Legal basis: Regulations on the Administration of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households
Article 2 Citizens with operational ability refer to individual industrial and commercial households registered by the administrative department for industry and commerce in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. Individual industrial and commercial households can operate independently or at home. The legitimate rights and interests of individual industrial and commercial households are protected by law, and no unit or individual may infringe upon them.
Article 3 The administrative authorities for industry and commerce of counties, autonomous counties, cities not divided into districts and municipal districts are the registration authorities for individual industrial and commercial households (hereinafter referred to as the registration authorities). The registration authority may, in accordance with the provisions of the State Council Administration for Industry and Commerce, entrust its subordinate administrations for industry and commerce to handle the registration of individual industrial and commercial households.
Article 4 The State practices the principle of equal market access and fair treatment for individual industrial and commercial households. If individual industrial and commercial households apply for registration, and the business scope of the application for registration does not belong to the industry prohibited by laws and administrative regulations, the registration authority shall register it according to law.