Statutory time frame
20 working days
Commitment time frame
1 working day
Authority in Charge
Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality
Processing methods
1. Window processing
2. Online processing
3. Courier processing
Conditions for Acceptance
A foreign enterprise shall apply to the original registration authority for cancellation of registration if its business license reaches the expiration of its validity period and no extension is applied for, or if it terminates contracts or agreements in advance.
Application Materials
Application Procedure
Online processing procedure
1. Application
The applicant shall make an application on the website of Guangdong Government Services, where a procedure number will be generated.
2. Acceptance
The handling personnel will make a decision of whether to accept the application within three working days.
If the applicant is eligible for application, and the application materials are complete, compliant with the relevant formal requirements and in line with statutory forms, the application will be accepted.
If the applicant is not eligible for application, or the application materials are not complete or not in line with statutory forms, the application will not be accepted and a notice of rejection will be issued.
3. Examination
The handling personnel will examine the application within one working day.
4. Approval
If the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the handling personnel will make a decision of approval.
If the application materials do not fit the relevant formal or completeness requirements, a decision of disapproval will be made.
5. Conclusion
Conclusion comes after a decision of approval; in which case an administrative decision will be made and a notice of deregistration will be produced.
6. Service of documents
(1) The authorized person shall claim the notice of deregistration by presenting a receipt of application at the service window. The staff will check the letter of authorization, the authorized person’s identity document, and the procedure number of the application before serving the notice of deregistration.
(2) Where delivery by express has been elected at the time of application, the staff will mail the notice of deregistration to the address provided by the applicant.
Window processing procedure
1. Application
The applicant shall make an online appointment for application on the website of Guangdong Government Services, where a procedure number will be generated. The applicant is required to take a number and submit the application materials at the service window or mail the application material to the service window at the appointed time.
2. Acceptance
Where the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the staff at the service window shall issue a written receipt of materials instantly.
If the applicant is not eligible for application, or the application materials are not complete or not in line with statutory forms, the application will not be accepted and a notice of rejection will be issued instantly.
In case of the application materials being incomplete and therefore requiring supplementation or correction, the staff shall notify the applicant of everything that requires to be supplemented or corrected all at once on the spot. The examination will resume after supplementations or corrections are made by the applicant pursuant to the relevant requirements.
3. Examination
The handling personnel will examine whether the application materials fit the formal and completeness requirements.
4. Approval
The procedure is required to be completed within one working day. If the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the handling personnel will make a decision of approval.
If the application materials do not fit the relevant formal or completeness requirements, a decision of disapproval will be made.
5. Conclusion
Conclusion comes after a decision of approval, in which case the handling personnel will write down the examination opinion on the hard-copy application materials and sign the name. A notice of deregistration will be produced.
6. Service of documents
(1) The authorized person shall claim the notice of deregistration by presenting a receipt of application at the service window. The staff will check the letter of authorization, the authorized person’s identity document, and the procedure number of the application before serving the notice of deregistration.
(2) Where delivery by express has been elected at the time of application, the staff will mail the notice of deregistration to the address provided by the applicant.
Inquiry and supervision
Inquiry
Hotline: 0755-12315
Inquiry adds.:
Comprehensive Service Window of Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Administrative：Windows 9-21, East Hall, 1st Floor, Zone B, Fuzhong 3rd Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Inquiry online:
WeChat ID: SZMQS_CN
Government affairs Weibo:
Correspondence adds:
Commercial and Price Building, 7010 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen
Service windows
Comprehensive Service Window of Market Supervision and Regulation Bureau of Shenzhen Administrative
Add: Windows 9-21, 1/F, East Hall, Administrative Service Hall, Zone B, Civic Center, Fuzhong Road 3, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: (0755) 12315
Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)
Buses:
Civic Center Stop (市民中心站):38, 41, 60, 64, 107, 123, 232, 234, 235, 236, 374, 398, N9, E18, B686, K578, M390, Peak-time Bus 19;
Civic Center East Stop (市民中心东站): 34, 38, 60, 64, 71, 76 interval, 235, 371, 373, 374, M347, M390, Peak-time Bus 4, Peak-time Bus 19
Metro:
Line 2, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit E;
Line 3, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit A1, A2, D;
Line 4, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B or Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit A1, A2, D
Fees
Free of charge
(Note: The text above is a translation of the Chinese version for reference only. In case of any discrepancy between the two versions, the original published Chinese version shall prevail.)