The China State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) jointly issued provisional procedures Tuesday on the management of foreign exchange in the insurance industry.
A SAFE spokesman said this move is aimed at promoting the healthy development of China's insurance market, standardizing forex payment activities in the insurance field and improving forex administration of insurance.
The provisional procedures clearly defines the respective duties of the SAFE and the CIRC, and provides detailed regulations for forex market accession and the withdrawal of insurance firms, as well as their forex business and account management and forex payment activities, he noted.
The promulgation of the procedures is in conformity with the opening pace of the insurance industry following China's accession into the World Trade Organization, the spokesman said, and will help increase the international competitiveness of the country's insurance sector.
(Xinhua News Agency October 30, 2002)
