Shanghai ODI filing
Shanghai ODI Filing Guidelines (2025 Policy Edition) Policy Basis

Measures for the Administration of Overseas Investment of Enterprises+Shanghai Commercial Regulations [2025] No. 3

1、 Shanghai's Characteristics and Regulatory Highlights

🌊 Advantages of an International Financial Center ✅ Irreversible process: Strictly adhere to the order of "change first, business later" (100% return for order errors). ✅ Free Trade Zone Upgrade: Lingang Enterprises Enjoy a "7-Day VIP Channel" (Guaranteed by Professional Institutions). ✅ Digital currency pilot: Allow cross-border blockchain payments (requiring authentication from the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China).

⚠️ Strict Audit Warning (VS Guangzhou/Beijing)

dimension Shanghai requirements Guangzhou Beijing
Process sequence ⚠️ First mover change → irreversible business later Can be synchronously promoted Can be synchronously promoted
Technical Documentation ⚠️ The feasibility study report requires a 'compliance seal' Manufacturing industry can be exempted Independent Report on Technical Risk Assessment
Regional rules ⚠️ Pre review of Lingang project separately Nansha Passage Yizhuang applies separately

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2、 Step by step process and clearance strategy 1 Registration with the National Development and Reform Commission (5-8 working days)

Sensitive projects: Finance and technology require multi departmental signatures (extended by 10-15 days).

Material focus: The feasibility report should include Chapter 2 on "Compliance Special Demonstration".

2. Filing with the Commerce Bureau (3-5 working days)

Partition acceptance:

+Pudong Enterprises → Free Trade Zone Window (No. 9 Keelung Road)

+Puxi Enterprise → Municipal Commission of Commerce (No. 28 Jinling West Road)

-Go directly without reservation → Not accepted!   

Certificate validity: 2 years (consistent with the national standard).

3. Foreign exchange registration

Advantages of FT account: Free trade zone enterprises can transfer funds through free trade accounts, eliminating the need for duplicate audits.

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3、 Material List (Standard) ⚠️ Exclusive to Shanghai)
material Shanghai requirements Comparison between Guangzhou and Beijing
Feasibility Study Report ⚠️ Add a new chapter on "Compliance Special Demonstration" Guangzhou manufacturing industry can be exempted
investment agreement ⚠️ Both Chinese and English versions are required (merger and acquisition projects need to be notarized) Beijing accepts Chinese version
Digital currency investment ⚠️ Compliance Statement for Cross border Blockchain Payments Other cities are not yet open
architecture diagram ⚠️ Indicate the nationality of the ultimate beneficiary Guangzhou only needs to penetrate to the actual controller

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