Legal basis: "Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households in People's Republic of China (PRC)" Article 5 The administrative departments for industry and commerce of the people's governments at or above the county level and other relevant departments shall supervise and manage individual industrial and commercial households according to law. Individual industrial and commercial households engaged in business activities shall abide by laws and regulations, abide by social morality and business ethics, be honest and trustworthy, and accept the supervision of the government and its relevant departments according to law.
Article 6 Local people's governments at all levels and relevant departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall take measures to provide support, convenience and information consulting services for individual industrial and commercial households in business premises, entrepreneurship and vocational skills training, vocational skills appraisal, technological innovation and participation in social insurance.
Article 7 Under the guidance of the administrative department for industry and commerce, self-employed workers' associations established according to law provide services for individual industrial and commercial households, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and guide individual industrial and commercial households to be honest and self-disciplined. Individual industrial and commercial households voluntarily join the association of individual workers.
Article 8 Anyone who applies for registration as an individual industrial and commercial household shall apply to the registration authority where the business premises are located. The applicant shall submit an application for registration, identity certificate and proof of business premises. The registered items of individual industrial and commercial households include the name and domicile, composition, business scope and business premises of the operators. Individual industrial and commercial households use the name, with the name as a registered item.
Article 9 After examining the application materials according to law, the registration authority shall handle it in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) If the application materials are complete and conform to the statutory form, it shall be registered on the spot; If the application materials are incomplete or do not conform to the statutory form, the applicant shall be informed of all the contents that need to be corrected on the spot;
(2) If it is necessary to verify the substantive contents of the application materials, it shall be verified according to law, and a decision on whether to register shall be made within 15 days from the date of accepting the application;
(three) do not meet the registration conditions of individual industrial and commercial households, not to register and inform the applicant in writing, explain the reasons, and inform the applicant that he has the right to apply for administrative reconsideration and bring an administrative lawsuit according to law.
In case of registration, the registration authority shall issue a business license within 10 days from the date of registration.
The state promotes electronic business licenses. Electronic business license and paper business license have the same legal effect.