1. Prospective investors need to take a notarized, certified business certificate or identification certificate for foreign investors to the industry and commerce administration to get the company name approved.

2. After the company name is approved, investor needs to go to the municipal quality and technical supervision bureau for the code notification (national organization code), with a letter from the district's or county's foreign economy and trade department and the notification of name approval.

3. The investor needs to submit any materials required for project approval to the district's or county's foreign economy and trade department for examination and approval of any contract and articles of association of the foreign-funded enterprise and for its files.

4. After the contract and articles of association are approved, the district's or county's foreign economy and trade departments will issue the certificate of approval to the foreign-funded enterprise.

5. After receiving the certificate of approval, the investor must go to the foreign affairs office of the industry and commerce department for formal registration and to get the business license.

6. After the registration is complete, the investor must go to the public security bureau's seal office to get a company seal.

7. After getting the seal, the investor goes to the municipal approval building's quality and technical supervision bureau for an organization code certificate.

8. After applying for an organization code certificate, the investor goes to the State Foreign Exchange Administration Liaoning Branch for registering foreign exchange and to open a bank account.

9. Tax and other registration formalities. Note: The power to approve a contract and articles of foreign-funded enterprises have been turned over to the district, county, city, and development zone office, so the steps described above are for reference only. You can consult the district, county, city, or development zone foreign economy and trade department for more detailed procedures, documents, and items.

Phone number of foreign economy and trade departments, Shengyang districts, counties, cities, and development zones:

Heping district: 2289-4565

Shenhe district: 248-4363-6214

Dadong district: 8815-6308

Shenyang-European Union Economic Development Zone: 6261-5278

Tiexi district: 2565-9246

Shenyang Economic & Technological Development Zone: 2537-5870

Huanggu district: 8645-9386

Yuhong district: 2532-0206

Shenbei New Area: 8804-1145

Hunnan New Area: 2378-9887, 2378-2911

Sujiatun district: 2982-9873

Liaozhong county: 2788-4405

Xinmin city: 8785-1750

Faku county: 8711-9539

Kangping county: 8733-3548