Industry Guides
Find industry-specific information and services for businesses in Shanghai, covering healthcare, telecommunications, customs and trade, and culture and entertainment, along with relevant policies and procedures.
Healthcare
Explore healthcare market access and regulatory services in Shanghai, including policies for wholly foreign-owned hospitals and pilot pre-submission services for drug applications.
How to apply for pilot pre-submission service for drug supplementary applications
The Shanghai Municipal Medical Products Administration has launched a pilot program offering pre-submission service for drug supplementary applications.
China permits wholly foreign-owned hospitals in major cities
The establishment of wholly foreign-owned hospitals is permitted in the cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, as well as the island province of Hainan.
Telecommunications
Find key information for foreign-invested companies applying for value-added telecommunications services in Shanghai, including eligibility requirements, application materials, and procedures.
FAQs: Foreign-invested companies applying for value-added telecommunications services
Shanghai's Lin-gang Special Area is one of the four initial pilot zones for expanding the opening-up of the value-added telecommunications industry.
Customs & trade
Explore customs and trade procedures in Shanghai, including customs registration for foreign-invested companies engaged in import and export activities and measures to facilitate cross-border trade.
New measures to facilitate cross-border trade at Shanghai ports
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, in collaboration with eight other authorities, unveiled a series of measures on May 31 designed to streamline cross-border trade operations at the city's entry and exit ports.
Culture & entertainment
Explore policies and services for organizing large-scale commercial performances in Shanghai, including streamlined approval procedures, simplified application materials, and faster processing.
Shanghai streamlines large-scale performance approval
Shanghai introduced a "one-stop" reform for approving large-scale commercial performances on Aug 18, aiming to streamline cross-departmental approval processes, reduce paperwork, and shorten approval times.
