美国商务部提交美国外商投资报备截止日期
As part of its role to publish official U.S. economic statistics, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) conducts quarterly and annual surveys to gather information about U.S. direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in the United States.
美国商务部经济分析局（“BEA”） 负责公布美国官方经济统计数据，进行季度和年度调查，以收集有关美国对外直接投资和外国在美直接投资的信息。
This year marks the deadline for submitting responses to the BEA’s BE-12 benchmark survey of foreign direct investment in the United States. The BE-12 survey is conducted every five years and is BEA’s most comprehensive survey on the financial and operating data of foreign businesses’ U.S. affiliates. BEA uses the data from survey responses to generate and publish statistics on the volume and impact of foreign businesses in the United States.
答复BEA的BE-12外国在美直接投资基准调查的最后期限就在今年。BE-12调查每五年进行一次，是BEA针对外国企业美国关联公司财务和运营数据最全面的调查。BEA利用调查答复中的数据，生成并公布关于在美外国企业体量及影响的统计数据。
Given the breadth of information covered by the BE-12 survey, all Chinese companies with U.S. affiliates must be aware of the impending deadline to file their responses, which should cover fiscal years ending in 2017. BEA requires a BE-12 report to be submitted for each U.S. business in which a foreign person or entity owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of the business’s voting securities (or an equivalent interest if such business is unincorporated) at the end of such business’s fiscal year ending in calendar year 2017. Although U.S. businesses may receive a notification to file from BEA, all eligible entities must submit the BE-12 survey, regardless of whether BEA has directly contacted them.
鉴于BE-12调查涵盖的信息广度，所有拥有美国关联企业的中国公司都必须清楚即将来临的提交答复截止日期，该答复应涵盖在2017结束的财年。BEA要求，每家外国个人或实体直接或间接拥有或控制10%或以上有投票权证券（或相同利益，如果此类企业未组成股份有限公司）的美国企业，都必须在自身于2017年结束的财年截至时，提交一份BE-12备案。虽然美国企业可能会收到BEA的通知要求提交备案，所有符合条件的实体都必须提交BE-12备案，无论BEA是否直接联系过该企业。
Only the qualifying U.S. business (as opposed to a foreign investor) needs to complete and file a response to the BE-12 survey, and it will use one of four forms based on the following criteria:
只有符合条件的美国企业（而不是外国投资人）需要完成并提交BE-12调查答复，并且应根据以下标准使用四种表格之一：
Form BE-12A – For majority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $300M (whether positive or negative).
BE-12A表——用于外国企业控股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）超过3亿美元的美国关联企业。
Form BE-12B – For (1) majority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $60M (whether positive or negative), but for which none of these exceed $300M (whether positive or negative), and (2) minority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $60M (whether positive or negative)
BE-12B表——用于（1）外国企业控股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）超过6000万美元，但总资产、销售额、总营业收入及净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）均不超过3亿美元的美国关联企业，以及（2）外国企业少量持股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入超过6000万美元（无论是正收入还是负收入）的美国关联企业。
Form BE-12C – For U.S. affiliates (whether majority- or minority-owned) that have total assets, sales, or gross operating revenues, or net income of $60M or less (whether positive or negative). Only selected items on this form must be completed for those affiliates with total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of less than $20M (whether positive or negative).
BE-12C表——用于（无论是外国企业控股还是少量持股的）总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）不超过6000万美元（含）的美国关联企业。如果该关联企业的总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）低于2000万美元，该关联企业只需填写表格上的部分项目。
Form BE-12 Claim for Not Filing – For U.S. affiliates that do not meet the requirements for filing any of the above BE-12 forms, but was contacted by BEA to file. Examples of such entities may include, but are not limited to, U.S. affiliates whose foreign voting ownership interest is less than 10 percent, U.S. affiliates that were fully consolidated or merged with the report of another U.S. affiliate, or U.S. businesses that were liquidated or dissolved.
BE-12表不申报要求——用于不符合任何上述BE-12表格提交条件、但BEA联系并要求其提交备案的美国关联企业。此类企业的例子可能包括但不限于，外资拥有的有投票权所有者权益低于10%的美国关联企业、完全合并或者并入另一家美国关联企业备案的美国关联企业、或者被清算或解散的美国企业。
BE-12 responses must generally include information regarding the U.S. affiliate’s organizational structure and its foreign investors and parents (both direct and indirect), and financial and operating data including financial statements and description of the goods and services provided by the U.S. affiliate.
BE-12答复通常必须包含关于美国关联企业组织结构、外国投资人和（直接和间接）母公司以及包括财务报表和对美国关联公司所提供商品和服务的描述在内的财务和运营数据信息。
Hard copy submissions of completed BE-12 reports are due by May 31, 2018, while submissions made through BEA’s e-filing system are due by June 30, 2018. Failure to submit a BE-12 response may result in civil and/or criminal penalties.
纸质BE-12备案的提交截止日期为2018年5月31日，而通过BEA电子递交系统提交备案的截止日期为2018年6月30日。未提交BE-12答复可能导致民事和/或刑事处罚。
If you have any questions regarding BEA or its surveys, please contact Laura Luo at laura.luo@us.kwm.com and Thomas Hsieh at thomas.hsieh@us.kwm.com.
如果您对BEA或BEA调查有任何疑问，请与罗华律师（laura.luo@us.kwm.com）和Thomas Hsieh律师（thomas.hsieh@us.kwm.com）联系。
美国商务部经济分析局（“BEA”） 负责公布美国官方经济统计数据，进行季度和年度调查，以收集有关美国对外直接投资和外国在美直接投资的信息。
This year marks the deadline for submitting responses to the BEA’s BE-12 benchmark survey of foreign direct investment in the United States. The BE-12 survey is conducted every five years and is BEA’s most comprehensive survey on the financial and operating data of foreign businesses’ U.S. affiliates. BEA uses the data from survey responses to generate and publish statistics on the volume and impact of foreign businesses in the United States.
答复BEA的BE-12外国在美直接投资基准调查的最后期限就在今年。BE-12调查每五年进行一次，是BEA针对外国企业美国关联公司财务和运营数据最全面的调查。BEA利用调查答复中的数据，生成并公布关于在美外国企业体量及影响的统计数据。
Given the breadth of information covered by the BE-12 survey, all Chinese companies with U.S. affiliates must be aware of the impending deadline to file their responses, which should cover fiscal years ending in 2017. BEA requires a BE-12 report to be submitted for each U.S. business in which a foreign person or entity owns or controls, directly or indirectly, 10 percent or more of the business’s voting securities (or an equivalent interest if such business is unincorporated) at the end of such business’s fiscal year ending in calendar year 2017. Although U.S. businesses may receive a notification to file from BEA, all eligible entities must submit the BE-12 survey, regardless of whether BEA has directly contacted them.
鉴于BE-12调查涵盖的信息广度，所有拥有美国关联企业的中国公司都必须清楚即将来临的提交答复截止日期，该答复应涵盖在2017结束的财年。BEA要求，每家外国个人或实体直接或间接拥有或控制10%或以上有投票权证券（或相同利益，如果此类企业未组成股份有限公司）的美国企业，都必须在自身于2017年结束的财年截至时，提交一份BE-12备案。虽然美国企业可能会收到BEA的通知要求提交备案，所有符合条件的实体都必须提交BE-12备案，无论BEA是否直接联系过该企业。
Only the qualifying U.S. business (as opposed to a foreign investor) needs to complete and file a response to the BE-12 survey, and it will use one of four forms based on the following criteria:
只有符合条件的美国企业（而不是外国投资人）需要完成并提交BE-12调查答复，并且应根据以下标准使用四种表格之一：
Form BE-12A – For majority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $300M (whether positive or negative).
BE-12A表——用于外国企业控股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）超过3亿美元的美国关联企业。
Form BE-12B – For (1) majority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $60M (whether positive or negative), but for which none of these exceed $300M (whether positive or negative), and (2) minority-owned U.S. affiliates that have total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of more than $60M (whether positive or negative)
BE-12B表——用于（1）外国企业控股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）超过6000万美元，但总资产、销售额、总营业收入及净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）均不超过3亿美元的美国关联企业，以及（2）外国企业少量持股且总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入超过6000万美元（无论是正收入还是负收入）的美国关联企业。
Form BE-12C – For U.S. affiliates (whether majority- or minority-owned) that have total assets, sales, or gross operating revenues, or net income of $60M or less (whether positive or negative). Only selected items on this form must be completed for those affiliates with total assets, sales or gross operating revenues, or net income of less than $20M (whether positive or negative).
BE-12C表——用于（无论是外国企业控股还是少量持股的）总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）不超过6000万美元（含）的美国关联企业。如果该关联企业的总资产、销售收入、总营业收入或净收入（无论是正收入还是负收入）低于2000万美元，该关联企业只需填写表格上的部分项目。
Form BE-12 Claim for Not Filing – For U.S. affiliates that do not meet the requirements for filing any of the above BE-12 forms, but was contacted by BEA to file. Examples of such entities may include, but are not limited to, U.S. affiliates whose foreign voting ownership interest is less than 10 percent, U.S. affiliates that were fully consolidated or merged with the report of another U.S. affiliate, or U.S. businesses that were liquidated or dissolved.
BE-12表不申报要求——用于不符合任何上述BE-12表格提交条件、但BEA联系并要求其提交备案的美国关联企业。此类企业的例子可能包括但不限于，外资拥有的有投票权所有者权益低于10%的美国关联企业、完全合并或者并入另一家美国关联企业备案的美国关联企业、或者被清算或解散的美国企业。
BE-12 responses must generally include information regarding the U.S. affiliate’s organizational structure and its foreign investors and parents (both direct and indirect), and financial and operating data including financial statements and description of the goods and services provided by the U.S. affiliate.
BE-12答复通常必须包含关于美国关联企业组织结构、外国投资人和（直接和间接）母公司以及包括财务报表和对美国关联公司所提供商品和服务的描述在内的财务和运营数据信息。
Hard copy submissions of completed BE-12 reports are due by May 31, 2018, while submissions made through BEA’s e-filing system are due by June 30, 2018. Failure to submit a BE-12 response may result in civil and/or criminal penalties.
纸质BE-12备案的提交截止日期为2018年5月31日，而通过BEA电子递交系统提交备案的截止日期为2018年6月30日。未提交BE-12答复可能导致民事和/或刑事处罚。
If you have any questions regarding BEA or its surveys, please contact Laura Luo at laura.luo@us.kwm.com and Thomas Hsieh at thomas.hsieh@us.kwm.com.
如果您对BEA或BEA调查有任何疑问，请与罗华律师（laura.luo@us.kwm.com）和Thomas Hsieh律师（thomas.hsieh@us.kwm.com）联系。
