China company registration procedure is a must-to-know for any foreigners who want to set up a business in China. Since before you can import or purchase any equipment for your China operations, you need to create a Chinese company. The procedure for China corporate incorporation is long and somewhat arduous. Below is a brief introduction to the entire procedure of company registration in China.
Step 1: Chinese Company name approval. Chinese and English name (Format: The city name+ Self Choose Name+ Industry Attributes +Limited Company).
Step 2: Approval of Commerce Committee. Get the Certificate of Approval and the approval documents of the People's Government.
Step 3: Pre-approval. Such as Food Circulation Certificate, Medical License, Logistic License, Road Transportation Certificates, Liquor Wholesale and Distribution License .Get related special license and the approval documents.
Step 4: Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau registration, get business licenses (Original and transcript).
Step 5: Apply for Enterprise Code Certificate and IC card.
Step 6: Get the Tax Certificate (Original and transcript).
Step 7: Foreign exchange registration .
Step 8: Bank account opening (Foreign currency settlement account, capital account, RMB basic account and tax deduction account).
Step 9: Statistic Certificate registration.
Step 10: Financial Certificate application.
Step 11: Inject register capital into capital account, issue capital verification report.
Step 12: Change business license in accordance with paid-up capital.
Step 13: Customs consignee and consignor registration, inspection and quarantine registration (Applicable for import and export company, and you'd better do the e-port system registration after actually had custom clearance businesses).
Step 14: Tax type verification, basic settings of book keeping.
Step 15: Apply for general tax payer (Applicable for trading company, service company can skip this step directly).
Step 16: Get the General Tax Payer qualification, purchasing, installation, and training of anti-counterfeiting tax control invoice issuing system. Get tax control operator qualification certificate.
Step 17: Application and training of accounting electronic declaration system.
Step 18: Appoint tax management staff to do the tax system training.
Step 19: Tax type verification, tax officer check working office.
Step 20: Apply for invoices and step to normal operating period.
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