China Representative Office Registration and Maintenance Guide (10) - Deregistration

The term of a Representative Office normally is three years. The investor could apply to have its Repesentative Office deregistered before its term expired.

Representative Office Deregistration Procedures

1. prepare de-registration documents, publish notice of de-registration on newspaper;
2. issuing audit report and liquidation report;
3. apply for de-registration with the State Tax Bureau;
4. apply for de-registration with the Local Tax Bureau and the foreign tax sub-bureau;
5. apply for de-registration of the enterprise coding certificate with the Quality Supervising Bureau;
6. cancel the bank account;
7. turn over the seals of the representative office to the police bureau and cancel the registration;
8. apply for de-registration of the representative office with Nanjin Administration Bureau of Industry and Commerce.

Documents and Materials Required

1. original certificate of registration for the representative office;
2. certificate of representative for chief / common representative;
3. original enterprise coding certificate and coding card for the representative office;
4. original certificate of state tax registration;
5. original certificate of local tax registration;
6. common seal and seal for finance use of the representative office, private seal of the chief representative;
7. employment termination contract provided by the Fesco;
8. all the finance records and materials of the representative office.