Singapore is undoubtedly a hot spot for global companies to go overseas, with one-third of the world's Fortune 500 companies choosing to set up their headquarters here, and more than 7,000 multinationals setting up their operation centers here. Singapore's tax rates are amongst the lower in the world, and it is a territorial tax jurisdiction, meaning that companies are exempted from tax on overseas earnings, and there is no additional capital gains tax or shareholder dividend tax. Next, let's look at Singapore's tax advantages for expatriates from both the corporate tax and personal income tax perspectives.

Over the past few years, Hainan has always been a popular choice of location for company registration on the mainland. Especially since the promulgation of the General Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port in 2020, many companies and individuals have paid extra attention to Hainan.
It has even been suggested that Hainan is expected to become the next Hong Kong after the closure of the border. However, there is in fact a certain degree of uncertainty in this view, after all, Hong Kong has a number of factors that cannot be replicated.
So, when expanding our business in the future, should we choose Hainan or Hong Kong? This is undoubtedly a very worthy of in-depth consideration. Before analyzing this issue, let's first explore what the closure of Hainan actually means.

Let's talk about the process and information related to the application of ODI filing for outbound investment by Shanghai enterprises. Overseas investment filing (ODI), known as Overseas Direct Investment in English, refers to the behavior of domestic enterprises and groups to obtain overseas ownership, control, operation and management rights and other related interests through establishment, merger and acquisition, and participation in shares, etc., after approval by relevant departments.

Generally speaking, as long as the domestic enterprises involved in foreign investment directly or indirectly to obtain the ownership, control and other rights and interests of foreign companies that need to be filed overseas investment.

For some newly established or just started to have export business of foreign trade enterprises, the whole process of export tax rebate declaration is in a state of ignorance, do not know how to handle, where to go, the process and so on. In this article, we organize the process from the filing of export tax rebate (exemption) to the declaration of export tax rebate, as well as the latest policy in 2024.

In today's globalized economic environment, more and more enterprises seek overseas listing to expand financing channels, enhance brand influence and achieve international development. Red chip structure and VIE structure are two important choices for enterprises to list overseas.