Procedures of registration with Administration for Industry and Commerce

Procedures of registration with Administration for Industry and Commerce

Within 30 days after receiving of approval certificate, the chief representative of the office shall go through registration procedures with the Administration for Industry and Commerce, with one copy of original and one duplicate approval certificate, copies of submitted documents (each two copies), a copy of rent agreement for office site and three photographs of the chief representative.

Other Procedures Go through the following procedures after obtaining certificate of industrial and commerce registrations

-- Opening an account with the Bank of China
-- Customs procedures for importing office equipment and daily necessities
-- Registration for taxation with Foreign Section of Beijing Municipal Taxation Bureau
-- Procedures to employ Chinese personnel through FESCO
-- Apply for permanent residence of representative of foreign nationality in Beijing Public Security Bureau.
-- Procedures for Change and Extension of the Enterprise
-- To change any registered items (e.g. name of the office, location, scope of business), or when the expiration date of the registration certificate is imminent, the office should immediately report to the registration authorities for relevant procedures. The validity of resident representative offices of foreign enterprises is three years for each approval. In case of extension, the office should report to its proxy three months ahead of the expiration date for the extension applying procedure.