After incorporation, your WFOE has ongoing corporate obligations that run every year — annual reports, licence maintenance, registered address compliance, and operational status monitoring. We manage these on your behalf so nothing lapses and your entity stays off the abnormal registry.
A company that misses its annual report filing, lets its registered address lapse, or fails to update key personnel details will find itself on the abnormal business registry — with consequences that cascade across banking, invoicing, visa renewals, and licence extensions. We track every obligation so you don’t have to.
Every company registered in China must submit an annual business report to SAMR via the National Enterprise Credit System (国家企业信用信息公示系统) by 30 June each year, covering the prior calendar year. Missing this deadline is one of the most common triggers for an abnormal business listing.
Annual report submission confirmed. National Enterprise Credit System status updated to “published” (已公示). Filing archived for your records. Deadline: 30 June each year.
Your business licence is the foundation of your company’s legal existence in China. We maintain the accuracy of your licence information and keep your corporate documents properly organised and accessible.
Business licence status confirmed as current and accurate. Complete corporate document archive maintained and accessible on request. Any discrepancies between your licence and SAMR records flagged and resolved promptly.
Your registered address is the address on your business licence. If authorities cannot locate or verify your company at that address — through a routine inspection or complaint — your company may be flagged as abnormal. Address-related compliance failures are more common than most companies expect.
The registered address lease expires but the business licence is not updated. The address remains on the licence but is no longer valid — creating a verification gap that surfaces during inspections or annual report checks.
Some virtual address providers lose their qualification or have their registration revoked. If your registered address is a virtual address from a provider that is no longer compliant, your company’s registration validity may be affected.
Your company operates from a different address than the one registered. Tax bureau inspections — particularly for export VAT refund qualification or routine compliance checks — require the company to be found at its registered address.
Address compliance assessment report. Lease expiry reminders. Proactive flagging of any address-related risks before they trigger a compliance issue.
We monitor your company’s standing across both the SAMR business registry and the tax bureau on an ongoing basis — so any abnormal status is caught and addressed before it escalates into something harder to resolve.
Immediate notification if any abnormal status is detected. Annual compliance health report covering SAMR and tax bureau status. Peace of mind that your company’s standing is being watched continuously — not just at year-end.
Escalation risk: Companies that remain on the abnormal business registry for an extended period may be escalated to the serious violations list (严重违法失信名单). This carries significantly heavier consequences and a much longer removal process. Early detection is the most effective way to avoid this outcome.
If your company has reached the point where closure is being considered, see our Company Deregistration service → for a full overview of the process, costs, and what to assess before you decide.
No — they are separate obligations. The annual business report is a SAMR filing submitted via the National Enterprise Credit System, covering basic company information and operating status. It does not require financial statements or CPA involvement. The annual audit is a separate financial statement audit conducted by a licensed CPA firm, required for tax settlement, profit distribution, and capital repatriation. Both are due annually, but through different authorities and on different timelines. For details on the annual audit, see our Annual Audit page →
Yes. The annual business report obligation applies to all registered companies regardless of operating status. A dormant company with zero activity still needs to submit its annual report by 30 June each year — reporting its current shareholder information, registered capital status, and confirming no business activity during the period. Failure to file, even for a genuinely inactive company, results in an abnormal listing.
The business licence itself does not have an expiry date, but the information on it can become inaccurate over time — and inaccurate information creates compliance gaps. If the legal representative changes, the address moves, or the business scope is amended without updating the licence, the discrepancy between what the licence shows and what SAMR records show can trigger issues during inspections, banking reviews, or permit applications. We monitor this alignment as part of our ongoing service.
Virtual addresses are acceptable for many business types, but they carry specific risks. The address provider must maintain valid registration credentials — if they lose qualification, your address becomes non-compliant without any notice to you. More importantly, certain business activities — export operations, certain regulated industries, and companies applying for export VAT refunds — require a verifiable physical premises address. Using a virtual address for these activities creates a compliance gap that can only be resolved by a formal address change. We assess this as part of our address compliance review.
We track every annual obligation, monitor your registry status, and make sure nothing lapses.