The Shanghai Foreign Economy & Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) is in charge of the uniformity of treatment of enterprise applications for the operation of foreign trade. The enterprise shall prepare all required materials before handling its application in the Commission.

Address: Room 1403, No.55 of Loushanguan Road, Shanghai (New Hongqiao Building)
Time:   Every Monday, Tuesday and the morning of Friday.
Consultation hotline: 62754440, Internet address:  WWW.lbn.trade.sh.cn

1. Application procedures

(1) The application for the right to engage in foreign trade: The Commission, within 10 working days from the receipt of the application, shall decide whether or not to approve the registration. If a registration is approved, the applicant shall be issued the Certificate of Qualification for Import and Export Enterprise of the People's Republic of China. If the application is rejected, the committee will specify reasons to the applicant enterprise.
(2) The application for the right to operate foreign trade flow chart: applications will be filed for approval to the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade after being collected by the Commission (the approval of the enterprise registered in Pudong New Area goes to Shanghai city). The Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade shall reply whether or not to approve the application. The Commission shall issue the Certificate of Qualification for Import and Export Enterprises of the People's Republic of China to the enterprise within 5 working days after the receipt of the approval document from the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade.
(3) The enterprise shall go through the related formalities necessary for conducting foreign trade at the administrative department for industry and commerce, custom, department for quality supervision, inspection and quarantine of commodity, foreign exchange control and for tax with Certificate of Qualification of Import and Export Enterprise of the People's Republic of China. When all the formalities are completed, the enterprise shall hand in the relevant data to the Commission. The Commission will transmit the data to the Ministry of Foreign Economy & Trade for record through the Internet.