Business without a license refers to merchants without the approval of the relevant administrative departments or without obtaining the appropriate license, unauthorized business activities. This behavior not only violates national laws and regulations, but also harms the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and disrupts the market order. Therefore, for merchants operating without a license, the relevant administrative departments have the right to punish according to law, of which fines are a common form of punishment.

In practice, when the relevant administrative departments found that merchants have unlicensed business behavior, will be investigated according to the law, and depending on the severity of the circumstances of the merchants to be punished. For minor unlicensed business behavior, the administrative department may give a warning, ordered to correct and other penalties; and for serious or refused to correct the business, the administrative department has the right to impose fines and other more severe penalties in accordance with the law.

It is worth noting that fines are not an end but a means. In penalizing merchants, the relevant administrative departments aim to correct their illegal behavior and safeguard market order and consumer rights. Therefore, merchants should actively cooperate with the administrative department's investigation and processing after receiving the fine notice, and correct the illegal behavior in time to avoid further aggravation of punishment.

In addition, consumers can also report complaints to the relevant administrative departments to safeguard their rights and interests when they encounter merchants operating without a license. The administrative departments will investigate and deal with the reports and penalize the merchants accordingly.

In summary:

The businessman operating without a license is a violation of the law, the relevant administrative departments have the right to punish according to law, of which fines are a common form of punishment. Merchants should strictly abide by national laws and regulations, and obtain the relevant licenses in accordance with the law before carrying out business activities. Consumers can report complaints to the relevant administrative departments to safeguard their rights and interests when they encounter businesses operating without a license.

Legal basis:

"The Chinese people*** and the State without a license to investigate and deal with methods"

Article 3 provides:

In accordance with laws and regulations, subject to the approval of the licensing and approval departments before engaging in business activities, without obtaining permission to examine and approve the permits issued by the department or other approved documents, unauthorized business activities without a license Behavior, by the licensing and approval departments shall be investigated and dealt with according to law. Laws and regulations do not provide for the licensing and approval department or the provisions are not clear, by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to determine the departments to be investigated and dealt with.

"The People's Republic of China"

Article 14 of the "Measures for the Investigation and Handling of Unlicensed and Undocumented Businesses"

Article 14 stipulates that:

In the case of unlicensed business, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall prohibit it in accordance with law and confiscate the illegal proceeds; if it is against the law, it shall investigate and impose criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Law on the crime of illegal business, the crime of major liability accidents, the crime of major labor accidents, the crime of accidents with dangerous goods, or any other crime. provisions, criminal liability shall be investigated according to law; where criminal punishment is not sufficient, a fine of not more than 20,000 yuan shall be imposed; where the unlicensed operation is on a large scale and the social harm is serious, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; where the unlicensed operation is hazardous to human health, there is a major safety hazard, threatens the safety of the public ****, or destroys the environment and resources, tools, equipments, raw materials, which are specially used for engaging in unlicensed operation, shall be confiscated, Products (goods) and other property, and impose a fine of 50,000 yuan or more than 500,000 yuan.