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Guide to Doing Business in China - www.tdctrade.com

Doing Business In China
http://www.tdctrade.com/chinaguide/

Provided by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC or TDC), this is the premier trade portal for doing business with Hong Kong, Mainland China and the world..

It houses a cyber marketplace for product sourcing and business matching, a pool of market intelligence, comprehensive trade fair information and essential tools for today's business.

More specifically, this China business guide gives you practical information on how to start and run a business in China.
Useful topics include foreign investment policy, import and export administration, tax administration, foreign exchange control, staff recruitment, entry-exit inspection and quarantine system, etc.

This Guide is designed to help you to grasp basic and correct information in venturing into the China market. It includes topics such as foreign investment policy, how to set up foreign-invested enterprises, import and export administration, tax administration, foreign exchange control and staff recruitment.

This guide not only provides beginners with basic guidance on doing business in mainland China, but also serves as a practical handbook to veteran China traders.

1. Procedures for the Establishment of FIEs
1.1 Sino-foreign Equity and Contractual JV Enterprises
1.2 Foreign Enterprises
1.3 Procedures for Establishment of Resident Representative Offices by Foreign Companies
1.4 Approval and Examination Procedures for Establishment of Foreign-invested Commercial Enterprises and Their Shop
1.5 Minimum Registered Capital and Capital Contribution Schedule

2. Import and Export Administration
2.1 Import-Export Flow Chart
2.2 General Trade
2.3 Processing Trade

3. Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine System
3.1 Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine System
3.2 Entry-Exit Inspection for Different Categories of Commodities
3.3 Appointing Agents to Handle Import and Export Commodity Inspection

4. Tax Administration
4.1 Major Tax Categories for FIEs and Foreigners
4.2 Tax Exemption and Reduction
4.3 Avoidance of Double Taxation between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland

5. Foreign Exchange Control
5.1 Control over Foreign Exchange of Foreign-Invested Enterprises
5.2 Repatriation of Profits

6. Enterprise Financial and Accounting Systems
6.1 Enterprise Financial Systems and Standards
6.2 Invoice Management

7. Staff Recruitment
7.1 Ways of Staff Recruitment
7.2 Employment Procedures
7.3 Social Insurance

8. Intellectual Property Rights
8.1 Application for Trademark Registration in China
8.2 Application for Patent in China
8.3 Protection Against Intellectual Property Rights Infringement


Invest In China - www.fdi.gov.cn

Invest In China
http://www.fdi.gov.cn/pub/FDI_EN/default.htm

Here's a brief Introduction of Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce (CIPA)

CIPA is engaged in Chinese investment promotion process and in charge of “Inviting in” (FDI in China) and “Going global” (outbound investment) two-way investment promotion work, as follows:

Organizing and implementing the foreign investment promotion strategy; Guiding and involving in the Federation of Investment Promotion Agencies of China; Guiding the work of investment promotion agencies of different areas..

Attending the conferences of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce; Engaging in cooperation and communications with the relevant international economic organizations, foreign investment promotion agencies, chambers of commerce and business associations; Organizing and implementing activities of bilateral and multilateral investment promotion agencies.

Implementing the annual investment promotion programs of Ministry of Commerce; Carrying out the detailed organizing work for China International Fair of Investment & Trade hosted by Ministry of Commerce; Carrying out topic researches related to investment; Editing and printing publicized materials and relevant investment promotion publications; Being in charge of the daily operation of the website of ‘Invest in China’; Offering relevant investment information for domestic and international enterprises; Accepting and handling with complaints from foreign investment enterprises of trans-provinces, trans-cities, trans-regions and trans-industries.

Planning and organizing large investment promotion activities at home and abroad, organizing relevant investment activities such as training, forum, conference and exhibition; Operating website of ‘Invest in China’, and implementing net connection with investment promotion agencies both at home and abroad, finance bodies and commerce bodies; Carrying out business cooperation for commercialization and specialization of investment promotion; Dealing with consultation, information service, market investigation, credit investigation related to investment activities and planning services on investment promotion; Assisting foreign investment enterprises for relevant legal procedures.

For more information, please contact CIPA by visiting the website : http://www.fdi.gov.cn/pub/FDI_EN/default.htm