Acceptance requirements

The alteration of a noncorporate foreign-invested enterprise may be registered if: two or more partners are in place; the partners are natural persons with full capacity for civil conduct; a partnership agreement in writing is in place; the capital subscribed for or paid in by each and every partner is in place; a name for the partnership enterprise is in place; and operating premises and other conditions necessary for carrying out partnership business are satisfied.

Processing procedures

Online processing procedure

1. Application and acceptance

The applicant shall make an application on the website of Guangdong Government Services, where a procedure number will be generated. The handling personnel will make a decision of whether to accept the application within three working days. If the applicant is eligible for application, and the application materials are complete, compliant with the relevant formal requirements and in line with statutory forms, the application will be accepted. If the applicant is not eligible for application, or the application materials are not complete or not in line with statutory forms, the application will not be accepted and a notice of rejection will be issued, whereby the applicant will be notified of all supplementations or corrections required.

2. Examination

The handling personnel will examine whether the application materials fit the formal and completeness requirements.

3. Approval

If the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the handling personnel will make a decision of approval. If the application materials do not fit the relevant formal or completeness requirements, a decision of disapproval will be made. The procedure is required to be completed within one working day.

4. Conclusion

Conclusion comes after a decision of approval, in which case an administrative decision will be made and a notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) will be produced.

5. Service

(1) The authorized person shall claim the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) by presenting a receipt of application. The staff will check the letter of authorization, the authorized person’s identity document, and the procedure number of the application before serving the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license).

(2) Where delivery by express has been elected at the time of application, the staff will mail the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) to the address provided by the applicant.

Window processing procedure

1. Application and acceptance

The applicant shall make an online appointment for application on the website of Guangdong Government Services, where a procedure number will be generated. The applicant is required to take a number and submit the application materials at the service window at the appointed time. Where the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the staff at the service window shall issue a written receipt of materials instantly. If the applicant is not eligible for application, or the application materials are not complete or not in line with statutory forms, the application will not be accepted and a notice of rejection will be issued instantly. In case of the application materials being incomplete and therefore requiring supplementation or correction, the staff shall notify the applicant of everything that requires to be supplemented or corrected all at once on the spot. The examination will resume after supplementations or corrections are made by the applicant pursuant to the relevant requirements.

2. Examination

The handling personnel will examine whether the application materials fit the formal and completeness requirements.

3. Approval

If the application materials are complete and in line with statutory forms, the handling personnel will make a decision of approval. If the application materials do not fit the relevant formal or completeness requirements, a decision of disapproval will be made. The procedure is required to be completed within one working day.

4. Conclusion

Conclusion comes after a decision of approval, in which case the handling personnel will write down the examination opinion on the hard-copy application materials and sign the same and a notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) will be produced.

5. Service

(1) The authorized person shall claim the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) by presenting a receipt of application. The staff will check the letter of authorization, the authorized person’s identity document, and the procedure number of the application before serving the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license).

(2) Where delivery by express has been elected at the time of application, the staff will mail the notice of filing of alteration (or a modified business license, in case of any alteration to the information on the business license) to the address provided by the applicant.

Inquiry and supervision

Inquiry Hotline: (86-755) 12315

Inquiry addresses: Administrative service halls in different districts, see the online map for details：http://amr.sz.gov.cn/zxbs/map/

WeChat ID: SZMQS_CN

Email: crcc@szaic.gov.cn

Correspondence add: Industrial, Commercial and Price Building, 7010 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen 

Supervision

Complaint hotline: (86-755) 12345

Complaint addresses: Government service halls in different districts

Email: crcc@szaic.gov.cn

Correspondence add: Industrial, Commercial and Price Building, 7010 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen

Service windows

Comprehensive Service Windows of Qianhai One-stop Service Center

Add: Windows 1-13, Tower A, Comprehensive Office Building, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Authority, 19 Qianwan Road 1, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

Tel: (86-755) 36667613

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 2-6 p.m. from Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: M453, M492, Qianhai Cooperation Zone Stop (前海合作區(qū)站)

Metro: Daxin Metro Station (大新地鐵站), Exit C2 and then take M492, Qianhai Cooperation Zone Stop (前海合作區(qū)站)

Comprehensive Service Windows of Civic Center Administrative Service Hall

Add: Windows 8-20, 1/F, East Hall, Administrative Service Hall, Zone B, Civic Center, Fuzhong Road 3, Futian District, Shenzhen

Tel: (86-755) 88127595 (business registration)

Office hours: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; 2-5:45 p.m., Monday to Friday (except national statutory holidays)

Buses: 38, 41, 60, 64, 107, 123, 232, 234, 235, 236, 374, 398, N9, E18, B686, K578, M390, Peak-time Bus 19, Civic Center Stop (市民中心站); 34, 38, 60, 64, 71, 76 interval, 235, 371, 373, 374, M347, M390, Peak-time Bus 4, Peak-time Bus 19, Civic Center East Stop (市民中心東站)

Metro: Line 2, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit E; Line 3, Children’s Palace Station (少年宮站), Exit A1, A2, D; Line 4, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B or Children’s Palace Station (少年宮站), Exit A1, A2, D

License fee

Free of charge

(Note: The text above is a translation of the Chinese version for reference only. In case of any discrepancy between the two versions, the original published Chinese version shall prevail.)