China

Ease of Doing Business in

Kunming - China

This page summarizes Doing Business data for Kunming. The first table shows its rank among 30 cities/regions in China. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 1,344,130,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 4,930.00
Ease of Doing Business Rank among 30 cities in China Top city in China
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Topic Rankings Rank among 30 cities in China Top city in China
Starting a Business 23 Hangzhou
Registering Property 22 Shanghai
Enforcing Contracts 29 Guangzhou

Subnational Data


Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Indicator Kunming East Asia & Pacific OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
14 7 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
42 36 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
13.9 22.4 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
383.0 13.4 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain notice of Pre-Approval of the Company Name 1 day RMB 50.00
2 Open a preliminary bank account, deposit funds in the account and obtain the certificate of deposit 1 day RMB 30.00
3 Obtain capital verification report from an auditing firm 7 days RMB 500.00
4 Obtain registration certification "Business License of Enterprise Legal Person" from local Administration of Industry and Commerce (AIC) 10 days RMB 72.66 (Registration fee: 0.08% of registered capital; copy of Business License: RMB10)
5 Obtain approval from the police department to make a company seal 1 day No cost
6 Make a company seal 2 days RMB 200.00
7 Obtain the Organization Code Certificate issued by the Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau 7 days RMB 148.00
8 Register for national tax 1 day RMB 25.00
9 Register for local tax 1 day RMB 25.00
10 Open a bank account for the company and transfer registered capital to the account 5 days No cost
11 Apply for the authorization to print or purchase financial invoices 5 days No cost
12 Purchase invoices 1 day RMB 40.00 (RMB0.7-1.1 per set of invoices)
* 13 File for recruitment registration with local Career Service Center 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 11) No cost
* 14 Register with Social Welfare Insurance Center 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 11) No cost
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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