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How a Singapore Fintech Startup Joined China’s Regulatory Sandbox: Case Study

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Indian IT Firm Opens a Shanghai Bank Account with a 62-Document Package: Case Study

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News: Fourth National Agricultural Census — Contracting, Registering and Paying the Temporary Enumerators That County Governments Will Hire

Information date: 24 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025, People's Daily reported that the State Council issued a notice launching the Fourth National Agricultural Census; the census establishes a national survey organisation
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FAQ: China’s Year-End Statutory Audit for Foreign-Invested Companies — Which Entities Must Appoint a CPA Firm, What the Report Covers and the Filing Deadlines

Information date: 24 October 2026 — Under China's Company Law and accounting rules, foreign-invested companies, joint-stock companies and most companies limited by shares must have annual financial statements audited by
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China Employment Contract Type Selector: Find Your Optimal Hiring Structure

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China Severance Pay Calculator: Estimate Termination Costs

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News: Han Zheng Meets the US Second-Track Delegation — Which Free-Trade-Zone Pilot Openings a Thaw Would Actually Unlock for US Investors

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Information date: 24 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025, People's Daily reported that Vice-President Han Zheng met a US high-level second-track dialogue delegation in Beijing, the latest in a series of 2025 contacts following

News: Green-Bond Use-of-Proceeds Checks Tighten After the Top-Level Ecological Push — The Evidence Foreign-Invested Issuers Must Hold in China’s Interbank Market

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Information date: 23 October 2026 — Following the ecological emphasis carried in the 5 June 2025 top-level communications reported by People's Daily, green-bond scrutiny in the mainland interbank market continues to cent

Hong Kong vs Singapore Holding Company for China Investment: Treaty Withholding Rates, Substance Tests and Filing Differences

Investment 0
Information date: 23 October 2026 — Both Hong Kong and Singapore maintain double-taxation arrangements with the mainland, but the dividends, interest and royalties rates that a holding company can actually claim depend o

Case: A Foreign Apparel Brand Uses a Shanghai Free-Trade Zone Warehouse to Defer Import Duty and VAT

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Information date: 21 October 2026 — A European apparel brand ships seasonal stock into a bonded warehouse inside a Shanghai free-trade zone. Goods are stored without import duty or import VAT being paid; tax falls due on

FAQ: Repatriating Dividends and Royalties from China — Documents, Withholding Rates and Bank Questions Foreign Parents Ask

Investment 0
Information date: 16 October 2026 — A foreign parent can repatriate dividends and royalties from China after the subsidiary has paid corporate income tax, made up losses and set aside statutory reserves. Dividends genera

Tax Incentives Resources: China’s Integrated-Circuit and Industrial Software CIT Holidays — List Conditions, Filing Pack and Renewal Checks

Tax Incentives 0
Information date: 16 October 2026 — China offers corporate income tax holidays for integrated-circuit and industrial-software enterprises that enter the official list jointly managed by NDRC, MIIT, MOF and STA. Depending

Buying a Chinese Company: Share Deal vs Asset Deal — Comparing Tax, Approval and Employee Transfer Steps

M&A 0
Information date: 15 October 2026 — In a share deal the buyer acquires equity of the target and inherits its liabilities, historic tax exposure and labour contracts; in an asset deal the buyer purchases specified assets,

FAQ: Local Government Investment Agreements in China — Clawback Triggers, Milestone Terms and Disclosure Duties for Foreign Investors

Government Support 0
Information date: 14 October 2026 — Chinese local governments commonly sign investment agreements granting land, cash subsidies, rent-free premises or tax-related support in return for committed investment, output, tax r

Case: Using Hainan’s 30% Value-Added Processing Rule to Move Goods Into the Mainland Duty-Free

Free Trade Zone 0
Information date: 13 October 2026 — Under Hainan Free Trade Port policy, goods produced in Hainan from imported materials or parts can enter the mainland duty-free on the import duty component when value added in Hainan

General News

News: After the Han Zheng–US Second-Track Talks, US-Linked Shareholders Face a Longer Bank File — The Beneficial-Ownership Dossier Required Before a Capital Account Opens

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Information date: 22 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 People's Daily reported that Vice-Premier Han Zheng met a US high-level second-track dialogue delegation in Beijing. No banking rule was announced with the meeting. What

Gaokao Integrity Push: Business-Licence Scrutiny for Exam-Prep and Education-Consulting Firms

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Information date: 21 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang inspected Shanxi and called for guarding the fairness of the college entrance examination and delivering a safe gaokao, with more than 13 mill

News: Summer Grain Procurement Push — VAT Registration and Farm-Produce Purchase Invoice Rules for Grain Traders

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Information date: 15 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 state media reported Vice Premier Liu Guozhong's inspection in Anhui stressing that efforts must be concentrated on securing a bumper summer grain harvest and laying a s

News: ‘Environment Is Livelihood’ Push Reaches Workplace Air — Formaldehyde and VOC Testing at Office Fit-Out Handover

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Information date: 14 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 People's Daily published a study note titled 'Environment Is Livelihood' under the ecological-civilisation theme. For office fit-out handovers, the practical consequence

Market Entry

Resources: Where to Pull Standardised Business-Scope Wording for a New WFOE — SAMR Catalogue Entries, Negative-List Look-Ups and Amendment Filings

Company Registration 0
Information date: 24 October 2026 — Since the 2019 revision of the Business Scope Registration Catalogue, SAMR publishes standardised business-scope items with matched catalogue codes, and registration systems in most pr

Tool: Screening a Proposed Company Name Before Registration — Structure Rules, Restricted Words and Common Rejection Reasons for Foreign Investors

China Strategy 0
Information date: 22 October 2026 — China runs a self-declaration regime for company names: the applicant submits the proposed name through the national enterprise name declaration system, the system checks it against th

Case: A WFOE Relocates Its Registered Address Across Provinces — Tax Clearance, Social-Insurance Transfer and Licence Reissue Sequence

WFOE 0
Information date: 20 October 2026 — A cross-province move of a WFOE's registered address is handled as a deregistration-and-reregistration of the registration particulars rather than a simple amendment: the company must

Tool: Screening a Product Against China’s CCC Catalogue — Catalogue Look-Up, Exemption Routes and Filing Documents

Market Entry 0
Information date: 19 October 2026 — China Compulsory Certification (CCC) applies only to products listed in the catalogue issued and updated by the State Administration for Market Regulation and administered by the CNCA.

Case: A UK Testing Lab Wins a Chinese Public Tender Without a Local Entity — Bid Bond, Notarised Documents and Treaty Relief

Remote Entry 0
Information date: 16 October 2026 — A UK testing laboratory can bid for Chinese government procurement without incorporating in China if the tender documents permit foreign suppliers and the procurement falls within an e

Resources

Checklist: Closing a WFOE in China — Liquidator Filing, Tax Deregistration, Customs and Bank-Account Closure, Traced Through One Company’s Exit

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Information date: 24 October 2026 — A standard WFOE exit runs through a liquidation group filed with SAMR within 10 days of the dissolution decision, a newspaper or national system liquidation notice with a 45-day credit

Calculator: Military-Installation Proximity Screening — Setback Checks, Survey-Permit Steps and Added Weeks Before a Factory Construction Permit

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Information date: 22 October 2026 — On 5 June 2025 People's Daily reported that the CMC Chairman signed an order promulgating the Regulation on the Construction of Military Installations. For factory siting the operative

FAQ: Apostille vs Consular Legalisation for Documents Used in the PRC — Which Papers Qualify, Which Banks Still Reject Them

Document 0
Information date: 22 October 2026 — China became an Apostille Convention state on 7 November 2023. Public documents issued in another contracting state need only an apostille from that state's competent authority; docume

Review: China’s National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System — What Foreign Buyers Can Verify and What Stays Unpublished

Resources 0
Information date: 21 October 2026 — The National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System (gsxt.gov.cn), run by the State Administration for Market Regulation, publishes the unified social credit code, registration

FAQ: China’s 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit — Eligible Ports, Movement Rules and Permitted Business Activities

FAQ 0
Information date: 21 October 2026 — Since 17 December 2024 China extends visa-free transit from 72/144 hours to 240 hours (10 days) for citizens of 54 countries, arriving at 60 open ports across 24 provinces and exiting

Trade & Supply Chain

Tool: Fire-Safety Acceptance and Building-Occupancy Screening in a Factory Audit — Documents to Request, On-Site Checks and Stop-Work Red Flags

Factory Audit 0
Information date: 24 October 2026 — A completed factory building in China should hold a fire-safety acceptance filing or acceptance opinion issued under the Fire Protection Law and the construction project fire design re

News: Green Push Reaches Export Factories — Verified Emissions Data EU Buyers Now Demand Under CBAM

Export 0
Information date: 23 October 2026 — Under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, importers of covered goods — including iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity, hydrogen and, from 2026, certain do

Comparison: China General Trade vs Cross-Border E-Commerce Retail Import — Licences, Tax Caps and Label Rules

Import 0
Information date: 21 October 2026 — General trade imports pay full MFN duty, import VAT and consumption tax, and require the importer to hold the relevant registrations, permits and a compliant Chinese label. Cross-borde

News: Environmental Enforcement Records Become a Sourcing Filter — Checking a Chinese Supplier’s Discharge Permit, Penalty History and Monitoring Data Before Award

Supplier 0
Information date: 20 October 2026 — People's Daily's 5 June 2025 commentary on 'lucid waters and green mountains' signals continued weight on environmental performance in local evaluation; for buyers this means a supplie

Case: Claiming RCEP Tariff Cuts on a First Shipment From China — Back-to-Back Proof of Origin and Direct-Consignment Evidence

Trade & Supply Chain 0
Information date: 19 October 2026 — RCEP has applied since 1 January 2022. A back-to-back proof of origin lets an intermediate RCEP party issue its own origin document based on an original proof of origin, without re-tes

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