Business and Commerce

1. Setting up a small or medium-sized business in Hong Kong

1. Types of business organisation – sole proprietorships, partnerships and limited companies

2. Location of business premises, licences, documents of guarantee and human resources matters

3. Making a business contract

4. International trade and Internet transactions

5. Taxation and accounting matters

6. Business disputes and legal action

2. Setting up a small or medium-sized business in Mainland China

1. Types of Mainland Chinese business organisations – joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and representative offices

2. Making a business contract in Mainland China

3. Staff employment and taxation matters

4. Introduction to the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)

5. Resolving commercial disputes in Mainland China

3. Case illustration

Updated on 7 May 2007