Registration of WOFE and Representative Office in Shanghai

Registration of establishment of Company and Representative Office in Shanghai

The following requirements shall be met to set up the Wholly Owner Foreign Enterprise and set up the Representative Office in Shanghai:

Wholly Owner Foreign Enterprise (WOFE)

1¡¢ The investor shall be a well-established foreign company or natural man.

2¡¢ Having registered capital to launch the business. (more than USD140,000 usually)

3¡¢ Having fixed premises for operation.

4¡¢ To comply with the Catalogue of Industries Guiding Foreign Investment.

Contact Raymond.L@aptsh.com to get the details.

Representative office in Shanghai (R.O)

1¡¢ The investor shall be a well-established foreign company.

2¡¢ Renting an office space in the appointed building which is for foreign company. (about 500¡¯s said buildings in Shanghai)

3¡¢ The business scope is market studies or contacting the clients for its parent company only.

Contact Raymond.L@aptsh.com to get the details.

Discrimination in WOFE or R.O

	Investor	Registered capital	Registered address	Business scope	bank account
WOFE	Foreign company or natural man	More than USD140,000 usually	Office, industrial building, retail	Trading, consulting, production and so on	To charge for trading and services from clients
R.O	Foreign company	No	Office space in appointed building	market studies or contacting the clients for its parent company only	To charge with foreign exchange from parent company only

Registration details: Raymond.L@aptsh.com