ORGANISATION MONDIALE  
DU COMMERCE  GATS/SC/135/Corr.2 
30 novembre 2004 
 (04-5223) 
Commerce des services  
  
 
RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DE CHINE
 
 
Liste d'engagements spécifiques  
 
Corrigendum  
 
 
La délégation de la Chine a notifié une om ission dans la version anglaise de sa Liste 
d'engagements spécifiques distribuée comme documen t (GATS/SC/135), sous le point "B. Travel 
Agency and Tour Operator (CPC 7471)", aux pages 39 et 40. 
  
 Le texte suivant est ajouté à la fin des limit ations concernant l'accès aux marchés inscrites 
pour le Mode 3:  "Chinese travel agency/tour operator".   Les pages corrigées du document sont jointes pour référence.  
 Cette omission ne concerne que la Liste sous  forme de document et non la Liste sur papier 
traité;  aucune procédure de certification ne  sera donc nécessaire pour cette rectification. 
 
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B. Travel Agency and Tour 
Operator 
 (CPC 7471)  (1) None 
(2) None (3) Foreign services suppliers who meet the 
following conditions are permitted to 
provide services in the form of joint venture travel agencies and tour operators in the 
holiday resorts designated by the Chinese 
government and in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an upon 
accession: 
(a) a travel agency and tour operator mainly 
engaged in travel business;  
(b) Annual world-wide turnover exceeds US$ 40 
million. 
 (1) None 
(2) None (3) None except that joint ventures or wholly-
owned travel agencies and tour operators are 
not permitted to engage in the activities of Chinese travelling abroad and to Hong Kong 
China, Macao China and Chinese Taipei. 
  
  The registered capital of joint venture travel 
agency/tour operator shall be no less than 
RMB 4 million.  
 Within three years after China's accession, 
the registered capital shall be no less than 
RMB 2.5 million.  Within three years after 
accession foreign majority ownership will be 
permitted. 
 
 Within six years after accession, wholly 
foreign-owned subsidiaries will be permitted and geographic restrictions will be removed.  
The business scope of the travel agency/ tour 
operator is as follows: 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 (a) travel and hotel acco mmodation services for 
foreign travellers which can be made directly with transportation and hotel operators in 
China covering such operations;    
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 (b)  travel services and hotel accommodation 
services for domestic travellers which can be made directly with tr ansportation and hotel 
operators in China covering such operations;  
(c)  conducting of tours within China for both 
domestic and foreign travellers, and  
(d)  travellers check cashing services within 
China.   
 
 None within six years after accession, there 
will be no restriction on the establishment of branches of the joint venture travel 
agency/tour operator and the requirement on 
registered capital of foreign-invested travel agency/tour operator will be the same as that 
of Chinese travel agency/tour operator. 
   
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in   
horizontal commitments. 
 (4) Unbound, except as i ndicated in  horizontal 
commitments.  
 
 
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