Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Food Business License
Article 2 Anyone who engages in food sales and catering services within the territory of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall obtain a food business license according to law. These Measures shall apply to the application, acceptance, examination, decision, supervision and inspection of food business license.
Article 9 To apply for a food business license, one should first obtain the qualifications of a legal subject such as a business license. Enterprise legal person, partnership enterprise, sole proprietorship enterprise, individual industrial and commercial households, etc. The applicant is the subject specified in the business license. For canteens of government agencies, institutions, social organizations, private non-enterprise units, enterprises and other tendering units, the applicant shall be the subject specified in the registration certificate or business license of the registration certificate of government agencies, institutions and social organizations as legal persons.