G/SCM/Q2/CHN/101  
 
27 April 2021  
(21-3572) Page: 1/12 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS POSED BY  THE EUROPEAN UNION1 REGARDING  
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF CHINA2 
The following communication, dated and received on 26  April 2021, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of China.  
 
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Central Government level  
 
Scheme 5  – Preferential tax policies for high or new technology enterprises  
 
Question 1  
 
Can China please list what are the "high or new technology enterprises " covered by this 
tax policy and in what legislation/guidelines are they defined?  
 
Reply  
 
Paragraph 2 of Article 28 of the Enterprise Income Tax Law clarifies the preferential income tax 
policies for high or new technology enterprises. High or new technolog y enterprises that need key 
support from the State may enjoy a reduced enterprise income tax (EIT) rate of 15%. Article 93 of 
the Implementing Regulations clearly defines high or new technology enterprises (i.e., high or new 
technology enterprises that nee d key support from the State), which refer to enterprises that have 
core independent intellectual property rights and also meet the following conditions:  
 
1. Products (services) fall within the scope of the Advanced and New Technology Areas Eligible 
for th e Key Support of the State.  
2. The proportion of research and development expenses to sales revenue shall not be lower 
than the prescribed proportion.  
3. The proportion of income from high or new technology products (services) to the total income 
of the enterprise shall not be lower than the prescribed proportion.  
4. The proportion of scientific and technological personnel in the total number of employees of 
the enterprise shall not be lower than the prescribed proportion.  
5. Other conditions specified in  the Administrative Measures for the Determination of High or 
New Technology Enterprises are met.  
 
Scheme 17 – Preferential VAT on photovoltaic generated electricity  
 
Question 2 
 
The notification states under "To whom is the subsidy provided " – The electri city produced 
by solar energy . Could China please clarify who is the actual recipient of the subsidy under 
this scheme?  
 
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/90.  
2 G/SCM/N/343/CHN.  G/SCM/Q2/CHN/101  
 
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  Reply  
 
The actual recipients are the taxpayers who sell electrical products produced by themselves with 
solar energy. The implementation period of this policy was from 1 October 2013 to 
31 December  2018, which means it has now expired.  
 
Scheme 33  – Preferential tax policies for projects of agricultural, forestry, animal and 
fishery  
 
Question 3 
 
Can China please explain how this preferential tax regime works? What are the thresholds 
on the amount of enterprise income that can benefit from this preferential regime? What 
is the normal tax rate and the preferential tax rate under this scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
The enterprise shall assess whether it meets the requirements of the preferential tax policy, submit 
applications for preferential tax, and keep relevant documents for future check. The taxation 
authorities shall strengthen follow -up management according to law. The scheme does not i mpose 
limitations on the income of enterprises. The statutory enterprise income tax rate is 25%. The 
incomes of enterprises generated from agricultural, forestry, animal and fishery projects are eligible 
for enterprise income tax exemption or reduction. Th e enterprise income tax rate reduced by half 
refers to the half of the statutory enterprise income tax rate.  
 
What are the "stipulated projects of preliminary processing " which are covered in the 
fishery sector?  
 
Reply  
 
The Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Issuing the Scope 
of Preliminary Processing of Agricultural Products Eligible for Preferential Enterprise Income Tax 
Policies (for Trial Implementation) (Cai Shui [2008] No. 149) stipulates the scope of p reliminary 
processing of agricultural products eligible for preferential enterprise income tax policies. 
Stipulations as to fishery preliminary processing are as follows:  
 
1. Preliminary processing of aquatic animals  
The primary products of aquatic animals  (fish, shrimp, crabs, soft -shelled turtles, shellfish, 
echinoderms, mollusks, coelenterates, amphibians, marine animals, etc.) as a whole, or without 
heads, scales (skins, shells), viscera, bones, or in the form of mince, fillets, and chunks, after simple  
processing such as chilling, freezing, refrigeration, preservation, packaging, etc.  
Cooked aquatic products, canned aquatic products of various types, and seasoned and roasted 
aquatic foods are not included in the scope of preliminary processing.  
 
2. Preliminary processing of aquatic plants  
The primary products of aquatic plants (kelp, wakame, laver, asparagus, euphorbia, gracilaria 
gracilis, enteromorpha, hizikia fusifarme, brasenia, etc.) as a whole, or without roots and tips, or in 
the form of sections,  after simple processing such as chilling, freezing, refrigeration, preservation, 
packaging, etc.; and the primary products of aquatic plants as a whole, or without roots and tips, or 
in the form of sections, after simple processing such as airing, drying (dehydration), packaging, 
crushing, etc.  
Canned (including soft cans) products are not included in the scope of preliminary processing.  
 
Is it possible for the benefits under this scheme to be cumulated with those under those 
of Scheme  74 – Preferential ta x policies for enterprises engaged in projects of 
agricultural, forestry, animal and fishery. What is the difference between these 
two schemes?  
 
Reply  
 
Scheme 33 -Preferential Tax Policies for Projects of Agricultural, Forestry, Animal and Fishery and 
Scheme 74 -Preferential Tax Policies for Enterprises Engaged in Projects of Agricultural, Forestry, G/SCM/Q2/CHN/101  
 
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  Animal and Fishery are the same policies in terms of content, thus, the benefits cannot be 
accumulated.  
 
Difference: The fishery preliminary processing of Scheme 33 belongs to preliminary processing of 
agricultural products which is covered in the income part that can be exempted from enterprise 
income tax. The "stipulated fishery projects " in Scheme 74 speci fically include: ocean fishing, 
preliminary processing of agricultural products, marine aquaculture, and inland aquaculture. The 
fishery preliminary processing project is part of the fishery projects.  
 
Scheme 41 – Tax preferences for the integrated circuit  (IC) industry  
 
Question 4 
 
Can China clarify if this scheme along with the  "Fund for developing the software and 
IC design industries  – Hengqin New District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province " are the 
only two schemes it has related to the IC industry? Are there any other such schemes 
which may not have been included in the notification such as the SMIC  – National 
IC Industry Investment Fund?  
 
Reply  
 
China has included the collected projects related to the integrated circuit industry which need to be 
notified into the notification. China has clarified in previous regular meetings and special meetings 
on subsidies that the SMIC (National IC Industry Investment Fund) is not a subsidy and thus does 
not need to be notified.  
 
Scheme 56  – Fund for developmen t of strategic emerging industries  
 
Question 5 
 
Can China confirm that this scheme ended in 2017 and that there were no payments under 
this fund for 2018?  Can China please clarify which industries received funding under this 
fund?  
Has China replaced this f und with a different fund for strategic emerging industries?  To 
what extent the local government financial semis (LGFV) have been involved in strategic 
emerging industry related projects? If so, where are these reported in the notification 
for 2018?  Vario us press reports refer to a $47bn fund launched in 2018 in the context of 
Made in China 2025 and the 13th Five ‐Year Plan for SEIs. Can China please provide 
information on the amount of funding and nature of funding schemes provided to SEIs 
in 2018?  
Can Chi na provide information regarding the China Guidance Investment Fund for New 
and Emerging Industries and Business Creation which was set up in July  2016: 
RMB 17.85  billion Target: RMB  40 billion as well as the National Fund for the Development 
of Strategic and Emerging Industries  - Target RMB 300  billion and the relationship 
between these funds and Scheme 56 in the notification.  
 
Reply  
 
The National Fund for the Development of Strategic and Emerging Industries expired in 2017.  
The China Guidance Investment Fund for New and Emerging Industries and Business Creation was 
established in 2015 by drawing on the existing government guidance fun d models in Europe, 
America, Israel and other countries. It adopts the form of equity investment and supports the 
development of start -ups by holding shares in start -up investment funds. The Fund operates in 
accordance with the principle of marketization i n the process of initiation, investment management, 
and exit upon expiration; entrusts professional teams to manage; and separates ownership, 
management, and trusteeship to encourage greater participation of private partners. This Fund is 
not related to go vernment subsidies.  
The National Fund for the Development of Strategic and Emerging Industries is a market -oriented 
fund raised and operated by a subsidiary of China Construction Bank in 2018. The Fund operates in 
accordance with the principle of marketiz ation in the process of initiation, investment management, 
and exit upon expiration; and mainly invests in enterprises in emerging industries. This Fund is not 
related to government subsidies.  G/SCM/Q2/CHN/101  
 
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  Scheme 58 – Reward for Public -Private -Partnership projects (PPP ) 
 
Question 6 
 
Can China please list what are the eligible projects under this scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
In order to  promote the standardized operation of Public -Private -Partnership (PPP) demonstration 
projects, the central government implemented the Reward for Public -Private -Partnership Projects 
(PPP) from 2016 to 2018.  
 
What are the conditions for receiving this fundi ng? 
 
Reply  
 
For new central PPP demonstration projects, the Ministry of Finance will give certain rewards based 
on the project investment scale after the completion of the procurement and the determination of 
private partners. Specifically, projects with a n investment scale of less than RMB 300 million yuan 
will be rewarded with RMB 3 million yuan; projects with an investment scale of RMB 300 million yuan 
to RMB 1 billion yuan will be rewarded with RMB 5 million yuan; and projects with an investment 
scale o f over RMB 1 billion yuan will be rewarded with RMB 8 million yuan. This policy has expired 
by the end of 2018.  
 
Scheme 59  – Fund for industrial transformation and upgrading.  
 
Question 7 
 
Can China please provide the amounts applicable under this scheme for 2017 and 2018. 
What is the amount allocated under the budget for this fund? What are the ten largest 
payments made under this fund and to which companies were the payments made?  
 
Reply  
 
According to existing rules, members submitting subsidy not ifications are not obliged to provide a 
list of specific beneficiary companies.  
 
What measures are in place to ensure that "innovative capacity building " is not used to 
build capacity in industries where there are efforts to cut capacity, such as steel sec tor 
for example?  
 
Reply  
 
The Fund for Industrial Transformation and Upgrading in 2017 -2018 only supported innovative 
capacity building in a few emerging fields. Sectors that require overcapacity reduction such as steel 
are not included in the scope of support for innovative capacity building.  
 
Scheme 60  – Reward and support fund for restructuring of industrial enterprises  
 
Question 8 
 
To whom is the funding under this scheme paid – the enterprise or the employees affected 
by capacity reduction? What are  the conditions attached to receiving such funding? Are 
there controls on what this funding can be used for by the enterprises?  
 
Reply  
 
The Reward and Support Fund for Restructuring of Industrial Enterprises is coordinated by sub -
central government for the placement of employees affected by overcapacity reduction.  
 
Can China explain the significant drop between funding for 2017 and 2018?  
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  Reply  
 
The funding is related to factors such as overcapacity reduction.  
 
Scheme 74  – Preferential tax  policies for enterprises engaged in projects of agricultural, 
forestry, animal and fishery.  
 
Question 9 
 
Please explain the "stipulated projects " for fisheries that can benefit from this scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
According to the relevant provisions of the Implementation Regulations of the Enterprise Income 
Tax Law, fishery -related projects eligible for tax exemption include ocean fishing and fishery 
preliminary processing in the preliminary processing of agricultural products. Fishery projects eligible 
for tax reduction and exemption include marine aquaculture and inland aquaculture.  
 
Scheme 75  – Fishery stocks enhancement and fish fries releasing.  
 
Question 10 
 
Is the amount of RMB 398.5  million available for each year or the total amount of funding 
availab le under the program?  
 
Reply  
 
RMB 398.5 million is available for each year.  
 
Please explain the term "whole funds + task list " – what does this mean in practice?  
 
Reply  
 
The central government has issued a task list based on the amount of whole funds, incl uding binding 
tasks and guiding tasks. Sub -central governments may coordinate whole funds for guiding tasks on 
the premise of ensuring the completion of the binding tasks.  
 
Which local governments receive funding under this scheme? Is there a breakdown 
available of how much of funding is granted to the various local governments?  
 
Reply  
 
The subsidy recipients are provinces with the task of fishery stocks enhancement and fish fries 
releasing. Since this task is a guiding one, the details of the actual funds used by the local 
governments at all levels under this scheme are not available.  
 
Do the individual sub -central local governments report this scheme individually? For 
example, what is the relationship with this scheme and the one reported by 
Zhejiang  Province  – Fund for marine and fishery comprehensive management and 
industry development, which also covers fishery stocks enhancement?  
 
Reply  
 
In 2017 and 2018, the central government issued RMB 15.32 million yuan and RMB 21.1  million  yuan 
in subsidies for agricultural resources and ecological protection (fishery resources protection) 
respectively. Zhejiang Province mainly used this fund for inland water fishery stocks enhancement 
and fish fries releasing.  
 
The Fund for Integrated Mari ne and Fishery Management and Industrial Development notified by 
Zhejiang Province is a fund project arranged by provincial finance and is not related to this scheme.  
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  Scheme 77  – Subsidy for scrapping and dismantling vessels and for ship type 
standardizat ion (2017); Subsidy fund for fishery development and the scrapping, 
dismantling and renovating of vessels (2018).  
 
Question 11 
 
In the context of assessing the trade effects of the scheme can China advise how many 
vessels, of the 20,000 target, have been dismantled under this scheme? Has this led to a 
drop in fishing volumes  - if so, how much?  
 
Reply  
 
According to the "13th Five -Year Plan " for national fishery development, China will dismantle over 
20,000 domestic marine fishing vessels and reduce the power by more than 1.5 million kilowatts 
from 2016 to 2020. The subsidy has been used for dismantling such vessels from 2017 to 2018.  
However, the scrapping and dismantling of fishing vessels is a relatively long and complicated 
process, making it impossible to obtain annual data on the number of vessels that have been 
scrapped and dismantled under this scheme. According to statistics, in 2017, the fishing output in 
the waters under China 's jurisdiction was 11.1242 million tons, a year -on-year decrease of 6.3%. 
In 2018, the fishing output in the waters under China 's jurisdiction was 10.4446 million tons, a year -
on-year decrease of 6.11%.  
 
What arrangements, other than the letter of commitment that the vessel owner must 
provide, ensure that the funding will not be used to refurbish the existing vessel or build 
another vessel?  
 
Reply  
 
According to the Administration of Fishery Fishing Permi ts, China imposes quota on ships and tools 
for the fishing industry. The manufacturing, renovation and transformation of domestic marine 
fishing vessels shall be in line with the quota requirements of the province, autonomous region, and 
cities under centr al government jurisdiction, and shall be realized by eliminating old fishing vessels. 
The number of new vessels and their power shall not exceed the number of eliminated vessels and 
their power.  
Vessel owners who still have quota for ships and tools after eliminating the existing marine fishing 
vessels may build another vessel, but the total power of the main engine of the new vessel shall not 
exceed the original power.  
 
What safeguards exist to ensure that renovated vessels, which presumably would become 
more efficient, do not contribute to an increase in fishing volumes?  
 
Reply  
 
According to the Administration of Fishery Fishing Permits, the total power of the main engine of the 
renovated fishing vessel shall not exceed the original power.  
 
Question 12 
 
Under MIC 2025, China released in 2016 a  "Specific programme to foster Manufacturing 
champions ". In 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and 
China Federation of Industrial Economics (CFIE) released the Fourth batch of champion 
manufacturing enterprises and products, in the context of the "Specific programme to 
foster Manufacturing champions ". Can China please advise if the previous batch under 
this scheme was notified to the WTO? Under this program was there funding for 2017 
and 2018? Will China notify the scheme if it not already included in previous notifications? 
What are the industries involved in this program?  
 
Reply  
 
In 2016, the Implementation Plan for the Cultivation and Promotion of Champion Manufacturing 
Enterprises was issued (MIIT Chan Ye [2016] No. 105) to guide enterprises to focus on long -term 
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  through demonstration and leadership so as to promote the high -quality d evelopment of 
manufacturing. There is no special fund for this program.  
 
Question 13 
 
Apart from the specific subsidy schemes aimed at reducing overcapacity in the steel sector 
could China please identify which other schemes in the notification include sup port for 
the steel sector?  
 
Reply  
 
There are Preferential tax treatment for environmental protection, water and energy conservation, 
and Clean Development Mechanism, Fund for energy conservation and emission reduction, Fund for 
air pollution prevention and  control, R&D additional deduction for enterprises, Industrial 
Transformation and Upgrading Funds, Reward and support fund for the structural adjustment of 
industrial enterprises.  
 
Subsidies at the sub -central level  
 
Fisheries sector  
 
Question 14 
 
At a sub-central level there are only two schemes notified relating to the scrapping and 
dismantling of vessels: Chongqing Municipality - Subsidy for scrapping and dismantling 
vessels and Dalian City, Liaoning province - Subsidy for scrapping and dismantling ve ssels 
and for ship type standardization. Can China confirm that these are the only two provinces 
with schemes for the dismantling of fishing vessels? Can China confirm that all provinces 
have notified such subsidies relating to the scrapping and dismantlin g of vessels?  
 
Reply  
 
China has made notifications based on the collected information.  
 
Question 15 
 
In the subsidy notification that China made to the WTO in 2018 (G/SCM/N/315/CHN), 
the Scheme  2.38 - Fund in support of leading fishery enterprises of Tianjin Municipality 
stated that the duration of the subsidy was from 2016 - 2019. However, there is no such 
fund reported for the Tianjin Municipality in the 2019 notification. Can China please 
provide de tails of the amounts paid under the scheme in 2017 and 2018?  
 
Reply  
 
The total amount under this scheme is RMB 90 million yuan.  
 
Strategic emerging industries  
 
Question 16 
 
Funds for development of strategic emerging industries(SEIs).  
The EU noted seven Fu nds for development of SEIs in China 's notification for the following 
regions: Hebei Province, Shanghai Municipality, Fujian Province, Zhongshan City of 
Guangdong Province, Gansu Province, Xinjiang Uygur and Shenzhen City of 
Guangdong  Province.  
Could China  please provide the amounts payable under these schemes for 2017 for 
Hebei  Province (Scheme 15) and Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province (Scheme 2)?  
 
Reply  
 
Not available.  G/SCM/Q2/CHN/101  
 
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  Could China please provide the amounts of these funds for both years 2017 and 2018 for 
Gansu Province (Scheme 7) and Xinjiang Uygur (Scheme 3).  
 
Reply  
 
Not available.  
 
Can China explain why the following SEI funds are not included in the notification:  
HUBEI Province 's Governmental Industry Guiding Fund  
- Source: http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017 -11/22/content_5241521.htm  
 
Reply  
 
The Fund is in line with the principle of market -oriented operation and is not subject to subsidy.  
 
JIANGSU PROVINCE - strategic emerging industry development investment fund.  
- Source:  http://www.mof.gov.cn/xinwenlianbo/jiangsucaizhengxinxilianbo/  
201908/t20190801_3340314.htm  
 
Reply  
 
Relevant information has not been verified.  
 
SHANDONG Guidance Fund for strategic emerging industries  
- Source : http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2015 -09/25/content_5044504.htm  
 
Reply  
 
Relevant information has not been verified.  
 
New materials  
 
Question 17  
 
The development of new materials is one of China 's priorities. In 2016, in order to 
implement the  13th FYP and MIC2025, China MIIT/NDRC/MOST/MOF published a the 
"New materials industry development guide " 2016/ 454 and encouraging fiscal and 
financial support to the sector. At a sub -central level there are only 4  schemes relating to 
Support for the development and upgrading of new materials production included in the 
notification.  
- Heilongjiang Province - Fund for the new metal material industry  
- Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province - Grant for supporting the upgrading of new 
material manufacturing industries  
- Shaanxi Province - Fund for the development of new materials  
- Xixian New District, Shaanxi Province - Fund  for foreign investment attraction  
Can China please provide a list of the eligible new materials covered by these schemes? 
Are there no schemes at central level relating to the development of new materials? Given 
the development of new materials is a prior ity for China, can China confirm that the 
schemes notified represent the full extent of the schemes/funding available in 2017 
and 2018?  
 
Reply  
 
For details, please refer to the Guiding Opinions of the MIIT, NDRC, MOST and MOF on Accelerating 
the Innovation  and Development of New Materials Industry (MIIT Lian Yuan [2016] No. 54) and the 
Notice of the MIIT, NDRC, MOST and MOF on Issuing the Guidelines for the Development of New 
Materials Industry (MIIT Lian Gui [2016] No. 454). The "Industrial Transformation and Upgrading 
Funds " that China has notified include relevant support funds for new materials in 2017 and 2018.  
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  New energy vehicles  
 
Question 18 
 
New energy car industry is one of the 10 industries identified under China 's 2016 Strategic 
and emerging industries and new energy cars is one of the ten sectors covered by 
China  2025. Can China please identify which of the schemes notified both at central and 
sub-central level fall under funding for 2016 Strategic and emerging i ndustries or funding 
for China 2025? Do the schemes notified represent the full amounts allocated under 
China 's 2016 Strategic and emerging industries and China  2025?  
At Central level there are two preferential tax policies notified relating to new energy 
vehicles NEV  (No. 20) and low -emission cars (No.  21) respectively. At sub -central level 
there are 22 schemes reported. For many of the schemes no funding amounts are given. 
Could China please provide the amounts which are missing under the following scheme s: 
Beijing Municipality: Nos.  4 & 5, Tianjin Municipality: No.  9; Shanxi Province: Nos.  1 & 3; 
Jilin province: Nos 9; Heilongjiang Province: No.  6; Jiangsu province: Nos.  15 and 18; 
Zhejiang Province: No.  3; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: No.  2; Shaanxi  Province: 
No 9.  
 
Reply  
 
No. 9 of Shaanxi Province: 2017 -2018: RMB 303 million yuan.  
No. 15 of Jiangsu Province: 2017: RMB 162.44 million yuan. No. 18 of Jiangsu Province: 2018: 
RMB 50.138 million yuan.  
No. 4 of Beijing: 2017: RMB 16.3388 billion yuan; 201 8: RMB 1.37999 billion yuan. No. 5 of Beijing: 
2018: RMB 140.31 million yuan.  
No. 6 of Heilongjiang Province: 2017: RMB 1 million yuan. There were no eligible companies in 2018.  
No. 3 of Zhejiang Province: 2017: RMB 517.85 million yuan; 2018: RMB 59.45 mil lion yuan.  
No. 1 of Shanxi Province: No funds in 2017; 2018: RMB 833.7967 million yuan.  
 
Other  
Schemes in Beijing Municipality : 
- Reward for promoting the PPP model – what are the eligible projects under 
this scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
The purpose of this scheme is to support the relevant departments in Beijing to promote the use of 
the PPP model, give play to the guiding role of fiscal funds, and advance the standardized operation, 
accelerated implementation, and information transparency of PPP projects in Beijing. To this end, 
the 2017 -2018 PPP rewards were used for the PPP model expenditures of relevant departments in a 
unified approach, including work -related expenses and various financial expenditures during the full 
life cycle of the PPP project. This scheme doe s not target a single project. Relevant departments in 
Beijing use this fund in a coordinated manner according to the above principles.  
 
Schemes in Tianjin Municipality : 
- Grant for projects that promote transformation and trading of scientific and 
technological research results - what are the eligible projects under this 
scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
1) Technology entrusted or transferred enterprises in Tianjin. 2) Technology transfer in stitutions 
that facilitate transactions, including offline technology transfer institutions and online technology 
transfer institutions.  
 
- Nankai District : Fund supporting the development of scientific and 
technological industry/what are the eligible enterp rises?  
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  Reply  
 
Since 2017, the Nankai District Science and Technology Bureau has given RMB 300,000 yuan as 
financial support to two recognized district -level incubators, and awarded RMB 2.5 million yuan to 
17 district -level or above Makerspaces with good o r better annual performance appraisal. In order 
to encourage technology carriers to introduce and incubate technology start -ups, a total of 
RMB 755,000 yuan was granted to 36 start -up companies in incubators and Makerspaces in the form 
of project applicati on. 
 
- Binhai New Area: Fund for hi -tech enterprises – can China please provide 
a list of the "Certified national hi -tech enterprises "? 
 
Reply  
 
Not available.  
 
Schemes in Hebei Province : 
- Shijiazhuang City: Special reward for the restructuring of industrial 
enterprises – what are the criteria to qualify for this funding? What are the 
eligible industries?  
 
Reply  
 
Criteria: Enterprises that undertake the task of reducing overcapacity complete the goals and tasks.  
 
- Tangshan City: Fund for development of emerging industries – Please 
provide a list of what are considered emerging industries under this 
scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
The Fund supports the construction of industrialization projects in the fields of information 
technology manufacturing, biomedicine, new ma terials, advanced environmental protection, new 
energy, and new energy vehicles.  
 
Schemes in Heilongjiang Province : 
- 3. Reward for technology trading & 4. Fund for technology transfer: What 
enterprises is this fund paid to? What are the qualifying criteria for 
funding?  
 
Reply  
 
Scheme 3: 1) Enterprises, universities or research and development institutions with independent 
legal personality that are registered in the administrative area of Heilongjiang Province, and have 
no bad credit records. 2) The  technology transaction contract must be recognized and registered by 
the provincial technology contract registration agency. 3) Buyers and sellers of technology 
transactions must not be affiliated or related.  
Scheme 4: 1) National and provincial technolog y transfer demonstration institutions in the 
administrative area of Heilongjiang Province that are recognized by the national and provincial 
science and technology authorities, and have no bad credit records. 2) Such institutions shall have 
complete financ ial management and accounting system, standardized management, and accurate 
accounting, be able to submit financial accounting statements to the financial department in 
accordance with relevant regulations, and have no records of violations of laws and reg ulations, nor 
complaints for two consecutive years.  
 
- Harbin city: 8. Grant for the biomedicine industry – Is this funding granted 
under the Made in China 2025 program? Does the scheme Subsidy 
supporting the development of biomedicine industries under 
Shang hai Municipality: Minhang District fall under MIC 2025 also? Can 
China confirm that the 2019 WTO notification covers all schemes both at 
central level and sub -central level for the biomedicine sector?  
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  Reply  
 
It is not related to "Made in China 2025 ". 
 
- 11. Suifenhe City - Grant for economic development: Who are the eligible 
enterprises and what are the criteria to qualify for grants under this 
scheme?  
 
Reply  
 
New industrial projects settled in integrated free trade zones.  
 
Schemes in Shanghai Municipalit y: 
- Schemes 8. and 9 - Hongkou District: What are the eligible industries under 
these schemes?  
 
Reply  
 
For specific industries, please refer to the Opinions on the Use and Management of Fund for the 
Structural Adjustment and Growth Mode Transformation in Hongkou District (Hong Fa Gai [2015] 
No. 35) and the Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Develo pment of Emerging Industries 
in Hongkou District (Hong Fa Gai [2015] No. 42).  
 
Schemes in Henan Province : 
- 3. Fund for promoting transformation and development: What are the 
eligible enterprises? What  are the amounts for 2017 and 2018?  
 
Reply  
 
Not available.  
 
Schemes in Hunan Province : 
- 3. Fund for industrial  transformation and upgrading. What are the eligible 
enterprises? What are the amounts for 2017 and 2018?  
 
Reply  
 
Not available.  
 
Schemes in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region : 
- 1. Fund for new industr ialized development projects – what enterprises are 
eligible for funding?  
 
Reply  
 
The criteria for enterprises to apply for funding in 2017: 1) The applicant must engage in the two  key 
areas of manufacturing transformation and upgrading and industrial rest ructure as well as energy 
conservation and consumption reduction. 2) The applicant must complete project approval, filing 
and other relevant procedures. 3) The applicant must accomplish the energy -saving goals and tasks 
of the previous year. 4) The loan co ntract used to apply for discounted loan interest shall be signed 
between 5 January 2016 and 10 October 2017. 5) A single enterprise applying for discounted loan 
interest shall request loans totalling more than RMB 10 million yuan.  
The criteria for enterpr ises to apply for funding in 2018: 1) The applicant enterprises and projects 
must be in line with the directions and fields supported by the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 
Industrial Enterprise Technological Transformation and Investment Guidance Catalogue (2018). 
2) The applicant must complete project approval, filing and other relevant procedures. 3) The signing 
date of the project loan contract must be from October 2017 to August 2018. Loans that have 
already enjoyed discounted interest cannot be re -entitled. 4) A single enterprise applying for 
discounted loan interest shall request loans totalling more than RMB 10 million yuan.  
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  Schemes in Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province : 
- 20. Fund for industrial development – Can China clarify if the amount given 
of "No more than 5  million yuan " relates to individual years or individual 
projects?  
 
Reply  
 
The amount of an individual project is no more than RMB 5 million yuan.  
 
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