The Ministry of Foreign Economy and Trade has formulated the Provisional Rules for Holding a Foreign Economic & Technology Exhibition in China in accordance with the Notice of Strengthening the Management for Holding Foreign Economic & Technology Exhibitions in China issued by the State Council. According to the provisional rules, the procedure for holding foreign economic and technology exhibitions is as follows:

1. The applying unit must be a qualified enterprise authorized to hold foreign economic & technology exhibitions in China by the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade.
2. Foreign economic & technology exhibitions held in China may include:
  (1) International fairs and exhibitions.
  (2) Foreign economic & technology exhibitions for civil use.
3. The sponsor unit is responsible for the formulation and enactment of the plan for holding foreign economic & technology exhibitions, the invitation of the participating enterprises and visiting enterprises and the management of finance. It is also the sponsor unit which shall bear the civil liability for holding the exhibition.
4. External participants (foreign countries and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) must join or entrust the domestic qualified sponsoring unit to hold the foreign economic & technology exhibition. The domestic sponsor unit is responsible for inviting participating enterprises and visiting enterprises to China.
5. The sponsor's exhibition-inviting documents, exhibition-inviting (exhibition participating) contract, advertising and publicity shall be accurate and reliable. The name of the exhibition shall be consistent with the approval paper.
6. Foreign economic & technology exhibitions which involve the participation of enterprises or institutions form Taiwan shall apply to the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade for approval as a special affair, and file with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council for record.
7. Major requirements for inspection and approval.
(1) The applying unit must be the qualified enterprise authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade to hold foreign economic & technology exhibitions in China.
(2) The name, content, scale, time, address, organizing plan, the feasibility study report for the exhibition and the contract between the sponsor unit and the undertaking unit.
(3) In case the unit belonging to the department of the State Council and Trade Promotion Association holds exhibitions outside Beijing, it is required to secure the consent from the local department for foreign economy and trade.