every day, around 500 trains arrive and leave the station.
The transfer and operation capacity of the station has already ranked
world-class level. Goods exported through railway system can be checked
and examined in Zhengzhou, as well as formalities of customs clearance and
exchange settlement. Zhengzhou Eastern Railway Station, the biggest
part-load transfer station in China, opens 5 international container
transportation courses which link Zhengzhou with ports in Shanghai,
Kowloon, Lianyungang, Tianjin, and Qingdao. Zhengzhou Railway Station is
also one of the biggest passenger transfer station in China. By the end of
2005, the total state-owned railway mileage in Henan Province reached
2,093.2 km, with an extended railway mileage 3,897.8 km. In 2005, the
passenger transportation capacity of railway system was 51,072,000
person-times and circular passenger flow volume 46,221.6 million
person-kilometers; the goods carrying capacity of railway system was
99,370,000 tons and circular freight flow volume 147,560.9 million
ton-kilometers. The mileage of local railway in Henan Province is 1,212
km, which amounts to one fourth of the total mileage of local railway in
China.
Aviation
There are 3 airports in
Henan Province, including Zhengzhou Airport, Luoyang Airport, and Nanyang
Airport. Almost 70 flight courses and more than 800 flights each week link
up 50 medium and big cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Xi’an, Hong Kong, Macao, etc. There are direct flight to Hong Kong, Macao,
and Taipei via Macao. Zhengzhou International Airport, a 4E class airport,
is a Class-one airport in China that has scheduled and non-scheduled
passenger and cargo charter flight courses to Moscow, Hong Kong, Macao,
Bangkok, Munich, Frankfurt, and Los angles. In 2005, 2,968,200 passengers
traveled by plane and 45,000 tons of cargo were transported by airplane.
Finance
The capital city Zhengzhou has already
become a regional financial center, where all banks in China have
established branches. Most of the financial institutions here provide
international settlement service, international financing service and
foreign banking services, including foreign exchange deposit service,
foreign currency conversion service, issuing L/C, collection for
importation, remittance, foreign exchange sale and purchase business,
buying and selling foreign exchange for clients, bank loans under the
credit insurance, business invoice financing, package loans, account
settlement in other countries for clients, shipping guarantee and
endorsement of bill of lading, guarantee service for bank loan, issuing of
foreign exchange credit card.
Major Banks in Henan Province
Insurance
At present, Henan
Province, owns 2,760 insurance institutions of various classes, is one of
the provinces where most of the insurance institutions carry out their
business. These insurance companies and their branches, in accordance with
their own characteristics and market position, offer a series of featured
services, including motor vehicle insurance, insurance on hull, business
property insurance, household property insurance, cargo transportation
insurance, liability insurance, construction insurance, agricultural
insurance, comprehensive insurance, life insurance, accidental injury
insurance, health insurance.
Major Insurance Companies in Henan
Province
Telecommunication
The
telecommunication network in Henan Province is a key telecommunication hub
in China. There are three east-to-west main lines and three south-to-north
main lines passing through Henan Province, which belong to the national
main telecommunication network of“eight vertical and eight horizontal”,
together with two main aerial fiber cable which pass through Henan
Province, a basic telecommunication network of“four vertical and four
horizontal” has been established. By the end of 2005, the total length of
fiber cable for public interests had reached 212,000 km, which ranks 6th
in China; the length of long-distance fiber cable was 33,100 km, which
ranks 8th in China; the number of fixed telephone users was 18,635,000
household, which ranks 5th in China; the number of mobile phone users was
18,150,000, which ranks 7th in China.
(v) Foreign Exchanges
Provinces and Cities of Friendship
By the end of
2005, Henan Province has established friend relationship with 59 cities of
29 countries, including the US, French, Russia, Japan, Korea, Germany and
Singapore, etc.
Well-known Exhibition——China Henan International
Conference on Trade & Investment
The conference is jointly
sponsored by the People’s Government of Henan Province and China Council
for the Promotion of International Trade and undertook by Bureau of
Commerce of Henan Province. The conference is a large-scale international
economic and trade-related activity, which is held in Zhengzhou
International Exhibition Center in April biennially. The theme of the
conference is communication, cooperation and development, and its main
topic is investment invitation, commodity & trade, and summit forum.
The conference has built a bridge for exchange and cooperation between
enterprises from home and abroad by the combination of investment, trade,
discussion, exhibition, investigation, and forum. The 4th China Henan
International Conference on Trade & Investment, held in 2006,
attracted enterprises, business associations, government institutions, and
envoys coming from more than 60 countries and regions, with 4,168
businessmen attending the conference.
(vi) Higher Education and
Scientific Research
Higher Education
With the
continual expansion higher education, Henan Province now boasts 11
First-class Subjects of Doctor and 106 doctor spots. In 2005, there are 28
universities and colleges that are qualified to offer a bachelor’s degree,
61 postdoctoral stations, and 1,450,000 students in universities and
colleges in Henan Province. Among that, Zhengzhou University and Henan
University, etc are some of the key comprehensive universities in China.
Scientific Research
There are
more than 1,300 scientific research and R&D institutions of various
categories in Henan Province. In the year 2005, there are 8,981 patents
applied to be ratified and 3,748 of them got ratified; more than 350
scientific research achierements got province-level award and 12 got
state-level award. More than 35% of the achierements got popularized and
amounted to 43% of the economic development in Henan Province.
(vii) Tourism
History and Culture
Henan is one of the birthplaces of Chinese people. Since Xia
Dynasty to Northern Song Dynasty, more than 20 imperial families
established their capitals in Henan Province or moved their capitals here.
Henan Province, having long been a politic, economic and cultural center
of China in history, boasts four of the eight famous China ancient
capitals, namely, Luoyang, an ancient capital for nine dynasties; Kaifeng,
an ancient capital for seven dynasties; Anyang, an ancient capital for
Yinshang Dynasty; Zhengzhou, an ancient capital for Shang Dynasty. Three
inventions of the Four Great Inventions in ancient China, namely compass,
gunpowder, and papermaking technology were all invented in Henan Province.
Henan Province is regarded as a history museum of China for its long
history and possessions of valuable cultural relics and historical sites.
The amount of its underground cultural relics ranks first in China and the
amount of overground cultural relics ranks second in China. More than a
million pieces of cultural relics are treasured in the museum, which
accounts for one eighth of the total amount in China, and ranks the third
place in China.
Scenic Spots
Henan Province is rich
in tourism resources with its deep culture deposits and beautiful scenic
spots. In 2005, the number of tourists visited Henan Province exceeds 0.1
billion person-times, among which 0.61 million are foreign tourists. The
most representative scenic spots are: Longmen Grotto in Luoyang and Yinxu
in An’yang， Songshan Shaolin Temple, Yuntai Mountain and Qingming
Riverside Landscape Garden.
Agricultural Specialties in Henan
Province
There are many famous specialties produced in Henan
Province, such as Yuanyang rice, Xinzheng Chinese Date, Kaifeng
watermelon, Qixian and Zhongmou Garlic, Xinyang palecoloured
tips and
chestnut, Xixia Chinese gooseberry, Lingbao apple, Jiaozuo yam and Luoyang
peony. Among these specialties, peony in Luoyang is well known both at
home and abroad.
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II. Economy
(i) GDP Data
Henan，a big
economic province in China, produced a total GDP of 1,053.52 billion yuan
in 2005, which makes Henan Province the 5th province whose overall volume
exceeds a trillion yuan. The structure of the three industries is
17.5:52.6:29.9.
(ii) Resources, Agriculture, Industry
Natural Resources
Water: The Yellow River, Huai
River, Hai River, Han River flow through the land of Henan Province with a
gross water volume of 43 billion cubic meters. The total water resources
in Henan Province equals to 4.84 million KW of electricity, among which
3.23 million KW is exploitable. The actual exploitable amount of
groundwater is 12 billion cubic meters; underground water is 13 billion
cubic meters passing water is 18 billion cubic meters. 2,344 reservoirs
have been built with a total storing capacity of 39.6 billion cubic
meters.
Electricity Power
The power grid of Henan
Province connects with the power grid of Hubei Province to the south,
Hebei Province to the north, and Shanxi Province to the northwest. At
present, the total length of power transmission line is 10,720 km with the
total electricity transformation capacity of 33.29 million KVA. By the end
of 2005, the total electricity installation capacity in Henan Province is
28.81 million KW.
Minerals
Henan Province is
rich in mineral resources. Up to now, 157 kinds of minerals have been
discovered, among which, the reserves of 81 kinds have been proved up and
117 kinds already been exploited. Some of the mineral, reserves rank first
in the country, including: molybdenum mine, cyanide, andalusite, natural
alkali, clay, perlite and nepheline. The deposits of coal, natural gas,
aluminum, gold, silver, marlite, fire-resistant clay, marble and asbestos
are extremely abundant.
Agriculture
Henan Province
is a big agricultural province in China; its crop yield is 45.82 million
tons in 2005, accounting for 9.5% of the overall crop yield in China. For
the past 6 years in a row, the crop yield in Henan Province ranks first in
China. Henan Province is one of the main production bases of products like
wheat, corn, cotton, oil plants and tobacco leaf. etc. in China. In the
year 2005, the total yield of cotton is 0.677 million tons, which ranks
3rd place in China; the total yield of oil plant is 4.496 million tons,
which ranks first place in China; the total value of livestock product is
125.1 billion yuan, which accounts for 40% of the total agricultural
output value; the meat output accounts for to 10% of the national meat
output; the yield of egg and poultry accounts for to 1/8 of the total
output of China, among which the output of egg ranks 2nd place and the
yield of poultry ranks 3rd place in the country; the output of fl our,
fine dried noodles, instant noodles, frozen food and MSG all rank first
place in China.
Major Agricultural Products Yield
Industry
The industry system in
Henan Province can be divided into 39 categories with textile, food,
metallurgy, building materials, machinery, electrics, petroleum, and
chemical industry as the main part. In the year 2005, the total added
value produced by all industries is 492.3 billion yuan, among which,
322.823 billion yuan is produced by medium and large enterprises (namely
the enterprises whose annual output value exceed 5 million yuan), which
ranks 6th place in the country, and the produce and sale rate of medium
and large enterprises is 98.4%. The productivity of these enterprises
keeps increasing. The output of raw coal, aluminum, gold, sheet glass,
cement, tractor, yarn, chemical fiber, machine-made board and cardboard,
cigarette, refrigerator, colored bulb, and frozen food come out top in the
country. A batch of well-known products enjoy high reputation both at home
and abroad, among which Ancai colored bulb, Shuanghui sausage and Xinfei
refrigerator, CLFG float glass, Dongfanghong tractor, Xuji circuitry
protector all enjoy a high popularity in domestic and foreign markets.
Fixed assets investment
Investment on Fixed Assets in All Areas and Investment on
Infrastructure in Urban Area from 2000 to 2005
(iii) Business Data
International Trade
In the year 2005, the total
export and import value in Henan Province is US$ 7.733 billion, among
which the total export is US$5.101 billion and the total import is US$
2.632 billion. Commodities manufactured in Henan Province are exported to
179 countries and regions; Henan Province also imports products from 95
countries and regions.
In 2005, the structure of exported products is
continually optimized. The private enterprises develop very fast with more
than 1,000 enterprises involved in export business. The export value of
these enterprises amounts to 30% of the total export value of Henan
Province. Among the total export value, the percentage of primary product
and manufactured product is 11.7% and 88.3% respectively; there are 12
kinds of mass goods whose export value exceeds 100 million yuan.
Utilization of Foreign Investment
The scale of foreign investment utilization is expanding
continually. By the end of 2005, the actual accumulative value of foreign
investment utilization is US$8.3 billion, and 35 of the top 500
enterprises in the world have invested in Henan Province. In 2005, there
are 472 foreign-invested projects in the province with the contracted
value totaling US$ 2.353 billion, and the actual utilization of foreign
investment is US$1.23 billion.
The foreign investment is from 53
countries and regions, including Hong Kong, the US, Britain and Japan.
The direct foreign investment is mainly invested in 27 industries,
including manufacture industry, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry,
fishery, exploitation, power supply, real estate and construction
industry.
Cooperation with Overseas Partners
The economic cooperation with foreign partners has developed
rapidly. By the end of 2005, the accumulated value of newly signed
contracts of foreign contracted projects and labor services amounts to US$
3,222.88 million, and the real turnover is US$ 2,187.46 million; a total
of 105,765 people were sent abroad to provide labor services; 289
enterprises (non-finance category) were established overseas with the
total investment of US$ 157.52 million, among which US$102.68 million is
to be invested by the Chinese side in accordance with agreement, and the
actual investment value is US$ 56.4 million.
The foreign
contracted project business of Henan province covers 83 countries and
regions of 5 continents. Most of them are located in Africa and Asia. In
2005, the actual business volume in Asia and Africa amounts to 80.8% and
81.4% of the newly signed contract value and real turnover respectively.
The enterprises that have contract relationship with foreign
partners are growing quickly. Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploitation Bureau and
China Henan International Cooperation Group have been listed in the US
journal Engineering News Recording as the one of the top 225 enterprises
of foreign contracted project in the world.
Since 2003, the overseas inestment of Henan
province has been enjoying relatively rapid development. Private
enterprises, collective enterprises and stock companies have played a
leading role in the investment activity. The investment fields have been
expanding day by day, switching from trade sector to manufacture sector.
New investment fields keep emerging, such as resources exploitation,
R&D, industrial and trading park, animal husbandry and agricultural
exploitation.
Know-how Import
In 2005, Henan
Province signed 19 know-how import contracts, with the contracted value of
US$35.5394 million. Theses contracts are mainly signed with enterprises
from countries such as Japan, Germany, Italy, the US, Britain, etc,
involving a series of industries including manufacture, real estate,
information, consultation service, biomedical sector, environment
planning, and scientific research.
Service Industry
The service industry in Henan Province develops very fast,
including tourism, warehousing, logistics, business, foreign trade,
finance, insurance, etc. With large-scale chain enterprises taking the
leading position and large-scale wholesale market as backbone, a
multi-layered and moderately perfect marketing system has been in shape in
Henan Province. The impact of large-scale enterprises, including Zhengzhou
Cereal Wholesale Market, Shuanghui Chain Business, Zhengzhou Yinji
Commerce City, have already expanded to most provinces and cities in
China; Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is the first futures market dealing
with agricultural products in China, and “Zhengzhou Grain Price” has
served as a guiding price for grain and oil products in China for many
years. The total retail sales of consumer goods is 335.843 billion yuan in
Henan Province, which ranks 5th place in the country.
Chain
Store Business
In 2005, there are more than 260 chain store
enterprises with a total sale of 22 billion yuan, which amounts to 6% of
the total retail sales of consumer goods. Food processing chain
enterprises, with the brand of Shuanghui, Huitong, Jiutouya, Zhongpin, and
Bangjie taking leading position in the market, have already developed into
advantageous enterprises through deep processing of agricultural and
sideline products, as well as with the help of a moderately perfect
logistic and distribution system. Shuanghui, a food processing chain
business in Luohe, owns 319 chain stores and franchise stores in the
country in 2005, with a total sales of 1.1 billion yuan in the year of
2005.
Logistics and Distribution System
Henan
Province is situated in the central area of China. Zhengzhou, capital city
of Henan Province, is an important logistic center for commodity
distribution. In the year of 2005, there are more than 2,400 logistic
companies in Henan province. The combination of railway port, highway
port, airport, export processing zone, tariff free zone for imported
commodities, and the gathering of many logistic companies, such as Aucoma
Logistic Center, all these convenient conditions have helped Zhengzhou to
become a logistics center in Henan Province, even in the whole country.
Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market
Zhengzhou Grain
Wholesale Market, with its total assets of 755.35 million yuan, is the
first standardized grain wholesale market in China. By the end of 2005,
the accumulative business volume of spot graim and oil transaction is
42.83 million tons, and the value of trade is 59.7 billion yuan, which won
Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market the first place in all the grain
wholesale markets in China.
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is a trading exchange starting with
agricultural product at earliest time in China. The categories of trading
commodities include wheat, corn, soybean, mung bean, sesame, cotton yarn,
cotton, sugar, peanut, construction materials, and state bonds, etc. In
the year 2005, ZCE concluded 56.95 million deals of business with the
total transaction volume of 2,164.5 billion yuan. ZCX has a powerfully
functioned and completed electronic service system, including the service
of trading, account settlement, completion of business transaction, risk
monitoring, information release, and membership service. Since June 1995,
ZCX has joined in the International Futures Market Association, and signed
friendly cooperation agreements with many international futures exchanges,
including Chicago Futures Exchange, Chicago Business Exchange, New York
Futures Exchange in the US, Kansai Agricultural Product Exchange, Tokyo
Cereals Exchange in Japan, Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in Canada, and
Brazil Commodity Exchange.
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III. Investment
(i)Policy and Administrative Rules
Catalogue of Related Laws
Foreign Trade Law of the
People’s Republic of China
Customs Law of the People’s Republic of
China
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Import and Export
Commodity Inspection
Law of the People’s Republic of China on
Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures
Law of the People’s Republic of
China on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
Law of the
People’s Republic of China on Foreign-Capital Enterprises
Company
Law of the People’s Republic of China
Law of the People’s Republic of
China on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine
Law of the
People’s Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens
Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Control of the Exit and
Entry of Citizens
Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China
Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China for Enterprises with
Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises
Individual Income Tax
Law of the People’s Republic of China
Law of the People’s Republic of
China on the Administration of Tax Collection
Environmental Protection
Law of the People’s Republic of China
Law of the People’s Republic of
China on Evaluation of Environmental Effects
Law of the People’s
Republic of China on Promotion of Cleaner Production
Law of the
People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Desertification
Marine Environment Protection Law of the People’s Republic of
China
Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and
Control of Atmospheric Pollution
Law of the People’s Republic of China
on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of
Water Pollution
Law of the People’s Republic of China on Prevention
and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution
Law of the People’s
Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution
Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People’s Republic of
China
Labour Law of the People’s Republic of China
Trade Union Law
of the People’s Republic of China
Searching Website for the
Related Laws
1. Searching System of Laws and Regulations of
China (website of National People’s Congress of China)
http://law.npc.gov.cn:87/home/begin1.cbs
2. China Legislative
Information Network System
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/jsp/jalor/index.jsp
3. Ministry of
Commerce
http://www.mofcom.gov.cn
The above-mentioned websites are
for reference only.
(ii) Advantageous Foreign Invested
Industries in Henan Province
1. Storage, keeping fresh and
processing of grains, vegetables, fruit products of Poultry and livestock,
and aquatic products;
2. Forestation and introduction of good breeds
of trees;
3. Technology reform for cotton textile and printing and
dyeing enterprises;
4. Construction and management of highway,
independent bridges and tunnels;
5. Technology development and
manufacture for coal processing machine;
6. Construction and
management of thermal power station with individual generator’s capacity
above 0.3 million KW;
7. Technology improvement for enterprises
belonging to processing category;
8. Exploitation and processing of
natural alkali mine;
9. Research, development and manufacture of new
electronic components;
10. Manufacture of new digital product and
support product;
11. Manufacture of automatic management equipment and
electric meter;
12. Processing of high-grade fl oat glass;
13.
Planting and processing of traditional medicinal crops.
For details,
please entry the Henan Investment Guide Network at
http://www.fdi-hn.gov.cn.
(iii) Procedure for Establishing a
Foreign Invested Enterprise
A convenient, high quality and
efficient agent service shall be offered to foreign investors in Henan
Province without any charge. Henan Foreign Investment Consultation Service
Center is responsible for offering consultation service to foreign
investors, whose projects are under authority of the Government of Henan
Province, concerning laws and policies related with going through
formalities, registration at departments concerned, contract concluding,
examination and approving of enterprise constitution, business license,
registration at foreign exchange administration department and tax affairs
department, alteration of stock ownership, operation scope, merging and
division of an established enterprise, registration at customs, entry-exit
inspection and quarantine service.
(iv) Reference Prices of Basic Elements
(v) Living Environment
The
relevant formalities to go through for a foreigner working, traveling or
living in Henan Province
1. Documents needed to be submit for visa
application:
(a) a valid passport and its copy; (b) reason for visa
application; (c) fill the visa and residence permission application form
and submit a 2-inch recent photo without hat.
2. Documents needed
to be submit for residence permission:
(a) submit a valid passport and
its copy; (b) submit relevant evidentiary materials; (c) fill visa and
residence application form; (d) submit 2 2-inch recent photo without hat;
(e) medical certificate; (f) employment permission certificate or expert
certificate; (g) an overseas student shall submit evidentiary material
issued by the school.
3. Documents needed to be submit for application
of a driver’s license:
(a) original passport and its translated copy,
a foreign driver’s license, and a recent photo; (b) receive a driver’s
application form at driver health checkup center in person, after health
checkup, go to local police department and take an examination (c) after
passing the examination, go to the certificate authority to receive a
driver’s license by showing the applicant’s ID card, passport, residential
certificate, a 1-inch recent photo, and the certificate invoice.
For
certificate registration, please contact:
Zhengzhou Police Bureau
Exit-entry Administration Office
Address: Erqi Road, Zhengzhou
Tel: 86-371-6222023-20350
E-mail: tanghaijun@371.net
Urban Living Environment
The residential condition
in Henan Province is very good for people to live. By the end of 2005, the
forestation rate in urban areas is 30.7%; the percentage of tree-planting
area is 22.64%. At present, there are 76 forest parks, among which 26
parks are at national level; there are 40 ecological demonstration zones
in the province, among which 26 are at national level; the percentage of
days in which the air quality is good is 82.6%; the qualification rate of
water fetched in water head sites is 98.0%. The sewage water treatment
capacity increased by 0.42 million m3/day in the year 2005; the domestic
garbage treatment capacity is 740 ton/day; the length of newly-built road
in urban areas is 262 km; the storing capacity of natural gas is 322,000
m3/day.
Medical treatment
By the end of 2005, there
are 1,172 hospitals in Henan Province, with 221,400 sickbeds in total. The
public health system, including disease control center, etc, is completed
and perfect. Many medical treatment techniques are in leading position in
the country, including the treatment of cardiovascular disease, ophthalmic
disease, esophagus cancer, etc.
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IV . Development Zones
(i) National-level Development Zones
(ii) Provincial-level Development Zones
(iii)Relevant Departments
Main
foreign affairs departments of Henan
(iv) Relevant Websites
Government Websites
Business Invitation Websites
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Appendix
Well-known Hotels and
Restaurants
There are 425 star-level hotels and restaurants
accommodating foreign tourists, including 5 five-star hotels, 35 four-star
hotels and 169 three-star hotels.
Well-known Hotels and
Restaurants
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