How we deliver
On-site in Hainan
Our staff attend the authorities, the bank or the port in person.
Remote, by power of attorney
You sign once; we act for you without you travelling.
Typical timeline
Varies by licence: from about 20 working days for routine permits to several months for healthcare and telecoms.
Sector licences applied for and tracked to approval for activities, such as healthcare, education, telecoms, food, travel and trading, that need more than a business licence.
What we handle
- Licence map: which permits your activity needs, from which authority, in which order
- Application files prepared, translated and submitted
- Site inspections attended with the regulator
- Hainan's further-opened sectors, including healthcare, education and value-added telecoms pilots, assessed against the current rules
- Renewals and change filings tracked on your compliance calendar
How it works
- 01
Licence map
We confirm which licences apply and set the incorporation and licence sequence around them.
- 02
Application
Documents prepared and filed, with the authority's questions answered on your behalf.
- 03
Inspection
Where the regulator inspects premises, we prepare the site and attend.
- 04
Approval and upkeep
Licence collected and added to your renewal calendar.
What we need from you
- Business licence and company documents
- Premises lease and floor plan where the licence is site-based
- Qualifications of key personnel where the licence requires them
- Description of products or services, and suppliers
Good to know
Regulators decide every licence. Where a sector needs a specialist adviser or a licensed agent, we bring one in under our management and say so in the proposal.
Case study
Untangling an SPV's Reporting Obligations After a Structure Change
A special purpose vehicle connected to a financing transaction changed its asset composition mid-year, and the regulatory reporting calendar built for its original structure no longer matched what was actually required.
Composite illustration based on common engagement patterns; not a specific client.
Related insights
Where Hainan Has Opened Further: Hospitals, Universities and Telecoms
Hainan has opened some sectors to foreign investment further than the national position. In each, the sector's own regulator still decides who may operate, and the licence, not the registration, is the project.
Two Negative Lists, Two Different Questions, One Market Entry Decision
Screening an activity against the foreign investment negative list tells you whether you may operate in Hainan. It does not tell you whether operating there is worth doing. Those are separate lists and separate answers.
Other services in Company Formation and Market Entry
- Company Incorporation
- Bank Account Opening
- Licences and Permits
- Trademark Registration
