1. Unemployed people in cities and towns, villagers in rural areas and other people with operational ability permitted by national policies may apply for engaging in individual industrial and commercial operations;

2. The applicant must have the capital, business site, business ability and business technology corresponding to the business project.

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According to Article 4 of the Measures for Investigating and Banning Unlicensed Business, the following illegal acts shall be investigated and dealt with by the administrative department for industry and commerce in accordance with the provisions of these Measures:

(a) should obtain a license or other approval documents, business license in accordance with the law, but did not obtain a license to conduct business activities;

(2) Operating without a business license, engaging in business activities without authorization, and obtaining a business license without obtaining a license or other approval documents;

(three) unlicensed business activities that have obtained licenses or other approval documents according to law, but have not obtained business licenses according to law;

(4) Operating without a license after cancellation of registration or revocation of business license, and continuing to engage in business activities without authorization after the expiration of the business license;

(5) engaging in illegal business activities beyond the business scope approved and registered, and engaging in business activities that can only be carried out after obtaining a license or other approval documents.

The acts specified in Items (1) and (5) of the preceding paragraph shall also be investigated and dealt with by the licensing examination and approval departments of public security, land and resources, construction, culture, health, quality inspection, environmental protection, press and publication, drug supervision and safety production supervision and management (hereinafter referred to as licensing examination and approval departments) in accordance with the duties entrusted by laws and regulations. However, an administrative penalty of more than two fines shall not be imposed on the same illegal act of the party concerned.

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