Registration of incorporation of a foreign-invested partnership company
Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality
2022-07-28 16:25
Basic information
Item | Registration of incorporation of a foreign-invested partnership company | Category | Administrative licensing |
Statutory time frame | 7 workdays | Commitment time frame | 1 workday |
Implementing agency | Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality | Category of the implementing agency | Authorized organization |
Timing of license processing procedure | Immediate processing upon receipt of materials | Procedure type | Window processing, online processing, courier processing |
Online appointment |
| Online processing |
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Acceptance criteria
Who we serve | Business corporations, natural persons, social organizations |
Classification of subject matter for natural persons | Starting a business for employment, starting a business |
Classification of subject matter for legal persons | Starting a business |
Content of application | This administrative licensing applies to the registration of incorporation of a foreign-invested partnership company. |
Acceptance requirements
A foreign-invested partnership company may be incorporated when all of the following conditions are met:
1. The company shall be incorporated within the territory of China by two or more foreign companies or individuals, or by at least one foreign company or individual jointly with Chinese natural persons, legal persons or other organizations. A partner who is a natural person shall have full capacity for civil conduct;
2 .There is a written partnership agreement;
3. The capital subscribed for or actually contributed by partners is available;
4. There is a name of the partnership company as well as production and business premises;
5. A limited partnership shall be formed by not less than two but not more than 50 partners, unless otherwise provided for by law. There shall be at least one general partner in a limited partnership; and
6. A professional entity that provides paid services to its clients with specialized knowledge and skills may form a specialized general partnership.
Processing procedures
Online processing procedure

Offline processing procedure

Application materials
1. Authorized person’s identity document (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0
Photocopy: 0 Electronic |
Required |
2. Application Form for Incorporation Registration (one license one code) (Shenzhen) | Original document: 1 Photocopy: 0 Paper/electronic |
Required |
3. All partners’ certificates of qualification (Shenzhen)
| Original document: 0 Photocopy: 0 Electronic |
Required |
4. A partnership contract signed by all partners (Shenzhen) | Original document: 1 Photocopy: 0 Paper/electronic |
Required |
5. If the managing partner is a legal person or other organization, an identity document of the accredited representative should be submitted. (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0 Photocopy: 0 Electronic | Required
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6. Certificate of creditworthiness | Original document: 1 Photocopy: 0 Paper | Not
compulsory |
7. A letter of confirmation of all partners for the subscribed capital contribution or actually paid capital of each partner should be provided; for an investment made in kind, or in the form of intellectual property, land use rights or other property rights, if it is evaluated by all partners upon consultation, a letter of confirmation on evaluating the investment upon consultation signed by all partners should be submitted to the registration agency; if it is evaluated by a legal evaluation agency entrusted by all partners, an evaluation certificate issued by the legal evaluation agency shall be submitted to the registration agency. (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0 Photocopy: 1 Paper/electronic |
Required |
8. Where any law or administrative regulation requires that the occupational qualification certificates of partners must be submitted for the incorporation of a special general partnership company, the said certificates should be submitted to the registration agency pursuant to the law or administrative regulation. (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0 Photocopy: 1 Paper/electronic |
Required
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Service windows
Comprehensive Service Window of Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Administrative Service Hall
Add: Window 8-20, East Hall, Administrative Service Hall, 1/F, Area B, Civic Center, Fuzhong Road 3, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (86-755) 12315
Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)
Buses:
1. 38, 41, 60, 64, 107, 123, 232, 234, 235, 236, 374, 398, B686, E18, K578, M390, N9 , Peak-time Bus 19, Civic Center Stop
2. 34, 38, 60, 64, 71, 76 Interval Line, 235, 371, 373, 374, M347, M390, Peak-time Bus 4, Peak-time Bus 19, Civic Center East Stop; B709 stops at Fuzhong Road 3 on the north side of China Phoenix Building and on the south side of Noble Center, which is not the aforementioned stop
Metro:
1. Line 2 (Exit E) or Line 4 (Exit B), Civic Center Station
2. Line 3 or Line 4, Children’s Palace Station, Exit D, A1, A2
3. Line 2 or Line 3, Futian Station (the nearest Exit 15 is not open yet); please note that the walking distance from this station is approximately three times the walking distance from the Civic Center Station
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Tel: (86-755) 36667613
Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-6 p.m. from Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)
Buses: M492, M453, Qianhai Cooperation Zone Stop; or take bus M492 at Daxin Metro Station Exit C2 and get off at Qianhai Cooperation Zone Stop