Communication is a frequently used word in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other provinces in the north of China, but it is rarely used in the south.

Its meaning is the transfer of operating shops, generally including restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and so on. Usually, the mortgagor does not own the property right of the store, but only has the right to use it for a certain period of time, which is leased by the mortgagor from the owner of the store through leasing.

Generally speaking, the mortgagor collects a certain amount of transfer fees from the acceptor. After the mortgagor rented the store from the store owner, it may have been renovated for business needs, or some ancillary facilities needed for business were added. After a long period of operation, the mortgagor has made some commercial propaganda intentionally or unintentionally, and formed some regular customers, that is, repeat customers. In addition, some stores are transferred with the goods. In view of this, the mortgagor charges a certain amount of transfer money.

However, if the payer is eager to exchange money or the above mentioned is basically negligible, there are cases where transfer fees is not accepted.