Basic information
Item | Deregistration of a resident representative office of a foreign (region) 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 |
Classification of subject matter for legal persons | Deregistration for bankruptcy, termination of legal persons, filing for bankruptcy |
Content of application | This administrative licensing applies to the deregistration of a resident representative office of a foreign (region) company with the approval of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province and its authorized departments. |
Acceptance requirements
A resident representative office of a foreign (region) company may be deregistered when one of the following conditions is met:
1. It has been revoked by the foreign company;
2. The business license of the representative office expires without an application for renewal or has an early termination of the contract or agreement;
3. The foreign company has terminated its operations; or
4. It has had its business license revoked or has been ordered to close down in accordance with the law.
Processing procedures
Online processing procedure
Offline processing procedure
Application materials
1. Application for deregistration (Shenzhen) | Original document: 1
Photocopy: 0 Paper/ electronic |
Required |
2. Authorized person’s identity document (Shenzhen)
| Original document: 0 Photocopy: 0 Electronic |
Required
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3. Certificate of registration of the resident representative office of the foreign (region) company (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0
Photocopy: 0 Electronic |
Required
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4. Credentials of the chief representative and other representatives (Shenzhen)
| Original document: 1 Photocopy: 0 Paper |
Required
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5. Certificate of deregistration issued by tax authorities (Shenzhen) | Original document: 1
Photocopy: 0 Paper/ electronic |
Required
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6. A certificate issued by the customs and foreign exchange authorities stating that the related matters have been cleared or that the representative office has not completed the relevant procedures (Shenzhen) | Original document: 1
Photocopy: 0 Paper/ electronic |
Required
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7. Where pre-approval is required, the approval documents of a competent government agency are required (Shenzhen) | Original document: 0 Photocopy: 0 Electronic |
Required |
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
