Are Foreign-funded Enterprises intending to add advertising to their Business Scope required to obtain ex ante approvals?

According to “the Provisions on the Administration of Foreign-invested Advertising Enterprises” (Order of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce No. 35 [2008]), all enterprises wishing to alter their Business Scope must apply for examination and approval. Such applications should be made after the company in question obtains the “Opinion on the Examination and Approval of the Foreign-funded Advertising Enterprise Project” from the relevant industrial and commercial registration authorities.