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Setting up your first China entity
You are considering, or have decided on, a company in China. These pages cover the decisions in the order they come up: whether you need an entity at all, what goes in the registration file, how long it takes, and the roles and commitments that come with it.
- insight Do you actually need a Chinese company? Whether you need an entity at all, and the routes that work without one.
- answer WFOE, representative office, or no entity at all? The structures side by side.
- answer What documents do I need to register a company in China? The file a foreign investor assembles.
- answer How long does it take to register a company in China? The registration timeline, and the three things that actually set it.
- answer Can a foreigner own 100% of a Chinese company? Ownership, and where the negative list bites.
- answer What is a legal representative in a Chinese company? The one role every Chinese company must fill.
- answer What is registered capital in a Chinese company? What the capital figure commits you to.
- insight What a company registration quote leaves out The costs and steps a registration quote usually leaves out.
When you want it handled: Company Setup & Compliance Coordination
Registration coordinated, from structure to bank account: from US$850, 4–8 weeks to a licensed company.
Every answer is in the answers library; longer analysis is in the insights and the guides.
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