Oping Group

What Oping Group does

Oping Group (legal name: OPING Group Ltd) is a Shanghai-based private professional services firm that helps foreign companies establish and operate in China. Founded in 2002 and headquartered at 1237 Fuxing Middle Road (中国上海市复兴中路1237号3楼), the firm employs 11-50 people and operates as a boutique multi-disciplinary platform, delivering four core service lines: (1) company formation and compliance for foreign-invested enterprises in mainland China, (2) offshore company formation across Hong Kong, Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and Mauritius, (3) legal advisory covering FDI, M&A, IP, labor law, dispute resolution and due diligence, and (4) tax and accounting advisory including statutory audit, tax compliance, profit repatriation and expatriate taxation. The legal and tax delivery is structurally backed by alliances with Jingtian & Gongcheng (a 500+ lawyer PRC law firm) and Xingaoxin CPAs, which allows OPING to offer large-firm capability at boutique scale. A specialized China R&D Government Incentives practice supports R&D, software, integrated circuit and high-tech enterprise status applications.

The firm's revenue model is fee-based professional services, with engagements scoped and priced per client need (no publicly disclosed rates) and a success-fee structure for the R&D incentives line where payment is contingent on incentives received. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales via experienced consultants, tax advisors, accountants and lawyers, with the first consultation offered free and marketing concentrated on LinkedIn (including Partner Joey Chou's profile). Customers range from SMEs to global public companies entering or expanding in China, and management cites "hundreds of companies" assisted since 1993 across partner tenure. The firm is independently owned with no disclosed venture capital, private equity or institutional investment, and no M&A, funding or leadership-change events are documented in the source data.

Core technology is explicitly characterized as "not technology-focused"; OPING does not maintain APIs, SDKs, AI/ML products, patents, or trademarks. Its competitive differentiation rests on partner expertise (notably Partner Joey Chou, the first foreigner in Shanghai history to earn an advanced Chinese law degree), long-tenured China-regulatory relationships, and the integrated multi-service delivery model that bundles formation, legal, tax and government-incentive work typically found separately at larger firms. Operating geographies on record include mainland China with offshore extensions into Hong Kong, Singapore, the British Virgin Islands and Mauritius.

Name

Oping Group

Legal name

OPING Group Ltd

Website

https://oping.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oping Group is a Shanghai-based professional services firm providing company formation, legal advisory, tax and accounting consulting, and China R&D government incentives services to foreign companies entering or operating in China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Company Formation: Fee-based services for company formation and compliance in China, including registration, licensing, and setup services for foreign-invested enterprises, representative offices, and offshore entities.
2. Legal Advisory Services: Legal consulting and advisory services including securities, FDI, M&A, IP, contracts, labor law, dispute resolution, and due diligence.
3. Tax and Accounting Advisory: Ongoing tax compliance, reporting, planning, audit, and consulting services for foreign investors in China.
4. China R&D Government Incentives Services: Assistance with obtaining government incentives for R&D, software, integrated circuit, and high-tech enterprise status. Services include applications, renewals, and inspections.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

OPING Group provides professional consulting services to foreign companies entering or operating in China, spanning company formation and compliance, legal advisory, tax and accounting services, and government R&D incentive program assistance. The firm delivers a multi-service solution through in-house consultants, tax advisors, accountants, and lawyers, backed by partner firms Jingtian & Gongcheng (legal) and Xingaoxin CPAs (audit). Services cover both China-market entities (WFOEs, joint ventures, representative offices) and offshore structures in Hong Kong, Singapore, the British Virgin Islands, and Mauritius.

Product overview

OPING Group is a professional services firm providing integrated business solutions for foreign companies entering and operating in China. The company operates as a multi-service platform offering four core service lines: Company Formation and Compliance (including both China-based and Offshore company formation), China R&D Government Incentives Services, Legal Advisory, and Tax & Accounting Advisory. The services are designed to work together, enabling clients to establish operations, maintain regulatory compliance, access government incentive programs, and receive ongoing legal and tax support through a single advisory firm with deep expertise in China's regulatory environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Company Formation and Compliance

Quantifiable outcome

• 150% or 175% eligible R&D expenses can be deducted for Corporate Income Tax purposes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Jingtian & GongchengcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPING provides legal advisory backed up and supported by Jingtian & Gongcheng, a leading full-service law firm. The firm was one of the first private law firms established in the PRC and is now one of the largest PRC-based law firms. Headquartered in Beijing with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Tianjin and Hong Kong, with over 500 lawyers. Practice areas focus strongly on assisting foreign companies investing and doing business in China.
• Xingaoxin CPAscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOPING collaborates with Xingaoxin CPAs to provide in-depth knowledge of cross-border solutions for clients. Xingaoxin provides audit and consulting services to small and mid-market companies both publicly-traded and privately-held, serving clients across various industries including oil and gas, banking and insurance, real estate, manufacturing, high technology and biotechnology.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hawksford: International corporate services firm offering company formation, tax, accounting, and fiduciary services across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Closely comparable business model to Oping's entity setup and ongoing compliance work, though Hawksford serves a much wider geographic footprint.
• Sino-Asia Consulting: Smaller China-focused consultancy assisting foreign-invested enterprises with company setup, accounting, tax, and ongoing compliance. Closely comparable to Oping in target customer, service scope, and small/mid-market positioning, making it one of the most direct head-to-head competitors.
• Acclime: Asia-focused corporate services and advisory firm helping international companies with market entry, company formation, tax, accounting, and compliance. Comparable to Oping in target customer (foreign companies entering Asia), service mix, and cross-border expertise, with broader APAC coverage.
• Dezan Shira & Associates: Asia-focused advisory firm helping foreign companies establish and operate in China, Vietnam, India and ASEAN through legal, tax, accounting, and HR services. Directly comparable to Oping in customer base (foreign investors entering Asia), service mix, and country specialization, though significantly larger and broader geographically.
• TMF Group: Global provider of corporate services including company formation, accounting, tax, payroll, and compliance across 80+ jurisdictions. Directly comparable in core service lines (entity formation, statutory compliance, accounting), but operates at global scale with a much larger headcount and broader jurisdictional reach than Oping.
• Ascentium: Asia-based corporate services and business advisory firm providing company formation, tax, accounting, and HR services to foreign companies across Greater China and Southeast Asia. Comparable to Oping in customer profile (foreign SMEs expanding into Asia) and service mix, though with broader regional coverage.

Others

• China Briefing: Information and advisory platform owned by Dezan Shira that publishes regulatory and tax guidance for foreign companies in China. Adjacent ecosystem player rather than direct competitor, but relevant because it shapes buyer expectations and competes for the same foreign-investor mindshare as Oping's thought-leadership content.

Broad incumbents

• Citco: Global provider of corporate, fund, and fiduciary services including entity formation, accounting, and compliance across major financial centers. While Citco's core focus is fund administration, its corporate-services arm is comparable to Oping's entity setup and ongoing statutory work, though at a much larger institutional scale.
• Jingtian & Gongcheng: One of the largest PRC-based full-service law firms with 500+ lawyers across Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Tianjin, and Hong Kong. This is Oping's strategic legal partner, so they are direct comparables in legal advisory for foreign companies in China, but operate at significantly larger scale and with broader practice areas.
• Deloitte China: China practice of a Big 4 firm offering tax, legal, consulting, audit and advisory services to multinationals operating in China. Overlaps with Oping on cross-border tax, FDI advisory, and company formation support for foreign companies, but at vastly greater scale and global brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oping-group-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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