Minimum of one Director (no restriction on residence, can be individual)
Minimum of one Shareholder (no restriction on residence, can be individual or corporate)
Company Secretary requirement (must be a resident of Hong Kong/Hong Kong Corporate Company)
Minimum paid up capital HKD1
Corporate names can be in both English and Chinese and reservations are not permitted
Registered Office and address in Hong Kong
Required to provide annual return every year
Require to have the annual accounts audited every year
Shelf companies are available
Approximately ONE working day to incorporate a new company
Shareholders, directors and/or officers can be either corporate entities or natural persons. Initial or ongoing changes in directors and/or officers need to be filed at the Hong Kong Registry. The directors may grant special or general powers of attorney.
Register of directors is optional and may be kept anywhere in the world. Shareholders and directors may be of any nationality and may be resident of any country.
Shareholders and directors may hold their meetings in any country and may attend such meetings by proxy or by any electronic means (phone, fax, etc).
Neither the directors nor the officers need be shareholders.
The appointment of one secretary is mandatory.
The company secretary must be a corporate or a natural person residing in Hong Kong.