The franchisor, also known as the franchisor and headquarters in practice, refers to the franchisee who authorizes its registered trademarks, corporate logos, patents, proprietary technologies and other business resources to the franchisee in franchise activities Enterprises used.

1. The franchisor must be an enterprise, and other units and individuals other than enterprises are not allowed to engage in franchise activities as franchisors.

2. The franchisor shall have a mature business model when engaging in franchising activities, and shall have the ability to continuously provide business guidance, technical support, business training and other services to the franchisee.

3. The franchisor engaging in franchising activities should have at least 2 directly-operated stores and the operating time should be more than 1 year.