Chinese Agency Agreement Template (C101)

Who can use this contract?

It is suitable for a manufacturer of  goods who wants to appoint a Chinese agent – or a Chinese supplier who wants an overseas agent in a defined territory for the sale of those goods.

The Agreement is designed from the point of view of the manufacturer or supplier (who is referred to in the Agreement as the Principal).  If you are an agent, you may prefer our other Chines agency agreement document C102

While a distributor buys for re-sale, purchasing from the Principal, the role of an agent is to sell on behalf of the Principal and on the Principal’s terms and conditions of business, with payment being made to the Principal by the customer.

What details does the agreement contain?

This nine page document contains 12 detailed clauses covering

• definitions
• appointment and duration
• major terms of appointment
• agent’s general obligations
• orders and sales
• principal’s general obligations
• intellectual property
• termination
• non-competition
• confidentiality
• governing law, language and resolution of disputes
• a general clause detailing indemnity, assignment, subcontracting, notices, severability and the scope of the agreement.

Five Schedules are included, allowing you to define products, territory, minimum sales targets, persons to whom direct sales may be made by the principal and commission.

When I download the document, can I change it and/or use it more than once?

Yes, all ContractStore’s templates are in MS Word and you can use the document on more than one project. For more information, watch the video on this page of our website or see our FAQs

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ContractStore supplies templates and is not a law firm.  But experienced lawyers write our contracts. And in this case our Chinese legal team is available to help you.  So, we can arrange legal assistance for customers who need special terms in one of our documents or a bespoke template.  For more information see our Legal Services page.

C101- 代理协议（有利委托人）（中英双语）

这份中英双语代理协议是从有利于委托人的角度起草。如果你是生产商，希望在不同地区为自己的产品寻找当地的代理人，独家经销你的产品，那这份合同样本非常适合你。它包括了任命代理商，期限，最低销售指标，产品订购程序，知识产权保护等方面。