Hot food refers to the ready-to-eat food that is eaten in a certain hot state after raw materials are roughly processed, cut, steamed, boiled, boiled, fried, fried, roasted and fried, including foods processed by cooking methods such as hot pot and barbecue.

Article 10 of the Measures for the Administration of Food Business License: To apply for a food business license, an application shall be made according to the business format and business item classification of the food business entity. The main formats of food business are divided into food sales operators, catering service operators and unit canteens. Where a food business operator applies for operating through the network, setting up a central kitchen or delivering food collectively, it shall be indicated in brackets after the main business formats.