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Quick Guide: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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Quick Guide: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
| Law stated as at 31 Dec 2020 • China |
A quick guide to the foreign direct investment (FDI) topic collection.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Topic Collection
What is the difference between a Sino-foreign equity joint venture and a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE)? How can a foreign entity set up a subsidiary in China and what approvals does it need? What issues should you address in a joint venture contract with a Chinese partner?
Resources under the FDI topic collection help lawyers advise on foreign direct investment into China, including incorporating WFOEs and establishing equity and contractual joint ventures with Chinese parties.
This collection includes:
- Standard articles of association for a new foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) either as a WFOE or joint venture.
- Standard documents for establishing a new joint venture, including a memorandum of understanding, standard equity joint venture contract and standard co-operative (contractual) joint venture contract.
- Alternative clauses to modify the corporate governance regime of a newly-established joint venture.
- Practice notes comparing the different forms of FIEs, outlining the steps, approvals, and timeline for establishing each and explaining China's foreign investment laws and foreign exchange control regime.
- Practice notes on overviews into specific industry sectors, for example the telecoms sector, internet content service sector and real estate sector.
- Practice notes on merger control filings and national security review in China.
For a full list of the resources in this collection, see Foreign direct investment topic home page.
All standard documents and standard clauses are available in English-Chinese bilingual versions. For a full list of the bilingual resources, see Practical Law China bilingual content.
To download the Word version of each standard document and standard clause in Chinese:
- Follow the link to the English version of the document that you want.
- Click the Chinese language version link at the bottom of the abstract of the English version.