Part of the documents is what MOFCOM refers to as “Certificate of Incorporation” – in Singapore in fact not the certificate of incorporation but rather the business profile extract from the Registry of Companies (“Biz-File”).
Said Biz-File has to be legalized by the Chinese embassy in order to produce it to SAIC for the pre-registration of the company name. This is a standard procedure which did so far not comprise any examination of the Biz-File. Since the idea behind legalization is to add recognition to foreign documents as issued by the authorities of another country (and that is it) I also wouldn’t expect any examination going beyond the question whether the document was indeed issued by the Singapore Registry of Companies.
The embassy will return the Biz-File submitted for legalization with an informal note that legalization would not be granted unless the Biz-File would be accompanied by a covering letter explaining the purpose of legalization, the activities of the company in Singapore and China as well as to which authorities in the PRC the legalized document will be presented,
Also, the company in question is neither a shell nor a holding company but has substantial operations in Singapore and an immaculate track record.