Foreign investors entering China
Founders, SMEs, and overseas management teams that need a compliant China operating entity and practical post-registration support.

Nanjing ZYS Advisory Co., Ltd.
Establish and operate your China business with coordinated support for company formation, bookkeeping, tax compliance, work permits, licenses and ongoing advisory.
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Coordinated registration, tax, accounting, visa, and license support
Clear timelines, document checklists, and compliance handover






About ZYS Advisory
ZYS Advisory supports founders, investors and management teams that need clear execution across company formation, finance, taxation, licensing, visas and ongoing compliance. Our work is designed for cross-border decision makers who need practical guidance in English and Chinese.
China company registration and WFOE setup
Accounting, bookkeeping, tax and audit support
Work permit, residence permit and visa coordination
Business licenses, trademarks and cross-border formation






Core Services
Entity setup support for foreign investors, including structure review, business scope, filings, tax setup, and post-registration handover.
Monthly records, voucher review, statements, filing calendars, and management-ready financial information for China entities.
Practical support for VAT, corporate income tax, withholding tax, individual income tax, and tax authority communication.
Work permit, residence permit, and visa planning for foreign founders, employees, executives, and eligible family members.
Business scope review, permit pathway assessment, application coordination, renewals, amendments, and license checklists.
Formation planning for Hong Kong, Singapore, US, and Dubai structures connected with China or international expansion.
Who We Help
Founders, SMEs, and overseas management teams that need a compliant China operating entity and practical post-registration support.
Teams that need cleaner bookkeeping, tax filing, payroll coordination, audit preparation, or license maintenance.
Entrepreneurs and business owners comparing Hong Kong, Singapore, US, Dubai, and other cross-border company structures.
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Practical notes on entity setup, tax registration, licenses, and ongoing compliance for international businesses.
Updates can highlight filing calendars, bookkeeping priorities, and documents management teams should prepare.
Future posts can cover planning points for foreign founders, employees, and eligible family members.
Why Choose ZYS
Registration, tax, accounting, licenses, visas, and ongoing compliance are planned together instead of as disconnected tasks.
Document quality, filing calendars, authority touchpoints, and audit-ready records are considered from the start.
Clients receive English and Chinese explanations that management teams can use for decisions and internal approvals.
ZYS clarifies likely documents, timing, assumptions, and follow-up obligations before implementation begins.
Process
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Understand the business activity, target city, ownership structure, visa needs, timeline, and current documents.
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Confirm structure, scope, pricing, document checklist, licensing exposure, and compliance priorities.
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Coordinate filings, accounting setup, tax registration, license work, visa steps, or overseas company formation.
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Maintain filing calendars, monthly records, renewals, audit readiness, and advisory support as the business changes.
Client Scenarios
These anonymized scenarios describe common service patterns. They are not testimonials and do not disclose client identities or guaranteed results.
Scenario
Challenge: The founder needed a practical setup path that aligned business scope, registered address, tax setup, and future work permit planning.
ZYS approach: ZYS reviewed the operating plan, prepared a document checklist, coordinated registration steps, and mapped post-registration accounting and tax tasks.
Outcome: The client had a clearer implementation sequence and a compliance handover plan for the first operating period.
Scenario
Challenge: Management needed better visibility before annual reporting and wanted to reduce uncertainty around invoices, vouchers, and monthly tax filings.
ZYS approach: ZYS reviewed available records, identified missing information, organized bookkeeping priorities, and prepared management-ready follow-up actions.
Outcome: The finance team received a structured path for cleaner reporting and audit preparation without relying on unsupported assumptions.
Scenario
Challenge: The business owner needed to compare Hong Kong, Singapore, US, and Dubai company routes for trading and cross-border contracting.
ZYS approach: ZYS discussed commercial purpose, ownership, banking readiness, maintenance duties, and China-related tax touchpoints before recommending next steps.
Outcome: The client could evaluate jurisdictions based on operating needs, maintenance obligations, and documentation requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, many foreign investors can register a China company, subject to business scope, industry restrictions, shareholder documents, registered address, and local filing requirements.
Timing depends on the city, business activity, address readiness, shareholder documents, license exposure, and tax setup. ZYS confirms the likely sequence after reviewing the project details.
Yes. A China company normally needs ongoing accounting records, tax filings, annual reporting, and organized documents that can support audit and management review.
ZYS can help foreign founders and employees understand sponsor requirements, document preparation, work permit support, residence permit coordination, and related visa planning.
Yes. ZYS supports planning and document coordination for Hong Kong, Singapore, US, and Dubai company formation where it connects with cross-border business activity.
Start with clarity
Share your target market, ownership structure, visa needs, and expected timeline. ZYS will outline the registration, tax, accounting, licensing, and compliance steps that fit your situation.