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![Entering the Chinese Market: Common Mistakes and an Investor Checklist]()
Business in China
Entering the Chinese Market: Common Mistakes and an Investor Checklist
A weak product seldom kills a China launch. Decisions made before entry do: a vehicle that doesn’t fit, a contract that sends disputes to someone else’s courts, a partner nobody looked into. The field...
Oct 20, 2026
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China’s Negative List for Foreign Investment: Closed and Restricted Industries
Ten years ago, an investor choosing a sector in China often learned about a barrier only from a rejection letter. That guessing game is over: the rules are published up front. The shift dates to 2020....
Oct 20, 2026
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SAFE Registration and Foreign Exchange Control in China for Foreign Companies
The money has landed in your Shanghai account. Yet you can’t use it until the foreign exchange control system lets it through.
Mainland China is not a free harbour for capital. The yuan here is onl...
Oct 20, 2026
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China Tax Calendar for Companies: 2026 Filing Deadlines
Getting your business licence is only the first door. Open it and you face a second one, and behind that one the reporting never stops. This is exactly where most foreign investors stumble.
The cor...
Oct 20, 2026
![China HNTE Tax Incentives: What High-Tech Status and the 15% Rate Really Cost]()
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China HNTE Tax Incentives: What High-Tech Status and the 15% Rate Really Cost
China prices its flagship corporate tax break openly and at a fixed rate. The payout goes to whoever can prove their technology in figures and paperwork, not to whoever merely works on it.
The core...
Oct 20, 2026
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China’s Tax System Explained for Foreign Businesses
China’s tax system works less like a wall and more like a turnstile. You can pass through, but each step you take is recorded and checked against your return by machine.
The core problem:
“Our W...
Oct 20, 2026
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China Export Supervision Codes: The Complete 2026 Guide
China’s rules for completing an export declaration cover 49 boxes. Almost all of them are routine. The bill of lading, the invoice and the customs reference tables tell you what to enter, and the last...
Oct 20, 2026
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Getting an Export License in China: What Exporters Need in 2026
Every day, hundreds of businesses type “China export license” into a search bar. For four years now, no Chinese authority has handed a company a document carrying that name. Containers still wait at t...
Oct 20, 2026
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WFOE Annual Audit and Financial Reporting in China: Deadlines, Regulators and Risks
When does a WFOE’s year actually close? Not when the bank account settles. Each year the company has to produce three things: an audit report, a tax reconciliation and a filing to the public register....
Oct 20, 2026
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