1. The Establishment of Joint Stock Companies

Required documents:

1) Applications for establishing joint stock companies (original copy);

2) Feasibility reports (original copy);

3) Agreements of initiators (original copy);

4) Explanative documents of float shares (limited to the mode of placement) (original copy);

5) Audited financial reports of recent three years of initiators (limited to the mode of placement);

6) Articles of Association (original copy);

7) Assets appraisal statements of initiators and letters of confirmation issued by state-owned assets appraisal centers; 

8) Business licenses of initiators and credit certificates issued by banks;

9) Pre-approval notices of enterprises’ names;

10) Beadrolls of board of directors and board of supervisors, as well as related information sheets.

2. Foreign-Invested Enterprises Restructured to Joint Stock Companies

Required documents:

1) Applications (original copy);

2) Contracts and articles of association of original foreign-invested enterprises;

3) Decisions of original board of directors on restructuring (original copy);

4) Decisions of original investors on the termination of original contracts and article of association (original copy); 

5) Assets appraisal statements of original foreign-invested enterprises and letters of confirmation issued by state-owned assets appraisal centers

6) Agreements of initiators (including but not limited to original investors)(original copy);

7) Articles of Association (original copy);

8) Business licenses, certificates of approval and audited financial reports of recent three years of original foreign-invested enterprises;

9) Business licenses of initiators and credit certificates;

10) Feasibility reports of joint stock companies (original copy);

11) Pre-approval notices of enterprises’ names;

3. Capital Increase of Joint Stock Companies (Listed)

Required documents:

1) Applications for increasing capital and amending corresponding articles of association (original copy);

2) Decisions of board of directors (original copy), decisions of general meeting (original copy), valid certificates of notary offices (original copy) and newspaper announcements;

3) Announcements on rationed shares and bonus shares;

4) Amendments of articles of association and amended articles of association (original copy);

5) Final reports of previous year;

6) Original certificates of approval and business licenses;

7) Reports on the verification of capital.