2026-08-28
A foreign-invested enterprise in China can now be incorporated entirely online, from identity verification to the electronic business licence, without a single in-person visit. 中国的外商投资企业如今可全程网上办理设立登记，从身份核验到电子营业执照申领，无需一次到场。Overseas investors verify identity...
2026-08-28
The six-agency 2025 Revised Enterprise Deregistration Guide aligns exit procedures with the 2024 Company Law, offering three routes: ordinary, simplified and "one-thing" joint deregistration.六部门《企业注销指引（2025年修订）》与2024年新《公司法》衔接，提供普通注销、简易注销与"一件事"联动注销三类路径。A foreign-invested company may use simplified...
2026-08-28
Under the 2023 Company Law (effective 1 July 2024), directors — not shareholders — are the statutory liquidation obligors, and a liquidation group must be formed within 15 days...
Deregistration / 注销清算, Tax Compliance / 税务合规
2026-08-28
The tax clearance certificate (清税证明) is the real gatekeeper of an FIE exit: without it the market regulator will not deregister the business licence. 《清税证明》才是外资企业退出的真正关口：没有它，市场监管部门不会办理营业执照注销登记。Two categories of taxpayer...
2026-08-28
The new Company Law (effective 1 July 2024) adds two exit tools: simplified deregistration (Article 240) and compulsory deregistration (Article 241). 新《公司法》（2024 年 7 月 1 日施行）新增两项退出工具：简易注销（第二百四十条）与强制注销（第二百四十一条）。Simplified deregistration...
2026-08-28
Limited liability companies must fully pay all subscribed capital within five years of incorporation. 有限责任公司须自公司成立之日起五年内缴足全体股东认缴的出资额。The five-year subscription system took effect on 1 July 2024 under the newly revised Company...
2026-08-28
Under the 2024 Company Law, limited-liability shareholders must fully pay subscribed capital within five years of incorporation; joint-stock promoters pay in full before incorporation.依2024年《公司法》，有限责任公司股东须自公司成立之日起五年内缴足认缴出资；股份公司董事（发起人）于成立前全额缴纳。A State Council regulation gave existing...
2026-08-28
The 2023 Company Law caps a limited-liability company's subscribed capital at five years from incorporation, effective 1 July 2024.新《公司法》规定有限责任公司股东认缴的出资额须自公司成立之日起五年内缴足，自 2024 年 7 月 1 日起施行。 Legacy FIEs incorporated before 1...
2026-08-28
Foreign investors can contribute capital to a China FIE in cash (foreign currency or offshore RMB) or in kind — equipment, intellectual property, land-use rights, equity and even debt...
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. ...