1、MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGDATEDOCTOBER November, 2003BETWEENTHE PEOPLES GOVERNMENT OF BEIJING MUNICIPALITY of No 2, Zhengyi Road, Beijing (“Beijing Government”)ANDPRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LIMITEDa Hong Kong partnership of Princes Building, Central, Hong Kong SAR (“PwC”)THE PARTIES AGREEABeijing Gover
2、nment and PwC have been will conducting discussions regarding entering into a strategic cooperation arrangement.BThe intended purpose of the strategic cooperation arrangement is to allow PwC to assist Beijing Government to identify and target foreign enterprises within certain industries with whom B
3、eijing Government may wish to explore investment opportunities in Beijing.CAs part of the strategic cooperation arrangement, PwC will seek to introduce identified foreign enterprises to Beijing Government where possible, and will otherwise assist to facilitate an environment to attract such foreign
4、enterprises to have discussions with Beijing Government.DIn participating in the strategic cooperation arrangement PwC will, where appropriately, make use of the world wide network of PricewaterhouseCoopers firmsERepresentatives appointed by senior management of Beijing Government and appointed by s
5、enior management of PwC will meet as soon as possible/within xxx days with the aim of establishing establish a working committee to further investigate and further enhance the effectiveness of seek to agree the terms and procedures of the strategic cooperation arrangement.SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE PARTIESWith the authority ofThe Peoples Government of Beijing Municipality_Lu HaoLu HaoDeputy Vice MayorMayorWith the authority of PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited_Sam DiPiazzaSilas YangExecutive Global Chief Executive OfficerChairman and Senior PartnerPricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited2