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Alteration of a foreign-invested company to a domestic company
From: Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality
Updated: 2021-01-11 11:01

Basic information

Item

Alteration of a foreign-invested company to a

domestic 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

Statutory

authority

Timing of

license

processing

procedure

Immediate processing upon receipt of materials

Procedure type

Window

processing,

online

processing,

courier

processing

Online

appointment


Online processing



Acceptance criteria

Who we serve

Business corporations

Classification of subject matter for legal persons

Establishment alteration

Content of application

This administrative licensing applies to the 

registration of alteration of a foreign-invested

company to a domestic company.


Acceptance requirements

A foreign-invested company may be altered to a domestic company when all of the following conditions are met:

1. Approval by a competent government agency has been received if it is on the list of the Special Administrative Measures for the Access of Foreign Investment (Negative List) or involving foreign-funded mergers and acquisitions;

2. The number of shareholders or promoters satisfies that specified by law. For the establishment of a limited liability company, there shall be fewer than 50 shareholders. For the establishment of a joint stock limited company, there shall be more than two and fewer than 200 promoters, of which more than half shall have their domiciles within the territory of the People’s Republic of China;

3. The capital contributions by the shareholders of the limited liability company are consistent with the articles of incorporation. The share capital of the joint stock limited company subscribed for by the promoters and raised from the general public shall reach the statutory minimum amount of capital, and its issuance of shares and preparations for establishment shall be in conformity with the provisions of the law;

4. The articles of association of the limited liability company have been jointly formulated by the shareholders; the articles of association of the joint stock limited company have been formulated by the promoters and adopted at the inaugural meeting;

5. The company has a name and an organizational structure required for the establishment of a limited liability company or joint stock limited company;

6. There are fixed production and business premises and necessary production and business conditions.

7. A resolution or decision on alteration has been made by the foreign-invested company in accordance with the law.


Processing procedures


Online processing procedure


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Offline processing procedure


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Application materials

1. Application for (filing) registration of company alteration (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic


Required

Other  

Requirements

2. Appointment letter and identity document of the legal person  

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic


Required

Other  

Requirements

3. Appointment letter and identity document of the director, supervisor and

manager

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic



Required

4. Authorized person’s identity document (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 0

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic



Required

5. Resolutions or decisions of company on alteration (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic



Required

6. Amendments to the Articles of Association (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic



Required

7. The original and all duplicates of the business license (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 0

Photocopy: 0

Electronic


Required

8. In case of transfer to a person other than the original shareholder, the

certificate of the new shareholder’s qualification should be submitted.

(Shenzhen)

Original

document: 0

Photocopy: 0

Electronic


Required

9. Equity Transfer Agreement (Shenzhen)

Original

document: 1

Photocopy: 0

Paper/

electronic



Required


Service windows


Comprehensive Service Window of Dapeng New District Administrative Service Hall

Add: Window 8-13, 1/F, Dapeng New District Administrative Service Hall, 10 Zhongshan Road, Dapeng Subdistrict, Dapeng New District, Shenzhen

Tel: (86-755) 28333100

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: E11, E26, H92, 818, 833, Dapeng Center Stop 


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Add: Comprehensive Service Window, Bao’an District Administrative Service Hall, 1/F, Comprehensive Training Hall, Bao’an Sports Center (opposite the main entrance of the Exit-Entry Administration Hall of Bao’an District Public Security Sub-bureau), intersection of Bao’an Boulevard and Luotian Road, Bao’an District, Shenzhen

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Buses: 338, M200


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Tel: (86-755) 88212021

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Bus: K578 (left ring) 


Comprehensive Service Window of Market Supervision and Regulation Service Hall of Yantian District Administrative Service Hall

Add: Window 2-12, 1/F, 1013 Haijing Road 2, Yantian District, Shenzhen

Tel: (86-755) 22741914

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-6 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: 85, M444, 68, Yantian District Government East Stop 


Comprehensive Service Window of Qianhai One-stop Service Center

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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


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Tel: (86-755) 86975095

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: M964, Nanshan District Administrative Service Hall Stop; 58, Express Line 58, 72, 80, 229, 322, 337, K204, M347, M463, M493, N24, Binhai Keyuan Interchange Stop or Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Stop

Metro: Line 2 or Line 11, Houhai Station, Exit H


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Tel: (86-755) 23332000

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-6 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Metro: Line 4, Qinghu Station, Exit C

Buses: 80, M212, M405, B916, M302, Guohong Building Stop


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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) 12315

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:50 p.m., Monday to Friday

Buses: Xintongbao Line T1, E6, E7, E23, E25, Peak-time Bus 33, M219, M230, M276, M277, M278, M280, M306, M307, M315, M361, M386, 351, 802, 810, 811, 812, 839, 862, 868, 868 Interval Line 1, Longgang World Trade Department Store Stop 



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Tel: (86-755) 25994510 (business registration); (86-755) 25655856 (special equipment business)

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5:40 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses:

1. 10, 27, b621, 85, 111,M133, Luohu District Administrative Service Hall Stop

2. 27, 69, 103, 111, 113, 220, 387,M182, M191, M290, M437, M468, M520, M526, N14, Peak-time Bus 183, Peak-time Bus 5, High-speed Bus 12; Luohu Gymnasium ① Stop 

3. 85,M364, M555, N21, 202, 205, 214, 308, E11, E26, M207, M348, Peak-time Bus 58, High-speed Bus 13, High-speed Bus 26, Luohu Gymnasium ② Stop 

4.10, Donghu Park South Gate Stop

Metro:

1. Line 2, Xinxiu Station, Exit A or B

2. Line 5, Yijing Station 

3. Line 2 East Extension Line, Liantang Port Station


Comprehensive Service Window of Pingshan District Administrative Service Hall

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Tel: (86-755) 84539088

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-5 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: M295, M296, E20, E22, 833, Yanziling Stop 


Comprehensive Service Window of Market Supervision and Regulation Service Hall of Futian District Administrative Service Hall

Add: Window 1, 3/F, Futian Industrial, Commercial and Price Building, 7 Xinsha Road, Shatou Subdistrict, Futian District, Shenzhen

Tel: (86-755) 83456576

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-6 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: B709, B798, Futian Market Supervision and Regulation Sub-bureau Stop; M520, 229, 28, 34, K113, K105, 337, 382, 369, Futian Experimental School Stop



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