Guangzhou Tianhe Software Park, with the
planning area of 12.25sq.km., is located in Gaotang New Area of the national
software industrial base in the northeast of Tianhe District, Guangzhou. It is
covered by the national high-tech industry development zone. It is the national
software industrial base, the advanced Torch Plan software industrial base of
implementing the Plan for fifteen years, and the national online game &
animation industry development base. Currently, it covers 11 subareas such as
Gaotang New Area, Guangzhou Information Port, Guangzhou Software Information
Square, SCUT Subarea and Times New World Park, etc.
The planned area of the main park—Gaotang New
Area is 12.2sq.km. It has established reasonable structure, complete supporting
facilities and beautiful environment. The development speed and the whole
competitiveness rank top among all parks in China.
With over 1200 software enterprises
concentrated in the Park, the software export of the Park takes up 80% of that
in the whole city. Since 2008, Tianhe Software Park has been preparing for the
industrial plan of modern information services and the industrial development
plan of Gaotang New Area. Free of the mode of traditional industrial parks that
the function is relatively simple and the focus is the industrial function,
based on the spatial structure of “One Core and Three Cycles”, Tianhe Software
Park is repositioned as the “technological innovation core zone, high-end
modern service industry headquarter and ecotypic software community” to build
five major industry aggregation districts and five supporting service areas.
Currently, some key enterprises such as
Netease, Baidu, Haige Communications and Huifeng Electronics are concentrated
in Tianhe Software Park. They have reached a certain scale and level in the
fields of value-added communications services, financial finance and tax,
e-commerce, network security, online game & animation and IC design, etc.
To facilitate people who want to invest and set up business in Guangzhou Tianhe Software Park, here is an introduction of Types of business presence in China:
Before starting up a business in China, you have to know what are the options. Foreign Investors generally establish a business presence in China in one of five modes: Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise(WFOE); Representative Office; Foreign Invested Partnership Enterprises (FIPE); Joint Venture and Hong Kong Holding Company.
Wholly Foreign OwnedEnterprise (WFOE) is a Limited liability company wholly owned by the foreign investor. WFOE requires no registered capital and it's liability of equity , can generate income, pay tax in China and it's profit could be repatriate back to investor's home country. Any enterprise in China which is 100 percent owned by a foreign company or companies can be called as WFOE.
Representative Office (RO) is aLiaison Office of it's parent company. It requires no registered capital. It's activities would be: product or service promotion, market research of it's parent company's business, Quality Control liaison office etc in China. RO generally is prohibited to generate any revenue nor generating contracts with local businesses in China.
Joint Venture (JV) is a Limitedliability company formed between Chinese investor and Foreign investor. The parties agree to create a entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise. JV usually been used by foreign investor to engage the so called restricted in areas such like: Education, Mining, Hospital etc.
Since March 1, 2010: Measures ofEstablishment of Foreign Invested Partnership Enterprises (FIPE) in China is taking effect. The regulation, which take effect since March 1, 2010, are known as the Administrative Measures for the Establishment of Partnership Enterprise in China by Foreign Enterprises or Individuals. There's no required minimum registered capital for a Foreign Invested Partnership Enterprise (FIPE) in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and rest cities of China
Hong Kong Company usually been used as a Special Purpose vehicle (SPV) to invest Mainland China. Hong Kong is one of the quickest locations to Incorporate a business. Although a HK company is not a legal entity in Mainland China (Mainland China and Hong Kong, See Wiki 1 country, 2 systems), lots foreign investors, especially investors from Europe and North America still chose to setting up a Hong Kong company as SPV to invest China.
After China's entry to WTO, most industries in China welcome foreign investment, WFOE setting up in Chinabecomes the first option of foreign investment's entity structures instead of Rep. Office setting up in China. At the mean time, for tax purpose, effective licensing system etc more and more investors use Hong Kong as the holding company to invest China mainland, using this offshore company to hold their operations in China.
Business set-up in Guangzhou is a big project by itself, which requires financial and time commitments, business management knowledge and China expertise. Identifying a competent agent to manage the complex process will be a cost and time effective way to avoid potential pitfalls . Tommy China Business Consulting has direct connections in the local government
Since 2006, TCBC has been focusing on consulting services for our clients to invest in Guangzhou China. We are specialized in establishment of wholly foreign owned enterprises (WFOEs), setting up of offshore companies, trading services, tax minimization, Assist in obtaining government approvals and certificates for running business, negotiate and draft various legal documents provide legal advice, negotiate government officer for Land acquisition. Advising on formation of WOFE and business structures, managing and controlling WOFE in Guangzhou China, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions
TCBC will manage all aspects of incorporation to get you a business license in Guangzhou China. We offer a range of company formation services including helping you to set up:
-Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises (WFOE )
-Joint Ventures (Equity/Co-operative)
-Foreign Invested Partnership Enterprises (FIPE)
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