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Documents Required for Opening Account

Documents required for opening of a corporate account:

Companies Registered in the Mainland of China with Foreign Invested Capital

  • Approval Certificate issued by the municipal government or other relevant departments
  • Legal Person Business License
  • Code certification of Legal Person Business License
  • Foreign Exchange Registration Certificate
  • Approval documents of foreign currency account for foreign-invested enterprise
  • Corporate loan card
  • Capital Examination documents
  • Article of Association, Joint Venture Contract/agreement and relevant documents
  • ID certification documents of Legal Person
  • ID certification documents of authorized signatories
  • Board resolution for opening account*
  • Application form of opening account*
  • Direct debit authorization*
  • Signature card*
  • Company chop and special chop for finance
  • Certification of Foreign Currency Account (IC card)
  • Note:
    Authorised signatories should be on the spot when opening an account
    Items marked with * to be provided by the Bank

Representative Offices of Foreign Companies

  • Approval Certificate issued by the municipal government or other relevant departments
  • Business Registration Certification
  • The Letter issued by the foreign company setting out the authority delegated to the Chief Representative
  • ID card of the Chief Representative
  • ID certification documents of authorised signatories
  • Article of Association
  • Chop of representative office and special chop for finance
  • Chops or signatures of authorised signatories
  • Foreign Exchange Registration Certificate
  • Approval documents of foreign currency account for foreign-invested enterprise
  • Application form of opening account*
  • Direct debit authorization*
  • Signature Card*
  • Note:
    Authorised signatories should be on the spot when opening an account
    Items marked with* to be provided by the Bank.

Overseas Corporate

Limited Company

  • Valid Business Registration Certificate
  • Valid Certificate of Incorporation
  • Article of Association
  • Board resolution and particulars of director
  • ID certification of directors and authorized signatories
  • Application form of opening account*
  • Direct debit authorization*
  • Signature card*
  • Agreement for Bank Accounts and General Services*
  • Chop of representative office and special chop for finance
  • Chops or signatures of authorised signatories

Unlimited Company

  • Valid Business Registration Certificate
  • ID certificate of owner/partner or authorized signatories
  • Application form of opening account*
  • Direct debit authorization*
  • Signature card*
  • Chop of representative office and special chop for finance
  • Chops or signatures of authorised signatories
  • Note: Companies registered in Hong Kong should adhere to the following document verification procedure: Limited companies should provide CI copy while unlimited companies should provide BR copy for verification. Upon receipt of confirmation from the Hong Kong Company Register/ Business Register Bureau, we will notice you to open an account.

    Note:
    Authorised signatories should be on the spot when opening an account.
    Items marked with* to be provided by the Bank