Chinese foreign companies

Fees for incorporation of domestic limited companies

Services include:

Registered Shenzhen Limited Company (with Mainlanders as shareholders) 6,000 RMB

Qianhai Company

Guangzhou Co., Ltd

Zhuhai Hengqin Company

Qianhai Company

Information required for foreign companies + companies with natural persons as shareholders to settle in Qianhai

1. Company name (Shenzhen + trade name + industry + limited company)
2. Shareholder information, such as using a company as a shareholder and giving a Hong Kong company name, requires a PRC appointed lawyer notarization
3. Natural person shareholders and legal persons need to be present to provide their ID cards and return certificates
4. Corporate Identity Card & Home Return Card (Front & Back Clear Sketch Board)
5. Supervisor’s identity card and homecoming certificate (front and back clear sketch board)
6. Residential address of the legal person and supervisor
7. Business Scope (Business)

Handle the information obtained by the user

1. Original and copy of business license
2. Official seal, contract seal, financial seal, invoice seal, legal person seal
3. Articles of Association

Preferential policies that can be enjoyed by registering Qianhai companies

• The address of the registered company in Qianhai can be attached to the address of the business secretary in Qianhai free of charge, and the enterprise can operate in a different place, which greatly reduces the cost of entrepreneurship and operation
• An enterprise registered and substantively operating in the Qianhai Shenzhen–Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone can use the 15% enterprise income tax rate if its main business is listed in the preferential catalogue and that business accounts for at least 60% of total revenue.
• Recognised technologically advanced service enterprises can use the 15% enterprise income tax rate. Staff education expenditure up to 8% of total wages and salaries is deductible when calculating taxable income.
• For private equity enterprises, Qianhai will give corresponding settlement incentives according to the scale of the private equity fund;
• Qianhai’s innovative financial policies and low-interest cross-border loans have attracted more and more enterprises to settle in the Qianhai Free Trade Zone.

Register Shenzhen company

• Is a Hong Kong or Taiwanese registered Shenzhen company a foreign company?
• Yes, foreign shareholders who register companies in China are all foreign investors.
• In Sino-foreign joint ventures, can the Chinese party be a natural person?
• No, the Chinese side must contribute capital in the form of a domestic company.
• Can foreign companies be allowed in industries such as finance, real estate, education, transportation, and mining?
• No, these are all industries that affect the lifeblood of the country’s economy, and the shareholding ratio of foreign investors in some industries is restricted or even prohibited.
• Are there any requirements for a registered address?
• Proof of lease or title deed is required.
• Does the registered capital need to be paid-up?
• Capital is paid according to the articles of association; subscribed capital of a newly established limited liability company generally must be fully paid within 5 years of incorporation

Guangzhou Co., Ltd

Guangzhou is an open coastal city in China, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, is the political, economic and cultural center of Guangdong Province, and is also a commercial and trade center city in South China integrating manufacturing, transportation, commerce, finance, information, education and talents, and is located in the regional center of the Pearl River Delta, one of the most economically active and developed regions in China.

Information required for foreign companies + companies with natural persons as shareholders to settle in Qianhai

1. Company name (Guangzhou + trade name + industry + limited company)
2. Shareholder information, such as using a company as a shareholder and giving a Hong Kong company name, requires a PRC appointed lawyer notarization
3. Natural person shareholders and legal persons need to be present to provide their ID cards and return certificates
4. Corporate Identity Card & Home Return Card (Front & Back Clear Sketch Board)
5. Supervisor’s identity card and homecoming certificate (front and back clear sketch board)
6. Residential address of the legal person and supervisor
7. Business Scope (Business)
8. Office lease contract: The owner must go to the district or town rental house housing management office to go through the housing lease registration and record, and sign a rental contract for more than one year;
9. Bank credit certificate

Handle the information obtained by the user

1. Original and copy of business license
2. Official seal, contract seal, financial seal, invoice seal, legal person seal
3. Articles of Association

Preferential policies for wholly foreign-owned enterprises in Guangzhou

• Productive foreign-invested enterprises may be exempted from paying land use fees during the preparatory period stipulated in the contract. Product export enterprises and advanced technology enterprises can be exempted from land use fees.
• The land in the development zone shall be transferred for compensation in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the state and local governments, and the state-owned land use certificate of the People’s Republic of China shall be applied for for the enterprises in the zone

Zhuhai Hengqin Company

In order to further optimize the investment environment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, run foreign-invested enterprises well, and implement the autonomy and special economic policies granted to the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone by the state, the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Management Committee has decided to implement further preferential treatment for foreign investment while conscientiously implementing the various preferential investment policies already existing by the state. The specific provisions are as follows:

Information required for foreign companies + companies with natural persons as shareholders to settle in Qianhai

1. Company name (Zhuhai City + trade name + industry + limited company)
2. Shareholder information, such as using a company as a shareholder and giving a Hong Kong company name, requires a PRC appointed lawyer notarization
3. Natural person shareholders and legal persons need to be present to provide their ID cards and return certificates
4. Corporate Identity Card & Home Return Card (Front & Back Clear Sketch Board)
5. Supervisor’s identity card and homecoming certificate (front and back clear sketch board)
6. Residential address of the legal person and supervisor
7. Business Scope (Business)
8. Proof of real estate and lease agreement of the business premises
9. Bank credit certificate

Handle the information obtained by the user

1. Original and copy of business license
2. Official seal, contract seal, financial seal, invoice seal, legal person seal
3. Articles of Association

Zhuhai’s main preferential policies for foreign-invested enterprises

The tax and import/export incentives open to foreign-invested enterprises in Zhuhai change with national and local policy, so this page does not list rates. Tell us your industry and investment amount and we will check the latest official rules and reply.