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. Industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators without business licenses are not allowed to start business, sign contracts, register trademarks, advertise, or open accounts in banks.

The original and duplicate of the business license have the same legal effect, and there is no difference in essence. In terms of use, the original must be hung in an obvious position in the business premises, otherwise it will be punished without hanging the license. Copies are generally used for going out to handle business, such as handling bank account opening license, enterprise organization code certificate, tax registration certificate, signing contract, etc.

The following items need to be prepared for industrial and commercial registration:

1. Application for company establishment registration signed by the legal representative of the company;

2. Articles of Association signed by all shareholders;

3. corporate shareholders qualification certificate or identity card of natural person shareholder and its copy;

4. Copies of appointment documents and ID cards of directors, supervisors and managers;

5. Certificate of designated representative or entrusted agent;

6. The agent's ID card and its copy;

7. Certificate of residence and use.

legal ground

Company Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 7 A company established according to law shall be issued a business license by the company registration authority. The date of issuance of the business license of the company is the date of establishment of the company.

The company's business license shall specify the company's name, domicile, registered capital, business scope, name of legal representative and other matters.

Where the matters recorded in the company's business license change, the company shall register the change according to law, and the company registration authority shall issue a new business license.