(Promulgated by Dalian Municipal People's Government on June 30, 2000 in document No. 73; amended in accordance with Decision of Dalian Municipal People's Government on Amending Some Municipal Government Rules on March 22, 2003)

Article 1 In accordance with Contract Law of the People's Republic of China and relevant regulations, the procedures are formulated with a view to carrying out contract version system, standardizing the parties' contracting act, protecting the lawful rights and interests of parties, and maintaining the social economic order.

Article 2 The procedures apply to the formulation, release, printing, distribution and management of contract versions within the administrative area of Dalian Municipality. The contract version in the procedures refers to model version and format contract version of such contracts as sales contracts, contracts for supply of power, water, gas or heat, contracts for loan of money, leasing contracts, financial leasing contracts, contracts of hired works, contracts for construction projects, carriage contracts, technology contracts, safekeeping contracts, warehousing contracts, agency appointment contracts, trading-trust contracts, brokerage contracts and security contract.

Article 3 The administration bureau for industry and commerce of Dalian Municipality and the sub-bureau of county (county-level municipality) and district shall, in accordance with the procedures, be responsible for practice, supervision and administration of contact versions in their respective administrative areas.

Article 4 The model contract version shall be formulated and released by the administration bureau for industry and commerce, or by the administration bureau for industry and commerce jointly with competent authority of the relevant industry (trade).
The format contract version shall be formulated by the industry (trade) or enterprise itself in accordance with their own features and special requirements, and released after examination, approval and numbering by the administrative organs for industry and commerce. The format contract version is restricted for use only within the industry (trade) or enterprise.

Article 5 The model contract version formulated and released by the state or provincial administration for industry and commerce, or by the state or provincial administration for industry and commerce jointly with other competent business authority of the State Council or the province may be used continuously.

Article 6 If the model contact version formulated and released by the municipal administration bureau for industry and commerce needs to be revised, the municipal administration bureau for industry and commerce shall make the revision and release the same; if the model contract version formulated and released by the municipal administration bureau for industry and commerce jointly with other relevant departments needs to be revised, the original formulating organ shall make the revision, afterwards upon the examination, approval and numbering by the municipal administration bureau for industry and commerce, the revised draft shall be released by the original releasing organ.

Article 7 The original releasing organ shall declare to annul the contact version if the version needs to be annulled.

Article 8 The model contract version which is formulated, examined, numbered and released by the state, provincial and municipal administrations for industry and commerce and used within the administrative region of Dalian municipality, shall be manufactured under the supervision of the municipal administration for industry and commerce; the format contract version formulated by the industry (trade) or enterprise shall be put on file to the municipal administration for industry and commerce.

Article 9 The administrations for industry and commerce of municipality, county (county-level municipality) and district shall be in charge of the distribution of the model contract versions.
Cost of production shall be collected for distribution of model contract versions. With regard to the charging standards, Circular Concerning Collecting the Cost of Production for Economic Model Contract Versions by State Administration for Industry and Commerce, State Price Administration and Ministry of Finance shall apply.

Article 10 All the units shall assign a special person for deposit and use of the contract versions, establish necessary management system, and accept the supervision and inspection of the administration organ for industry and commerce consciously.

Article 11 If the party concerned commits any of the following acts, the administration organ for industry and commerce may, according to the seriousness of the offence, give warning, impose upon him a fine of not more than 3 times of the illegal gains (not more than 30,000 Yuan at maximum), in the even of no illegal gains incurred, the party concerned shall be imposed upon a fine of not more than 10,000 Yuan:
(1) The contract version printed by the industry or the enterprise is not put on file to the municipal administration for industry and commerce;
(2) Non-distributing unit or individual sells the contract version on the market;
(3) The parties formulate and print the contract versions without authorization.

Article 12 The procedures go into effect on the date of promulgation.