Investment Procedures in Shaanxi

【Investment Procedures】

Investment Approval Authority 

1. Investment competent authorities (Development and Reform Commission at provincial and city level) are responsible for approving the project application report with foreign investment.

2. Commerce (foreign trade and economic cooperation) competent authorities(Ministry of Commerce at provincial and city levels) are responsible for examining the approved contracts and articles of association on foreign investment, obtaining the certificate of approval and conducting the alternation.    

3 .The industry and commerce administration departments (provincial and municipal administration for industry and commerce) are responsible for the name checking, registration and business license gaining of foreign-funded enterprises.   

Investment Power to Approve and Examine

1. The encouraged and/or permitted projects with total investment over USD 100 million and limited projects with total investment over USD 50 million shall be subject to approval by the department authorized by the State Council.

2. The encouraged and/or permitted foreign-funded projects with total investment from USD 10 million to 100 million and limited projects shall be subject to approval by provincial competent authority.

3. The encouraged and/or permitted foreign-funded projects with total investment less than USD 10 million shall be subject to approval by municipal competent authority.    

Source:Doing business in Shaanxi of China

【Procedure for Foreign (region) Enterprises to Apply for Resident Representative Office in Shaanxi】

For any foreign enterprise which apply for establishing representative office,Shaanxi Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce shall handle registration procedures, meanwhile, it shall be filed in Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce.     

Documents to be prepared:    

1) Application formsigned by president or general manager (including corporationprofile, purpose to set up residentrepresentative office, personnel, business name, scope, term of residence,office address);

2)Fill in Application Form for Establishment of Resident RepresentativeOfficeof Foreign Enterprises andApplication Form for Personnel of Resident Representative Office of ForeignEnterprises;

3)Duplicate of lawful business certificate issued by concerned local authority;

4 )Letter of attorney of chief representative signed by president or generalmanager, resume and ID card of chiefrepresentative;

5)Agreement on leasing or purchasing foreign-related office place. Registration inother related departments:If theapplication from of foreign enterprises was approved and the registration procedures were finished,resident representative office of foreign enterprises shall provide approved certificate, license and representativecertificate to such department as public security, taxation, customs, bank,exchange control and foreign enterprise service for conducting relevantprocedures.

Six steps for EnterpriseRegistering Trade Mark

Trademark registration was divided into 6 steps, with simple documents and fee of about RMB 1,000 Yuan.

Preparation     

Registration form selection

One is to apply for registration in local trade mark office of administration for industry and commerce directly; the other is to entrust an experienced trademark agency.

Inquiry     

Before registration, you ’d better choose an authoritative inquiry company that could reduce risks and increase assurance on trademark registration, due to the possibility of same or alike trademark from other registrants.    

Preparing materials  

10 pieces of the trademark patterns(10 color trademark patterns with appointed color, and 1 pattern of black and white manuscript), the length and width of which shall be no more than 10cm, and no less than 5cm. If trademark pattern has unclear direction, please mark the upside and downside with arrows. If the applicant is individual, please show ID card and submit duplicate; if the applicant is enterprise, please show duplicate of business license and submit duplicate. Moreover, both shall submit filled application form on trademark registration with enterprise’s official seal or individual’s signature.

Source:Doing Business in shaanxi of China