The standard term of the representative office for industrial and commercial registration is "resident representative office", which is also called "foreign representative office", "foreign representative office" or "foreign representative office" in daily life. The registration of a representative office must be represented by an agency with professional qualifications. Mingxi Business Consulting Co., Ltd. is the earliest agency engaged in registered representative offices in Shanghai, and has provided services to thousands of overseas enterprises registered representative offices in Shanghai. The Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Registration Service Center under Mingxi Group has many experienced registered consultants, who can answer all kinds of questions about the registered representative offices of overseas enterprises in Shanghai.
In order to let you know more about how to register a representative office, Mingxi Business Consulting will sort out and introduce the registration of the Shanghai representative office as follows:
First, the role of establishing a representative office.
In order to avoid blindly entering an emerging market, many foreign companies will first collect market information and make initial business contacts with the country or region, so as to lay the foundation for correct investment in the future. The representative office has no registered capital requirement, and its establishment and management are relatively simple. Therefore, setting up a representative office is the best solution.
The representative office is not an independent legal entity and is not allowed to conduct direct profit-making business activities. The business scope of the representative office should be stated in the documents submitted to the registration authority, and the business scope will be specified in the registration certificate of the resident representative office after being confirmed by the administrative department for industry and commerce (special industries need to be approved). The resident representative offices of foreign enterprises can only engage in activities within the scope stipulated in their registration certificates. The representative office of a foreign-funded enterprise cannot conduct direct business activities with its users or customers, nor can it sign any agreements, so what the representative office can do is "indirect business activities". For example: public relations activities, business contacts, product display, market research, scientific and technological exchanges. However, if there is a bilateral treaty between China and the government of the country where the foreign enterprise is located, which clearly stipulates that the resident representative office of the foreign enterprise can engage in direct business activities in China, it shall be handled in accordance with these provisions.
Second, the advantages of setting up a foreign representative office in Shanghai
Compared with foreign-funded companies, the registration procedures are simple and fast, and because the specific operations are different from those of entity companies, they do not have very strict capital investment requirements; It is also relatively simple in follow-up management.
Three. Registration conditions for foreign representative offices in Shanghai
Need to be a company officially registered abroad and need to exist for more than two years; Require a bank credit certificate of not less than 6 digits; It belongs to general trading, production and freight forwarding companies; According to the regulations of the China Municipal Government, a representative office cannot directly submit an application to the examination and approval department, but needs to entrust a local agency to handle the application.
Four. Information needed by Shanghai foreign representative office
1. Application for registration of establishment of resident representative offices of foreign (regional) enterprises.
2, foreign (regional) enterprise residence certificate and more than 2 years of legal business certificate.
3. Articles of association or organizational agreement of foreign (regional) enterprises.
4. Authorization or certification documents issued by foreign (regional) enterprises for authorized signatories.
5, foreign (regional) enterprise chief representative, representative of the post documents and their identity certificates.
6. Credit certificate issued by financial institutions that have business dealings with foreign (regional) enterprises.
7. Resumes of the Chief Representative and Representative
8. Proof of legal use of the representative office in the local area.
9, the approval documents of the examination and approval authority
10, other relevant documents and certificates
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Business scope of Shanghai foreign representative office
The representative office of a foreign enterprise cannot conduct direct business activities with its users or customers, nor can it sign any agreements, so what the representative office can do is "indirect business activities". For example: public relations activities, business contacts, product display, market research, scientific and technological exchanges.
6. Duration and termination of foreign representative offices in Shanghai
According to the latest Regulations on the Administration of Representative Offices, the registration period of representative offices is only one year. Therefore, the representative office needs to go through the extension formalities every year.
Seven. Registration process of foreign representative offices
Sign the agreement, pay the deposit, sign the documents, deliver the required materials, apply for the industrial and commercial bureau online, handle the industrial and commercial registration certificate and chief representative certificate, handle the organization code certificate and IC card, stamp the representative office (official seal, chief representative seal and financial seal), handle the tax registration, foreign exchange registration, statistical registration and customs registration certificate.