There were 49,223 foreign representative offices in the PRC at end March 2013, according to statistics from the Bureau for Foreign Investment Registration of the State Administration for Industry and
Why representative office placement does not work
A representative office using temporary workers is challenging and more burdensome than direct employment, as agencies in practice release all responsibility after workers have been placed. Legal reforms have not clarified the situation, which means it may be time for investors to switch to a WFOE
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