putting up a small business in china.

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Hello! I want to put up a small business in China. My capital is not much and im afraid to commit mistakes and pay for charges...I am a Filipino citizen but I been to China already for four times. I also been to one of the trade fair in canton and i been receiving invitation letters from them time to time. It says that one of the requirement is to Have a letter from a unit in china. My problem is i dont know any chinese in china that can provide me that. How can i have a letter then? Is there a way i can still make business? Please enlighten me.

David · Answer

I'm not so clear about the business issues. But after surfing the internet I got to know the basic procedures are: 1) get the permission from national development and reform commission of China for the project2) permission from the ministry of commerce to set up a company3) register the company in the industrial and commercial administration4) tax, customs and foreign currency registeration in related departmentsFor foreign investors' convenience, those departments has been organised together to work for you in many cities. You could go to the local ministry of commerce to consult the more detailed procedures. Or you could try to contact the Economic and commercial Counsellor's Office of the Embassy of China in Philippines for the info (Tel: 0063-2-8195991,0063-2-8195992; Fax: 0063-2-8184553 ; Address: No. 10 , Flame Tree Road, South Forbes Park , Makati City, Metro Manila, Republic of the Philippines; E-mail: mofcom.gov.cn|ph)

Putting up a small business in china.

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