Chinese WOFE

If you want getting a business registration certificate for your Chinese WOFE ( Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise ) to expand your brands, ideas, and market in the mainland China, first you need to register a limited company and submit all legal files and the documents of incorporation to local government offices, the whole procedure needs 3 weeks. Undoubtedly, choose WOFE as your enterprise type is the most effective way.

The whole process of company registration is very simple for starting up a private limited company in mainland China. All legal files and documents you can appoint local lawyers or consultants to help you submitting to government office, and you have to provide legally proof of identification for shareholders, legal representative and supervisor.

If you submit all prepared legal official forms and files for business registration to local government offices, your certificate of Chinese company will be approved quickly. The certificate of registration known as 5-in-1 business license. Do not worried about your language, our international consultants and lawyers will email to you all Chinese official files, documents, and guide you to prepare and sign these required documents. From our experience, the whole process needs 3 weeks.

1. Notarized documents of shareholders and legal representative, issued from China embassy in your home country.
2. Copy of passport for supervisor.
3. Here SMEsChina will prepare all official documents and legal files for your application of business registration, you can deliver to our firm after your signature.

Once you getting the Chinese business license for your Chinese WOFE, you have to apply for tax registration ( VAT ), and fulfil tax reporting obligations. SMEsChina teams also offer the supporting of tax returns.

If you would like getting more guidance of register a business in mainland China, we have rich experience and knowledge to assist you registering and starting up a Chinese local business as a WOFE confidently.

With the implementation of the New Foreign Investment Enterprise Law, China is encouraging more and more oversea companies to join this emerging market through the further openness of various policies and regulations, such as: lower registered capital system, new 5-in-1 business license, efficient account opening process and more open market access system. Now, start up a Chinese WFOE has become a simply and comfortably experience, even you do not need visiting China personally. SMEsChina assists you completing the whole process of establishment confidently by our experienced teams and lawyers.

Any existed foreign companies, foreigners ( nonresidents ) can be the shareholder(s) of a China WFOE, and obtain the approval of certificate of business registration to operate daily businesses and transactions. Before setting up a WFOE in mainland China, you have to make a decision, who will be the shareholder(s), known as owner(s), because shareholders have the right to distribute the final profit of after-tax.

A foreign parent company ( existed corporation ) as the shareholder to own the 100% stocks ( shares ), need to register a Chinese subsidiary company as a wholly foreign owned enterprise, and the Chinese WFOE as an independent subsidiary to operate businesses in local market. Foreign parent company as the controlling party, has to obtain notarization and authentication documents for the certificate of registration of foreign parent company issued by the Chinese embassy in your home country.

Non residents also can be the shareholder(s) of a WFOE, and you have to apply for the notarization and authentication documents for your passport issued by Chinese embassy in your country.

Legal representative, known as: legal person, or executive director, appointed by shareholder(s), an individual shareholder also can be appointed as the legal representative, no nationality restrictions, legal representative has to apply for the notarization and authentication documents of passport issued by Chinese embassy. If legal representative is a Chinese, need original ID.

Supervisor, known as: senior secretary, appointed by corporate shareholder(s), no nationality restrictions. An individual shareholder also can be the position of supervisor. But according to Chinese company laws, the supervisor cannot serve as legal representative at the same time. Foreign supervisor just needs the passport copy and photo, Chinese supervisor needs original ID and photo.

Known as: business activities, you have to select a list from national economic industry classification and obtain approval of business registration, whatever your industry is, you must apply for the business scope when you submitting the application of certificate of registration. Also, different business activities mean different taxation rates, such as: trade, service, engineering, etc. Here, SMEsChina teams suggest you to learn the business scope from our guidance: A Collection Of Guiding Corporate Business Scope.

Known as: investment capitals, corporate shareholders act as investors and fulfill their capital contribution obligations. China government allows foreign shareholders to inject the registered capital with 30 years once local corporation be approved. Registered capital will be transferred from oversea shareholder’s account to Chinese corporate account after exchanging to RMB currency.

Setting up registered capital is a mandatory provision you have to comply with that, if you are deciding to establish a Chinese business. Traditional trade or service industry, the minimum registered capital is 20,000 USD or Euro. About more reference of capital of China companies, suggest you reading our guidance: Company Registered Capital.