Headquarters Economy Service Center

Pudong Public Service Center

Tel: +86-21-68542222*88969

Expert Committee of Headquarters Economy under Shanghai Pudong New Area Association of Foreign-invested Enterprises, which is a platform for dialogue between executives of headquarter companies, and organizes lectures and workshops on finance, human resources, and public relations on a regular basis 

Invite professors from universities such as Fudan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economic, and experts from professional agencies such as Deloitte and EY to study the development models of headquarters economy, and publish White Papers on Foreign Investment Conditions and Blue Papers on Headquarters Economy. 

Headquarters Economy Service Center

Innovative policies

Suggestions on Supporting Regional Headquarters of Multinationals in Pudong New Area was jointly issued by Pudong New Area Government, Customs, Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Foreign Exchange Bureau and Entry-Exit Office in June 2011.

More than 50 innovative policies on promoting headquarters economy were jointly issued by Pudong New Area Government, Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and Entry-Exit Office of Pudong Public Security Bureau from June 2012 to the end of 2015.

Customs

Designate headquarter coordinator and customs affairs coordinators for headquarters

Customs declaration at one service window

Handling pre-classification, pre-valuation and pre-agreement on place of origin at one service window

Clearance with bank guarantees

Faster approval of tax cuts for imported goods by in-house R&D labs of headquarters

Simplify approval procedures for processing trade

Easy access to accurate statistics

Step up protection of IPR by Customs

Credibility information of headquarters

Inspection and Quarantine

Application and inspection in batches, 24/7 service

File record beforehand, simplify approval procedures, strengthen supervision and fast track applicants with good credibility records;

Offer centralized inspection at headquarters;

Pilot programs for innovative inspection and supervision

Business Administration

Easy business registration

More investment models allowed

Allow English alphabets and Arabic numerals in headquarters' names

Allow sector-identifiers including “sales, purchasing, settlement, R&D and branding” in registered names of headquarters of domestic and foreign companies