中外合资经营公司合同-(中英文对照)复习过程.docx

中外合资经营公司合同-(中英文对照)

中外合资经营公司合同
CONTRACT OF CHINESE FOREIGN EQUITY JOINT VENTURES
 1.1.1所依据的法规条文 Applied Laws and Regulations
1. 依照《中外合资经营企业法》批准在中国境内设立的中外合资经营企业（以下简称合营企业）是中国的法人，受中国法律的管辖和保护。
1. Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures (hereinafter referred to as joint ventures) established within Chinese territory upon the approval in accordance with the Law on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures are Chinese legal persons, who shall be governed and protected by Chinese law.

2. 在中国境内设立的合营企业，应当能够促进中国经济的发展和科学技术水平的提高，有利于社会主义现代化建设。
国家鼓励、允许、限制、或者禁止设立合营企业的行业，按照国家指导外商投资方向的规定及外商投资产业指导目录执行。
2. Joint ventures established within Chinese territory shall be able to promote the development of the economy and the enhancement of the science and technology of China and facilitate China’s socialist modernization.
Industries in which the establishment of joint ventures is encouraged, permitted, restricted or prohibited by the State shall be determined in accordance with provisions of the State in the Regulations on Foreign Investment Guidelines and the Guideline Catalogue of Foreign Investment Industries.

3. 在中国境内设立合营企业，必须经中华人民共和国对外贸易经济合作部（以下简称对外贸易合作部）审查批准。批准后，由对外贸易经济合作部发给批准证书。
3. The establishment of a joint venture within Chinese territory shall be subject to the examination and approval by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People’s Republic of China (MOFTEC). Upon approval, MOFTEC shall issue a certificate of approval thereof.

4. 凡具备下列条件的，国务院授权省、自治区、直辖市人民政府或者国务院有关部门审批：（1）投资总额在国务院规定的投资审批权限以内，中国合营者的资金来源已经落实的；
（2）不需要国家增拨原材料，不影响燃料、动力、交通运输、外贸出口配额等方面的全国平衡的。
依照前款批准设立的合营企业，应当报对外贸易合作部备案。
对外贸易合作部和国务院授权的省、自治区、直辖市人民政府或者国务院有关部门，以下统称审批机构。
4. The State Council shall delegate to the people’s governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or the relevant departments under the State Council the power to examine and approve joint ventures which meet the following conditions:
(1) The total investment of a joint venture is within the amount limited by the authority as granted by the State Council for examination and approval of investment, and the source of capital of the Chinese party has been ascertained; and
(2) No additional allocation of raw materials by the State is required and the national balance in respect of fuel, power, transportation, foreign trade export quota is not affected.
Joint ventures established in accordance with provisions of the proceeding paragraphs shall be reported to MOFTEC for record.
MOFTEC and the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government authorized by the State Council or the relevant departments under the State Council shall hereinafter be referred to as the examination and approval authority.

5. 申请设立合营企业，由中外合营者共同向审批机构报送下列文件：
（1）设立合营企业的申请书；
（2）合营各方共同编制的可行性研究报告；
（3）由合营各方授权代表签署的合营企业协议、合同和章程；
（4）由合营各方委派的合营企业董事长、副董事长、董事人选名单；
（5）审批机构规定的其他文件。
前款所列文件必须用中文书写，其中第（2）、（3）、（4）项文件可以同时用合营各方商定的一种外文书写。两种文字书写的文件具有同等效力。
审批机构发现报送的文件有不当之处的，应当要求限期修改。
5. When applying for establishing a joint venture, the Chinese and foreign partners shall jointly submit the following documents to the examination and approval authority:
(1) an application for the establishment of the joint venture;
(2) the feasibility study report jointly prepared by the parties to the joint venture;
(3) the joint venture agreement, contract and articles of association executed by the duly authorized representatives of the parties to the joint venture;
(4) list of the candidates for the chairman, vice-chairman and directors of the joint venture nominated by the parties to the joint venture; and
(5) other documents specified by the examination and approval authority.
The documents listed in the proceeding paragraphs must be written in Chinese, among them. Documents (2), (3) and (4) may be written simultaneously in a foreign language agreed upon by the parties to the joint venture. Documents written in both languages shall be equally authentic.
If anything inappropriate is found in the documents submitted, the examination and approval authority shall require that it be amended within the specified time.

6. 审批机构自接到本条例第五条规定的全部文件之日起，3个月内决定批准或不批准。
6. The examination and approval authority shall, within three months of the receipt of all the documents stipulated in Article 5 of these regulations, decide whether to approve or not to approve such documents.

7. 申请者应当自收到批准证书之日起1个月内，按照国家有关规定，向工商行政管理机关办理登记手续。合营企业的营业执照签发日期，即为该合营企业的成立日期。
7. The applicant shall, within one month of the receipt of the certificate of approval, go through the registration procedures with the administrative authority of industry and commerce in accordance with the relevant stipulations of the State. The date on which the business license of a joint venture is issued shall be the date of the establishment of the joint venture.

1.2.1 成立公司 Establishment of Company
1. 根据《中华人民共和国中外合资经营企业法》和中国其他有关法律法规，上海太阳有限公司（以下简称“甲方”）与沃伦有限公司（以下简称“乙方”）本着平等互利的原则，通过友好协商，同意在中华人民共和国（“中国”）上海共同成立一家合资经营公司（“合营公司”），特签订本合资经营合同（“合同”）。
1. In accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures and other relevant Chinese laws and regulations, Shanghai Sun Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Party A”) and Warren Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Party B”), adhering to the principles of equality and mutual benefit, and through friendly consultations, agree to jointly establish an equity joint venture company (the “JV company”) in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China (“China”), and hereby enter into this Equity Joint Venture Contract (“Contract”).

2. 合营公司的中文名称为“上海太阳-沃伦有限公司”，英文名称为“Shanghai Sun-Warren Co., Ltd.”。合营公司的法定地址为中国上海市东怡路1705号。
The name of the JV company is “上海太阳-沃伦有限公司” in Chinese, and “Shanghai Sun-Warren Co., Ltd.” in English. The legal address of the JV Company is 1705 Dong Yi Road, Shanghai, China.

如果合营期限内任何时候一方不再作为合营公司的合营方，而其时合营公司名称和/或标识的任何一部分带有与该方公司名称或标识相同或近似的任何语言的字眼和/或标识，另一方则应促使合营公司在该另一方不再作为合营公司一方后60日内更改合营公司的名称，删去公司名称内所包含的该等字眼和/或标识，并促使立即销毁所有载有上述公司名称和/或标识的所有文具、书面材料和出版物。
If either party ceases to be a party of the JV Company at any time during the Joint Venture Term, and if at such time any word in any language and/or logo which is the same as or similar to the corporate name and/or logo of that party appears in any part of the name and/or logo of the JV Company, the other party shall procure that the JV Company shall forthwith change its name to exclude such word and/or logo from the corporate name within sixty (60) days of that party ceasing to be a party to the JV Company, and shall procure that the all stationary, written materials and publications containing any reference to such corporate name and/or logo shall be forthwith destroyed.

3. 合营公司为有限责任公司，以其所有资产对外承担责任。各方对合营公司的责任以其根据本合同认缴的、对合营公司注册资本的出资额为限。除各方另有约定外，任何一方对合营公司不负超出其认缴的出资额的任何责任。任何一方均不就合营公司债务和义务对任何第三方有任何连带责任。
3. The JV Company shall be a limited liability company. It shall be liable to the full extent of its assets. The liability of each party to the JV Company shall be limited to the amount it has contributed to the registered capital of the JV Company pursuant to this Contract. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, neither party shall have any liability to the JV Company in excess of such amount. Neither of the party shall be jointly and severally liable to any third party for the JV Company’s liabilities and obligations.

4. 合营公司组织形式为有限责任公司。各方以其认缴的出资额对合营公司的债务承担责任。各方按其出资额在合营公司注册资本中的比例分享利润和分担风险及亏损。
4. The JV Company shall be a limited liability company. Each party’s liability to the Company shall be limited to the amount of capital contribution subscribed by it. The parties shall share the profits and bear the risks and losses in proportion to their respective contribution to the registered capital of the JV Company.

5. 合营公司为中国法人，受中国法律管辖和保护。合营公司的一切活动应遵守中国的法律法规的规定。
5. JV Company is a legal person in China who shall be governed and protected by Chinese law. All its activities shall comply with the provisions of Chinese laws and regulations.

6. 本合同各方根据《中国人民共和国外资企业法》及其实施细则和中国其他有关法规，同意在中国上海市共同经营一家外商独资企业。
6. In accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Investment Enterprises and its implementation rules and other relevant laws and regulations of China, the Parties to this Contract agree to jointly operate a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, China.

7. 公司为中国法人，性质为外商独资经营企业，受中国法律管辖和保护。公司的一切活动必须遵守中华人民共和国法律、法规的规定，并享受中国国家以及地方给予外商独资经营企业的一切优惠待遇。
7. The company shall be a legal person in China, which is by nature a wholly foreign-owned enterprise. It shall be governed and protected by Chinese law. And, it shall comply with the provisions of the laws and regulations of China in all its activities. It shall be entitled to all preferential treatment accorded by the State and the local governments to wholly foreign-owned enterprises.

unit 2投资总额和注册资本
2.1.1 所依据的法规条文
1. 合营企业的投资总额（含企业贷款），是指按照合营企业合同、章程规定的生产规模需要投入的基本建设资金和生产流动资金的总合。
1. The total amount of investment (including borrowings) of a joint venture refers to the sum total of the capital construction funds and the circulating funds required to be invested in conformity with the joint venture’s production scale as set out in the contract and the articles of association of the joint venture.

2. 合营企业的注册资本，是指为设立合营企业在登记管理机构登记的资本总额，应为合营各方认缴的出资额之和。
合营企业的注册资本一般应当以人民币表示，也可以用合营各方约定的外币表示。
2. The registered capital of a joint venture refers to the total capital registered with the registration authority for the establishment of the joint venture. It shall be the sum of the capital contributions subscribed by all parties to the joint venture.
The registered capital shall generally be denominated in Renminbi or may be in a foreign currency agreed upon by the parties to the joint venture.

3. 合营企业在合营期内不得减少其注册资本。因投资总额和生产经营规模等发生变化，确需减少的，须经审批机构批准。
3. No joint venture may reduce its registered capital during the term of the joint venture. If there is a real need for reduction of the registered capital due to changes in the total amount of investment, the scale of production and operation, or other circumstances, such reduction shall be subject to approval by the examination and approval authority.

4. 合营一方向第三者转让其全部或部分股权的，须经合营他方同意，并报审批机构批准，向登记管理机构办理变更登记手续。
合营一方转让其全部或部分股权时，合营他方有优先购买权。
合营一方向第三者转让股权的条件，不得比向合营他方转让的条件优惠。
违反上述规定的，其转让无效。
4. If a party to a joint venture intends to transfer all or part of its equity to a third party, consent shall be obtained form the other parties to the joint venture, and approval from the examination and approval authority shall be required. Such transfer shall be registered with the registration authority for the corresponding changes in the registration particulars.
When a party transfers all or part of its equity, the other parties shall have the preemptive right.
In case one of party to the Joint Venture intends to transfer all or part of its interest rights, the other party shall be entitled to the preemptive right to buy such interest rights.
When a party transfers its equity to a third party, the conditions offered for such transfer may not be more favorable than those offered to the other parties to the joint venture.
Any transfer in contravention of the above provisions shall be invalid.
Any transfer in breach of the proceeding provisions shall be void.

5. 合营企业注册资本的增加、减少，应当由董事会会议通过，并报审批机构批准，向登记管理机构办理变更登记手续。
5. Any increase in or reduction of the registered capital of a joint venture shall be approved by a board meeting and submitted to the examination and approval authority for approval. Such increase or reduction shall be registered with the registration authority for the corresponding changes in the registration particulars.

6.合营者可以用货币出资，也可以用建筑物、厂房、机器设备或者其他物料、工业产权、专有技术、场地使用权等作价出资。以建筑物、厂房、机器设备或其其他物料、工业产权、专有技术作为出资的，其作价由合营各方按照公平合理的原则协商确定，或者聘请合营各方同意的第三者评定。
6. A party to a joint venture may make its capital contribution in money, or in the form of buildings, factory premises, machinery, equipment or other materials, industrial property, proprietary technology or site use rights, the value of which shall be appraised. Where the contribution is in the form of buildings, factory premises, machinery, equipment or other materials, industrial property or proprietary technology, the value thereof shall be determined by the parties to the joint venture through consultation and on the principle of fairness and reasonableness or shall be appraised by a third party agreed upon by parties to the joint venture.

7. 外国合营者出资的外币，按缴款当日中国人民银行公布的基准汇率折算成人民币或者套算成约定的外币。中国合营者出资的人民币现金，需要折算成外币的，按缴款当日中国人民银行公布的基准汇率折算。
7. The foreign exchange contribution made by the foreign party shall be converted into Renminbi or cross exchanged into a predetermined foreign currency at the standard exchange rate published by the People’s Bank of China on the day the payment is made.

Where the cash contribution in Renminbi made by the Chinese party needs to be converted into a foreign currency, it shall be converted at the standard exchange rate published by the People’s Bank of China on the day the payment is made.

8. 作为外国合营者出资的机器设备或其他物料，应当是合营企业生产所必需的。前款所指的机器设备或者其他物料的作价，不得高于同类机器设备或者其他物料当时的国际市场价格。
8. The machinery, equipment or other materials contributed by the foreign party shall be those that are indispensable for the production of the joint venture.
The valuation of the machinery, equipment or other materials mentioned in the proceeding paragraph may not be higher than the current international market price of machinery, equipment or other materials of the same kind.

9. 作为外国合营者出资的工业产权或者专有技术，必须符合下列条件之一：
（1）能显著改进现有产品的性能、质量，提高生产效率的；
（2）能显著节约原材料、燃料、动力的。
9. The industrial property or proprietary technology contributed by the foreign party shall meet one of the following conditions:
(1) It is capable of notably improving the performance and quality of existing products and raising productivity; or
(2) It is capable of notably economizing on raw materials, fuel or power.

10. 外国合营者以工业产权或者专业技术作为出资，应当提交该工业产权或者专有技术的有关资料，包括专利证书或者商标注册证书的复制件、有效状况及其技术特性、实用价值、作价的计算根据、与中国合营者签订的作价协议等有关文件，作为合营合同的附件。
10. A foreign party who contributes industrial property or proprietary technology shall deliver documentation relating to, including photocopies of the letters patent or trademark registration certificates, statements of validity, technical features and practical value thereof, the basis for calculating the price, and the agreement signed with the Chinese partner on the value thereof, as annexes attached to the joint venture contract.

11. 外国合营者作为出资的机器设备或其他物料、工业产权或者专有技术，应当报审批机构批准。
11. The machinery, equipment or other materials, industrial property or proprietary technology contributed by the foreign parties shall be submitted to the examination and approval authority for approval.

12. 合营各方应当按照合同规定的期限缴清各自的出资额。逾期未缴或未缴清的，应当按合同规定支付迟延利息或者赔偿损失。
12. Each party to a joint