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Practical support across the services HainanInc delivers for foreign capital entering the Hainan Free Trade Port.

Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Expansion
Corporate Services Consolidation

Entity structuring, registration, and post-incorporation setup for foreign capital establishing a legal presence in the Hainan Free Trade Port.

All Company Formation

Cross-Border Structuring
Entity Structuring and Registration
Registered Capital and Foreign Exchange Registration
Corporate Bank Account and Treasury Setup
Incorporation and Operational Readiness

Company Formation

A Founder's Checklist for Hainan Company Formation

The published incorporation timeline for a Hainan Free Trade Port entity and the actual one rarely match. Here is what determines the difference, laid out in the order it usually comes up.

Eligibility, substance, and the ongoing conditions behind the Hainan Free Trade Port's preferential regimes — the reason to be in Hainan rather than anywhere else in China.

All Hainan FTP Incentives and Substance

Encouraged Industry Eligibility
Substantive Operation Compliance
Preferential Tax Position Support
Zero-Tariff and Customs Readiness
Park and Site Selection

Economic Substance Requirements in Practice: A Framework for Compliance

Economic substance is no longer a theoretical compliance concept for Hainan-based entities — it is an active area of regulatory review. We outline a practical framework for demonstrating it.

Statutory accounting, tax compliance, and reporting support for entities operating under Hainan's regulatory framework.

All Accounting and Tax

Transactional Accountancy Services
Statutory Accounting and Tax Compliance
Accounting and Tax Consultancy Services

Economic Substance Requirements in Practice: A Framework for Compliance

Economic substance is no longer a theoretical compliance concept for Hainan-based entities — it is an active area of regulatory review. We outline a practical framework for demonstrating it.

Ongoing administration of your registered entity's standing — governance, statutory reporting, and the corporate services baseline that keeps it able to function.

All Entity Management and Governance

Compliance and Governance
Regulatory Reporting and Entity Health Checks
Corporate Services

Corporate Governance

Board Minutes That Actually Hold Up

Governance records are written for an ordinary day and read on the worst one. What separates minutes that carry weight from minutes that merely exist.

Clearance, registration, and continuous monitoring of your marks in a first-to-file jurisdiction where the Chinese-character version is the one most often lost.

All Trademark and Brand Protection

Trademark and Brand Protection

Intellectual Property

Transliterated and Chinese-Character Marks: An Overlooked Exposure for Foreign Brands

Foreign brands entering China often register their Latin-script mark and stop there. The exposure that follows usually comes from the transliterated or Chinese-character version nobody filed.

Compliant local employment, payroll administration, and statutory benefits management in the Hainan Free Trade Port.

All Employment and Payroll

Employer of Record (EOR) and Payroll
Payroll Administration
Employment and Payroll Advisory
HR Administration
Employee Incentive Services

Employment & Payroll

Briefing: What Actually Changes When an EOR Arrangement Converts to a Direct Entity

Converting employees from an employer-of-record arrangement to direct employment under your own entity is usually described as seamless. The mechanics behind that seamlessness are worth understanding before day one.

Administration of the multiple Chinese entities a family-controlled business ends up holding, run as one engagement rather than several unconnected ones.

All Family Enterprise Administration

Multi-Entity Administration
Family Entity Governance

Work authorisation, residence status, and relocation support for executives and families moving to the Hainan Free Trade Port.

All Immigration and Mobility

Executive Visa and Immigration
Relocation and Soft Landing
Talent Recognition and Professional Credentials

Immigration & Talent

A Practical Guide to Hainan Work Permit Renewal Cycles

Work permit renewal is often treated as an afterthought once the initial approval lands. In practice, the renewal cycle is where most avoidable status lapses actually happen.

HainanInc's offices in the Hainan Free Trade Port, run on one team and one compliance calendar.

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Our published policies and terms. Each states what it covers, when it was last updated, and which version is current.

Privacy and data protection

Privacy Policy
How we handle personal information we collect in our own right — website visitors, enquirers and job applicants.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026
Data Protection Policy
Our obligations when we process personal data on a client's behalf while delivering an engagement.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026
Cookie Policy
Every cookie and browser storage item this site sets, what each is for, and how to change your choices.
Version 1.1 · Updated August 16, 2026

Terms and conditions

Terms of Service
The terms on which we accept and deliver client engagements, including fees, liability and termination.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026
Website Terms of Use
The terms on which this website is made available, including disclaimers, permitted use and liability.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026

Conduct and compliance

Code of Conduct
The standards we hold ourselves to, including anti-bribery, conflicts of interest and speaking up.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026
AML and KYC Policy
The due diligence we carry out before accepting an engagement, and what we will ask you for.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026

Client service

Client Service and Complaints
What you can expect from us, and what happens when we get something wrong.
Version 1.0 · Updated August 16, 2026

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Executive Visa and Immigration
Employer of Record (EOR) and Payroll
Trademark and Brand Protection
Relocation and Soft Landing
Cross-Border Structuring
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