All district construction administration departments, administrative committees of special areas, relevant units:

To guide the behaviors of the signing parties to the construction projects geotechnical survey contract in this Municipality and safeguard the lawful rights and interests of the parties to the contract, combined with the requirements of Circular of the Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on Approving the New Round of Overall Reform Work Plan to Improve the Business Environment of Dealing with Construction Permits in Shanghai to Meet the Standards of the World Bank (H.F.B. Document No.5 of 2020), Circular on Implementing the Deduction and the Exemption of Related Fees and the Cancellation of the Review of Construction Drawings and Design Documents for Small-scale Industrial Projects with Private Investment in Shanghai (H.J.S.G.B. Document No.1 of 2019), and Circular of Detailed Rules for Improving the Fee Exemption of Engineering Geotechnical Study and Hiring a Supervision Agency, and the Elimination of Construction Drawing Review for Low-risk Industrial Projects with Private Investment (H.J.S.G.B. Document No.3 of 2019), the Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development has drew up the Shanghai Construction Projects (Low-risk Industrial Projects with Private Investment) Sample Geotechnical Study Contract (for Trial Implementation) that applies to the low-risk industrial projects with private investment in this Municipality, which is hereby issued to you. Please contact the Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development if problems are found in the implementation.

Appendix: Shanghai Construction Projects (Low-risk Industrial Projects with Private Investment) Sample Geotechnical Study Contract (for Trial Implementation)

                                      March 13, 2020