What changes the answer
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
Funding instrument
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for funding instrument?
Capital contribution and foreign-debt routes have different registration, account and quota rules.
Registered capital status
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for registered capital status?
Registered-capital status affects which funding route and corporate approvals are available.
Foreign debt/quota rules
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for foreign debt/quota rules?
Foreign debt/quota rules can change the applicable legal route, evidence requirement, timing or responsible entity.
Bank account/registration
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for bank account/registration?
The handling bank tests whether the transaction documents, registrations and payment purpose reconcile.
Currency/use of proceeds
What are the current facts, parties, dates and documents for currency/use of proceeds?
Currency/use of proceeds can change the applicable legal route, evidence requirement, timing or responsible entity.
Prepare before you escalate
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
01Articles/capital recordsEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by articles/capital records.
02Shareholder resolutionProve the required corporate approval, amount and effective date.
03Funding agreementConfirm the parties, legal basis, scope, price and operative obligations.
04Bank/registration documentsDocument the bank’s requirements and reconcile the proposed payment package.
05Source/use-of-funds evidenceEstablish the relevant parties, dates, amounts and regulatory facts shown by source/use-of-funds evidence.
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.
Sources last checked:
SAFE current-account/capital-account rules and guidancewww.safe.gov.cn
PBOC current ruleswww.pbc.gov.cn
State Taxation Administration tax documentation ruleswww.chinatax.gov.cn
