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A Representative Office in China: Is there a Better Way?

Everyone's excited about Beijing. The Chinese capital boasts:

A huge population of expatriates
Numerous foreign tourists
Increasing numbers of diplomatic delegations
Countless international organizations
Hundreds of corporate representative offices

Beijing is not only the political, cultural and educational center of China, but also the focus of economic information and business opportunities. Every multinational company craves the the glamour-and profit! --of doing business in China. As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games grow nearer, a representative office in Beijing seems like a better idea than ever before.

But is a bricks-and-mortar representative office the best choice? There are over 5000 foreign representative offices in Beijing. Since they are only allowed to lease a small number of Grade A buildings, the large number of foreign representative offices in Beijing is driving up the cost of leases. The average rent for the 15 largest office buildings in Beijing ranges from $45 to $80 / per square meter per month!

A typical small Beijing representative office will cost anywhere from $5,250 to $11,350 a month. This includes the cost of a 30 square meter Beijing office lease, a local secretary, and an expatriate chief representative officer, in a modest two-room apartment. And that doesn't even include office equipment and business travel.

On top of the cost issue, there's the paperwork problem. Although it is one of the easiest entries into China for a foreign company, the whole process of applying for a Beijing representative office,will still take from one to 3 months. This depends on how skilled you are at dealing with endless documents and forms.

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