A business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to allow industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in a certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The process of handling business license includes the following steps: Step one, approve the name. After determining the company type, name, registered capital, shareholders and capital contribution ratio, you can go to the industrial and commercial bureau to submit an application for name verification on-site or online. If it fails, it needs to be re-signed. It takes 1-3 working days. Step 2: Submit the information. After the approval, confirm the address information, senior management information and business scope, and submit the pre-application online. After the online pre-trial is passed, go to the industrial and commercial bureau to submit the application materials according to the appointment time. After passing, you will receive a notice of approval for establishment registration. It takes 5-15 working days. Step 3: Get a license. On the day of appointment, bring the notice of approval of establishment registration and the original ID card of the handler, and get the original and duplicate business license from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. The following materials are required to apply for a business license: 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's qualification certificate or natural person shareholder's ID card 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. Agent's ID card and its copy; 7. Certificate of residence use. Legal basis: Article 17 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Company Registration shall apply for the pre-approval of the name for the establishment of a company. If laws, administrative regulations or decisions of the State Council stipulate that the establishment of a company must be approved, or the business scope of the company belongs to the items that must be approved before registration according to laws, administrative regulations or decisions of the State Council, the company name shall be pre-approved before being submitted for approval, and the company name approved by the company registration authority shall be submitted for approval.