China Cross Border Resources

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Contents 1 Cross-Border Planning - Overview 2 Country Information - China 3 Quality of Life - local flavor and customs 4 Health 5 Immigration Issues 6 Cash Management 7 Tax Planning 8 Investment Planning 9 Risk Management 10 Retirement Plannin 11 Local Regulation 12 Referrals to Local Financial Planners

Cross-Border Planning - Overview

Country Information - China

In an effort to provide information on financial planning issues in China, FPA volunteers have gathered the following links together to point you towards a variety of different resources.

Each link has a descriptive tag explaining what type of site the link goes to. The tags are:

• GOV for government or regulatory sites • ORG for non-profit or association sites • EDU for academic or educational sites • COM for commercial sites, such as product providers

Virtually all of the links lead off of FPA's Web site.

Quality of Life - local flavor and customs

• http://www.economist.com/countries/China/ (com)
• http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ (gov)
• http://www.china.org.cn/english/en-shuzi2004/kj/wh.htm (gov)

Health

• http://www.who.int/countries/chn/en/ (org)
• http://www.china.org.cn/english/en-shuzi2004/kj/ws.htm (gov)

Social Security Coverage

• http://www.molss.gov.cn/ (Chinese gov)

Education Standards

• http://www.moe.edu.cn/english/index.htm (gov)
• http://www.china.org.cn/english/en-shuzi2004/kj/jy.htm (gov)

Ex-pats Opinions on Quality of Life

• http://www.shanghaiexpat.com (com)
• http://shanghai.asiaxpat.com (com)

Immigration Issues

Legal Residency

• http://english.gov.cn/service/imm_rp.htm (gov)

Visas and Immigration Requirements

• http://english.gov.cn/service/immigrating.htm (gov)
• http://www.china.org.cn/living_in_china/residence_permits/2006-10/20/content_1185312.htm (org)

Exchange Control

• http://www.safe.gov.cn/model_safe_en/laws_en/laws_list_en.jsp?id=3 (gov)

Cash Management

Bank Accounts

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/02/14/ex_shanghai.xml&page=2 (com)

Currency Conversion

• http://www.boc.cn/en/common/third.jsp?category=1099362249100 (com)

Education Costs

• http://www.worldwide.(edu)/ci/china/index.html (edu)

Cost of Living Analysis

• http://www.mercer.com/costofliving (com - Beijing and Shanghai)

Housing Issues

• http://www.cin.gov.cn/ (Chinese gov)
• http://www.shfdz.gov.cn/english/ (gov)

Tax Planning

• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n6669073/index.html (gov)
• http://english.gov.cn/2005-08/27/content_26709.htm (gov)
• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n480462/index.html (Chinese gov)

Determining Liability for Income and Gains Taxes

• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n6669073/n6669088/6888498.html (gov)

Determining Liability for Estate Taxes

• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n480462/index.html (gov)

Foreign Tax Credit Arrangements

• http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/china.pdf (gov)

Local Taxation of non-local pensions and investments

• http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/china.pdf (gov)
• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n6669073/n6669088/6888498.html (gov)

Exit Taxes and Final Tax Return

• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n480462/index.html (Chinese gov)

Investment Planning

Asset Allocation viewed globally

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2001rank.html (gov)

Risk Management

• http://www.globalsurance.com (com)
• http://www.rsagroup.com/rsa/pages/home (com)
• http://www.pacificprime.com/countries/china/index.php (com)

Retirement Plannin

Local Pension Design and tax structure on encashment

• http://www.china.org.cn/china/local/2008-07/09/content_15978236.htm

Estate Planning and Succession Taxes

• http://www.chinatax.gov.cn/n480462/index.html (Chinese gov)

Local Regulation

• http://www.pbc.gov.cn/english/ (gov)
• http://211.154.210.238/en/homepage/index_en.jsp (gov)

Referrals to Local Financial Planners

• http://www.fpcc.cn/ (org)