Business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration of Market Supervision.

The registered items include: name, address, person in charge, amount of funds, economic composition, business scope, business mode, number of employees, business period, etc. Business licenses are divided into originals and duplicates, which have the same legal effect. The original shall be placed in a prominent position in the company's domicile or business premises, and the business license shall not be forged, altered, leased, lent or transferred.

Without a business license, industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators are not allowed to start business, engrave official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.

Note to registered companies: the paid-in system is changed to the subscription system.

Changing the paid-in system of registered capital into the subscription system of registered capital is the most prominent highlight of the newly revised company law. According to the newly revised Company Law, except for laws, administrative regulations and the State Council's decision on the paid-in registered capital of the company, the provisions that the shareholders (promoters) of the company should pay in full within two years from the date of establishment of the company and the investment company can pay in full within five years have been cancelled; The provision that shareholders of a one-person limited liability company should pay their capital contribution in full at one time was cancelled. Shareholders (promoters) of the company independently agree on the amount, mode and duration of capital contribution, and record them in the articles of association. This reform is conducive to individual entrepreneurship, promoting the establishment of China's credit system and promoting the transformation of resource allocation methods.

Process: 1. Go to the district industrial and commercial bureau to pre-register the name (some districts and counties can apply for online names).

2. After the name is approved, the application for enterprise registration shall be accepted.

3. Information required for handling hygiene license: (1) health certificate of employees; (2) store orientation map and floor plan; (3) lease contract; (4) legal person identity card.

4. Information required for environmental protection approval procedures: (1) Property right certificate of the business premises; (2) orientation map.

After items 5, 3 and 4 are approved, their respective approval seals shall be affixed at the special delivery place of the industrial and commercial application.

6. Information required to apply for a business license in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau: (1) Copy of legal person's ID card; (2) Resolutions of the shareholders' meeting; (3) Articles of Association (if it is a branch company, a copy of the business license of the head office is required)