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.
美國(guó)商務(wù)部經(jīng)濟(jì)分析局（“BEA”） 負(fù)責(zé)公布美國(guó)官方經(jīng)濟(jì)統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，進(jìn)行季度和年度調(diào)查，以收集有關(guān)美國(guó)對(duì)外直接投資和外國(guó)在美直接投資的信息。
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.
答復(fù)BEA的BE-12外國(guó)在美直接投資基準(zhǔn)調(diào)查的最后期限就在今年。BE-12調(diào)查每五年進(jìn)行一次，是BEA針對(duì)外國(guó)企業(yè)美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)公司財(cái)務(wù)和運(yùn)營(yíng)數(shù)據(jù)最全面的調(diào)查。BEA利用調(diào)查答復(fù)中的數(shù)據(jù)，生成并公布關(guān)于在美外國(guó)企業(yè)體量及影響的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)。
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.
鑒于BE-12調(diào)查涵蓋的信息廣度，所有擁有美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)的中國(guó)公司都必須清楚即將來(lái)臨的提交答復(fù)截止日期，該答復(fù)應(yīng)涵蓋在2017結(jié)束的財(cái)年。BEA要求，每家外國(guó)個(gè)人或?qū)嶓w直接或間接擁有或控制10%或以上有投票權(quán)證券（或相同利益，如果此類企業(yè)未組成股份有限公司）的美國(guó)企業(yè)，都必須在自身于2017年結(jié)束的財(cái)年截至?xí)r，提交一份BE-12備案。雖然美國(guó)企業(yè)可能會(huì)收到BEA的通知要求提交備案，所有符合條件的實(shí)體都必須提交BE-12備案，無(wú)論BEA是否直接聯(lián)系過(guò)該企業(yè)。
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:
只有符合條件的美國(guó)企業(yè)（而不是外國(guó)投資人）需要完成并提交BE-12調(diào)查答復(fù)，并且應(yīng)根據(jù)以下標(biāo)準(zhǔn)使用四種表格之一：
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——用于外國(guó)企業(yè)控股且總資產(chǎn)、銷售收入、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入或凈收入（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）超過(guò)3億美元的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)。
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）外國(guó)企業(yè)控股且總資產(chǎn)、銷售收入、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入或凈收入（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）超過(guò)6000萬(wàn)美元，但總資產(chǎn)、銷售額、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入及凈收入（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）均不超過(guò)3億美元的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)，以及（2）外國(guó)企業(yè)少量持股且總資產(chǎn)、銷售收入、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入或凈收入超過(guò)6000萬(wàn)美元（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)。
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（無(wú)論是外國(guó)企業(yè)控股還是少量持股的）總資產(chǎn)、銷售收入、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入或凈收入（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）不超過(guò)6000萬(wàn)美元（含）的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)。如果該關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)的總資產(chǎn)、銷售收入、總營(yíng)業(yè)收入或凈收入（無(wú)論是正收入還是負(fù)收入）低于2000萬(wàn)美元，該關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)只需填寫表格上的部分項(xiàng)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表不申報(bào)要求——用于不符合任何上述BE-12表格提交條件、但BEA聯(lián)系并要求其提交備案的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)。此類企業(yè)的例子可能包括但不限于，外資擁有的有投票權(quán)所有者權(quán)益低于10%的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)、完全合并或者并入另一家美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)備案的美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)、或者被清算或解散的美國(guó)企業(yè)。
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答復(fù)通常必須包含關(guān)于美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)企業(yè)組織結(jié)構(gòu)、外國(guó)投資人和（直接和間接）母公司以及包括財(cái)務(wù)報(bào)表和對(duì)美國(guó)關(guān)聯(lián)公司所提供商品和服務(wù)的描述在內(nèi)的財(cái)務(wù)和運(yùn)營(yíng)數(shù)據(jù)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.

紙質(zhì)BE-12備案的提交截止日期為2018年5月31日，而通過(guò)BEA電子遞交系統(tǒng)提交備案的截止日期為2018年6月30日。未提交BE-12答復(fù)可能導(dǎo)致民事和/或刑事處罰。

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.
如果您對(duì)BEA或BEA調(diào)查有任何疑問(wèn)，請(qǐng)與羅華律師（laura.luo@us.kwm.com）和Thomas Hsieh律師（thomas.hsieh@us.kwm.com）聯(lián)系。