Following an initial contact between a foreign investor and Investment Promotion Center concerning a proposed investment in TEDA, a staff member will be designated as a project manager to handle further inquiries and lend assistance on all matters and procedures relating to the eventual establishment of the project. The project manager will undertake a range of services on behalf of foreign investors including airport reception; local schedule management and M&A/joint venture partner searches.

Investment Promotion Center step-by-step approach to total investor care

One-Stop Service for Investors

We offer the following services:

At the Project Investigation Stage :

1. offering information on local economic development;
   
2. offering information on local legal system;
   
3. introducing legal procedures for enterprise establishment;
   
4. offering research into the market of a special sector or region.
   
5. researching into the operating cost such as energy, labor, communications and logistics;
   
6. recommending premises and energy;
   
7. recommending potential local parts and component suppliers or business partners;
   
8. assisting in establishing business connection with local enterprises;
   
9. assisting in arranging business investigation in TEDA and Tianjin.

At the Project Feasibility Research Stage:

1. supplying such information on setting up a new factory or changing a premise as the land to be chosen, the present standard factory building, building factories for investors, and leasing office buildings;
   
2. assisting in collecting statistics of TEDA and Tianjin's social and economic development and recommending professional institutions for more detailed information.

At the Project Registration Stage:
Based on the long-term and friendly relationship between TEDA Administrative Commission and government departments at various levels, we assist investors to obtain all kinds of approvals as soon as possible. We have also set up a "large project coordination group" to reinforce our service and designated special personnel to help the enterprises to solve problems that may arise in the registration process.

At the Project Preparation Stage:

1. assisting in handling various administrative approval procedures after the business license is obtained;
   
2. assisting in handling procedures for building factories and energy supply;
   
3. assisting in personnel recruitment and equipment installation.

At the Poduction Stage:

1. assisting in solving problems related to administrative approval and quota distribution that may arise in the production and business operation;
   
2. assisting in developing domestic and overseas market and the protection of intellectual property rights;
   
3. assisting in establishing trade unions and dealing with labor disputes.

Generally speaking, we would like to offer assistance to investors to gain a better understanding of TEDA, to obtain business opportunities in China and establishing enterprises in Tianjin.