全国人民代表大会常务委员会


中华人民共和国主席令（1959年4月）

湖南省新晃侗族自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会组织条例已由中华人民共和国第一届全国人民代表大会常务委员会于1959年4月14日第一百零八次会议批准，现予公布。

中华人民共和国主席 毛泽东
1959年4月14日



全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于批准湖南省新晃侗族自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会组织条例的决议

（1959年4月14日全国人民代表大会常务委员会第一百零八次会议通过）

1959年4月14日全国人民代表大会常务委员会第一百零八次会议决议：批准湖南省新晃侗族自治县第二届人民代表大会第一次会议制定的湖南省新晃侗族自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会组织条例。


湖南省新晃侗族自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会组织条例

　　（1959年4月14日全国人民代表大会常务委员会第一百零八次会议批准）

　　目录
　　第一章 总则
　　第二章 自治县人民代表大会
　　第三章 自治县人民委员会
　　第四章 附则
　　第一章 总则
　　第一条 新晃侗族自治县（以下简称自治县）人民代表大会及人民委员会组织条例，根据中华人民共和国宪法第二章第五节制定。
　　第二条 自治县人民代表大会及人民委员会是自治县的自治机关，是地方国家机关。
　　第三条 自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会一律实行民主集中制。
　　第四条 自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会中，各有关民族都应当有适当名额的代表和人员。
　　第二章 自治县人民代表大会
　　第五条 自治县人民代表大会是自治县的权力机关。
　　第六条 自治县人民代表大会代表，由乡（镇）人民代表大会选举。代表名额和代表产生办法，依照选举法规定。
　　第七条 自治县人民代表大会每届任期两年，代表可连选连任。
　　第八条 自治县人民代表大会在自治县内行使下列职权：
　　（一）保证法律、法令和上级人民代表大会决议的遵守和执行；
　　（二）根据宪法规定的权限，依照自治县的特点，制定自治县的自治条例和单行条例，报请省人民委员会转报国务院提请全国人民代表大会常务委员会批准；
　　（三）保障各民族的平等权利；
　　（四）在职权范围内通过和发布决议；
　　（五）规划经济建设、文化建设、公共事业、优抚工作和救济工作；
　　（六）审查和批准预算和决算；
　　（七）依照国家法律的规定，决定组织人民武装警察；
　　（八）选举自治县人民委员会的组成人员；
　　（九）选举自治县人民法院院长；
　　（十）选举省人民代表大会的代表；
　　（十一）听取和审查自治县人民委员会和人民法院的工作报告；
　　（十二）改变或撤销自治县人民委员会不适当的决议和命令；
　　（十三）改变或撤销乡（镇）人民代表大会不适当的决议和乡（镇）人民委员会不适当的决议和命令；
　　（十四）保护公共财产，维护公共秩序，保障公民权利。
　　第九条 自治县人民代表大会有权罢免自治县人民委员会组成人员和自治县人民法院院长。
　　第十条 自治县人民代表大会会议，由自治县人民委员会召集。
　　第十一条 自治县人民代表大会会议，每年举行两次；自治县人民委员会认为有必要或者五分之一的代表提议，可以临时召集自治县人民代表大会会议。
　　第十二条 自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，选举主席团主持会议。自治县人民代表大会会议设秘书长一人，副秘书长若干人。秘书长的人选由主席团提名，大会通过；副秘书长人选由主席团决定。
　　自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，设立秘书处，在秘书长的领导下进行工作。
　　第十三条 自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，设代表资格审查委员会，议案审查委员会和其他需要设立的委员会，在主席团领导下进行工作。
　　第十四条 自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，代表、主席团和自治县人民委员会都可以提出议案；其议案由主席团提交人民代表大会会议讨论；或者交付议案审查委员会审查后，提请人民代表大会会议讨论。
　　第十五条 自治县人民代表大会的决议，以全体代表的过半数通过。
　　第十六条 自治县人民委员会组成人员和自治县人民法院院长的人选，由自治县人民代表大会代表联合提名或单独提名。
　　自治县人民代表大会选举自治县人民委员会组成人员和自治县人民法院院长，采取无记名投票方式。
　　第十七条 自治县人民代表大会举行会议时，自治县人民委员会所属各工作部门负责人、自治县人民法院院长、自治县人民检察院检察长和经大会主席团同意的其他工作人员都可以列席。
　　第十八条 自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，代表向自治县人民委员会或者自治县人民委员会所属各工作部门提出的质问，经过主席团提交受质问的机关。受质问的机关必须在会议中负责答复。
　　第十九条 自治县人民代表大会在举行会议时，使用侗族语言和汉族语言文字；并为其他民族代表准备必要的翻译。
　　第二十条 自治县人民代表大会的代表在出席人民代表大会会议的期间，非得主席团同意不受逮捕或审判；如果是现行犯被拘留，执行拘留的机关必须立即报请主席团批准。
　　第二十一条 自治县人民代表大会代表在出席人民代表大会期间，国家根据需要给予往返旅费和必要的物质上的便利。
　　第二十二条 自治县人民代表大会的代表应当和原选举单位保持密切联系，宣传法律、法令和政策，协助自治县人民委员会推行各项工作；并且及时向自治县人民代表大会和人民委员会反映群众的意见和要求。
　　自治县人民代表大会的代表，可以列席原选举单位的人民代表大会会议。
　　第二十三条 自治县人民代表大会代表受原选举单位的监督，原选举单位有权随时撤换自己选出的代表。代表的撤换，必须由原选举单位全体代表的过半数通过；并且通知自治县人民委员会。
　　第二十四条 自治县人民代表大会代表，因故不能担任代表职务时，由原选举单位补选；并且报请自治县人民委员会发给代表当选证书。
　　第三章 自治县人民委员会
　　第二十五条 自治县人民委员会即自治县人民政府，是自治县人民代表大会的执行机关，是县一级的国家行政机关。
　　自治县人民委员会对自治县人民代表大会和省人民委员会负责并报告工作；并接受省人民委员会的派出机关的指导和监督。
　　自治县人民委员会是国务院统一领导下的地方国家行政机关，服从国务院。
　　第二十六条 自治县人民委员会由自治县人民代表大会选出县长一人、副县长一至三人、委员十五至二十三人组成。
　　第二十七条 自治县人民委员会每届任期两年，县长、副县长及委员均得连选连任。
　　自治县人民委员会组成人员因故不能担任职务时，由自治县人民代表大会补选。
　　第二十八条 自治县人民委员会在自治县内行使下列职权：
　　（一）根据法律、法令、自治县人民代表大会的决议和上级国家行政机关的决议和命令，规定行政措施，发布决议和命令并检查这些决议和命令的实施情况；
　　（二）主持自治县人民代表大会代表的选举；
　　（三）召集自治县人民代表大会会议，向自治县人民代表大会提出议案；
　　（四）领导所属各工作部门和乡（镇）人民委员会的工作；
　　（五）停止乡（镇）人民代表大会不适当的决议的执行；
　　（六）改变或者撤销所属各工作部门不适当的命令和指示和乡（镇）人民委员会不适当的决议和命令；
　　（七）依照法律规定任免所属范围内的国家机关工作人员；
　　（八）依照法律规定的财政权限，管理财政，执行预算；
　　（九）在国家发展国民经济建设计划的指导下，适应本地区的特点，发展经济文化事业；
　　（十）领导农业、林业、牧业、手工业的生产和合作事业；
　　（十一）管理地方国营工矿企业和领导资本主义工商业的社会主义改造；
　　（十二）发展水利事业；
　　（十三）管理税收工作；
　　（十四）管理交通邮电等公共事业；
　　（十五）管理文化、教育、卫生、优抚、救济和社会福利工作；
　　（十六）管理兵役工作；
　　（十七）保护公共财产，维护公共秩序，保障公民权利；
　　（十八）依照国家法律的规定，管理人民武装警察；
　　（十九）保障各民族的平等权利，帮助境内其他相当于乡的少数民族聚居区建立民族乡，帮助自治县内其他各少数民族发展经济文化建设事业；
　　（二十）办理上级国家行政机关交办的其他事项。
　　第二十九条 县长主持自治县人民委员会会议和人民委员会的工作，副县长协助县长工作。
　　第三十条 自治县人民委员会按照需要设立秘书室（办公室）、公安、粮食、税务、农业、林业、水利、商业、采购、兵役等局；民政、财政、教育、文化、卫生、统计、手工业管理、人事、工业、交通、劳动等科以及计划委员会，必要时还可增设其他工作机构。
　　自治县人民委员会工作部门的增设、撤销、合并，须报请省人民委员会批准。
　　第三十一条 各科、局、会、室得设科长、局长、主任等职，必要时得设副职。
　　第三十二条 自治县人民委员会每一个月举行会议一次，必要时可临时召开。自治县人民委员会在举行会议时，自治县人民法院院长和自治县人民检察院检察长及其他有关人员可以列席。
　　第三十三条 自治县人民委员会行政会议，每月举行一次，由县长召集所属各科、局、室负责人参加，其他有关人员可以列席；必要时可以召开临时会议。
　　第三十四条 自治县人民委员会对于有关全省或全国性的工作，应事先请示，事后报告。
　　第三十五条 自治县人民委员会所属各工作部门，受自治县人民委员会统一领导；并受省人民委员会的主管部门的领导和省人民委员会派出机关主管部门的指导。
　　第三十六条 自治县人民委员会应当协助设立在自治县内的不属于自己管理的国家机关、国营工矿企业和临时性的机构进行工作，并监督他们遵守和执行国家的法律、法令和政策。
　　第三十七条 自治县人民委员会在执行职务时，使用汉族文字为主要工具，并使用侗、苗、汉族语言。
　　第四章 附则
　　第三十八条 本条例经自治县人民代表大会第二届第一次会议通过，报请省人民委员会转报国务院提请全国人民代表大会常务委员会批准后实行。





中国保险监督管理委员会


外国保险机构驻华代表机构管理办法(英文版)


Rules on Administration of Representative Offices of Foreign Insurance Institutions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1
These rules are formulated in accordance with the Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China, and for the purpose of strengthening the administration of representative offices of foreign insurance institutions (hereinafter referred to as “representative offices”), and meeting the needs of the opening up of China’s insurance market to the outside world.

Article 2
Foreign insurance institutions hereof referred to in these rules are those insurance companies, reinsurance companies, insurance intermediaries, insurance associations, and other insurance organizations incorporated outside the territory of the People’s Republic of China.
Representative offices hereof referred to in these rules are both representative offices and general representative offices established by foreign insurance institutions within Chinese territory for the purpose of conducting such non-operational activities as liaison service and market research etc.
Chief Representative hereof referred to in these rules is the principal responsible person of the representative office, and the general representative is the principal responsible person of the general representative office.

Article 3
Representative offices shall abide by Chinese laws and regulations and related regulations made by China Insurance Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as “CIRC”) and their legitimate rights and interests are protected by Chinese laws.

Article 4
CIRC is authorized by law and the State Council to perform regulatory responsibilities over the representative offices.
Under the authorization scope of CIRC, the local branch offices of CIRC take general regulation of those representative offices that are located in their jurisdictions on behalf of CIRC.

Chapter Ⅱ Application and Establishment

Article 5
Foreign insurance institutions (hereinafter referred to as “the applicant”) applying to establish a representative office shall satisfy the following requirements:
(1) Good business performance;
(2) No record of any major violation of laws and regulations within three years prior to the application date;
(3) Other prudential requirements stipulated by CIRC.

Article 6
The formal application form for the establishment of representative office is provided by CIRC.

Article 7
The applicant shall submit the following documents:
(1) The formal application form;
(2) A letter of application addressed to the Chairman of CIRC and signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned insurance institution;
(3) A photocopy of the business license or the certificate of authorization for insurance business, or the registry certificate issued by the relevant regulatory authorities of its home country or territory;
(4) Articles of association and the name list of the members of the Board of Directors, management personnel or principal partners;
(5) Annual reports of the last three years prior to the application;
(6) A letter of permit issued by the competent authority of its home country or territory allowing it to set up a representative office in China, or a letter of recommendation from the industrial association of which the applicant is a member, and both types of letters shall contain information about the penalty records of the applicant received within three years prior to the application;
(7) A power of attorney signed by the Chairman of the Board or General Manager for the chief representative designated;
(8) The resume of the designated chief representative and other relevant supporting documents;
(9) Other documents and materials required by CIRC.
The photocopy of the business license or the certificate of authorization for insurance business, or the registry certificate shall be subject to notarization certified by the applicant’s home country or territory or verification by the resident Embassy or Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in the applicant’s home country or territory.

Article 8
The applicant shall submit its application documents to CIRC. CIRC shall handle all the applications according to the following conditions:
(1) If the document has a mistake (mistakes) that can be corrected on the spot, the applicant shall be allowed to make the correction on the spot;
(2) If the document is incomplete or does not comply with regulatory formats, the applicant shall be informed on the spot or within five days of all the required corrections at one time. If the applicant is not informed of such information in this period, then it is assumed that the application is accepted for review on the day it is received by CIRC;
(3) If the document is complete and complies with regulatory formats, or after the applicant, upon request, has submitted additional documents and made necessary corrections, then the application shall be accepted for review.
Whether or not CIRC accepts the application for review, CIRC shall issue a written document with designated stamp and date indicated.

Article 9
Within 20 days from the date of receiving the application letter, CIRC shall make a decision on whether or not to approve. If the decision can not be made in the said 20 days, at the approval of the Chairman of CIRC, the said period can be extended 10 more days and the applicant shall be informed of reasons for the extension.
If CIRC decides to accept the application, it shall issue an approval document; in case of disapproval, CIRC shall state reasons in a written document.

Article 10
After a representative office receiving the official document of approval, it shall register with the State Administration of Industry and Commerce in line with relevant rules.
The representative office shall move into its official premises within three months from the date on which the approval document is issued; the approval document shall automatically become invalid if the said deadline is not observed.

Article 11
Any foreign insurance institution that has already established no less than two representative offices in China shall be allowed to apply to CIRC to appoint one of its representative offices as a general representative office.

Article 12
In applying to appoint the general representative office, foreign insurance institutions shall submit a letter of application addressed to the Chairman of CIRC and signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned insurance institution.
The application for setting up a general representative office is subject to the same rules governing the application of a representative office.

Chapter Ⅲ Supervision and Administration

Article 13
The official title of the representative office shall be arranged in the following order: name of the foreign insurance institution + name of the city where the representative office is to be located + representative office; The official title of the representative office shall be arranged in the following order: name of the foreign insurance institution + general representative office in China.

Article 14
Except the principal responsible person, other major staff members shall be entitled “Representative” or “Deputy Representative”.

Article 15
Employees of representative office shall abide by Chinese laws and regulations, with high integrity and clean record.

Article 16
A general representative shall have a work experience above 8 years and hold a junior college degree or a higher academic degree; a chief representative shall have a work experience above 5 years, and hold a junior college degree or a higher academic degree.
Without a junior college degree, the general representative or chief representative shall have a work experience above 10 years in the insurance business.

Article 17
A maximum of three employees of foreign nationality are allowed in each representative office.

Article 18
A representative office and its employees shall not enter into any agreement or contract with any legal or natural persons, which might generate an income to the representative office or the foreign insurance institution it represents, and shall not be involved in business activities of any kind.

Article 19
A representative office shall have official premises, necessary office facilities and full-time staff.

Article 20
The General Representative or Chief Representative shall not work in two or more representative offices or any business institution in China.

Article 21
The General Representative or Chief Representative shall attend to the daily activities of the representative office on a permanent basis. If he or she consecutively stays away from the representative office for a period or more than one month, he or she shall delegate his or her responsibility as the General Representative or Chief Representative to a person specially appointed, and submit a written report to the local branch office of CIRC.

Article 22
A representative office shall submit two copies of its annual work report of the previous year before the end of each February to the CIRC’s local branch office, who shall then forward the report to CIRC’s head office.
The work report shall follow the format prescribed by CIRC.

Article 23
A representative office shall submit the annual report of the foreign insurance institution it represents to both CIRC and CIRC’s local branch office within six months after the end of each accounting year of the foreign insurance institution.

Article 24
If any following major event occurs in an insurance institution that has maintained a representative office in China, the representative office shall, within 10 days after the occurrence of the event, submit a written report to CIRC and copy the report to CIRC’s local branch office.
(1) A change in its articles of association, register capital, and registered business address;
(2) Division or merger or change of top management;
(3) Serious losses resulted in business operation;
(4) Penalties imposed for violations of laws and regulations;
(5) Major regulatory actions taken against it by the regulatory authorities of its home country or territory;
(6) Other matters which may seriously disrupt business operation of the foreign insurance institution.

Article 25
In case of changing a General Representative or Chief Representative, the representative office shall apply to CIRC, and submit the following documents:
(1) A letter of application addressed to the Chairman of CIRC, and signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned insurance institution;
(2) Power of attorney of the proposed General Representative or chief representative signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager;
(3) Proof of personal identity certificates, certificate of academic degree and resume of the proposed General Representative or Chief Representative.

Article 26
If a foreign insurance institution intends to terminate its representative office’s operation, it shall submit a letter of application addressed to the Chairman of CIRC, and signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned insurance institution.

Article 27
If a foreign insurance institution intends to change the name of its representative office, it shall submit a letter of application addressed to the Chairman of CIRC, and signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned insurance institution, together with other relevant proving documents about the renaming.

Article 28
Under the situation stipulated in Article 25, Article 26, and Article 27, CIRC shall make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove of the application within 20 days from the date of receiving a complete set of application documents.
If a decision of approval is made, it shall issue an approval document; if a decision of disapproval is made, it shall notify the applicant in writing and give the reasons.

Article 29
A representative office can change its office location within the same administrative area it resides only.
The concerned representative office shall submit CIRC’s local branch office of its new office address, telephone and fax numbers within 5 days from the date of changing.

Article 30
In case of changing, increasing or reducing the number of Representatives, Deputy Representatives, or foreign employees, the concerned representative office shall report to CIRC’s local branch office within 5 days from the date of changing, and submit the proof of personal identity certificates, certificate of academic degree and resume of the nominated personnel.

Article 31
When a representative office is approved to be changed to a general representative office, the original representative office is cancelled automatically. The general representative office shall apply to the State Administration of the Industry and Commerce for cancellation of the registration of the representative office within one month from the date of CIRC’s approval within one month from the date of CIRC’s approval.

Article 32
If a general representative office is the only representative office in China after the insurance institution it represents withdraws all other representative offices, the general representative office shall be changed into a representative office.
The general representative office shall apply to CIRC by submitting an application letter regarding such change signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or General Manager of the concerned foreign insurance institution. Within 20 days from the date of receiving the application letter, CIRC shall make a decision on whether or not to approve. If CIRC decides to accept the application, it shall issue an approval document; in case of disapproval, CIRC shall state reasons in a written document.
When a general representative office is approved to be changed to a representative office, the original general representative office is cancelled automatically. The representative office shall apply to the State Administration of the Industry and Commerce for cancellation of its registration within one month from the date of CIRC’s approval.

Article 33
After a representative office of the foreign insurance institution is terminated by the CIRC, all the issues left unsettled shall be taken over and handled by its general representative office in China; if there is no such a general representative office, responsibilities on all issues left unsettled shall be taken over and handled by the foreign insurance institution’s other representative offices in China; if there is no any other representative office in China, responsibilities on all issues left unsettled shall be borne by the foreign insurance institution itself.

Article 34
CIRC and its local branch offices conduct general supervision and annual inspection over the representative offices of foreign institutions in regard to the following issues:
(1) The completeness of the procedures for the changes made by the representative office;
(2) The truthfulness of the documents and materials submitted to CIRC;
(3) The completeness of the procedures for the appointments or changes of staff members of representative offices;
(4) Whether or not representative offices are conducting business activities;
(5) Other items required by CIRC and its local branch offices.

Chapter Ⅳ Legal Liability

Article 35
Any representative office established without approval, in violation of certain provisions of these Rules, shall be banned by CIRC in accordance with law.

Article 36
If a representative office is engaged in financial business activities in violation of these Rules, it shall be punished by CIRC in line with relevant laws and regulations. If a representative office is engaged in profit-seeking operational activities other than insurance business, it shall be imposed a disciplinary warning or a fine below RMB 300,000 yuan.

Article 37
If a representative office fails to submit relevant reports or documents as stipulated in Article 22, 23, 24 of these Rules to CIRC, it shall be imposed a warning and ordered to make correction by CIRC’s local branch office.

Article 38
Employees of a representative office being with direct responsibility for activities violating these Rules shall be imposed by CIRC with a disciplinary warning and /or a fine below RMB 5000 yuan, according to the seriousness of the cases.

Article 39
CIRC may issue a disciplinary warning to a representative office involved in providing false information or concealing important facts.

Article 40
CIRC may order the representative offices, found in violation of other provisions stipulated in these Rules, to make corrections; those who do not make corrections within a prescribed time period shall be issued a disciplinary warning.

Chapter Ⅴ Supplementary Provisions

Article 41
These Rules shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the representative offices established in the mainland by insurance institutions from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan region.

Article 42
These Rules shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the resident offices of foreign insurance institutions approved to establish in China by CIRC.

Article 43
The terms “above”, “below” and “within” used to indicate a threshold number shall include the number itself.

Article 44
The approval and reporting periods prescribed in these Rules concerning licensing and reporting periods refer to working days, which exclude weekends and public holidays.

Article 45
CIRC shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Rules.

Article 46
These Rules shall be effective as of March 1, 2004, and the Rules on Administration of Representative Offices of Foreign Insurance Institutions, issued by CIRC on November 26, 1999 shall be repealed simultaneously.