Provisions of Shanghai Municipality on Encouraging Multinational Corporations to Establish Regional Headquarters (HFG [2019] No.31)

The Provisions aim to speed up the gathering of regional headquarters of multinational companies, enhance the ability to allocate global resources, enhance Shanghai’s urban level and core competitiveness, simplify entry and exit procedures in terms of talent policies and provide convenience in ap… 

Subsidy for upgrading the level of current regional headquarters.

As the regional headquarters of multinational corporations for Asian, Asia Pacific or broader regions that are newly established in Shanghai after January 1, 2012, or the existing regional headquarters of multinational corporations that are upgraded to Asian, Asia Pacific or broader regions after … 

Startup subsidy standard for regional headquarters.

For those enterprises that are registered in Shanghai or moved to Shanghai after July 7, 2008 and set up regional headquarters in the form of investment companies, with paid-in registered capital of over USD 30 million and employing more than 10 employees, will be granted RMB 5 million to each of … 

Incentive standard for regional headquarters.

The regional headquarters of multinational corporations that are certified by the Municipality after July 7, 2008 and have paid-in registered capital of more than USD 2 million and annual turnover of more than RMB 500 million will be entitled to an incentive. For the portion of annual turnover equ… 

Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights of foreign R&D centers.

We will explore ways to provide one-stop comprehensive services integrating patent examination, quick approval and quick protection of rights through priority examination, China (Pudong) Intellectual Property Protection Center and other means. We will improve the mode of intellectual property prot… 

DetArtificial Intelligence(AI)led Implementation Rules for Accelerating the Development of Modern Services in Fengxian District (HFF [2016] No. 60)

Headquarters: Regional headquarters of the world top 500 enterprises newly introduced in the district will be subject to ShanghArtificial Intelligence(AI) rules and regulations; domestic headquarters enterprises newly introduced will be granted with a subsidy up to RMB3 million and released in ann… 

Support foreign investors in establishing R&D centers with independent legal personality in Shanghai, and support foreign-funded R&D centers’ upgrade to global R&D centers.

For a global R&D center with more than 100 R&D personnel and a R&D center with independent legal personality, a startup subsidy of RMB 5 million will be granted pursuant to the Provisions of Shanghai Municipality on Encouraging Multinational Corporations to Establish Regional Headquarters (HuFuFa …