Legal analysis: It depends. Anyone who engages in franchising, monopolizing commodities or other commodities with restricted trading as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations without permission will be suspected of illegal business operation. It is not illegal to have relevant documents.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to the crime of violating state regulations and committing one of the following illegal business operations:

(a) without permission, the franchise, monopoly of goods or other restricted goods as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(2) buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

(three) without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business or illegally engaged in fund settlement business;

(four) engaged in other illegal business activities, disrupting the market order, and the circumstances are serious.