吉林省人民政府办公厅转发省教育厅等部门制定的吉林省高等学校国家助学贷款试行办法的通知
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吉林省人民政府办公厅转发省教育厅等部门制定的吉林省高等学校国家助学贷款试行办法的通知
吉林省人民政府办公厅
吉林省人民政府办公厅转发省教育厅等部门制定的吉林省高等学校国家助学贷款试行办法的通知
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吉林省人民政府办公厅
二○○○年八月十一日
吉林省高等学校国家助学贷款试行办法
省教育厅 省工商银行 省财政厅
(2000年8月)
根据《国务院办公厅转发中国人民银行等部门关于国家助学贷款管理规定(试行)的通知》(国办发〔1999〕58号)和《国务院办公厅转发中国人民银行等部门助学贷款若干意见的通知》(国办发〔2000〕6号)精神,为了保障高校经济困难学生在校期间顺利完成学业,促进教育事业持续稳定发展,特制定吉林省高等学校国家助学贷款试行办法。
第一章 总 则
第一条 为保证国家助学贷款政策的顺利执行,由省教育厅、省财政厅和省工商银行组成吉林省国家助学贷款协调小组,负责协调教育、银行、财政等部门及学校之间的关系,确定吉林省高等学校年度国家助学贷款指导性计划。省教育厅设立吉林省学生贷款管理中心,作为省协调小组的日常办事机构,管理吉林省高等学校助学贷款的各项日常工作。
第二条 省教育厅负责根据我省教育发展状况,会同有关部门研究如何利用助学贷款的有关政策。
第三条 省财政厅负责年度国家助学贷款贴息经费的预算安排、拨付,监督贴息经费的使用情况。
第四条 省工商银行负责根据国家有关政策制定省国家助学贷款实施办法,负责贷款的审批、发放与回收等项工作。
第五条 学生贷款管理中心负责根据省国家助学贷款协调小组确定的年度国家助学贷款计划,审核学校提交的贷款申请报告,核准各学校贷款申请额度,统一管理财政拨付的贷款贴息经费。
第六条 学校要指定专门机构、配备专职人员统一管理本校国家助学贷款工作,负责对申请贷款的学生进行初审,按期向学生贷款管理中心报送全校年度贷款申请报告,根据学生贷款管理中心核准的贷款申请额度,将经初审的学生贷款申请报送经办银行,协助经办银行组织贷款的发放和回收,并协助银行催还贷款,及时向经办银行提供学生变动情况,办理学生贷款管理中心交办的其他事宜。
第七条 国家助学贷款的目的是帮助学校中经济确实困难的学生支付在校期间的学费和生活费,以顺利完成学业。
第八条 省工商银行与学生贷款管理中心签订助学贷款合作协议。
第二章 贷款范围和条件
第九条 贷款范围为省属普通高校(不含民办普通高校和普通高校中的新制二级学院)、市州所属普通高校、师范学院市州分院中经济确实困难的全日制本、专科学生(含高职生)。
第十条 申请贷款学生应具备的条件:
(?D)具有完全的民事行为能力(未成年人须由其法定监护人书面同意);
(二)遵纪守法,品德良好,无违法违纪行为;
(三)学习成绩较好,能正常完成学业;
(四)在校期间的经济来源不足以支付完成学业所需基本费用(学费和生活费);
(五)诚实守信,履行按期归还贷款的责任;
(六)具有所在学校发放的《学生证》、学籍证明等有关证明,学生学习期间所需学杂费,生活费等有关学习费用证明,介绍人(指学校中负责国家助学贷款的部门)提供的贷款申请表或相关证明;
(七)承诺向贷款人(指经办银行)及时提供学习期间和毕业以后的有关情况;
(八)符合经办银行规定的其他贷款条件。
第三章 贷款的申请
第十一条 学生在校期间原则上只能一次申请国家助学贷款,并需在新学年开学后10日内向所在学校提出申请。
第十二条 借款学生需凭本人有效证件向所在学校领取国家助学贷款申请书等有关资料,并如实填写。
第十三条 按照经办银行的要求提供贷款所要求的抵押、质押、保证或信用担保等资料(详见省工商银行国家助学贷款程序及细则)。
第四章 贷款计划的确定
第十四条 学校根据学生的贷款申请,于每年9月25日前,将学校贷款申请报告及《吉林省普通高校国家助学贷款额度申请表》,报送学生贷款管理中心。
第十五条 学生贷款管理中心根据协调小组确定的指导性计划及财政核定的年度贴息经费,审查学校报送的贷款申请报告,并于每年9月30日前以文件形式分配下达各学校国家助学贷款额度,同时抄送经办银行。
第十六条 各学校收到学生贷款管理中心下达的国家助学贷款额度通知后,与经办银行办理具体贷款事宜。
第五章 贷款金额的确定
第十七条 学生贷款金额的计算公式为:学生贷款金额=所在学校收取的学费+学校所在地区的基本生活费-个人可得收入(在校期间所得学校资助收入、家庭提供的收入)。
第十八条 学生贷款管理中心按照各学校经济困难学生占在校生的比例,确定学校贷款规模,贷款规模全省平均控制在学生数10%以内。学校根据学生贷款管理中心下达的国家助学贷款额度控制学校贷款规模、核定每个学生的年度贷款金额。
第十九条 经办银行负责最后确定国家助学贷款学生的发放金额。
第六章 贷款的审批和发放
第二十条 学校负责根据国家助学贷款的有关规定和学生贷款管理中心下达的年度国家助学贷款额度,对借款学生进行资格初审。
第二十一条 学校在收到学生填写的《国家助学贷款申请书》后,应按规定对申请书内容及所提供证明材料真实性进行认真审查,在初审合格的学生贷款申请书上盖章。
第二十二条 学校应根据经办银行的要求统一组织借款学生办理有关手续,并将学生申请贷款资料报银行审查。
第二十三条 经办银行收到学校送达的借款学生申请国家助学贷款资料后,经审查无误,编制贷款通知书,并通知借款人所在学校。
第二十四条 国家助学贷款实行一次合同签订、学费贷款分年发放、基本生活费贷款分月发放的办法。
第二十五条 学费贷款由经办银行按学年直接划入借款人所在学校指定帐户。基本生活费贷款由经办银行于每月10日前划入借款人的活期储蓄帐户,基本生活费贷款每年按10个月发放,每年2月和8月不发放。
第二十六条 学校应将经办银行核准发放的国家助学贷款学生名单及贷款金额汇总,上报学生贷款管理中心备案。
第七章 贷款的期限、利率及用途
第二十七条 国家助学贷款由经办银行根据学生申请审查后,具体确定每笔贷款的期限。
第二十八条 国家助学贷款利率按中国人民银行公布的法定贷款利率和国家有关利率执行。
第二十九条 国家助学贷款的学费贷款用于支付学生学习期间的学费,基本生活费贷款用于借款学生自身日常基本生活费支出。贷款学生应严格按照规定用途使用借款。
第八章 贷款贴息
第三十条 国家为减轻经济困难学生的还贷负担,对接受国家助学贷款的学生给予在校期间利息补贴的优惠政策。学生所借国家助学贷款利息的50%按学生所在学校经费拨款渠道由同级财政给予贴息,其余50%由学生个人负担。财政部门每年根据学生贷款管理中心提供的计划贷款数和当期贷款利率,经审核后,按学期向学生贷款管理中心拨付贴息经费。
第三十一条 学生贷款管理中心统一管理财政拨付的国家助学贷款贴息经费,专款专用,专户存入银行。年终对财政拨付的贴息经费要按实际发生数进行清算,贴息经费结余和贴息资金增值部分(含社会捐款),作为贴息经费来源,抵顶下年度财政拨款。
第三十二条 学生贷款管理中心在每季末按照经办银行提供的国家助学贷款贴息清单进行核对,核对无误后,于下季度的首月20日内,将贴息经费划入经办银行。
第三十三条 学生贷款管理中心应加强对贴息经费的管理,加强国家助学贷款的宣传,不断扩大国内外社会各界的捐款渠道,增加贴息经费来源。
第九章 贷款的变更
第三十四条 借款学生的贷款金额确定后,在贷款期限内保持不变。中途要求终止贷款,可通过学校向经办银行申请终止贷款的发放。
第三十五条 借款学生在贷款期间转学或退学,必须由所在学校和经办银行与待转入学校和相应经办银行办理该生贷款划转手续后,或者在该生还清借款本息后,所在学校方可办理转学或退学手续。
第三十六条 借款学生在使用贷款期间,如违反经办银行有关规定,经办银行可以停止发放贷款。
第十章 贷款的回收
第三十七条 借款学生应按规定期限、还款方式归还本息。学生所借国家助学贷款本息在毕业后1年内开始偿还,4年内还清。国家助学贷款不办理展期,贷款到期后不能按期归还的,按中国人民银行的有关规定计收罚息。
第三十八条 对享受国家助学贷款的毕业生,学校需将借款学生的去向、联系地址通知经办银行。其接收单位负有协助经办银行办理按期催收贷款的义务,并应在其工作变动时,提前告知经办银行。
第十一章 贷款的信息管理
第三十九条 学校、学生贷款管理中心、经办银行应制定国家助学贷款信息管理制度,妥善管理国家助学贷款的所有信息资料。每年度终了一个月内,学生贷款管理中心要向省国家助学贷款协调小组报送助学贷款和贴息经费计划执行情况。(下转48页)
第四十条 各学校要配合经办银行建立学生个人贷款档案,实行国家助学贷款的发放、回收变动等计算机管理。
第十二章 附 则
第四十一条 本办法适用于吉林省高等学校。
第四十二条 国家助学贷款具体实施细则由经办银行制定。
第四十三条 本办法由省教育厅、省财政厅、省工商银行负责解释。
第四十四条 本办法自批准之日起执行。
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第一条 为促进大陆和台湾地区的经济技术交流，以利于祖国海峡两岸的共同繁荣，鼓励台湾的公司、企业和个人（以下统称台湾投资者）在大陆投资，制定本规定。
第二条 台湾投资者可以在大陆各省、自治区、直辖市、经济特区投资。
鼓励台湾投资者到海南省以及福建、广东、浙江等省沿海地带划定的岛屿和地区从事土地开发经营。
第三条 台湾投资者在大陆可以下列形式进行投资：
（一）举办台湾投资者拥有全部资本的企业；
（二）举办合资经营企业、合作经营企业；
（三）开展补偿贸易、来料加工装配、合作生产；
（四）购买企业的股票和债券；
（五）购置房产；
（六）依法取得土地使用权，开发经营；
（七）法律、法规允许的其他投资形式。
第四条 台湾投资者可以在大陆的工业、农业、服务业以及其他符合社会和经济发展方向的行业投资。台湾投资者可以从各地方人民政府有关部门公布的项目中选择投资项目，也可以自行提出投资项目意向，向拟投资地区对外经济贸易部门或者地方人民政府指定的审批机关申请。
国家鼓励台湾投资者投资举办产品出口企业和先进技术企业，并给予相应的优惠待遇。
第五条 台湾投资者在大陆投资举办拥有全部资本的企业、合资经营企业和合作经营企业（以下统称台胞投资企业），除适用本规定外，参照执行国家有关涉外经济法律、法规的规定，享受相应的外商投资企业待遇。
台湾投资者在大陆进行其他形式的投资，以及在大陆没有设立营业机构而有来源于大陆的股息、利息、租金、特许权使用费和其他所得，除适用本规定外，也可以参照执行国家有关涉外经济法律、法规的规定。
第六条 台湾投资者可以用可自由兑换货币、机器设备或者其他实物、工业产权、专有技术等作为投资。
第七条 台湾投资者在大陆的投资、购置的资产、工业产权、投资所得利润和其他合法权益受国家法律保护，并可以依法转让和继承。
台湾投资者在大陆的活动应当遵守国家的法律、法规。
第八条 国家对台湾投资者的投资和其他资产不实行国有化。
第九条 国家根据社会公共利益的需要，对台胞投资企业实行征收时，依照法律程序进行并给予相应的补偿。
第十条 台湾投资者投资获得的合法利润，其他合法收入和清算后的资金，可以依法汇往境外。
第十一条 台胞投资企业在其投资总额内进口本企业所需的机器设备、生产用车辆和办公设备，以及台胞个人在企业工作期间运进自用的、合理数量的生活用品和交通工具，免缴进口关税、工商统一税，免领进口许可证。
台胞投资企业进口用于生产出口产品的原材料、燃料、散件、零部件、元器件、配套件，免缴进口关税、工商统一税，免领进口许可证，由海关实行监管。上述进口料件，如用于在大陆销售的产品，应当按照国家规定补办进口手续，并照章补税。
台胞投资企业生产的出口产品，除国家限制出口的外，免缴出口关税和工商统一税。
第十二条 台胞投资企业可以向大陆的金融机构借款，也可以向境外的金融机构借款，并可以本企业资产和权益抵押、担保。
第十三条 台湾投资者拥有全部资本的企业，经营期限由投资者自行确定；合资经营企业和合作经营企业，经营期限由合资或者合作各方协商确定，也可以不规定经营期限。
第十四条 合资经营企业董事会的组成和董事长的委派、合作经营企业董事会或者联合管理机构的组成和董事长或者联合管理机构主任的委派，可以参照出资比例或者合作条件由合资或者合作各方协商决定。
第十五条 台胞投资企业依照经批准的合同、章程进行经营管理活动。企业的经营管理自主权不受干涉。
第十六条 在大陆投资的台胞个人以及台胞投资企业从境外聘请的技术和管理人员，可以申请办理多次入出境的证件。
第十七条 台湾投资者在大陆投资可以委托大陆的亲友为其代理人。代理人应当持有具有法律效力的委托书。
第十八条 在台胞投资企业集中的地区，台湾投资者可以向当地人民政府申请成立台商协会。
第十九条 台湾投资者在大陆投资举办合资经营企业、合作经营企业，由大陆的合资、合作方负责申请；举办台湾投资者拥有全部资本的企业，由台湾投资者直接申请或者委托在大陆的亲友、咨询服务机构等代为申请。台湾投资者投资举办企业的申请，由当地对外经济贸易部门或者地方人民政府指定的审批机关统一受理。
台胞投资企业的审批，按照国务院规定的权限办理。各级对外经济贸易部门或者地方人民政府指定的审批机关应当在收到全部申请文件之日起45天内决定批准或者不批准。
申请人应当在收到批准证书之日起30天内，按照有关登记管理办法，向工商行政管理机关申请登记，领取营业执照。
第二十条 台湾投资者在大陆投资因履行合同发生的或者与合同有关的争议，当事人应当尽可能通过协商或者调解解决。
当事人不愿协商、调解的，或者协商、调解不成的，可以依据合同中的仲裁条款或者事后达成的书面仲裁协议，提交大陆或者香港的仲裁机构仲裁。
当事人没有在合同中订立仲裁条款，事后又没有达成书面仲裁协议的，可以向人民法院起诉。
第二十一条 本规定由对外经济贸易部负责解释。
第二十二条 本规定自发布之日起施行。
PROVISIONS OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OFINVESTMENTS BY COMPATRIOTS FROM TAIWAN
Important Notice: (注意事项)
英文本源自中华人民共和国务院法制局编译, 中国法制出版社出版的《中华人民
共和国涉外法规汇编》(1991年7月版).
当发生歧意时, 应以法律法规颁布单位发布的中文原文为准.
This English document is coming from the "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
Whole Document (法规全文)
PROVISIONS OF THE STATE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF
INVESTMENTS BY COMPATRIOTS FROM TAIWAN
(Adopted by the Tenth Executive Meeting of the State Council on
June 25, 1988, promulgated by Decree No. 7 of the State Council of the
People's Republic of China on July 3, 1988, and effective as of the date
of promulgation)
Article 1
These Provisions are formulated in order to promote economic and
technological exchanges between China's mainland and the region of Taiwan,
thereby boosting common prosperity of the two parts of the motherland on
both sides of the Straits, and to encourage companies, enterprises and
individuals on Taiwan (hereinafter referred to as "investors from Taiwan")
to make investments on China's mainland.
Article 2
Investors from Taiwan may make investments in all provinces, autonomous
regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and special
economic zones on China's mainland.
Investors from Taiwan are encouraged to engage themselves in land
development operations in Hainan Province and on the designated islands
and in areas along the coastal regions of the Provinces of Fujian,
Guangdong and Zhejiang.
Article 3
The investments made by investors from Taiwan on China's mainland may take
the following forms:
(1) to establish enterprises with the capital wholly owned by investors
from Taiwan;
(2) to establish equity or contractual joint ventures;
(3) to carry out compensation trade, to process supplied materials, to
assemble supplied parts, and to carry out contractual production;
(4) to purchase shares and various kinds of bonds and debentures of
existing enterprises;
(5) to purchase real estate;
(6) to obtain land use right according to law and to engage in land
development operations; and
(7) to adopt other forms of investment permitted under the laws and
regulations.
Article 4
Investors from Taiwan may make investments in various trades in China's
mainland: industries, agriculture, service trades, and other trades that
are in conformity with the orientation of social and economic development.
Investors from Taiwan may select investment projects from the lists of
projects published by the departments concerned under various local
people's governments; they may also put forward, of their own accord,
proposals as to their investment intent and file their applications to the
departments of foreign economic relations and trade or to the examining
and approving organs designated by various local people's governments in
areas where they intend to make investments.
The State encourages investors from Taiwan to make investments in the
establishment of export oriented enterprises and of technological advanced
enterprises and gives corresponding preferential treatment to such
enterprises.
Article 5
With respect to the various types of enterprises established with
investments by investors from Taiwan - enterprises with the capital wholly
owned by investors from Taiwan, equity and contractual joint ventures
(hereinafter referred to as "enterprises with investments by compatriots
from Taiwan"), they shall all be operated in accordance with these
Provisions; in addition to this, they may also enjoy the corresponding
preferential treatment as enjoyed by enterprises with foreign investments
with reference to the relevant provisions in foreign-related economic
laws, decrees and regulations of the state.
With respect to the other forms of investment made by investors from
Taiwan on China's mainland, and with respect to those investors from
Taiwan who have not set up business offices on the mainland, but have
dividends, interest, rental, royalties and other incomes that come from
China's mainland, in addition to the application of these Provisions,
reference shall be made to the relevant foreign-related economic law,
decrees and regulations.
Article 6
Investors from Taiwan may make investments by using freely convertible
currencies, machinery and equipment or other physical goods, industrial
property right, and proprietary technology.
Article 7
The investments made on China's mainland by investors from Taiwan, the
assets they have purchased, their industrial property rights, their
profits from investments, and other lawful rights and interests shall be
protected by state laws, and may be transferred or inherited according to
law.
Investors from Taiwan shall, in their activities on China's mainland,
abide by state laws, decrees and regulations.
Article 8
The state shall not nationalize the investments made by investors from
Taiwan or other assets belonging to them.
Article 9
Where the state, in light of the needs of social and public interest, has
to requisition the enterprises with investments by compatriots from
Taiwan, the State shall handle the requisitioning according to the legal
procedures and the investors concerned shall be duly compensated.
Article 10
The lawful profits gained by the investors from Taiwan from their
investments, their other lawful income and the funds after liquidation may
be remitted out of China's mainland according to law.
Article 11
Machinery and equipment imported to meet the needs of the enterprises with
investments by compatriots from Taiwan and included in the total amount of
investment, the motor vehicles for use in production, the office
equipment, as well as the articles and means of communications for
personal use and within reasonable quantities, imported by individual
compatriots from Taiwan during the period when they work in the aforesaid
enterprises shall be exempted from Customs duties and consolidated
industrial and commercial tax, and also from application of import
licences.
The raw and processed materials, fuels, bulk parts, spare and component
parts, primary parts, and fittings, which are imported by the enterprises
with investments by compatriots from Taiwan for the production of export
commodities, shall all be exempted from Customs duties and consolidated
industrial and commercial tax and also from obtaining import licences, and
placed under the supervision of the Customs. In case that the aforesaid
imported raw materials and parts are used for the production of
commodities to be sold on the market of China's mainland, it is imperative
to make up the procedures for importation and to pay taxes and duties
according to the regulations. The export commodities produced by the
enterprises with investments by compatriots from Taiwan shall, with the
exception of those commodities the export of which is under restriction by
the state, be exempted from Customs duties on export goods and
consolidated industrial and commercial tax.
Article 12
Enterprises with investments by compatriots from Taiwan may obtain loans
from financial institutions of China's mainland; they may also obtain
loans from financial institutions outside China's mainland, and may use
their assets as well as their rights and interests as mortgage or
security.
Article 13
With respect to the enterprises with the capital wholly owned by investors
from Taiwan, their period of operation shall be determined by the
investors themselves; as to equity and contractual joint ventures their
period of operation shall be determined, through consultation, by the
various parties to the ventures, they may also choose not to stipulate a
period of operation.
Article 14
The composition of the board of directors of equity joint ventures and the
appointment of the chairman of the board of directors, the composition of
the board of directors or of the joint managerial organs of contractual
joint ventures and the appointment of the chairman or the appointment of
the director of the joint managerial organs, shall be determined, through
consultation, by the various parties to the equity or contractual joint
ventures in light of the proportion of investments or the terms of
contract.
Article 15
Enterprises with investments by compatriots from Taiwan shall conduct
their operational and managerial activities in accordance with the
approved contract or articles of association. The enterprises' decision-
making power for business operations and management shall not be
interfered with.
Article 16
The technical and managerial personnel, engaged by individuals and
enterprises investing on China's mainland may apply and obtain multiple-
journey travel documents.
Article 17
The investors from Taiwan, who make investments on China's mainland, may
appoint their relatives or friends residing on the mainland as their
agents. The agents should hold legally effective letters of authority.
Article 18
In areas where enterprises with investments by compatriots from Taiwan are
concentrated, the investors from Taiwan may apply to the local people's
government for the establishment of the association of investors from
Taiwan.
Article 19
With respect to equity and contractual joint ventures to be established,
on China's mainland, with investments by investors from Taiwan, the
application for the establishment of the aforesaid enterprises shall be
filed by the mainland party; as o the enterprises to be established with
capital wholly owned by investors from Taiwan, the application shall be
filed directly by the investors from Taiwan themselves, or they may
entrust their relatives or friends residing on the mainland, or entrust
the institution providing advisory services, with the application. The
applications for the establishment of enterprises with investments by
investors from Taiwan shall be accepted and handled, in a unified manner,
by the local department for foreign economic relations and trade, or by
the examining and approving organs designated by the local people's
government. Cases concerning the examination and approval of the
application for the establishment of enterprises with investments by
compatriots from Taiwan shall be handled in accordance with the authority
prescribed by the State Council. Departments for foreign economic
relations and trade at various levels or the examining and approving
organs designated by the local people's government shall, within forty-
five days of receipt of complete application documents, make the decision
on whether the said application is approved or disapproved.
The applicants shall, within thirty days receipt of the written approval,
file an application to the department for the administration of industry
and commerce, and, in accordance with the relevant procedures for
registration and administration, go through the procedures for
registration and obtain business licences.
Article 20
With respect to the investors from Taiwan who have made investments in
China's mainland, in case that a dispute arises during the execution of,
or in connection with, a contract, the parties concerned shall try their
best to settle the dispute through consultation or mediation.
Where the parties concerned are unwilling to settle the dispute through
consultation or mediation, or the consultation or mediation has failed,
the parties concerned may, in accordance with the stipulation of the
arbitration articles in the contract, or in accordance with the written
arbitration agreement reached by the parties concerned after the dispute
has arisen, submit their dispute to the arbitration authorities on China's
mainland or in Hong Kong for settlement.
In the event that the parties concerned did not include an arbitration
article in their contract, and on written arbitration agreement has been
reached after the dispute has arisen, then the dispute may be brought
before the people's court.
Article 21
The right to interpret these Provisions resides in the Ministry of Foreign
Economic Relations and Trade.
Article 22
These Provisions shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.
