Insights · Foreign Investment in China
Setting Up and Running a Foreign-Invested Company in China
WFOE, joint venture, and representative office structures, registration documents, registered capital, banking, and annual compliance. Each guide explains the registration step it covers, the documents the local window actually asks for, and the filing that keeps the company compliant afterwards.
The rules at a glance
- Entity options
- Wholly foreign-owned enterprise, Sino-foreign joint venture, or representative office
- Registered capital
- Subscribed in the articles, with the paid-in schedule fixed at registration
- Filing authority
- Local market regulation bureau, through the one-stop registration window
- Business scope
- Drafted from the industry catalogue; regulated activities need a sector approval
- Banking
- RMB basic account opens after the licence and company chops are issued
- Annual compliance
- Annual report, statutory audit where required, and monthly or quarterly tax filings
Capital thresholds, sector approvals, and filing packets are set by the local bureau and change with policy. Confirm the current local guide before submitting.
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