While there is no uniform definition of prepaid membership card in China at present, we can summarize the components that constitute prepaid membership card mainly include:

1. Consumers pay the price in advance to obtain membership;

2. Consumers' consumption needs to have continuity.

In addition, the Measures for the Administration of Single-Purpose Commercial Prepaid Cards stipulate the qualifications of card-issuing enterprises, the limitations on the amount of cards issued, and the responsibility for administrative penalties. Specifically, enterprises that can issue cards are limited to retail, accommodation and catering, and residential services (specific industry content can be found on the website of the Ministry of Commerce), and should be filed with the commerce department of the people's government in the place of industrial and commercial registration, and ensure that the limit of a single bearer card shall not exceed 5,000 yuan, and the limit of a single bearer card shall not exceed 1,000 yuan.