So you want to do business in China and open the door to the world's largest agriculture and agri-food market?   

You're in the right place!

"The Chinese do business like no Western country on earth... The best way to make decisions on China is not from thousands of miles away; it is from within."  (Tim  Clissold, 2005.  Born in England,  Tim Clissold has spent the past twenty years working as a financial adviser in China)    Let us with 25 years Canada-China agriculture and agri-food industry experience serve you.   Together,  We CAN make a difference!

Why do Canadian agricultural companies do business in China?  

   1. Major emerging market

   2. Large trained labour pool

   3. Favourable business atmosphere

   4. Dynamic fast-growing economy

   5. Rapidly increasing consumer wealth   

   6. Very low employment costs

 There are three different business incorporation vehicles which can be utilised by Canadians to do business in China. These are:

  1. Utilizing a representative office

  2. Seeking a Chinese joint venture partner

  3. Establishing a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE)

Representative Office (RO):
A representative office is just a subsidiary of a foreign company in China. If you are looking for a company that needs a local presence to manage services, coordinate outsourcing business activities or research developing Chinese markets, then a representative office is a useful and inexpensive vehicle for establishing a presence in China. The main purposes of a representative office are conducting market research, monitoring purchasing activities, and marketing and sales administration for sales conducted between China and your parent company. Representative offices cannot write bill for service or sales to their clients in China. However, you can act like a liaison in matters of ordering, shipping, collecting money, and so on.

Joint Venture:
A joint venture is business where a foreign firm goes into businesses with local Chinese partners. Joint ventures are usually established to exploit market knowledge, obtain preferential market treatment, and increase the manufacturing capabilities of the Chinese side along with the technology, manufacturing know-how and marketing experience of the foreign partner.

Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE):
These are 100% foreign owned companies, originally developed for the specific purpose of encouraging foreign investment in manufacturing for export in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in China, and they were prohibited from selling to the Chinese domestic market. Since a recent change in regulations, from 1 December 2004, WFOE's can now trade within China, and can sell wholly foreign manufactured goods in China. The capital requirements for such companies have also been dramatically reduced.

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