Legal analysis: Whether illegal business has a criminal record depends on whether it constitutes a crime. Anyone who meets one of the following conditions will constitute the crime of illegal business and will have a criminal record, as follows: 1. Operating franchises and monopoly items stipulated in laws and administrative regulations without obtaining a license; 2. Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export origins Certificates and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; 3. Illegal operations of securities, futures, and insurance business without approval from relevant national competent authorities, or illegal fund payment and settlement business.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. The crime of illegal business refers to violating national regulations and engaging in one of the following illegal business behaviors to disrupt market order. If the case is serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income. Or confiscate property:

(1) Operating franchises, monopoly items or other restricted items as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) Buying and selling import and export licenses certificate, import and export certificate of origin, and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated in laws and administrative regulations;

(3) Illegal operation of securities, futures, and insurance businesses without approval from the relevant national competent authorities, Or illegally engage in fund payment and settlement business;

(4) Other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.