A practical guide to capital, shareholder loans, trade payments, service fees, royalties and dividends, updated for the cash-pooling rules effective on 14 September 2026.
Foreign companies in China often see cross-border payments delayed by FX classification errors, weak documents, and bank authenticity review. This guide shows where deals get stuck.
Foreign software and IP licensors entering China should not stop at the royalty clause. The China payment path often depends on withholding tax, technology-import registration, and clean contract evidence.
Foreign-invested companies in China should not treat VAT and fapiao as back-office paperwork. The wrong setup can block collections, input credit, reimbursement, and repatriation planning.
Repatriating Profits from China: Dividends, Royalties, or Service Fees? Foreign companies planning to take money out of China often start with the wrong question. They ask which route is fastest, cheapest, or easiest to explain to headquarters. In practice, the safer question is different: what is the legal and commercial reason for the payment, and…
RMB is a settlement currency, not a compliance waiver. Build the payment file around the transaction and check the current cash-pool and facilitation rules.
Plan the account, authority and first payment together. This guide separates national account rules from bank-specific document and identity checks.
USDT is fast and cheap for cross-border payments — but it also triggers three of China’s most aggressively enforced financial crimes. A practical legal risk framework for cross-border e-commerce sellers.
A comprehensive guide to the legal compliance framework governing cross-border payment agents in China: criminal law exposure, licensing requirements, cross-border data transfer rules, and practical compliance measures.