On your way to form a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise(WFOE) in China, you will be requested to name one legal representative to be listed on the business license. We will elaborate the legal concept, the appointed requirement and the legal liabilities of representative office registration in china . The Legal Concept of China Company's Legal Representative According to the Provisions of the General Provisions of the Civil Law of PRC, in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association of the law, the legal representative is the person who represents the company to take in charge of the exercise of the establishment’s functions (article 38). The legal representative system is a kind of legal representative system which is derived from the traditional leadership system of China's state-owned enterprises. China adopts and implements a single legal representative system. Generally, the legal representative and the enterprise do not need to sign labor contract, they h...