People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law

Article 29. The state practices a licensing system for food production and marketing. Those who engage in food production, food circulation and catering services shall obtain food production licenses, food circulation licenses and catering service licenses according to law.

A food producer who has obtained a food production license does not need to obtain a food circulation license to sell the food he produces in his production place; A catering service provider who has obtained a catering service license does not need to obtain a food production and circulation license to sell its processed food in its catering service place; Farmers do not need to obtain food circulation permission to sell their own edible agricultural products.