Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province, a national
historical and cultural city, a National Central City, an international
business center and an integrated transport hub. As the south gate of China, it
is located in the geometric center of Asian-Pacific area, adjacent to the South
China Sea, Hong Kong and Macao. With a total area of 7,434 km2, it has a
population of over 16 million. For more than 2,000 years, Guangzhou, known as
the Millennial Commerce Capital, has always been China's important trading port
and the origin of ancient Maritime Silk Road.
To facilitate people who want to invest and set up business in
Guangzhou, 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.
Company Name of Guangzhou Company
The name of Guangzhou Company should be in the form of Administrative division
(Guangzhou) + Trade Name + Sector Expression +Limited. Each enterprise shall
use only one name and not be the same with or similar to the registered name in
the same industry. If the word “China” is within the company name, it is
required to be pre-approved by AIC at national level in Beijing.
Business Scope
Business scope is one of the most important issues in FIE registration
application, divided into the licensed business item and the general business
item. Licensed business item means a pre-approval is needed before business
license application. Guangzhou Foreign Invested Enterprise can only conduct
business within its approved business scope, which ultimately appears on the
business license. There is some connection between business scope and register
capital. Generally speaking, larger register capital, more business items can
be approved.
Shareholder, Director and Manager, Legal Representative, Supervisor
1. Shareholder must be Chinese natural person or legal entity.
2. Director and Manager can be the same person, acted by shareholder,
non-shareholder.
3. Legal representative is a person in charge of corporate operation,
management and development, responsible for all the legal affairs arising from
the running of the business, acted by director, manager, shareholder or
non-shareholder.
4. Supervisor shall not serve concurrently as legal representative and senior
management, acted by shareholder, non-shareholder. Supervisor’s duty is that
check the company’s financial condition; supervise executives’ behavior of
performing his duties, propose suggestions on dismissing any director or senior
manager whose behavior is contrary to laws and regulations.
Documents Required
Company Name of Guangzhou Company;
Determine shareholder, business scope;
Determine register capital, shares allocation proportion;
Office address in China, 2x original leasing contracts, 2x copies of house
property certificate;
with company stamp or signature of lesser and 2x landlord identification
documents;
ID Copy of Shareholder, Director, Legal Representative, Supervisor.
Working
Time Needed
(1) Manufacturing enterprise: 20-40 working days (the time of
approval papers application from the fire & environmental protection
bureaus is not included);
(2) Trading& Service enterprise: 10-15working days.
Guangzhou Company Registration Service
Guangzhou Company Business License;
Having a corporate seal engraved by the public security
authorities;
Seal Carving Registration card;
Organization Code Certificate;
Digital Certificate of Organization Code Certificate;
National Tax and Local Tax Certificates;
Assist bank opening, but not including the bank charges;
Three stamps (company stamp, financial stamp and personal
stamp of legal representative).
General Tax
Information
All enterprises are required to report to the Tax
Administration Department monthly, quarterly and annually. TCBC provides
accounting services for our clients; you are welcome to contact us for more
information.
Annual Audit
Report
Any limited companies in China should summit annual audit
report to the relevant authorities. Any company will be subject be to a fine if
the Annual Audit Report is not submitted in a timely manner.
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