Setting Up Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises in China

Dezan Shira & Associates is a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing business advisory, tax, accounting, payroll and due diligence services to multinationals investing in China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. Established in 1992, the firm is a leading regional practice in Asia with seventeen offices in four jurisdictions, employing over 170 business advisory and tax professionals. Dezan Shira & Associates provides a combination of business advisory and accounting services to our clients, giving them the ability to acquire professional knowledge in the local legal regulatory environment in each country as well as the tax and financial implications of doing so. We also provide useful business information through our media and publishing house, Asia Briefing.

• Establishing Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises.- Pre-Investment Planning.- Establishing Manufacturing and Service WFOEs.- Establishing Foreign Invested Commercial Enterprises (FICE).- Retailing, Wholesaling, Distribution and Franchising.- Full Implementing Rules and Draft Articles of Association.- Calculating Your Registered Capital Requirements.- Assessing Your Commercial Property Requirements.- Converting JVs to WFOEs, Merging, and Establishing WFOE Branches.- China's Development Zones and Investment Incentives.- Full Tax and Audit Obligations.- Human Resource Issues.- Obtaining Export Tax and VAT Rebates.- WFOE Liquidation Procedures.