Faulty or Inefficient China Business Applications

by Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Senior Partner, Dezan Shira & Associates

China is an intensely bureaucratic country and loves its paperwork. Accordingly, even the most simple business applications can be complicated. Then of course there is the language - and then again the nuances of law that determine the huge difference in operational quality between the so-called "cookie-cutter" applications from those in which time and attention have been spent. Here we identify some of the common mistakes we are asked regularly to fix when clients have either been badly advised, or simply were not aware of the full application and structural procedures when making an investment into China.

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This article included in China Briefing Magazine

July / August 2006: Common Mistakes & Misperceptions When Investing In China - And How to Avoid Them

Other articles in this issue: Mergers & Acquisitions: Common Mistakes When Buying a State-Owned Enterprise or Other Chinese Company by Dezan Shira & Associates, Investment Intelligence Unit, Greater China CHINA HOLDING COMPANIES REGULATIONS UPDATED by Sabrina Zhang, North China Regional Partner, Dezan Shira & Associates NEW POLICY ON LEASE AGREEMENT REGISTRATION IN SHANGHAI by Lulu Zhang, Shanghai Regional Partner, Dezan Shira & Associates Shenzhen: Minimum Salary Increased by Alberto Vettoretti, South China Regional Partner, Dezan Shira & Associates