A company in china may hold several chops and each being for different purposes and document.
Some chop is mandatory for every company incorporated in china and some is not.
Example :
- Company Chop is mandatory.
It should be only one and required to record in local police station.
If this chop is damage or by any reason need to make a new one to replace.
Company need to : - Notice in the newspaper that the old Company Chop can not be used;
- Make a new one and record in the police station.
- Financial Chop is mandatory.
For every company incorporated in china, a RMB bank account is mandatory. And for all bank issue, a Financial Chop is mandatory.
Therefor, Financial Chop also become mandatory.
- Contract Chop is optional.
Generally a business agreement will use the Company Chop to sign.
For some big company, since only one Company Chop, the company will consider to make a Contract Chop to sign the business agreement.