Money crossing China's border needs paperwork on both sides: investment filings with the development and reform commission and the commerce department, registrations with the bank, and tax clearance before profits leave. The order of those steps decides whether a deal closes on time.
Hainan adds its own advantages — a corporate income tax exemption on qualifying outbound investment income until 31 December 2027, multi-functional free trade accounts and a qualified domestic limited partner pilot — each conditional on real operations in Hainan. We run the filings and keep the conditions met.
Services in this practice area
ODI Filings
Outbound direct investment filed with the development and reform commission, the commerce department and the bank, in the order your deal timetable needs.
- Route determined: filing or approval, provincial or national level
- Development and reform commission filing
- Commerce department filing and certificate
Hainan Holding Platform
A Hainan company set up to hold and fund overseas investments, with the substance that keeps the exemption and the EF account that moves the money.
- Hainan platform compared with investing from your existing group company
- Qualifying-industry check for the outbound income exemption
- Platform company incorporated and banked, with an EF account where suitable
Cross-Border Transactions
PRC approvals and registrations for cross-border acquisitions and share transfers — mapped before signing, filed before closing, registered after.
- Approval map: security review, negative list, merger control and sector approvals flagged
- Approval timetable given to the deal's counsel for the conditions precedent
- Filings prepared and submitted
Capital and FX Registration
Capital injections into your Hainan company, profit repatriation, dividend tax clearance and outbound payments, registered and remitted correctly.
- Foreign-direct-investment registration and capital account set-up
- Capital injection schedule checked against your articles
- Dividend declaration, withholding tax and tax filing before remittance
Why choose HainanInc?
In person in Hainan
Our staff attend the registration hall, the bank, customs and the exit-entry bureau for you, in Haikou, Sanya and Yangpu.
Remote by power of attorney
Most steps run on a notarised power of attorney, so you travel only where an authority or a bank requires you in person.
One accountable manager
One named manager carries your file from incorporation to annual filings and answers for every deadline.
Every deadline on a calendar
Each recurring filing is tracked to a date, with documents requested before it falls due, not after a penalty notice.
Licensed partners, named
Bookkeeping, customs declarations, labour dispatch, trademark and legal work are carried out by licensed partners we manage, and each service page names which.
Fixed scope, written fee
Every engagement starts with a written scope and fee. Diagnostics are fixed-price and credited in full if you proceed.
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