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ARTICLE · 23 APRIL 2017

Selected Company Address FAQs

Only when design requirements have been met and fire safety and sanitation approvals have been obtained will the premises be permitted to publicly operate.

ChinaCorporate/Commercial Law

Will it matter if the company previously registered at the address has not been cancelled?

Under applicable law, only one company can be registered at one address; in other words, if the registration of the previous company at the address has not been cancelled, no new company can be registered at the same address. In the example case, the fact that the previous company could not be cancelled due to its huge tax default and was unable to relocate to another location prevented Jin's new company from applying for a business license.

Will the upgrade of firefighting equipment influence the opening of the company?

For certain special industries (e.g. catering), strict requirements are imposed by the fire and sanitation departments on the fire safety and sanitation facilities of business premises. Only when design requirements have been met and fire safety and sanitation approvals have been obtained will the premises be permitted to publicly operate. For this reason,

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