Application requirements(conditions)
1Permissions from Ministry of Communication and Bureau of Commerce are required, to set up Sino-foreign joint and cooperative ventures enterprise businesses of international shipping transportation, international shipping agency services, international shipping management, international shipping cargo, international shipping container station, storage yard, and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers
2To set up a foreign-invested international shipping transportation enterprise, the following requirements have to be satisfied:
AHaving ships suitable for international shipping transportation, Chinese ship must be involved
BShips meet the technical criteria of ocean traffic safety
CBill of lading, passenger ticket or combined transport document
DQualified senior managers according to the regulations of Ministry of Communication
EIn the form of Sino-foreign joint and cooperative ventures enterprise, foreign investors can invest no more than 49% of the total investment
FThe selection of the president and general manager have to be discussed by all investors, and finally appointed by Sino investor
GOther requirements stated by law and legislation
3To set up wholly foreign-invested international shipping agency services enterprises, the following conditions need to be satisfied:
AAt least 2 senior operation managers who have more than 3 years?experience in operating international shipping transportation business. They must be Chinese citizens with intermediate or highly professional titles, working in international shipping transportation enterprises or auxiliary enterprises as divisional manager or higher position
BHaving fixed premises and essential facilities for operation, including the ability to exchange electronic data with ports and the Customs
CIn the form of Sino-foreign joint and cooperative ventures enterprise, foreign investors can invest no more than 49% of the total investment
DOther requirements stated by law and legislation
Application procedure and documents
1pre-approval of joint ventures name
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Administration of Industry and Commerce
-Time limit:
-Within 2 working days
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Pre-approval for names of enterprise
-Appointment letter
2Examination and approval of instauration by the Ministry of Communication
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Ministry of Communication
-Time limit:
-Not guaranteed
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Documents to prove the applicants have ships suitable for international shipping transportation, and Chinese ship must be involved.
-Documents to prove Ships in operation have met the technical criteria of ocean traffic safety.
-Bill of lading, passenger ticket or combined transport document
-Documents of qualified senior operation managers
3Certification needed for setting up joint venture enterprise
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Municipal bureau of commerce
-Time limit:
-Not guaranteed
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Application for setting up foreign-invested enterprise
-Article of association
-Proof of legal qualifications of all the investors.( 1. foreign investors should -provide main body qualifications proof or the identification notarized by both of their domestic notary organizations and the Chinese embassy in their home countries. 2. Investors from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan must also provide documents notarized by their domestic notary organs (documents from Hong Kong should be stamped and forwarded by the China Legal Service (H.K.) Ltd, Valid Mainland Travel Permits can be personal identification for Taiwan investors and do not need to be notarized.) 3. If countries of which the foreign investors have not established or have already ended foreign relations with China, their proofs or the identification should be notarized by their domestic authorities and then by third countrys embassy, and the third country has established foreign relations with China. All the notarized documents have to be notarized by the Chinese embassy located in the third country. )
-Credit status identification issued by banks
-Other documents requested by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic
-Cooperation
4Proposed agency code registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-State Bureau of Technical Supervision (The Administration Center of Organization Code)
-Time limit:
-2 working days after acceptance
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Approval of article of association
-Application of proposed agency code
5Industry and Commerce JV registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Administration of Industry and Commerce
-Time limit:
-7 working days
-Management fee:
0.8?/SPAN> of amount of registered capital
-Fee for obtaining a copy of the industrial and commercial registration certificate: 20RMB
-Documents Required:
-Application form of setting up joint venture
-Article of association
-Approval by the approving authority and the copy of Approval letter of foreign-invested enterprise?o:p>
-Proof of legal qualifications of all the investors.( 1. foreign investors should provide main body qualifications proof or the identification notarized by both of their domestic notary organizations and the Chinese embassy in their home countries. 2. Investors from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan must also provide documents notarized by their domestic notary organs (documents from Hong Kong should be stamped and forwarded by the China Legal Service (H.K.) Ltd, Valid Mainland Travel Permits can be personal identification for Taiwan investors and do not need to be notarized.) 3. If countries of which the foreign investors have not established or have already ended foreign relations with China, their proofs or the identification should be notarized by their domestic authorities and then by third countrys embassy, and the third country has established foreign relations with China. All the notarized documents have to be notarized by the Chinese embassy located in the third country.)
-Credit certification of investor (issued by the bank)
-Notice for pre-approval name of the enterprise, name list of the pre-approval investor
-Letter of Authorization
-Corporate secretary (contact) registration form
-Letter of Authorization for legal documents service
-Corporate secretary (contact) registration form
-Besides, the printed name list of the investor, member of the board of director, general manager and supervisor
6Public Security Bureau registration:
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Municipal Public Security Bureau(the administration center of embarkation and disembarkation )
-Time limit:
-6 working days
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-The registration application for record
-The identification of legal representative
-Business license, approval letter, photocopy of approval
7Chop of enterprise registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Engrave of chop organization proposed by police station
-Time limit:
-2 working days
-Engrave of chop fee:
-500RMB
-Documents Required:
-Application form of chop engrave
8. Enterprise Cope registration:
-Examination and Approval Department:
-State Bureau of Technical Supervision (The Administration Center of Organization Code)
-Time limit:
-3 working days after acceptance
-Management fee: 30 RMB
-Documents Required:
-Application form
-Returning paper of proposed agency code
-The identification of legal applicant
-Business license, approval letter, photocopy of approval
9 Tax registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Municipal Local Taxation Bureau
-Time limit:
-5 working days
-Management fee:
-10RMB
-Documents Required:
-Identification of legal representative
-Business license, approval letter, photocopy of approval
&, nbsp; -Housing contract
-Registration form of tax
10 Administration of foreign exchange registration:
-Examination and Approval Department:
-Beijing center of foreign exchange control
-Time limit for handling:
-20 working days after acceptance
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Written application (stamped by chop)
-Copy of business license provided by the legal representative, non-legal representative enterprise shall provide original and photocopy of business license
-Approval documents for approving the setting up of enterprise issued by the Commerce Department, the original and photocopy of the certificate.
-Effective contract of foreign-invested enterprise(except for wholly-owned foreign enterprise), original article of association and its photocopy.
-Original and photocopy of code of enterprise
11Opening bank account
-Due to the different requirements of banks, the required documents need to be confirmed.
11 Financial registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-The financial bureau
-Time limit for handling:
-2 working days after acceptance
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Business license, approval certificate, photocopy of approval
-Financial registration form
13 Statistic registration
-Examination and Approval Department:
-The statistical bureau
-Time limit for handling:
-2 working days after acceptance
-Management fee: 0
-Documents Required:
-Copy of Business license, approval certificate, photocopy of approval
-Statistic registration form
14Beijing Customs procedure for JV registration:
-Examination and approval department:
-The Customs
-Management fee:
-50 RMB
-Time limit:
-Within 5 working day
-Documents Required:
-Business license copy
-Approval certificate, approval copy
-Article of association photocopy.
-Tax registration copy
-Bank account certificate copy
-Certificate of proposed agency code copy
-Model of enterprise chopjuridical person and apply to customs
-Applicant enterprise registration form
-Applicant enterprise management registration form