In order to standardize the compulsory cancellation of company registration and improve the company exit system, the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau have issued the "Implementation Measures for the Compulsory Cancellation of Company Registration System", which takes effect from October 10, 2025.
For company incorporation, capital contribution in the form of currency (cash) is the most common way for shareholders to contribute their subscribed registered capital. For cash contribution, the shareholders must remit the cash funds to the bank account of the company from their bank account.
Equity transfer refers to the process where a shareholder transfers their held company shares to another party, making the transferee a new shareholder of the company. The main rights of a shareholder include: Shareholder Identity Right (status as the company's owner); Decision-Making Right (voting on major company matters); Asset Profit Right (entitlement to company profit dividends)
Beijing, as the political center, cultural center, international communication center and scientific and technological innovation center of China, is accelerating the construction of an international scientific and technological innovation center, an international consumption center and a global digital economy benchmark city under the guidance of the development of the capital in the new era.
The profits obtained by the foreign investors within the territory of the PRC can be freely remitted out according to the Foreign Investment Law of the PRC. However, foreign invested enterprises (FIE, foreign invested limited liability companies) must meet certain conditions and complete specific procedures when applying to remit out the distributed profits (dividends) to overseas shareholders.
The General Office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China officially released the Compliance Guidelines on the Implementation of Non-Compete Restrictions by Enterprises (Renshetingfa [2025] No. 40) on 4 September 2025, aiming to give non-compete compliance guidance to enterprises. The guidelines shall take effect from the date of release.
The standard corporate income tax rate in China is 25% currently. Ratified high-tech enterprises may enjoy a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15% and receive policy support such as special funds from national and local governments, scientific and technological project funding, and additional deductions for R&D expenses. So what are the conditions to apply for high-tech enterprise recognition?
According to the relevant laws and regulations in China, foreign investors should make their capital contribution to their foreign invested enterprises established in China in foreign exchange or offshore RMB, except for the circumstances explicitly stipulated by laws and regulations that onshore RMB can be used for capital contribution.
The new Company Law of the PRC, which came into effect on 1 July 2024, for the first time clarifies in legislative form that the rules for the accelerated expiration of shareholders' capital contribution obligations may be applied when a company is under non-bankruptcy, non-dissolution, non-execution status.
Substantive capital reduction refers to the substantial reduction of a company's registered capital and the reduced registered capital will be refunded to the shareholders or the shareholders will be exempted from the obligation to contribute capital or share payments. According to Article 224 of the Company Law of the PRC, substantive capital reduction shall be conducted in accordance with the following statutory procedures: