What is the registration process for a foreign-invested company? What information do I need to prepare?
Foreign-funded company registration process
The first step is to approve the name
It takes one working day to determine the company type, name, registered capital, shareholders and capital contribution ratio. Afterwards, you can go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to submit an application for verification on-site or online. If it fails, you need to re-verify your name.
The second step is to submit information
It will take three to five working days. After passing the verification, confirm the address information, executive information, business scope, and submit the pre-application online. After passing the online pre-examination, go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau according to the appointment time to submit the materials.
The third step, receive the license
Time: the day of the appointment
After passing the second step, bring the notice of approval for establishment registration and the original ID card of the applicant to the Obtain the original and duplicate of the business license from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
The fourth step, seal engraving and other matters
Time: One to two working days, go to the designated seal engraving point of the Public Security Bureau with your business license to process the company's official seal, financial seal, contract seal, and legal person seal With the representative seal and invoice seal, the company is now registered. The follow-up is other tax registration aspects. Materials required to register a foreign-invested company
1. "Application for Registration of Establishment of Foreign-Invested Enterprise" (original);
2. Proof of designated representative or ***'s authorized agent
3. Approval documents from the approval authority (reply and copy of approval certificate 1) (original);
Applicants should register with the registration authority within 90 days from the date of receipt of the approval certificate Registration procedures; however, if a company is established in the form of Sino-foreign cooperation, foreign joint venture, or wholly foreign proprietorship, the applicant shall go to the registration authority to complete the registration procedures within 30 days from the date of receipt of the approval certificate; a joint stock limited company established by way of public offering of shares shall , the original or valid copy of the approval document from the securities regulatory authority of the State Council should also be submitted.
4. Articles of Association (original);
The original copy of the Articles of Association must be signed and stamped by the legal representatives of all parties to the investment or their authorized persons. If the investor is a natural person, the original copy must be signed by the investor. . The articles of association submitted should be consistent with those approved by the approving department.
5. "Notice of Preliminary Approval of Name" (original);
The "Notice of Preliminary Approval of Name" should be within the validity period, and the content should be consistent with the relevant matters of the application for the proposed company establishment. .
6. The investor’s subject qualification certificate or natural person identity certificate;
Chinese investors should submit a business license/public institution legal person registration certificate/social group legal person with the official seal of the unit. A copy of the registration certificate/private non-enterprise unit certificate shall be used as the subject qualification certificate; the foreign investor's subject qualification certificate or identity certificate shall be notarized by the local notary authority and authenticated by the Chinese embassy (consulate) in the country. If the country does not have diplomatic relations with our country, it should be authenticated by the embassy (consulate) of a third country that has diplomatic relations with our country in that country, and then authenticated by the embassy (consulate) of our country in that third country. Documents issued by overseas territories of certain countries must first be notarized in that territory, then authenticated by the country's diplomatic agency, and finally authenticated by the Chinese embassy (consulate) in that country. The certificate submitted by the Hong Kong or Macao enterprise shall be notarized by a China-appointed notary in Hong Kong or Macao, and shall be reviewed, signed and forwarded by China Legal Services (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. or China Legal Services (Macao) Co., Ltd. The certification of investors in Taiwan shall provide notarized documents from local notary institutions in accordance with the agreement and law.
7. Copies of appointment documents and identity certificates of directors, supervisors and managers;
The appointment of directors, supervisors and managers shall comply with the provisions of the company's articles of association.
8. Copies of the legal representative’s appointment documents and identity certificate;
The appointment of the legal representative shall comply with the provisions of the company’s articles of association.
9. Capital verification certificate (original) issued by a legally established capital verification agency;
Only applicable to joint-stock companies established through fundraising.
10. If the shareholder’s first capital contribution is non-monetary property, he or she must submit documentation proving that the property rights transfer procedures have been completed;
Only applicable to joint stock limited companies established by raising funds.
11. Proof of use of residence (business premises);
For self-owned properties, submit a copy of the property ownership certificate and submit the original for verification; for a rental house, submit the original lease agreement and the lessor's property ownership certificate Copy. If the above cannot provide a copy of the property ownership certificate, submit a copy of other property ownership certificates that can prove the ownership of the property.
12. Minutes of the founding meeting (original);
Only applicable to joint stock limited companies established by raising funds.
13. Pre-approval documents or certificates;
Refers to pre-licensing approval documents or copies of licenses or license certificates, applicable to laws and administrative regulations in the business scope and foreign-invested companies that have decided to submit projects for approval before registration.
14. Power of attorney for service of legal documents;
Signed by the foreign investor (authorizer) and the recipient of domestic legal document service (authorized person). The power of attorney should clearly authorize the domestic authorized person to accept service of legal documents on his behalf, and state the authorized person's address and contact information. The authorized person can be a branch established by a foreign investor in China, a company to be established (if the authorized person is a company to be established, the authorization will take effect after the company is established) or other relevant domestic units or individuals.
15. Other relevant documents.
Note: The originals of the above documents should be submitted unless marked as copies. If the submitted documents are in a foreign language, a Chinese translation must be submitted and stamped with the official seal of the translation unit.
The above is the content about the process of registering a foreign-invested company compiled by the editor of Jiuye Business Network (www.91kaiye.cn). I hope it will be helpful to you.