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Hongda Open Your China Representative Office With A Convenient Service

Hongda's China business experts will assist you to open your rep office rapidly and in full compliance with local law in Guangdong province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other major cities), or Shanghai.

As long as your overseas company has been in operation for more than 2 years, you will be able to open a China rep office.

This includes:

• Assist you to locate an office space
• Deal with labor contract sign withloca staff
• Working permit apply forforeign staff
• Monthly bookkeeping
  
  
  

Advantages Of A China Rep Office

Foreign companies may have many dealings with China or Chinese suppliers.

In the case of a company which, for whatever reason, does not need to do business directly in China, a representative office will be beneficial. In this case Hongda assist you by setting up a Guangdong, Shanghai, or Shenzhen rep office for your business.

For instance, if an American company needs to meet with Chinese suppliers in Shenzhen, a representative needs to fly in and conduct this meeting or vice versa. If this is a very common occurrence a rep office will be helpful, as a company representative from the American company can be based in Shenzhen to conduct meetings at any time and it will also a give a physical location for local business contacts to visit which would enhance your company's professionalism.

Furthermore, a rep office will offer:

• A real presence in China (in fact, renting an office space is one of the stipulations which must happen before your rep office can even be registered)
• Enhanced brand-building capabilities by being where the customers are (assuming that the foreign company is selling within China)
• Ability to share technology and ideas with local contacts
• Ease of conducting local market research
• Coordinate the foreign parent company’s activities ‘on the ground’ in China, be they market, distribution, etc
• Liaise with local contacts more easily and efficiently, which is especially useful for foreign manufacturers being supplied from China
• A rep office may open a corporate bank account in China (but only to receive operating funds from the overseas parent company)
• Rep offices may employ foreign and local staff, however not directly. They must use FESCO, a 3rd party HR agency, to hire their staff (Hongda will help you deal with FESCO and make sure that hiring staff through them goes smoothly)
• No registered capital is required to set up a rep office in China
  
  
  

Disadvantages Of A China Representative Office

A rep office is merely a base of operations on China for a foreign company, and as such may not:

Furthermore, a rep office will offer:

• Do business of any kind which results in profit
• Finalise deals and sign business contracts for the parent company
• Represent other companies
• Buy property in China
• Import equipment into China
• Invoice local businesses or collect payments of any kind
• Warehouse any product

If your business needs within China include any of the above, then Hongda Business Services can help you by opening a WFOE or joint venture company instead.

Read more about rep office pros and cons.

 Remember: A rep office CAN help you build your brand in China or deal more effectively with local contacts, but can’t do business for profit.