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Representative Office
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For foreign companies and entities, the least expensive and most common way to establish a permanent presence in
China is to register a representative office in country.
A Representative office in China is permitted to conduct consulting, liaison, market research and co-ordination type work.
When considering this option, you must consider one question: do you need to invoice your clients locally?
The reason is that as a representative office, the entity is not allowed to sign contracts and collect money locally and thus not allowed to invoice locally. If your clients in China can accept you invoicing them directly from your companies or entities registered home country in a foreign currency, then to register a representative office in China would be your first choice, as it is the simplest and most inexpensive model upon which to commence business in China.
If you require to invoice locally in RMB (Chinese currency), then you should consider registering a Joint Venture or a WFOE (Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise).
Steps to set up a Representative Office:
1. Obtain Documents for the establishment of foreign representative offices
2. Application procedure
The above-consolidated documents will then be submitted to various Chinese Government authorities for registration, including:
- Local Industrial and Commercial Bureau,
- Tax Bureau,
- Customs Department,
- Establishing bank accounts etc.
Link China provides you with a one stop shop solution to your start up in China.
You don't need to come to China and go through the bureaucratic red tape, as Link China will finalize all the above procedures and processes for you, ensuring all the necessary processes are completed in accordance with Chinese Government Regulation.
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