Requirements of the Legal Representative

Learn qualifications and legal requirements of legal representative for incorporating a limited company in mainland China, and required documents.

This guidance collected by SMEsChina lawyer teams, assist you better understanding the qualifications and legal requirements of a legal representative for incorporating a limited company in mainland China, and required documents.

The legal representative, known as: executive director, just one person can be the legal representative in terms of Chinese corporation laws. And the legal representative must be an individual appointed by shareholder(s), a shareholder also can be the legal representative.

16 years old at least. Need to verify the authenticity of the identity. Chinese legal representative has to verify the original ID and get approval from the local registry authority. A non-resident (foreigner) has to verify the passport of notarization and authentication issued from the Chinese embassy in foreign country.

Also, as the legal representative, need to provide a current electronic photo to the local registry authority to obtain the approval. After obtaining the certificate of business registration (known as: 5-in-1 business license), the legal representative also need to provide the passport of notarization and authentication to a local bank to verify the bank account opening and internet banking activation.

If you have any doubts for preparing the required documents, you can contact SMEsChina online lawyers to get a quick response. Also we suggest you to learn the requirements of shareholders from our another link: Qualifications and Legal Requirements of Shareholder.