To clarify specific requirements of approving foreign-invested finance leasing companies (“FIFLCs”), the Ministry of Commerce issued the Notice on Strengthening and Improving the Approval and Management of Foreign-invested Financing Leasing Companies”( the “Notice”) on July 18, 2013. The attachment to the Notice, the Approval Guidelines for Access of Foreign-Invested Financing Leasing Companies ( the “Guidelines”), further defines the access requirements of FIFLCs specified in the Measures for the Administration of the Foreign-Invested Lease Industry (Order of the Ministry of Commerce [2005] No. 5) . The main contents of the Guidelines are as follows: