Sourced guides to doing business in each market, and the status of every service there. Partners are in place in 35 markets so far.
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Bring a requirement →Licences, value chains and the questions businesses in each industry ask first, with the services that usually apply.
What one country changes for the other, worked journeys step by step, and who handles each side.
When cross-border business becomes a dispute, UNIONE™, also part of the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem, prevents it, resolves it, arbitrates it and plans enforcement. 334 Fellows in 58 countries.
41 jurisdictions, each with primary sources and the date last checked.
Named senior professionals, each admitted as the one firm for a service in their country, and the firms they lead.
One Partner per service, per jurisdiction, admitted by review against published criteria.
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Business corridor
Doing business between China and Africa means getting market access, tax, contracts, people and regulation right on both sides. WONE Global coordinates the work in both countries, so one team keeps it joined up.
Shanghai · Wednesday 4 November
02:05
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South Africa · Tuesday 3 November
20:05
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Worked example
A step-by-step example of a common project between China and Africa: the rules in each country, the usual structures and the questions to ask your advisers.
How the work runs on both sides
What has to happen in each country, in what order, and what one side changes for the other, with the sources for each step.
Key questions
Typical work
Tax, legal, people and money questions on one side change the answer on the other. WONE Global plans the work in both countries together before anything starts.
Partner firms
Named WONE Global leads where they exist; everything else arranged by WONE Global on request, with the name confirmed before work begins.
WONE Global Partners
Shanghai · ChinaWONE Global Partner · China
Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).
Pretoria · South AfricaWONE Global Partner · South Africa
Scenarios
Worked scenarios involving either side of the corridor: the client, where it comes from, what it ran into and how WONE Global handles it.
Worked scenarios
Scenarios are representative of the work WONE Global coordinates, not specific client matters.
What the guides say
Headline facts for each market on this corridor, from WONE Global's guides.
| Market | Corporate tax | VAT / GST | Usual entity | Arbitration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChinaEssentials · source-checked | 25% standard; 5% effective on first CNY 3m for small low-profit enterprises (to 2027) | 13% / 9% / 6%; VAT Law in force from 1 January 2026 | — | Party since 1987 (reciprocity and commercial reservations) |
Our full guides are checked against official sources. Guides drafted with AI are marked as such. None of this is legal or tax advice.
WONE Global Intelligence
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The Global Business Circuit™
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