While concerns remain over geopolitics and economics, we are
once again supporting an increasing number of Western companies to
establish manufacturing, trading or service subsidiaries in China.
One of the key questions for foreign investors that we need to
respond to is: where to best locate such a subsidiary?
Every company established in China, whether foreign-invested or
not, must have a legal address which is formally registered with
the local government departments. This address determines which
district authorities have supervisory authority and where taxes are
paid.
For companies that have a commercial reason to be at a certain
location, this choice is often easily made. But companies that
engage in services or trade, including retailers that plan to open
stores in multiple locations, have a lot of options to choose from.
Moreover, some companies may not be looking for a fixed address at
all – for example because they plan to hire staff only later,
or they
