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Dongguan Foreign Investment Enterprise Establishment Procedures
2012-02-20 18:22     Source : www.dgfipc.gov.cn

1. Project Establishment

Investors (or partners) should consult with the Foreign Economy &Trade Department first of all about the project and then apply to the Commercial &Industrial Administration for approval of enterprise appellation.

As for joint project with total investment below USD 3million and sole investment project with total investment below USD 30 million, investors should apply to the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration directly for approval. As for joint project with total investment above USD 3million and sole investment project with total investment above USD 30 million, the Development Planning Administration is responsible for approval of feasibility study report and the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration responsible for approval of its contract and charter as well.

And the technology innovation project should be approved by the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration.

As for sole investment project with necessity to build up factory buildings by foreign investors, the Land Utilization Certificate issued by the Land &Resources Administration is required, which should be submitted to the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration for approval. As for environment pollution project, the Environment Impact Report must be stipulated by the Environment Protection Department, which should be submitted to the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration for approval.

2. Approval of contract and charter

Following contract and charter signature, investors should bring along all required documents to the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration for approval.:

Documents under approval include as follows:

A. Application for foreign investment enterprise establishment filed by competent departments

B. Project related documents: contract, charter and feasibility study report required by joint &cooperative project; charter, feasibility report and application form required by sole investment project

C. Factory building or land utilization certificate

D. Enterprise appellation preliminary approval notification

E, Name list of the Board of Directors of Enterprise

F. Operation License from the Chinese party (photocopy)

G. Creditability Letter for the Chinese party provided by bank

H. Both parties' registration certificate (photocopy)

H. Commercial registration certificate of foreign party (photocopy)

G. Creditability Letter for the foreign party provided by bank

K. ID cards for legal representatives from both parties (photocopy)

3. Obtain the permit certificate

As soon as the investor receives the Enterprise Legal Person Code Notification issued by the Technology Supervision Administration of Dongguan, the Foreign Economy &Trade Administration should issue the Permit Certificate that day to accept the applied project.

Editor: 容艳君