How can a foreign company open an office in China?

Foreign funded enterprises, including Hongkong enterprises, set up offices in the mainland, is a market strategy for all businesses. As long as we make good use of and plan properly, the office is a good place for enterprises to attack and defend.

Firstly, without the injection of funds for many at first did not want to spend too much money for the manufacturers, would be a good choice;

secondly, it has the market's function, to business oriented companies, will be a good tool China forward. The office can contact local companies for overseas companies, develop customers, provide products and services, promote products, technical support and display, and pave the way for future market expansion.

Office of foreign enterprises registered in the law office, also known as registered permanent representative office of foreign companies registered enterprises in China, set up in the territory of the Chinese mainly engaged in the business scope of foreign enterprises within the contact and contact mechanism. Theoretically speaking, foreign enterprises in the office was not related to the examination and approval authority approval, shall not engage in business within the scope of the headquarters of the office activities in China, but shall not exceed the headquarters offices are engaged in business beyond the scope of business activities, if being not eager to set up factories in mainland China, and hope to do to the mainland market the investigation, or provide promotional products, customer service office, so is the most flexible and the establishment of the minimum cost choice.

Offices from the establishment of the office of the conditions qualifications, set up offices shall meet the following conditions:

(1) foreign enterprises should be established in accordance with the above 1-2 years, Taiwan enterprises to set up offices in the mainland should set up more than 5 years according to law.

(2) in addition to the Taiwan enterprises to set up offices by the central Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation for examination and approval in China, the rest, are responsible for the approval by the provincial foreign economic and trade commission. Meanwhile, it shall be submitted to the Ministry of foreign economic relations and trade for the record. Set up offices when foreign companies need to have that relationship with China companies such as: trade contract.

Outside of the application for the establishment of the main scope of business:

(1) restricted industry: the need for the relevant competent authorities for approval; without the approval of foreign trade and economic cooperation, such as publishing, newspapers, audio-visual production enterprises require the consent of the press and Publication Administration approval.

(2) traders, manufacturers, freight agents from the beginning of December 30, 1992 by the city and state planning of provinces and autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government's economic and Trade Commission approval.

(3) financial industry, the insurance industry for approval by the people's Bank of Chinese.

(4) shipping, shipping agents approved by the Ministry of transportation .

(5) air transport industry by the provisions of the Civil Aviation Administration of China approval.

Representative office of the business scope :

(1) on behalf of the company business development activities in Chinese, market survey product display, on behalf of signing and acceptance of company goods such as technical guidance, not engaged in production and business activities.

The establishment of the office of the chief representative eligibility requirements and not all staff will be served as the chief representative and representatives. According to the Ministry of foreign trade and Economic Cooperation issued in February 13, 1995 [] the implementing regulations on the approval and control of resident representative offices of foreign enterprises and resident representative offices and the chief representative on behalf of the foreign enterprise must possess the following qualifications:

(1) citizens in a legitimate passport (excluding foreign students in the Chinese).

(2) in overseas has been China foreign citizens right of permanent residence.

(3) valid certificates of the Hong Kong and Macao and Taiwan compatriots.

Hongkong set up an office in the inland conditions for handling:

(1) first put your documents to the Hongkong company Hongkong lawyer do justice, the notary is expensive, than it is now a Hongkong company registered directly the cost is also high.

(2) to you for the meeting issued a copy of the bank data show that there is no certain time if your bank account, no funds flow, most banks can open a certificate of deposit.

(3) have to rent a formal office, and some city as the representative office, the registration of overseas companies people must have the participation of foreign persons.

(4) offices and representatives in the final is just a business contact, receipt or sign a contract or the need to use your first Hongkong company to operate.

(5) the administration of industry and commerce management need to charge a fee, a month will be the cost of produce.