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
Core instruments (orientation)
- PRC Company Law (as revised; capital contribution timelines, corporate governance, legal representative themes)
- Foreign Investment Law and implementing regulations — FI enterprise treatment and negative-list context
- Company registration / SAMR practice — filings for capital, directors, articles amendments, dissolution
- Chop / seal practice — operational control reality for Chinese companies (see also chops legal effect)
- SAFE / tax rules on profit remittance — tax clearance and FX documentation (see profit remittance guide)
- Labour Contract Law themes — severance and mass-layoff issues on exit
How to use this cluster
- Start at the operations hub for decision order.
- Open the spoke that matches your pain (capital clock, chop fight, JV deadlock, deregistration).
- Return here when local windows cite form names or circular numbers.
Legal basis & authorities
- PRC Company Law (revised capital contribution and governance provisions)
- Foreign Investment Law and implementing regulations
- SAMR company registration practice
- SAFE / tax documentation for outbound dividends
- Labour Contract Law — termination economics on exit
Verify against primary sources and local SAMR/tax/SAFE windows.
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