Can we work with you entirely from Europe or North America?

Working with us Can we work with you entirely from Europe or North America? Written and checked by Anna Zheng · Last checked 25 September 2026 Yes. Yimi China’s enquiries, proposals, advice letters and contract reviews all run remotely, by email, WhatsApp and WeCom, and interpreting and negotiation support can run by video. Company registration mostly runs remotely too. Someone needs to be physically present only for a meeting or trade fair in China. Most engagements never need you in China at all. This page sets out what runs remotely, which steps need a physical original, and when someone has to be in the room.What runs remotely?The enquiry and the scoping. By email, the contact form, WhatsApp or WeCom (what WeCom is). We reply usually within one business day, and a paid 45-minute consult can be booked online if you would rather talk it through.The proposal and the agreement. A written proposal setting out the scope, the deliverable, the timing and the fixed fee, together with our services agreement. Work starts once it is signed.Advice and contract review. A commercial advice letter and a contract review are written work, delivered in writing.Interpreting and negotiation support. Both run in person or by video, for meetings you have arranged with a Chinese counterpart.Company registration, mostly. National law allows the whole filing online. What it does not waive is real-name verification, and an ordinary foreign passport cannot enrol in it: registering without visiting sets out the exception.Which steps need a physical original?Documents a Chinese registry, bank or court must accept from abroad. They are usually notarised and apostilled in the country that issued them, and the original then travels to China by courier. China has been party to the Apostille Convention since 7 November 2023, so for documents from most other contracting states the apostille replaces consular legalisation.⁠[1] The order of steps, and the exceptions, are in the apostille guide.When does someone need to be in the room?When the work is a meeting or a trade fair in China and it needs someone physically there. We attend meetings you have arranged, and exhibitions you are showing at or visiting, in person; travel is charged at cost, as the pricing page sets out. Whether you travel yourself is your decision: exhibition representation covers the event you cannot attend. Share on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) Sources HCCH Apostille Convention status table: China acceded on 8 March 2023, with entry into force on 7 November 2023, an accession to which some contracting states objected (retrieved 25 September 2026) All sources checked 25 September 2026. This page is general information, not legal, tax or customs advice. Requirements vary by product, market and circumstance. Confirm your own position before acting. Have the version of this question that has your company in it? Book a 45-minute consult. We map your situation to the right process, tell you honestly what is and is not possible, and give you a fixed fee. No obligation. Book a consult · US$120 Credited in full against any service you go on to book.