The latest trading company registration process

4. Company registered address

The company’s registered address must be a commercial office address, and a lease agreement, a copy of the property certificate and a lease invoice are required. To register a trading company in Shanghai Development Zone, we can provide the registered address for free.

5. Company shareholders

The new "Company Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that when a company is registered, it must have one shareholder (investor), and one shareholder invests in the establishment. The company is a one-person limited company, or it can be a registered company invested by two or more shareholders.

When registering a trading company, the original identity certificates of shareholders must be submitted and checked.

6. Supervisors

According to the company's articles of association, when a company is established, it can set up a board of supervisors (which requires multiple supervisors), or it does not need to set up a board of supervisors, but it needs to set up one supervisor. For a one-person limited company, shareholders cannot serve as supervisors; for two or more shareholders, one of the shareholders can serve as supervisor.

When applying for company industrial and commercial registration, the original identity certificate of the supervisor must be submitted.

7. Directors

When a company is established, it may or may not have a board of directors. If there is no board of directors, an executive director must be appointed. Shareholders may serve as executive directors. Directors are required to provide original identification documents.

8. Legal representative of the company

The company needs to have a legal representative. The legal representative can be one of the shareholders or can be hired. The legal representative of the company needs to provide original identification and photos.

9. Company Articles of Association

The company's Articles of Association determine the company's name, business scope, shareholders and capital contribution ratios, registered capital, rights and obligations of shareholders, directors, and supervisors, etc. It must be submitted to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau for approval and filing.

10. Company Financial Personnel

When the company conducts tax registration, it needs to submit the information of a financial person, including a copy of the identity certificate, a copy of the accounting certificate and a photo. When registering a trading company in Shanghai Development Zone, some development zones can provide financial personnel identity information.

Take the registration of a Shanghai trading company as an example. The detailed registration process is as follows:

1. Approval of trading company name

The first step to register a company is to To apply for a company name check from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, shareholders are required to provide proof of identity and sign the "Application Form for Pre-approval of Enterprise Name". After the company passes the name check, the Administration for Industry and Commerce will issue a "Notice of Pre-approval of Enterprise Name", which is valid for half a year.

2. Sign the industrial and commercial registration materials

The company's shareholders, legal representatives, supervisors, etc. need to sign the "Company Registration Application Form", "Company Articles of Association", and "Enterprise Notification Commitment" , "Shareholders' Meeting Resolution" and other industrial and commercial registration materials.

3. Apply for a company business license

Submit written industrial and commercial registration materials and apply for a business license.

4. Seal engraving

After the company's business license is approved, the company's official seal, legal person seal, and financial seal will be engraved.

After the above matters are completed, the company registration is basically completed. If you want to carry out actual business, you still need to handle the following matters:

5. Open the company’s basic account and tax account

The company's basic bank account is the account used for company business transfers and cash payments, and the tax account is a special account used to pay taxes after tax returns.

6. Apply for tax type verification

Financial personnel need to go to the tax bureau to apply for tax clerk qualifications and handle tax type verification at the same time.

7. Purchase invoices

According to the business scope listed in the company's business scope, handle invoice purchases.

8. Special industry approval

If the company's business scope has special industry or product information, a license is required. For example, operating food requires a hygiene license, and operating hazardous products requires a dangerous goods business license. The time to apply for an industry license is generally after the company name is approved.

When registering a company in Shanghai, you can choose to register in a development zone with the most favorable taxes. Shanghai Langxia Economic Development Zone provides a full set of registration process services such as company registration, financial agency, and personnel agency.

If you register an import and export trading company, you need to apply for import and export registration procedures after completing the company registration process.

The company process in China is relatively complex and requires a lot of materials. You can entrust a registration agency to handle all the company registration processes.

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Common types of registered companies

1. What types of companies are there

The specific legal requirements for different types of enterprises , such as the conditions for establishment, procedures for establishment, internal organizational structure, etc. to form an enterprise. Regarding the types of enterprises, my country’s Company Law, Joint Venture Law, Sino-Foreign Joint Venture Law, Sino-Foreign Joint Venture Law, Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law, Sole Proprietorship Law and other laws and related regulations include relevant regulations. Our country currently has economic types such as state-owned economy, collective ownership economy, private economy, joint venture economy, joint-stock economy, and foreign-related economy (including foreign investment, Sino-foreign joint ventures, and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan investment economies)

2. Domestic capital What are the types of enterprises ***

The types of domestic enterprises include: limited companies, unincorporated corporate entities, group companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships, etc.

In the name pre-check, investors need to provide more than three alternative names, and determine the investment amount and investment ratio.

The name generally consists of four parts: administrative division + enterprise name + industry characteristics + organizational form

Example: Shanghai Oriental Investment Management Co., Ltd.

(Administrative Division) (Enterprise name) (Industry) (Organizational form)

Or Oriental (Shanghai) Investment Management Co., Ltd.

(Enterprise name) (Administrative division) (Industry) (Organizational form) )

1. Shanghai ------ Co., Ltd.

A limited liability company is established in China, and shareholders bear liability for the company to the extent of their capital contribution.

The company shall be liable for its debts with all of its property.

2. A limited liability company established with one person's capital contribution

A one-person limited liability company refers to a limited liability company with only one natural person shareholder or one legal person shareholder. Only a limited liability company can be established but not a joint stock company. According to the new company registration regulations implemented on March 1, 2014, a subscribed capital system is implemented. A natural person can only invest in a limited liability company.

(Other conditions are the same as registering a Shanghai limited company)

3. Partnership

A partnership generally refers to a joint operation by two or more natural persons ( The main types are general partnership, limited partnership, and special partnership). Partners jointly share the income of the enterprise and are jointly responsible for operating losses. It can be operated by some partners, with other partners only contributing capital and being solely responsible for profits and losses, or it can be operated jointly by all partners. It is characterized by small scale and small capital requirements. The name of the company is similar to "Shanghai XX Investment Consulting Firm"

4. Sole proprietorship

A sole proprietorship is established in accordance with the Sole Proprietorship Law, invested by a natural person, and the property is invested An operating entity that is owned by an individual and the investor bears unlimited liability for corporate debts with his or her personal property.

(Enterprise names are generally? Office, center, business department, studio?), etc.

5. Foreign-invested enterprises

This type of enterprise includes Chinese and foreign Sino-foreign joint ventures established within the territory of China with the approval of the Chinese government, in which the Chinese and foreign partners agree to invest jointly, operate jointly, share profits, and bear risks; this also includes joint ventures between foreign enterprises and Other economic organizations are Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises established with the approval of relevant Chinese authorities in accordance with the principles of equality and mutual benefit, with the rights and obligations of both parties stipulated in cooperation agreements in accordance with Chinese laws; they also include Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises established in accordance with Chinese laws in China, with all capital owned by foreign enterprises , other foreign-funded enterprises that are independently invested and operated by economic organizations or individuals and are responsible for their own profits and losses.

6. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment enterprises

This refers to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investors in accordance with the provisions of the relevant foreign economic laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and the State. Enterprises established in mainland China in the form of joint ventures, cooperation or sole proprietorships.

In terms of legal application, they are all based on the foreign-related economic laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and the State. In terms of economic type, it is different from the economic type of foreign-related investment