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Guangzhou Company Registration Package(Branch Registration, Registered Office, Local Representative and Corporate Bank Account)

Procedures for Guangzhou Company (Branch Office) Registration and Bank Account Opening

Step one:

Different documents of Companies Registry :

(1).  a certified copy of the latest accounts of the company, unless exemption has been granted by the Registrar of Companies upon application.  


(2). a certified copy of the instrument defining the company’s constitution.


(3). a certified copy of the company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or its equivalent).


(4).  Form F1 reporting :

* the registered office in the place of incorporation;

* the particulars of directors and secretary;

* the principal place of business in Hong Kong and in the place of incorporation;

* the particulars of the person(s) authorized to act in Hong Kong on behalf of the company;


Step two:
The above (1) and (2), if the original document is not in Chinese or English, only a certified translation into Chinese or English needs to be filed. For  (3), if the original document is not in Chinese or English, a certified copy of the document in the original language together with a certified translation into Chinese or English should be filed.


Documents Required for Branch Registration

1.a certified copy of the company’s certificate of incorporation (OR, where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that it is not the practice under the law of the place where the company purports to be incorporated to issue a certificate of incorporation, a copy of such other evidence of incorporation as the Registrar deems sufficient) together with a certified translation of the document in English or Chinese if the certificate (or such other evidence) is in a language other than English or Chinese;


2.a certified copy of the charter, statutes or memorandum and articles of the company or other instrument constituting or defining the constitution of the company, OR, if the instrument is not written in the English or Chinese language, a certified translation of the instrument in English or Chinese;


3. except in the case of a company referred to in section **6(6) , a certified copy of the latest accounts of the company in the form required by the law of the place of its incorporation or, if no such requirement is in force under the law of that place, in the form in which the accounts of the company are submitted to the members of the company, OR a certified translation of the document in English or Chinese if the accounts are in a language other than English or Chinese:

Provided that

* a body corporate or a firm other than a solicitor corporation, a corporate practice within the meaning of section 2 of the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap. *0) or a firm of solicitors or professional accountants shall not be authorized to accept on behalf of any oversea company service of process or any notices required to be served on the company;

* in the case of a solicitor corporation, such a corporate practice or a firm of solicitors or professional accountants so authorized, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of paragraph (4) to deliver the name of the solicitor corporation, corporate practice or firm and its business address in Hong Kong.


4.  a list in English or Chinese in the specified form [Form F1] of the names and addresses of some one or more persons resident in Hong Kong authorized to accept on behalf of the company service of process and any notices
required to be served on the company, and also:

* the address of the principal place of business of the company in Hong Kong;

* the respective addresses of the principal place of business, if any, and the registered office (or its equivalent) of the company in the place of its incorporation;

* the particulars of the directors and secretary of the company as mentioned in sub-section (2) of section **3.


Documents Required for Bank Account Opening:

(1) A bank account opening form (prepared by COLVASS CONSULTING and signed by the director and authorised signer);

(2) A set of CPA certified branch office registration documents (prepared by COLVASS CONSULTING);

(3) A copy of passport copy and residential address proof in respect of each director and shareholder of the foreign company and of the authorised signer.


Some documents will be returned to clients after registration:
(1) Duplicate copy of documents filed with Companies Registry, such as Notification of particulars of directors, secretary, location of registered/business address and appointment of local resident representative;

(2) Original copy of Certificate of Incorporation as Overseas Company;

(3) Original copy of Business Registration Certificate (sample business registration certificate).






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