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The Foreign Investment Law took effect on 1 January 2020 and repealed the three former statutes, so an FIE's organisational form and internal organs now follow the Company Law...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 foreign individual's tax-resident status is first fixed at the initial withholding by estimating the in-China residence days for the year, then corrected against the actual stay once known....
2026-08-28
Foreigners lawfully employed in China must join the five statutory social-insurance schemes; the employer and the individual both contribute.在中国境内合法就业的外国人须参加五项法定社会保险，由用人单位与个人共同缴费。The 2024 amendment (MOHRSS Order No. 54) updates document names to...
2026-08-28
A nationwide campaign to clean up the human-resources market ran from April to July 2026, with dispatch-rule violations a stated enforcement priority.2026年4月至7月开展了全国清理整顿人力资源市场秩序专项行动，劳务派遣违规被列为明确的执法重点。The campaign targets unlicensed dispatch, "fake outsourcing, real...
2026-08-28
In August 2026 the Supreme People's Court and five central departments issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Management of Employed Court Clerks, which require courts to sign labour contracts...
2026-08-28
A representative office has no legal personality and cannot be an employer, so it can never sign a labour contract with local staff directly. 代表机构不具有法人资格，不能作为用人单位，因此不能直接与本地员工签订劳动合同。Guo Fa No....
2026-08-28
Equal pay for dispatched workers is a rule about the remuneration distribution method, not about matching one headline number. 被派遣劳动者的同工同酬，规范的是"劳动报酬分配办法"，而非简单对齐某一个工资数字。The dispatch agency is the statutory social insurance contributor,...