What is a business agent?

Investment promotion agents are generally divided into

Intermediary investment promotion and entrusted investment promotion

way

Intermediary investment promotion

The so-called intermediary investment promotion means that the government or institution or unit (the entrusting party) pushes the investment promotion project to the relevant international investment market through a professional institution or intermediary (the entrusted party), and the entrusted party selects the most ideal partner for the investment promotion party through a series of investment promotion activities and strict procedures of openness, fairness and impartiality. This way is a kind of entrusted cooperation in law. An agency or individual can sign any investment promotion agreement with investors, and the client will pay a certain activity fee to the trustee on schedule, and then pay a commission according to a certain proportion of the investment after the project promotion or transfer is successful. Its characteristic is that the trustee should personally "handle" the project and "transfer" the project to the client after obtaining the project, which is similar to the buying and selling relationship.

Entrust investment promotion

Entrusted investment promotion, also known as investment promotion agency system, refers to an economic activity that the government or institutions and units entrust the trustee to attract investment, develop and construct on the premise of providing corresponding responsibilities, authorities and requirements for local economic development. This way is a kind of principal-agent relationship in law. The agency or individual does not sign any investment promotion agreement with investors, but the client will sign it when necessary, and the trustee is the project sponsor who implements the sharing system. After the project promotion or transfer is successful, the entrusting party will pay a commission according to a certain proportion of the investment. Its characteristic is that the trustee is only responsible for attracting investment for the project according to the requirements of the client, which is similar to an "employment" relationship. The trustee is generally a professional investment intermediary consulting institution or individual.

Generally, the remuneration for entrusted investment promotion is 0. 1%-2.5% of the actual amount of foreign capital utilized by investment promotion projects. Foreign investment projects directly entrusted by governments at all levels shall be paid by the finance at the same level. The management method and payment ratio of intermediary investment have not been reported. Intermediary investment promotion and entrusted investment promotion are both professional and market-oriented investment promotion operation modes, and standardized operation can improve the effectiveness of investment promotion. But in practice, for overseas funds, the role of intermediary investment promotion is generally greater than entrusted investment promotion.