B. Courier Services (1) None (1) None (CPC except for those (2) None (2) None specifically reserved to Chinese (3) Service suppliers of Australia are (3) None postal authorities by law) permitted to establish wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries (4) Unbound except as indicated in (4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal commitments. horizontal commitments. C. Telecommunication Services Services suppliers of Australia are Value-added Services (1) See mode 3 (1) None permitted to set up either Australia-China Including the following: (2) None (2) None joint ventures or wholly (h) Electronic mail (3) Service suppliers of Australia are (3) None enterprises in the China (i) Voice mail permitted to establish joint venture (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (j) On-line information and database value-added telecommunication (“FTZ”) in order to undertake the retrieval enterprises and foreign investment following value-added telecom services: (k) Electronic data interchange in the joint ventures shall be no 1. Information services (App store only); (l) Enhanced/Value-added facsimile more than 50 percent. 2. and forward; services (4) Unbound except as indicated in (4) Unbound except as indicated in 3. Call center; and (including store and forward, store horizontal commitments. horizontal commitments. 4. Domestic Multi-Parties and retrieve) Communication. (m) Code and protocol conversion Services suppliers of Australia are (n) On-line information and/or data permitted to set up Australia-China joint processing (including transaction ventures in the FTZ in order to undertake processing) On-line Data and Transaction Processing Services (for-profit E-Commerce). The Australian investment in the joint venture shall be no more than 55 per cent. All these Australia-China joint ventures or wholly Australian-owned telecom enterprises shall be registered in the Shanghai FTZ. The services facilities of these enterprises shall be located in the Shanghai FTZ as well.
B. Courier Services (CPC except for those specifically reserved to Chinese postal authorities by law) (1) None (2) None (3) Service suppliers of Australia are permitted to establish wholly foreign-owned subsidiaries (4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal commitments. (1) None (2) None (3) None (4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal commitments. C. Telecommunication Services Value-added Services Including the following: (h) Electronic mail (i) Voice mail (j) On-line information and database retrieval (k) Electronic data interchange (l) Enhanced/Value-added facsimile services (including store and forward, store and retrieve) (m) Code and protocol conversion (n) On-line information and/or data processing (including transaction processing) (1) See mode 3 (2) None (3) Service suppliers of Australia are permitted to establish joint venture value-added telecommunication enterprises and foreign investment in the joint ventures shall be no more than 50 percent. (4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal commitments. (1) None (2) None (3) None (4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal commitments. Services suppliers of Australia are permitted to set up either Australia-China joint ventures or wholly enterprises in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (“FTZ”) in order to undertake the following value-added telecom services: 1. Information services (App store only); 2. and forward; 3. Call center; and 4. Domestic Multi-Parties Communication. Services suppliers of Australia are permitted to set up Australia-China joint ventures in the FTZ in order to undertake On-line Data and Transaction Processing Services (for-profit E-Commerce). The Australian investment in the joint venture shall be no more than 55 per cent. All these Australia-China joint ventures or wholly Australian-owned telecom enterprises shall be registered in the Shanghai FTZ. The services facilities of these enterprises shall be located in the Shanghai FTZ as well.
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