Notice of the General Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province on Issuing the Interim Measures for the Administration of Foreign Exchange Exchange for Outbound Travel by Residents in Yunna

Notice of the General Office of the People's Government of Yunnan Province on Issuing the Interim Measures for the Administration of Foreign Exchange Exchange for Outbound Travel by Residents in Yunnan Province

Article 1: Foreign exchange exchange business for domestic residents traveling abroad shall be handled by the authorized Bank of China Yunnan Branch and Bank of China Kunming Branch (hereinafter referred to as the bank) in strict accordance with national regulations. Article 2 The Yunnan Provincial Tourism Bureau is responsible for promptly reporting the list of travel agencies that are allowed to operate resident outbound tourism in the province (hereinafter referred to as travel agencies) to the foreign exchange management department and banks; it is responsible for approving and issuing the "foreign exchange purchase verification certificate" to each travel agency, and at the same time, it will issue a list of personnel Send a copy to the foreign exchange bureau and the foreign exchange selling bank for filing; assist the foreign exchange management department in managing foreign exchange exchange by travel agencies, and investigate and deal with illegal activities such as illegal exchange of foreign exchange by travel agencies and their personnel. Article 3 Travel agencies must abide by national laws and regulations and establish corresponding rules and regulations for foreign exchange exchange; actively publicize national foreign exchange management policies to customers, write the main terms into the "Outbound Travel Instructions", and designate full-time accounting personnel who work conscientiously and responsibly 2 to The three people handle the foreign exchange purchase in a unified manner and open a special RMB foreign exchange purchase account at the foreign exchange purchasing bank to handle foreign exchange procedures for residents' travel. Article 4 When a bank handles foreign exchange exchange business for personal travel, it must present a valid passport, visa and outbound plane, car, and boat tickets and then go through the exchange procedures in accordance with regulations after verifying the authenticity.

For residents who travel overseas through a travel agency (their passport is stamped "valid for one entry and exit only for one trip" in the remarks column of the appendix of the passport), the travel agency's foreign exchange verification and verification person will present the list of group members to the bank Handle foreign exchange procedures collectively. Residents traveling abroad on their own can go through the foreign exchange procedures directly with banks. Article 5: In principle, the currency for foreign exchange supply for residents traveling abroad shall be the currency of the country visited as the main currency for foreign exchange sales. Article 6: Multiple remittances for one visa, multiple visas for one passport within one year or multiple passports issued by one person are only required to be remitted once per year and according to standards. Article 7 The person handling the foreign exchange purchase of a travel agency must go to the original exchange bank for verification within one week after the overseas group (group) returns to the country with the border entry and exit list. If a person who has not left the country has exchanged foreign exchange, the travel agency must settle the exchange in full with the bank. Article 8 Banks should standardize foreign exchange sales operations, strengthen internal management, and report to foreign exchange management within 15 days after the month the amount of individual travel exchanges, outbound personnel, group groups organized by various travel agencies, etc. and the write-off status and related abnormal situations. department. Article 9 The foreign exchange administration department is responsible for the review, supervision and inspection of domestic residents’ purchases of foreign exchange for outbound travel. Article 10 If a travel agency is found to have violated foreign exchange management regulations by engaging in arbitrage or privately buying and selling foreign exchange during the process of foreign exchange exchange, the provincial tourism bureau will impose a penalty of suspension or even cancellation of the qualification to operate outbound tourism. Article 11 Anyone who violates the above-mentioned relevant provisions by evading the state's foreign exchange, buying and selling foreign exchange privately, buying and selling foreign exchange in disguised form, or buying and selling foreign exchange shall be punished by the foreign exchange management department in accordance with the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China and Foreign Exchange Administration"; the person in charge directly responsible shall be punished. Personnel and other persons directly responsible shall be subject to disciplinary sanctions; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law. Article 12 These Measures shall be implemented from the date of promulgation. Any provisions that conflict with these Measures before the issuance of this article shall be repealed at the same time.