To open a supermarket, you need to apply for the following documents: 1. National tax and local tax registration certificate. 2. Organization code certificate. 3. Business license for individual industrial and commercial households. 4. If you operate food or catering, you also need to apply for a health license\food circulation license. If you have tobacco, you need to apply for a "Tobacco Retail Business License" from the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau. Article 2 of the "Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households" Article 8 of the Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households "Article 6 of the Implementing Regulations of the Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China"