Unified code for participants in mutual funds market specification Attachment: ICS 03.060 A11 Recordation Number JR Financial Industry Standards of the People's Republic of China JR/T 0085-2012 Issued on December 26, 2012 Effective on December 26, 2012 China Securities Regulatory Commission Table of Contents Preface 1. Scope 2. References to Specification Documents 3. Terms and Meanings 4. Coding Rules 5. Registration Management Institutions Preface This standard was drafted according to the rules in GB/T 1.1-2009. This standard was proposed by the Securities Technical Sub-committee of the China Financial Standardization Technical Committee This standard shall be subject to the unified administration by the China Financial Standardization Technical Committee. This standard was drafted by: the Department of Fund Supervision of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), the Information Center of the CSRC, CITIC-Prudential Fund Management Co. Ltd., the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, the Securities Association of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., China Asset Management Co., Ltd, Hua An Fund Management Co., Ltd., Harvest Fund Management Limited, ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd., Southern Funds Asset Management Co. Ltd., Bosera Funds Co. Ltd., and Beijing Ji'an Financial Information Co. Ltd. The main drafters of this standard are: Hong Lei, Liu Wanfang, Cheng Li, Chen Yixin, Zhang Fan, Zhang Zhe, Shao Qiuming, Pan Zhenjiang, Zheng Binxiang, Wu Shaoping, Guo Jing, He Xiaolei, Wu Qinwen, Lian Yuwei, Tang Qiang, Zha Hanfeng, Wu Yin, Zhang Jinfeng, Zhao Liang, Peng Xin, Lian Sheng, Yao Jie, Gu Hepeng, Chen Lei and Wang Tieniu. Unified Code for Participants in Mutual Funds Market Specification 1 Scope This standard specifies the coding standards and code assignment rules for fund participants. This standard shall apply to the data exchange and identification of fund custodians, fund distributors, fund transfer agents, fund trading payment agents, fund trading supervision agents and other institutions. 2 References to Specification Documents The following documents are essential to the application of this standard. For references to dated documents, only the dated edition of a document is applicable to this standard. For references to undated documents, the latest edition (including all amendments) of a document is applicable to this standard. GB/T 11714-1997 Rules of Coding for the Representation of Organization 3 Terms and Meanings The following terms and meanings shall apply to this standard. 3.1 Fund Custodian Means a legally established commercial bank which has been qualified for providing the fund custody service. 3.2 Fund Distributor Means a fund manager, a commercial bank (including a foreign-funded bank incorporated in China), a securities company, a securities investment consulting institution, an independent fund sales institution or any other institution specified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “CSRC”), which has been qualified for engaging in the fund sales business. 3.3 Fund Transfer Agent Means an institution which conducts the transfer, depositing and settlement of fund shares and may engage in the opening and management of investors' fund accounts, the registration of fund shares, the confirmation, settlement and delivery of fund sales, the dividend distribution agency, the establishment and safekeeping of rosters of fund share holders and other services. 3.4 Fund Trading Payment Agent Means a commercial bank or a payment institution which meets the conditions set forth by the CSRC to provide the fund trading payment service. 3.5 Fund Trading Supervision Agent Means a commercial bank responsible for the supervision over the opening and use of sales accounts by relevant fund distributors and the transfer process of fund trading settlement funds during the movement of fund trading settlement funds or China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited. 4 Coding Rules The coding rules for fund participants are as follows: (a) For a fund participant as a transfer agent, two-digit characters coding shall be adopted, and the characters may be numbers or case-sensitive English letters. (b) The codes of other fund participants shall be the national organization codes. National organization codes shall be governed by GB/T 11714-1997. 5 Registration Management Institutions The codes of fund participants shall be uniformly assigned and managed by the coding and standards service providers accredited by the securities and futures industry standardization organization. The institution managing national organization codes is the National Administration for Code Allocation to Organizations.