Do you need a Chinese company to launch in China?
The short answer is yes for almost every route, and the interesting part is why — which platforms demand it, which one is negotiable, and why we will never hold an entity for a client.
Five guides, written for people who have to make a decision this quarter — not for people who enjoy reading about regulations. No lead capture, no PDF to unlock: read it here.
Written from live projects. Where something is a range, we say so rather than pick a flattering number.
The short answer is yes for almost every route, and the interesting part is why — which platforms demand it, which one is negotiable, and why we will never hold an entity for a client.
ICP is the first of four, not the whole story. What each filing is, what it needs, how long it takes, and the 30-day window that catches people out.
Maps, push, sign-in, analytics, payments. What you can simply swap, what has no direct equivalent, and why the App Store review for mainland China is where this shows up first.
Huawei, HONOR, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo and Tencent MyApp are six separate companies with six separate rulebooks. What each one asks for, and why HONOR is not Huawei.
Where the three to five months actually goes, which items cannot be compressed, and the realistic best case if your entity and your build are already ready.
Start with the entity guide, then the filings guide. The entity is the gate on everything: without it there is no copyright, no ICP filing and no developer account.
Start with the adaptation guide. This is the one that decides whether your first submission has a chance, and it is cheap to fix early and expensive to fix late.
A 20-minute conversation will tell you more about your specific situation than any guide can. Bring your app links and your entity status.
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