China Business Law Table of Abbreviations

• AIC Administration for Industry & Commerce 国家工商行政管理总局
• AMCs Management Companies
• APA Advanced Pricing Agreements
• APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC on Wikipedia
• AQSIQ Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
• ARFIB Administrative Regulation for Foreign Invested Banks
• ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• BLP Bonded Logistic Parks
• BT Business Tax
• BZ Bonded Zones
• c.i.f. Cost, Insurance, Freight
• CBRC China Banking Regulatory Commision
• CIIC China International Intellectech Corporation
• CISG United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
• CJV Cooperative Joint Venture
• CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation
• CNY Chinese Yuan
• CPCC Copyright Protection Center of China
• CSRC China Securities Regulatory Commission
• CTMO China Trademark Office
• EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIT Enterprise Income Tax
• EJV Equity Joint Ventures
• EP Environment Protection
• EPZ Export Processing Zones
• FEIT Foreign Enterprise Income Tax
• FESCO Foreign Enterprise Service Corporation
• FIE Foreign Invested Enterprises
• FTA Free Trade Access
• FTAS Foreign Trade Agency System
• FTBO Foreign Trade Business Operator
• GATS General Agreement on Trade in Service
• GPCL General Principles of Civil Law of the People's Republic of China
• HC Holding Company
• HNTEs High-New Technology Enterprises
• ICSID International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• IPO Initial Public Offering
• IPR Intellectual Property Rights
• JV Joint Venture
• LUR Land Use Rights
• M&A Mergers & Acquisition
• MEP Ministry of Environment Protection
• MFN Most Favorite Nation
• MOFCOM Ministry of Commerce of the Peoples Republic of China
• MIIT Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
• MOLAR Ministry of Land and Resources
• NCA National Copyright Administration
• NDRC National Development and Reform Commission
• NPC National Peoples Congress
• OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• PBOC Peoples Bank of China
• PCT Patent Cooperation Treaty
• PEB Patent Examination Board
• PRC Peoples Republic of China
• R & D Research and Development
• REL Renewable Energy Law
• RMB Ren Min Bi (PRC Currency)
• SAFE State Administration of Foreign Exchange
• SAIC State Administration of Industry and Commerce 国家工商行政管理总局
• SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• SASAC State-owned Assets Supervision and Administrative Commission
• SAT State Administration of Taxation
• SDRC State Development and Reform Commission
• SEPA State Environmental Protection Administration
• SIPO State Intellectual Property Office
• SOEs State-owned Enterprises
• SPC Supreme People's Court 最高人民法院
• SPVs Special Purpose Vehicles
• TRAB Trademark Review and Adjudication Board
• TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
• VAT Value Added Tax
• WFOE Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprises
• WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
• WMSGR Wealth Management Scheme with Guaranteed Returns
• WMSUR Wealth Management Schemes with Un-Guaranteed Returns
• WTO World Trade Organisation