National law on the residential area to open the catering, entertainment and other establishments have provisions on the record, environmental protection provisions, for example:

Entertainment management regulations, Article 11 provides that entertainment establishments in accordance with the law to obtain a business license and related approval documents, permits, should be within 15 days to the county public security department for the record.

Article XII provides that the entertainment establishments alteration, expansion of the business premises or change the site, the main facilities and equipment, investment personnel, or change the matters set out in the entertainment license shall apply to the original licensing authority for re-issuance of the entertainment license, and to the public security department for the record.

Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law, Article 81 stipulates that operators of food and beverage services that emit oil smoke shall install oil smoke purification facilities and keep them in normal use, or take other oil smoke purification measures, so that the oil smoke is discharged in compliance with the standards, and to prevent pollution of the normal living environment of the residents in the vicinity.

It is prohibited to build, reconstruct or expand new food and beverage service projects that produce oily smoke, odor and exhaust gas in residential buildings, commercial and residential complexes that are not equipped with a dedicated flue, and in commercial and residential complexes that have commercial floors adjacent to the residential floors.

No unit or individual shall barbecue food in the open air or provide a site for barbecuing food in the open air in areas prohibited by the local people's government.

Article 82 stipulates that it is prohibited to burn asphalt, linoleum, rubber, plastics, leather, garbage, and other substances that produce toxic and harmful soot and foul-smelling gases in populated areas and other areas that require special protection according to law.

Article 5 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China shall not allow any person who has one of the following circumstances to operate an entertainment place or to work in an entertainment place:

(1) a person who has ever committed the crimes of organizing, forcing, enticing, accommodating, or introducing prostitution, the crimes of producing, trafficking, or spreading obscene articles, the crimes of smuggling, trafficking, transporting, or manufacturing drugs, the crimes of rape, forced molestation and insulting women, gambling, money laundering, and organizing, leading or participating in a triad organization;

(2) having been deprived of political rights for a crime;

(3) having been subjected to compulsory drug rehabilitation for drug consumption or injection;

(4) having been subjected to administrative detention for prostitution or patronizing prostitutes.

Article 7: Entertainment establishments shall not be located in the following places:

(1) residential buildings, museums, libraries, and buildings approved as cultural relics preservation units;

(2) residential areas and the surroundings of schools, hospitals, and institutions;

(3) crowded places such as stations and airports;