Mar. 19 – 2point6billion.com has just produced a detailed comparison of Chinese and Indian investment structures for the foreign investor interested in the two countries.
Written by Chris Devonshire-Ellis, the founding partner of Dezan Shira & Associates and publisher of the Asia Briefing group of regional business titles, this report details the procedural, operational and tax differences between Chinese and Indian representative, liaison, branch and project offices, as well as permanent establishments such as wholly foreign-owned enterprises, trading companies and private limited companies.
The report, which is available for complimentary download on the Asia Briefing Bookstore, also details essays on the future direction of the Chinese and Indian markets, local demographics and bilateral trade figures.
Chris Devonshire-Ellis established Dezan Shira & Associates in Shenzhen, China in 1992, and Asia Briefing in 1999. Since then, the firm has grown to eight offices in China, one in Hong Kong, five in India and two in Vietnam, and specializes in providing foreign direct investment-based business advisory and and can help with business tax in China. The publishing house provides a series of popular regional business magazines, books and web site commentary.
A free subscription to the weekly Asia Business Update, which includes regulatory, operational, tax and business news from China, India and the rest of Asia is available here. Chris commutes regularly between China and India. He can be contacted directly at chinaindia@dezshira.com.
The China-India Business Comparison can be downloaded on a complimentary basis in pdf format from the Asia Briefing Bookstore.
Chris will be speaking at the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce in Beijing on April 16. Please see the APCAC web site for information to register for the event.
Chris’s recent photo essay of Mumbai, entitled “An Evening in Bombay – A Walk around Apollo Bunder” can be found here.
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