Application for Filing and Registration for Foreign Trade Dealers (Foreign Economy and Trade Section)

Service Content

Application for Filing and Registration for Foreign Trade Dealers

Procedures

Enterprises can directly apply for filing and registration to the Shanghai Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission (the Commission), or the Qingpu Economic Commission can transfer the application for enterprises. The "Filing and Registration Form of Foreign Trade Dealers" will be received after the application is approved by the Commission.

Application Materials

1. the Information Form of Filing and Registration for Foreign Trade Dealers in Shanghai. Please Login the website of www.maofa.sh.cn, choose the "Administration of Filing and Registration for Foreign Trade Dealers" and fill in the "Information Form of Filing and Registration for Foreign Trade Dealers in Shanghai" online. Foreign trade dealers shall seriously fill in all information as required and ensure the integrity, accuracy and truth of the content. The form shall be signed and sealed by enterprise legal representatives or the principal of individual industrial and commercial households;

2. the Business License;

3. the Organization Code Certificate;

4. the Identity Card of the enterprise legal representative;

5. the Approval Certificate of Foreign Investment Enterprise is needed for foreign trade dealers who are also foreign investment enterprises.

6. the individual industrial and commercial households (sole proprietors), who have handled the industrial and commercial registration according to law, shall submit the certificate of property notarization issued by legal notary agency. The foreign (regional) enterprises, who have handled the industrial and commercial registration according to law, shall submit the document of capital credit certificate issued by legal notary agency.

Statutory Time Limit

5 working days for complete materials to be transferred

Committed Time Limit

5 working days for complete materials to be transferred

Application for Establishment of Overseas Investment Enterprise (Foreign Economy and Trade Section)

Service Content

Application for Establishment of Overseas Investment Enterprise

Procedures

1. the enterprise signs the "Letter of Intent" with the foreign party (excluding Chinese solely-invested projects);

2. the credit standing information of the cooperative foreign party (excluding solely-invested projects);

3. the enterprise applies to the Shanghai Branch of the State Administration of Exchange Control for examination of the source of foreign exchange funds of overseas investment;

4. the enterprise submit the project application or the project feasibility report to the Shanghai Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission, who will then solicit opinions from Chinese embassies and consulates;

5. the enterprise submits the project application materials to the competent authority or the District Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission.

Application Materials

1. the Application (mainly including the name of the new enterprise, the registered capital, the investment amount, the business scope, the operation term, the organizational form, the equity structure, etc.)

2. the articles of association and relevant agreements or contracts of overseas enterprises;

3. the opinions on examination of the source of foreign exchange funds of overseas investment issued by the foreign exchange competent authority;

4. the opinions from the Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China;

5. the business license of domestic enterprises and relevant qualification certificate required by laws and regulation;

6. other documents required by laws, regulation and the approval authority.

Statutory Time Limit

5 working days for complete materials

Committed Time Limit

5 working days for complete materials