The classification screen

4 questions before you choose the route.

This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.

01

Solvent or insolvent?

Lane.

Lane
02

Open solvent liquidation guides?

Resolve the open solvent liquidation guides question separately before choosing the route.

Solvent
03

Or bankruptcy liquidation?

Resolve the or bankruptcy liquidation question separately before choosing the route.

Bankrupt
04

Employees/tax/chops planned?

Clearance.

Clear

Working rule: ‘Closing’ a Chinese company usually means either a solvent liquidation and deregistration path or an enterprise-bankruptcy path when insolvent.

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
Stop filing and walk away
Credit/legal residue.
Do proper close.
Broader Company Formation analysis needed
Do the facts extend beyond the threshold Closing a Chinese Company question?
Additional facts can change the Company Formation route, evidence and next step.
Ignore employee claims
Priority fights.
Plan HR.
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.

01Financial status memoSolvency.
02Shareholder resolution to dissolveAuthority.
03Tax registration statusClearance path.
Common confusions

Questions people ask before they build.

Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.

Where is solvent liquidation?

Use the linked specialist resource when Closing a Chinese Company turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.

Where is bankruptcy liquidation?

Use the linked specialist resource when Closing a Chinese Company turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.

Primary authorities

Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.