Recently, five departments including the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") have jointly distributed the Circular on the Joint Reporting of Information on Annual Investment and Business Operations of Foreign-invested Enterprises in 2019 (the "Circular").
The Circular reads that: 1. A foreign-invested enterprise legally established and registered in China shall, during the period between April 1, 2019 and June 30, 2019, log into the "National Application for the Joint Reporting of Information on Annual Investment and Business Operations of Foreign-invested Enterprises" to provide and submit information about its investment and business operations performed in 2018; relevant data and information will be shared between the five departments; a foreign-invested enterprise incorporated in 2019 will provide and report information regarding its investment and business operations from the next year. 2. The list of foreign-invested enterprises covered by this annual joint reporting and information they provide and submit for their investment and business operations, will be made public on the "National Information Publicity Platform for the Joint Reporting of Information on Annual Investment and Business Operations of Foreign-invested Enterprises", if the Interim Regulations on the Disclosure of Enterprise Information provide that such information should be published.