General information only. Company Law capital rules, chops, legal representatives, joint-venture governance, profit remittance, and deregistration turn on your articles, licences, local SAMR/SAFE/tax practice, and employment facts. This is not legal advice and does not create an attorney–client relationship. Instruct qualified PRC counsel before you appoint officers, move capital, seize seals, or dissolve an entity.
WFOE operations & control cluster: Hub · 5-year capital · Chop control · Legal representative · JV deadlock · Deregistration · Profit remittance · Primary sources · Checklist
Already on this site: setup and entity choice remain at WFOE overview, entity choice, and setup checklist. Profit remittance detail lives at WFOE profit remittance (also in the outbound decision cluster).
Operations decision order
- Capital clock — subscribed capital vs paid-in under the New Company Law timeline. 5-year capital guide
- Who holds the seals? — company chop, finance chop, legal rep chop, contract chop inventory. Chop SOP
- Who is legal representative? — personal risk for foreign appointees. Legal rep risks
- JV or multi-shareholder deadlock? — governance clauses and exit levers. JV deadlock
- Can you distribute and remit? — tax certificate and SAFE pack. Profit remittance
- Is exit cheaper than freeze? — deregistration vs dormant risk. Deregistration
Action guides
Related crisis themes
Personal exit bans, consumption restrictions, and criminal exposure for directors are covered in the Foreign Director Risk hub.
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