The securities firm should sign entrustment contracts with securities brokers who accept such entrustment, issue securities broker certificate, define authorized scope of securities broker and supervise working behavior of securities broker.

(2) Where any securities broker who engaging in businesses does not present his her certificate of securities broker to his her client

Securities brokers should work within authorized scope of the securities firm and show securities broker certificates to customer.

The securities broker should have securities working qualification.

Article 38 If a securities firm is engaged in securities brokerage business, it can entrust staff outside of the securities firm as securities broker, engaging in attracting and providing service for customers as agent.

Securities brokers shall not handle securities subscription or trading for customers.

Article 32 A securities firm should establish information inquiring system to ensure customers inquiring entrustment record, trading record, securities and balance during business hours of the securities firm, as well as other information such as name, practice license of the business operator and securities broker of the securities firm, certificate number of securities broker, etc.

Section 2 Securities Brokerage Business

(4) Where any securities broker accepts entrustments of clients to handle such issues as securities subscription and trading.

The legal responsibility of his behavior within authorized scope of the securities firm should be taken by the securities firm and the legal responsibility of any behavior outside authorized scope should be taken by securities brokers.

Securities brokers can only accept entrustment of one securities firm for customer attracting and service activities.

Article 61 The securities firm shall not provide financing or warranty to other people using the assets of the securities brokerage customers or securities assets management customers.

(3) Where any securities broker accepts entrustments of many securities firms at the same time and undertakes activities including client solicitation and client service

(2) Where any shareholder and actual holder of a securities firm force, incite, assist or accept the securities firm to provide financing or warranty with assets of stock brokerage clients or stock asset management clients

Article 37 If a securities firm is engaged in securities brokerage business, it should audit whether capital and securities in customer s account are sufficient or not.

No units or individuals shall force, incite, assist or accept the securities firm to provide financing or warranty with the assets of the securities brokerage customers or securities assets management customers.

Article 78 Where a securities firm that engaging in security broker business accepts a buy order of a client whose account without enough capital, or sell order of a client whose account without enough securities, it shall be punished according to the provisions prescribed in Article 205 of the Securities Law of the People s Republic of China.

Article 20 If a securities firm has two or more kinds of securities brokerage business, securities assets management business, financing with capital and securities, securities underwriting, securities sponsors, its board should set up remuneration and nomination committee, auditing committee and risk control committee to perform rights prescribed in company regulation.

Without securities business license, the securities firm and its domestic branch shall not run securities business.

The securities business license should be written with business scope of such securities firm or its domestic branch.

Also required to report were those involved in securities brokerage and related activities insurance companies, brokers and agents, commercial casinos and gambling houses and real estate agencies.

Creditor's right transferred to a securities firm from its creditor during business operation of the securities firm is not subject to the provision of item 1 of this article.

Article 57 Where a securities firm carries out securities brokerage business, its customer s trading settlement funds shall be deposit in the designated commercial bank, and shall be managed separately in the name of each customer.

According to the interpretative notes for the official records (travaux préparatoires) of the negotiation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, the words other bodies in article 7, paragraph 1 (a), of the Convention may be understood to include intermediaries, which in some jurisdictions may include stockbroking firms, other securities dealers, currency exchange bureaux or currency brokers (see A 55 383 Add.1, para.

A securities firm mentioned in item 1 of this article refers to an unincorporated entity with business operation under the securities firm such as branch company and securities business outlet.

Specific measures shall be formulated by the securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

The securities regulatory agency under the State Council can enquire the bank accounts of a securities firm and enterprises controlled or actually controlled by the securities firm with approval of a person responsible of the securities regulatory agency under the State Council with a view to make a thorough investigation of business and financial status of the securities firm.

3 Having professionals, technical conditions, funds and securities required for carrying out securities lending and borrowing business

Article 48 Securities lending and borrowing referred to in this article means that in the securities trading at the stock exchange or other securities trading places that have been approved by the State Council, securities firms lend capital or securities to customers for them to buy or sell securities based on the corresponding collaterals provided by the customers.

He should be recognized by the securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

Article 8 Setting up a securities firm requires meeting the conditions prescribed in the Company Law, the Securities Law as well as this Regulation, and approval from securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

If the securities firm closes all securities business, disbands, goes bankruptcy or revokes domestic branch, it should publicize in newspaper appointed by the securities regulatory agency under the State Council and submit securities business license to the securities regulatory agency under the State Council for deregistration based on regulation.

The non monetary property amount shall not exceed 30 of registered capital of securities firms.

No business without approval is allowed.

After a securities firm acquiring business license for the securities or domestic branch issued or changed by the corporate registration agency, it should apply to the securities regulatory agency under the State Council for issuing or changing license for securities business.

Article 41 A securities firm engaged in securities business for its own account is limited to trading of legally issued stocks, bonds, warrants, securities investment funds or other securities recognized by the securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

(3) Where a securities firm does not report its security self operation accounts or portfolio accounts of its clients to a security exchange for file according to provisions

If two or more securities firms are controlled by one agency or person, or have controlling relationship with each other, they shall not run the same securities business, except for otherwise prescribed by the securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

Article 23 The securities firm should set up responsible person for regulatory compliance to audit, supervise or check legal and regulatory compliance of management behavior of securities firm.

Capital contribution from shareholder of securities firms should be verified with evidence by accounting firm with related qualification of securities and futures the nonmonetary property should be evaluated by assets evaluation agency with securities related qualification.

No unit or individual can entrust others or being entrusted to hold or manage equity of the securities firm without approval of the securities regulatory agency under the State Council.

The securities firm shall not provide customer s capital account and securities account to others.

Article 49 A securities firm intending to start securities lending and borrowing business shall meet the following requirements

(1) Where a securities firm entrusts others or accepts others entrustments to hold or manage the stock right of the securities firm, or subscribe for, assign or actually hold the stock right of the securities firm

Article 22 If a securities firm sets up an agency that performs business management rights of the securities firm, it should clearly states it name, constitution, roles, responsibilities and rule of procedure in the company regulation.