(Announcement of China Securities Regulatory Commission on Canceling the Second Group of Administrative Approval Items and on Changing the Management Methods of Some Administrative Approval Items, April 1, 2003:
According to the requirements of the Decision of the State Council on Canceling the Second Group of Administrative Approval Items and on Changing the Management Methods of a Group of Administrative Approval Items (Docket No.5 [2003] of the State Council), the relevant matters concerning this commission's cancellation of the second group of administrative approval items and the change of management methods of some administrative approval items are hereby notified as follows:
1. Since the day of issuance of the decision of the State Council, February 27, 2003, China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has cancelled the second group of administrative approval items (27 items, see the appendix for the specific item names and the basis of establishment).
2. CSRC and the agencies thereof will no longer accept the relevant applications filed by the parties according to the administrative approval items that have been cancelled, and will no longer make examination and approval of such applications that have been accepted.
3. CSRC will issue special circulars with respect to the subsequent management methods and follow-up work related to the cancelled administrative approval items.
4. CSRS will start to sort out the departmental regulations and regulatory documents related to the second group of administrative approval items that have been cancelled, and the result will be publicized.
5. CSRC has decided to change the management methods of 7 administrative approval items, namely: "ratification of the qualification of securities practitioners", "ratification of the qualification of securities investment consultation practitioners", "record of information of stock underwriters", "assessment of the qualification of fund practitioners", "ratification of the qualification of futures practitioners", "ratification of the texts of futures brokerage contracts", as well as "ratification of the qualification of futures investment consultation practitioners". The above 7 administrative approval items shall be transferred to the Securities Association of China and the China Futures Association for self-regulation. CSRC will issue special circulars concerning the relevant transfer and subsequent management work.
6. After the second group of administrative approval items are abolished and the management methods for some administrative approval items are changed, CSRS will, according to the principle of prudent regulation and through enactment of the management criteria and standards, improve the regulatory means and strengthen the in-process inspection and ex post facto investigation and punishment to further strengthen the protection of the investors and the supervision and management of the relevant business activities)