Item Property

Item of Non-requiring Administrative License

Administrative Authority

Ningbo Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau

Acceptance Location

Service Center of Ningbo Municipal Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau

Consulting phone number

+86-574-8718-7064

Responsible Offices

The administrative examination and approval office

Main basis of setting or implementing（File name, symbol, and specific provisions）

Decision of the State Council on Setting up Administrative License on Items Necessarily Requiring Administrative Examination and Approval Item 189

Tentative Regulation of the State Council on Administration of Representative Office of Foreign Enterprises (No.272 [1980]of State Council) Article 2

Implementing Rules of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on Approval and Administration of Representative Offices Established in China by Foreign Enterprises (Decree:No.3 [1999] of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation)article2 ,3,8 and 12

Regulations of Administration on Representative Offices Established in Ningbo by Foreign Enterprises (No.18 of Announcement of Standing Committee of the NPC of Ningbo City) article 8 and 9

Transaction term

Statutory term:30 working daysPromised term:10 working days

Documentation to submit

Application Requirements:

1. The organization should register in China according to law;

2. The organization should have good business reputation;

3. The organization should have fixed place in the city and permanent staff;

4. The organization should provide various true and credible materials;

5. The organization should go through procedures according to the Implementing Regulations.

Application materials:

1. Application signed by legal representative of the organization, including introduction on the enterprise, name of the representative office, name of Chief Representative and other representatives, business scope, term of residence, site of office, etc.;

2. Certificate of incorporation (copy) issued by authorities of the host country (region);

3. Credit certification;

4. Letter of authentication issued by the legal representative of the organization for the representative office, resume of the representatives and their identity certificates (copy);

5. All the application materials hereinbefore should be notarized by notary organs and certified by Chinese diplomatic and consular mission in the country.

Charge (Y/N) No

Brief Flow Diagram

Foreign enterprise entrusts an undertaker→Apply in Window of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau →Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation hands over the application to the Ministry of Commerce(the Ministry of Commerce issues a notice of approval to Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation)→Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation issues a notice of approval to the undertaker→The undertaker informs the foreign enterprise to receive the certificate of approval→The representative office of the foreign enterprise registers in department of industrial and commercial administration