V. The State Council Has Issued Amended Regulations on the Administration of Foreign-Funded Insurance Companies.

On June 8, 2013, the State Council issued amended Regulations on the Administration of Foreign-Funded Insurance Companies (Order No. 336), which will take effect on August 1, 2013. The amendments are comprised of two paragraphs. The first paragraph of Article 7 has been revised to “the minimum amount of registered capital of a joint venture and wholly foreign invested insurance company is RMB twenty million or convertible currency in equivalent.” The second paragraph of Article 7 has been revised to read, “a foreign-funded insurance company shall allot no less than RMB twenty million of working capital to its branch.” The regulation of “contribution of a foreign-funded insurance company shall be convertible currency” is deleted.