Index_F

F

face-saving, importance of 177 “78, 195 “96

FAW (First Auto Works) Group 293 “95, 312

feasibility studies, joint ventures 213

feng shui 176

FESCO (Beijing Foreign Enterprise Services Corporation) 219

FFEs see foreign- funded enterprises

fieldwork practices, consumer research 225 “26

FIEs see foreign-invested enterprises

finance sector

Hong Kong 531 “32

Macao 526

financial institutions, foreign exchange control 280

financial statements, forms and content 148 “49

financing of foreign trade 103 “09

fines , taxation treatment 154

First Auto Works (FAW) Group 293 “95, 312

first impressions 255

first-to-file rule, intellectual property law 162, 165

fixed assets investment, statistical surveys 56

FJSCs see foreign-invested joint stock companies

food additives industry 319 “23, 319, 320

food consumption patterns 43 “44, 44

'foreign brands' 248 “49

foreign capital utilization see under individual provinces , autonomous regions, leading cities and special administrative regions , eg Beijing

foreign currency bonds 113

foreign exchange system 110 “19, 265, 271 “81

after WTO accession 116 “19

capital account 113, 276 “79

current account 271 “76

foreign resident organizations 111 “16

RMB exchange rate mechanism 279 “80

foreign exchange loans 113

foreign favourable loans 105

foreign-funded enterprises (FFEs), foreign exchange accounts 272

foreign government concessionary loans 105

foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) 94, 127, 139 “46

foreign-invested joint stock companies (FJSCs) 139, 142 “43, 145

foreign investment 68

agriculture 84 “85

effect of WTO accession 19

foreign exchange requirements 277 “79

insurance 328 “29

law 7 “11

mining 339 “40

petrochemicals 348

retailing 367 “68

telecommunications 376 “77

see also foreign-invested enterprises and under individual provinces, autonomous regions, leading cities and special administrative regions, eg Beijing

foreign nationals, income tax on 155 “56

foreign resident organizations, control over foreign exchange of 111 “16

foreign tax relief 155

foreign trade 63 “68, 90 “96, 91, 92 “93, 94

banking services 267 “68

deregulation 74 “80

financing 103 “09

food additives 319 “20, 320

foreign investment regulations 8 “9, 69

impact of WTO accession 13 “14, 18, 19, 95 “96, 99 “100

import contract terms 205 “06

logistics 243 “44, 244

market access 69 “73

motorcycles 296 “97, 297

paints and coatings 345

reform of operating environment 65 “66

rubber industry 371-72, 372

state-owned foreign trade enterprises 97 “100

tariff reductions 13, 70 “71, 75 “76, 90 “91, 91 , 101 “02

automotive components 307

products subject to quotas 70 , 78 “80

VIEP system 275 “76

see also under individual provinces, autonomous regions, leading cities and special administrative regions, eg Beijingforms

of address 178

franchising 130

freight forwarding 120 “23, 120, 121, 122, 123

Fujian Province 422 “24, 422, 423, 424

Fujian Southeast 311functional ministries 23 “24

Funds Flow Accounting System 57 Fuzhou City 502 “03, 502, 503