Company: CAAS
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form Type: F-4
Source: 0001104659-25-064447
Chunk: 83

Company: China Automotive Systems, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form: F-4
Chunk 83
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 the MOFCOM and the SAMR jointly approved
the Foreign Investment Information Report Measures on December 19, 2019, which has been in effect since January 1, 2020. According
to the Foreign Investment Information Report Measures, which repealed the Provisional Administrative Measures on Establishment and Modifications
(Filing) for Foreign Invested Enterprises, foreign investors or FIEs shall report their investment-related information to the competent
local counterparts of the MOFCOM through Enterprise Registration System and National Enterprise Credit Information Notification System.

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Regulations on Leasing

Pursuant to the Law on Administration of Urban
Real Estate which took effect in January 1995 with the latest amendment in August 2019, lessors and lessees are required to
enter into a written lease contract, containing such provisions as the term of the lease, the use of the premises, liability for rent
and repair, and other rights and obligations of both parties. Both lessor and lessee are also required to register the lease with the
real estate administration department.

Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights

Patent Law

Pursuant to the Patent Law of the PRC, or the Patent
Law, promulgated by the SCNPC on March 12, 1984, as later amended on October 17, 2020, and became effective on June 1,
2021, and the Implementation Rules of the Patent Law of the PRC, promulgated by the State Council on June 15, 2001, and later
amended on January 9, 2010, there are three types of patents in the PRC: invention patent, utility model patent and industrial design
patent. The protection period is 20 years for invention patents and 10 years for utility model patents and industrial design patents,
commencing from their respective application dates. Any individual or entity that utilizes a patent or conducts any other activity in
infringement of a patent without prior authorization of the patentee shall pay compensation to the patentee and is subject to a fine imposed
by relevant administrative authorities and, if constituting a crime, shall be held criminally liable in accordance with the law. In the
event that a patent is owned by two or more co-owners without an agreement regarding the distribution of revenue generated from the exploitation
of any co-owner of the patent, such revenue shall be distributed among all the co-owners.

Existing patents can become narrowed, invalid