Policy Updates / 政策动态, Structure Choice / 架构选择
2026-09-10
On 3 September 2026 the Shanghai municipal government outlined the foreign-investment agenda of its 15th Five-Year Plan for accelerating the building of an international trade centre: four priorities —...
Policy Updates / 政策动态, Structure Choice / 架构选择
2026-09-01
The June 2026 "Action Plan for Stabilising and Improving Foreign Investment" promises to accelerate the revision of the 2006 Measures on foreign investors' acquisition of domestic enterprises (Order No....
2026-08-28
The revised Strategic Investment Measures, effective 2 December 2024, lower thresholds for foreign strategic investment in A-share listed companies across five dimensions: foreign natural persons, asset requirements, tender offers,...
2026-08-28
Since 1 January 2020, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) are no longer carved into CJV/EJV/WFOE types; they take the same company or partnership forms as domestic firms under the Company Law...
2026-08-28
The 2025 "Action Plan for Stabilizing Foreign Investment" removed the restriction on foreign-invested investment companies using domestic RMB loans for equity investment, easing onshore funding for holding structures. ...
Setup Process / 设立流程, Structure Choice / 架构选择
2026-08-28
The Foreign Investment Law took effect on 1 January 2020 and repealed the three former statutes, so an FIE's organisational form and internal organs now follow the Company Law...
2026-08-28
The Foreign Investment Law permits entry forms well beyond the WFOE — branches, partnerships and holding platforms are each lawful, separately registered routes. 《外商投资法》允许的准入载体远不止外商独资——分支机构、合伙企业与控股平台均为合法、分别登记的路径。A branch of a foreign...
2026-08-28
Foreign natural persons can invest in China directly: the Foreign Investment Law explicitly covers individuals, and a foreign-owned LLC founded by one person is registered just like a domestic...
2026-08-28
A Representative Office (RO) cannot earn revenue, issue invoices, sign contracts or collect payment — it is limited to liaison, market research and promotion, and is a dead end...