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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Procedure==&lt;br /&gt;
*Do your homework.&lt;br /&gt;
**Make sure you&amp;#039;re informed about the state of the industry you&amp;#039;re in. A lot of this research can take place from your own home.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pick a location.&lt;br /&gt;
**You can&amp;#039;t set your business down just anywhere and expect to be a success.&lt;br /&gt;
*Choose an entity status&lt;br /&gt;
**Before you register with the government, you need to decide what type of business entity to register.&lt;br /&gt;
*Develop a business plan.&lt;br /&gt;
**A detailed five-year business plan is crucial, because once the government approves it, you will be able to operate only within its guidelines.&lt;br /&gt;
*Find a liaison.&lt;br /&gt;
**No matter how informed you are, you won&amp;#039;t get very far without consulting a representative to register your business.&lt;br /&gt;
**A qualified liaison should be able to tell you where you need to go to register, whether it&amp;#039;s the local, provincial or national government&lt;br /&gt;
*Organize the necessary documents.&lt;br /&gt;
*Apply for registration certification &amp;quot;business license of enterprise legal person&amp;quot; with SAIC, the organization code certificate issued by the Quality and Technology **Supervision Bureau and registration for both state and local tax with the tax bureau&lt;br /&gt;
*Trademark your intellectual property.&lt;br /&gt;
*Find a bank.&lt;br /&gt;
**This part should be quick and easy, since there are plenty of banks with a huge presence in China.&lt;br /&gt;
*Apply for the authorization to print or purchase financial invoices/receipts.&lt;br /&gt;
*Purchase uniform invoices&lt;br /&gt;
**The company must obtain and submit an application form to purchase uniform invoices&lt;br /&gt;
*File for recruitment registration with local career service center&lt;br /&gt;
**Within 30 days of recruiting employees, a new company must register with the local career service center, sponsored by the local government.&lt;br /&gt;
*Register with Social Welfare Insurance Center&lt;br /&gt;
**Within 30 days of establishment, the company must register for the payment of employee social insurance with the local social insurance office&lt;br /&gt;
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==Required Documents==&lt;br /&gt;
*Notice of approval of company name&lt;br /&gt;
*Lease or other proof of company office.&lt;br /&gt;
*Capital verification certificate or appraisal report&lt;br /&gt;
*Articles of association, executed by each shareholder&lt;br /&gt;
*Representation authorization&lt;br /&gt;
*Identity cards of shareholders and identification documents of officers&lt;br /&gt;
*Appointment documents and identification documents (certifying name and address) of the directors, supervisors, and officers.&lt;br /&gt;
*Appointment documents and identification documents of the companys legal representative &lt;br /&gt;
*If the initial contribution is in nonmonetary assets, the document certifying transfers of the property title of such assets&lt;br /&gt;
*Other documents as required by the authorities&lt;br /&gt;
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==Office Locations &amp;amp; Contacts==&lt;br /&gt;
Shenzhen &amp;amp; South China Office:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
6009 Yi Tian Road, Suite 2306,&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
New World Tower,Shenzhen 518035&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel: (86-755) 6128.6800 (You can inquire in English, Cantonese and Chinese)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Mobile: (86) 136.8649.3886&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
E-mail: bill.su@pathtochina.com&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The People&amp;#039;s Bank of China (PBC)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Addr: No.32 Chengfang street,Xi Cheng district,&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Beijing,China PostCode:100800&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel:86-010-66194114&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
E-mail:webbox@pbc.gov.cn&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Path To China (PtC), Southern China Offices:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PtC GUANGZHOU&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
161 West Lin He Rd., 23F&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tower A, Center Plaza,&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Guangzhou, 510620&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Request For Proposal-&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel: (86.20) 6113.5690&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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OCRA (China) Limited&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Room 3003, Wheelock Square&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1717 Nan Jing Road West&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Shanghai , 200040&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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PR China&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel: +86 21 6288 2288&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Fax: +86 21 6288 2138&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Email: shanghai@ocra.com.cn&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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National Police Agency,&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China(Taiwan)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Address:No.7, Sec. 1, Jhongsiao E. Rd.,&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
Jhongjheng District, Taipei City 10058, Taiwan (R.O.C.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Service TEL?02-23219011&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Phone:  (8610) 88050813&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Fax:    (8610) 63070900&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.gov.cn/english/2005-11/02/content_89805.htm&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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People&amp;#039;s Republic of China Ministry of Commerce Investment Promotion Agency&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Phone: (010) 64404550&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Fax: (010) 64515317&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;	&lt;br /&gt;
E-mail: service@fdi.gov.cn&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Eligibility==&lt;br /&gt;
Businessmen desiring to start a business in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Fees==&lt;br /&gt;
CNY 30,000&lt;br /&gt;
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==Validity==&lt;br /&gt;
 Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.&lt;br /&gt;
 e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever&lt;br /&gt;
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==Documents to Use==&lt;br /&gt;
 Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sample Documents==&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.pathtochina.com/sample/lease_contract.pdf&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.pathtochina.com/sample/Annual_Report_Sample_05-06.pdf&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Processing Time==&lt;br /&gt;
 Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Related Videos==&lt;br /&gt;
 Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. &lt;br /&gt;
 Attach videos using the following tag &amp;lt;&amp;amp;video type=&amp;quot;website&amp;quot;&amp;gt;video ID|width|height&amp;lt;&amp;amp;/video&amp;amp;&amp;gt; from external websites.&lt;br /&gt;
 Please remove the &amp;quot;&amp;amp;&amp;quot; inside the tags during implementation.&lt;br /&gt;
 Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, &lt;br /&gt;
 sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube&lt;br /&gt;
 width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.&lt;br /&gt;
 e.g In the following url &amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M&amp;quot; Video ID is &amp;quot;Y0US7oR_t3M&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Instructions==&lt;br /&gt;
Before starting up a business in China, you have to know what the options are. Foreign Investors generally establish a business presence in China in one of five ways:&lt;br /&gt;
*Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE); &lt;br /&gt;
*Partnership Enterprise (PE)&lt;br /&gt;
*Representative Office;&lt;br /&gt;
*Joint Venture; &lt;br /&gt;
*Hong Kong company&lt;br /&gt;
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==Required Information==&lt;br /&gt;
*Purpose and estimated investment&lt;br /&gt;
*WFOE&amp;#039;s operational structure and number of employees&lt;br /&gt;
*Permission for land use, environment evaluation report&lt;br /&gt;
*Products, size of production, detailed list of equipment, and business plan&lt;br /&gt;
*Environmental protection measures&lt;br /&gt;
*Requirement for utilities such as power and water supply&lt;br /&gt;
*The latest annual audit report copy from the parent company&lt;br /&gt;
*Letter of Authorization&lt;br /&gt;
*Passport copy&lt;br /&gt;
*Certificate of Incorporations, Articles of Formation or Equivalent document&lt;br /&gt;
*Bank Reference Letters from investors bank&lt;br /&gt;
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==Need for the Document==&lt;br /&gt;
China can be an overwhelming location to consider establishing a business. China is the most successful communist country on the planet and consistently ranks as the sixth largest economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Information which might help==&lt;br /&gt;
It is customary in China to pay rent one year in advance and this must be taken into account in planning a budget because the governmental authorities will be expecting this.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==&lt;br /&gt;
 Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.&lt;br /&gt;
 e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.&lt;br /&gt;
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==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.examinechina.com/resources/the-types-of-business-presence-in-china&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/china/starting-a-business&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.saic.gov.cn/english/&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Others==&lt;br /&gt;
If you start offering a product or service that is not in your business plan, the Chinese government can shut your business down. The same goes for where and how you operate.&lt;br /&gt;
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