Administrative > Judiciary
Weak/Ambiguous linkage to law
Transparency & Supervision
Rapid Growth of Industry in FTZs
Many Ways to Bypass Compliance
Strengthening China's Export Control System
at Free Trade Zones
A System Under Development & Future Challenges
FTZ Export Control
Enforcement Assessment
Sources
Free Trade Zones
Export Control Regulation
Ministerial Decrees
- May 1997 State Council circular on nuclear and nuclear-related dual use export controls;
- September 1997 nuclear export control regulations, with an attached control list that mirrors the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) control list on nuclear items (INFICIRC/254 Part I).
- June 1998 regulations covering dual use nuclear export (military and civil), with attached an control list that is the same as the NSG’s control list on nuclear related dual items (INFICIRC/254 Part II).
Special Economic Zones
Special Administrative Zones
(Pilot) Free Trade Zone
https://csis.org/files/attachments/130828_TsengYeaJen.pdf
http://investments.com.ua/free-trade-zones-and-export-processing-zones-in-china/
http://www.nti.org/media/pdfs/china-1540-full-list-treaty-participation.pdf?_=1316807606
https://csis.org/files/attachments/130828_TsengYeaJen.pdf
http://investments.com.ua/free-trade-zones-and-export-processing-zones-in-china/
http://chinawto.com/wto/index-e.asp?sel=info&info=regulation
http://images.mofcom.gov.cn/cys/201401/20140121154447639.pdf
http://www.millercanfield.com/resources-alerts-864.html
http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node2314/node2319/node12344/u26ai37037.html
http://www.kpmg.com/cn/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/Managing-Trade-Customs-China-201107-v1.pdf
http://www.mondaq.com/x/275554/Export+controls+Trade+Investment+Sanctions/Shanghai+Free+Trade+Zone+Practical+Constraints+Yet+Policy+Values
http://exportcontrol.mofcom.gov.cn/article/b/201105/20110507557000.shtml
http://cns.miis.edu/archive/country_china/chinaorg.htm
Inter-agency Coordination
- Rule of Law (Administrative Enforcement)
- Inter-agency Coordination
- Company Awareness & Internal Compliance
- Overall, progress achieved after 2002.
- However, still need to tighten some loose end in ExCon in FTZs
- Import/Export Licensing VS Free Flow of Goods & Capital
- System Integration - Unified Licensing System
- Inter-agency Cooperation
- Industry Outreach
- Situation and Policy Briefing to Industry
- Guidance on ICP
- Better Interaction between Gov and Industry
- Utilize NGO and Industry Association
Ministry of Commerce
MOFCOM
Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense
COSTIND aka SASTIND
General Administration Customs of the P.R.C.
GACC
General Office
Regional Office
FTZ as
Proliferation Hub
Unregulated Business Environment
& Lack of Voluntary ICP
- State-Owned Enterprises
- ICP
- Evade state level consulting
- Private Entities
- Rise of Middleman
- Defect Inside-man
- Relaxed Control
- Licensing
- Simplification: "one form for all"
- Shipping
- Re-export without intervention of custom authorities
- Frontier Opening
- import manifest, not declaration procedures
- Relaxed export-import Inspection
- Custom: Burdensome
Research Question:
Has there been any policy implemented in the past to prohibit potential illicit trade of controlled items in Free Trade Zones in China? Effective?