| Invest Amount | Registered Capital | More than | Duration |
| 50 | / | 50 | 1 year |
| 50-100 | / | 50 | 1-1.5 years |
| 100-300 | ≧70% | / | 1.5-2 years |
| 300-1000 | ≧50% | 210 | 3 years |
| 1000-3000 | ≧40% | 500 | Approval |
| Over 3000 | ≧1/ 3 | 1200 |
Besides restriction on industries (encouraged, restricted or prohibited categories), China government also has strictly regulation on the ratio of investment amount to registered capital. Under Company Act, the minimum registered capital for enterprises with foreign investment is 500,000RMB (73,000 USD), yet vary in area. Enterprises engaging in software/ maintenance/ service industry can be set up with the minimum registered capital; manufacturing enterprises, considering production capacity, may be set up with higher registered capital which should be audited by legal institution (accounting firm). Rep. office of foreign companies in China don’t need paid-up capital. If enterprises want to increase investment amount, the ratio of increased capital to increased gross investment should coordinate with regulations.
Registered capital consists of “current capital” and “machinery capital”. Most local governments regulate that ratio of machinery to current capital is 7:3 or 6:4. Too much current capital will affect the enterprises' capital turnover, and if remitted to Mainland China, it would be difficult to return the capital to your parent country. Less current capital will cause you unable to make ends meet. Therefore, a sound arrangement for the capital structure is necessary. The paid-up capital is not required to be fulfilled at a time, but 15% should be paid within 3 months when you get the business license, and the rest could be paid in 1 to 3 years.
- Amount: 10,000USD
| GZ | SZ | HK | ST | ZH | SH | ZJG | DL | NB | XM | FZ | TJ | QD | |
| Registered capital | 20 | 50 | 7.3 | 50 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 7.3 | 5 | 10 |
| Paid up time | 1 year | 1 year | 2 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | 2 year | 1 year | 1 year | 0.5 year | 2 year | 1 year |
- Amount: 10,000USD
| SZ | DG | GZ | ZS | HZ | ZH | XM | FZ | NB | HZ | SH | KS | NJ | SZ | CD | CQ | NN | KM | WH | QD | TJ | BJ | SY | ||
| Manufacturer | Invest Amount | 19 | 100 | 10 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 10 | 50 | 7.3 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 10 | 7.3 |
| Registered Capital | 13 | 100 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 10 | 50 | 7.3 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | |
| Ratio of Equipment/Capital | 6/4 | 7/3 | 6/4 | 6/4 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 6/4 | 7/3 | 7/3 | No | 7/3 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 6/4 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 7/3 | 7/3 | No | No | 7/3 | |
| Duration | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Business Co. | Registered Capital | 13.5 | 43 | 15 | 13.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 10 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 21 | 7.3 | 26 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Duration | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Branch/Reps. | No restriction on the minimum registered capital, no limitation on the ratio of equipment to capital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Form of capital contribution: Foreign investors can utilize capital, real object, industrial property rights and non-proprietary technology and ownership of the land as well as foreign exchange to invest. Approved by authority, RMB gained of other enterprises in China can also be used. The total capital is no less than 30% of registered capital when using real object.
Time of capital contribution: Foreign investors can pay money by installment. See the paid-up time in chart above. Companies or factories established in China can set up branches as soon as registered capital has been totally paid-up (Agency has been cancelled since May 2006, the expiration Office has to change into branch to operate). The rep. office of foreign companies in China don’t need paid-up capital (branches set up by foreign companies are called rep. office, branches set up by sub-branches are called Agency), paid-up time should be written in application and M&A when establishing enterprises with foreign investment.
Limitations on the priced equipments for contributing investment: When using the price of equipment to invest, equipments have to the necessary ones for enterprises production, and the price of which should be higher than that of same types at that time. The priced equipments should be written in a detailed inventory (name, type, quantity, price etc.), which shall be prepared and submitted to the industrial and commercial bureau. While the priced equipments delivered at China port, it is obliged to report to Commodity Inspection Bureau and sign the certificate of inspection. If type, quality and quantity of priced equipments don’t match with list submitted to the examining and approving organ by foreign investors, it has to be amended in a deadline.
Limitations on the priced industrial property rights and proprietary technology for contributing investment: Foreign investors should own the industrial property rights and proprietary technology when using priced capital for contributing investment. The principle to price industrial property rights and proprietary technology should be conformity with international usage- the priced capital has not to exceed 20% of registered capital. With respect to those industrial property rights and proprietary technology, being assigned a fixed price for contributing investment, a detailed inventory of relevant data, including a duplicate of the proprietary rights certificate, the effective condition, technological performance, the practical value, the basis and standard for the calculation of pricing, shall be prepared and submitted to the examining and approving organ as an appendix to the application for the establishment of the foreign-capital enterprise.