In Shenzhen in 2025, registering a company has become more convenient than ordering takeout! From the nuclear name to get the electronic business license, the whole online operation, actually only used 2 hours! But don't think that simple will not step on the pit - how much registered capital to fill? How to choose the address to be compliant? What should I pay attention to for zero tax declaration? Today, the latest strategy to organize, hand in hand to teach you low-cost to get the company registration, with a guide to avoid the pit!
One,4 New Policies You Must Know About Incorporating a Company in 2025
Full-process electronic, do not have to run once
Now Shenzhen registered companies online to handle the whole process, from the nuclear name to get a license, even the bank account can be video face-to-face! The most cool is the electronic business license - audit through the direct download in the "electronic business license" small program, the legal effect and the paper version of the same, carrying a cell phone can talk business.
Big relaxation in address policy, homes can be registered too
Previously no office address is hard, now residential address can also be registered (e-commerce, consulting and other light-asset industries), but remember to let the landlord to cooperate with the 25-digit housing code. If you have a limited budget, the annual fee for the address is only 3,600-5,400 yuan, but also with a red lease contract, and the bank account opening is also recognized.
Registered capital must be paid in within 5 years
Attention! Starting from July 2024, the contribution period for newly registered companies will be shortened to 5 years (previously it was 20 years). Don't fill in 10 million in a brainstorm, it will be troublesome if you can't pay the contributions at that time! It is recommended to fill in 500-1 million for science and technology, and 1-2 million for trade, just enough.
Government subsidized free seal engraving
Previously engraved seal to spend 500-800 yuan, now the Shenzhen government directly free to send four chapters (official seal, financial chapter, corporate seal, invoice chapter), online application courier to the home, the money saved not incense?
Two,Pre-registration Essentials: Materials
Checklist + Nuclear Naming Techniques Material Preparation (check against the checklist)
Basic materials:
Front and back photographs of legal person/shareholder ID card (Hong Kong and Macau residents use Home Visit Permit)
Proof of registered address (own property to real estate license, lease to contract + landlord ID, dependent address to hosting agreement)
25-digit housing code (search in "Shenzhen Standard Address Database")
Personnel information: ID cards of legal persons and supervisors (supervisors cannot be the same person as the legal person)
Real name cell phone number + email for all members
Special circumstances: Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan shareholders: notarized documents are required (can be commissioned)
Foreign-funded enterprises: Ministry of Commerce filing + letter of commitment
The secret to getting your name approved in 3 seconds
Company name format: Shenzhen + font size + industry + Limited (Example: Shenzhen Qianhai XX Technology Co.) Focus attention:
-Prepare 3-5 alternative names, avoiding popular words (e.g. "Technology" "Innovation" has a high renaming rate of 60%)
-Use the "name self-declaration" function of "Shenzhen Market Supervision" public number, the system will check the weight in real time after inputting the font size, and the passing rate is clear at a glance.
Don't use sensitive words such as "China" and "international" unless you can get the approval of the National Bureau of 3-day speedy registration process (with screenshots of the actual operation)
Day1: Online name verification (10 minutes)
① Log on to the official website of Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision Administration (http://amr.sz.gov.cn) and enter "One Window for Starting a Business".
② Click on "Name Self-Declaration" and enter alternative names (sorted by preference)
③ The system produces results in seconds and generates the Notice of Enterprise Name Pre-approval after passing, which is valid for 30 days.
Day2: Filling in information + electronic signature (30 minutes)
① Fill in the registered capital and business scope on the "One Window" platform (the system will recommend standardized expressions, so just choose directly)
②Upload all members' ID photos and use WeChat/Alipay to "swipe and sign" (Hong Kong and Macau shareholders use "Guangdong Province" for cross-border authentication)
③After submitting for review, you will receive SMS notification in 1-3 working days (90% companies will pass on the same day!)
Day3: License + Seal Engraving (full online)
①License: after the audit, the electronic business license is automatically pushed to the small program, the paper version can be mailed or go to the administrative services hall to print
② engraving: in the "Shenzhen Seal" small program to choose the filing point, the government subsidized free of charge, within 1 day to send the
Third, after the registration must be done: bank account + tax registration
Bank account opening strategy (to avoid being rejected) recommend China Merchants Bank, Ping An, micro-banking, friendly to small and micro enterprises, account opening fee 0-500 yuan.
Remember to prepare in advance: original business license + screenshot of electronic business license
Official seal, financial seal, corporate seal
Proof of address documents (dependency address should be told to the park in advance, the bank may come to your home to take photos)
Tax registration must be done within 30 days
After getting the license, login to "Shenzhen e-Tax Bureau" to complete:
Approved tax types (small taxpayers/general taxpayers, if you don't know how to choose the small scale, the annual sales of 5 million within the tax rate of 3%)
Signing of tripartite tax deduction agreements (binding of bank accounts for automatic tax deduction)
Apply for a tax-control disk (for invoicing, UKey is free)
Note: Even if you have no business, you still have to make a zero declaration every month, otherwise you will be listed as a business exception!
Fourth, the most likely to step on the pit of the 5 minefields (with solutions)
① registered capital inflated pit: thought to write more and more face, the result of 5 years after the paid-up not.
Solution: Referring to the standard of peers, 500-2 million is enough for a start-up company, and the time and manner of capital contribution should be clearly written in the charter.
② false address is checked pit: registered with a false address, the results of the Market Supervision Bureau door-to-door verification can not find people, directly included in the abnormal.
Solution: Either use a real office address or choose a government-recognized dependent address (Qianhai, Longgang and other districts are subsidized).
③ Business scope randomly fill in the pit: write "enterprise management consulting" but did not do "consulting services license", was fined 50,000 yuan.
Solution: Login to the "Business Scope Standardized Expression Inquiry System", select the option recommended by the system, and apply for separate qualification for the pre-approval items.
④ The legal person and supervisor are the same person pit: trying to save trouble by letting the legal person and supervisor, and resubmitted after being rejected.
Solution: Find a family member or friend to be a supervisor, no need to take up shares, just put up a name (but provide ID).
⑤ Regardless of the annual report pit after registration: forgetting to report the annual report in the "National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System" from January to June every year, and being listed in the business abnormality.
SOLUTION: Set up a calendar reminder, annual reporting is easy, just fill in the revenue and tax status, and file zero returns!