A resident representative office of a foreign enterprise refers to an office established by a foreign enterprise in China in accordance with the Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Resident Representative Offices of Foreign Enterprises to engage in non-profit activities related to the business of the foreign enterprise. The representative office does not have the status of a legal person.

Welcome to invest and start a business in Beijing. To help you better understand the registration process for market entities, we provide you with the procedures for establishment registration for resident representative offices of foreign enterprises.

You can apply to or consult the Administration for Market Regulation in the district where you intend to register the enterprise.

Processing Procedures

1. Application and Acceptance

(1) The applicant shall submit business application documents at the service window of the government service hall in each district.

(2) If the application can be accepted on the spot or meets the acceptance criteria after on-the-spot corrections, the authority will proceed directly to the acceptance step and issue an acceptance notice on the spot.

(3) If the application meets the acceptance criteria after corrections based on the one-time notification, an acceptance notice will be issued.

2. Review and Decision-making

(1) If the application documents are complete, comply with legal forms, conditions, and standards, and pass the review, the authority will make a decision to grant administrative licensing.

(2) If the application documents are incomplete, do not comply with legal forms, conditions, and standards, and fail the review, the authority will make a decision to deny administrative licensing.

3. Certification and Delivery

The business processing results can be collected at the window or delivered by mail.