Legal basis: "Measures for the Administration of Registration of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households"
Article 2 Citizens who have the ability to do business are registered by the market supervision and management department, and receive business licenses for individual industrial and commercial households, and carry out business activities in accordance with the law.
Article 3 The registration, change and cancellation of registration of individual business households shall be handled in accordance with the Regulations on Individual Business Households and these Measures. Application for registration of individual business households, the applicant shall be responsible for the authenticity of the application materials.
Article 4 The State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration is the registration authority for individual business households. The State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration is in charge of the national registration of individual businesses. The market supervision and administration departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government and the market supervision and administration departments of cities (regions) are responsible for the registration and administration of individual industrial and commercial households in their respective jurisdictions. County, autonomous county, city, city district market supervision and management departments for individual business registration authority (hereinafter referred to as the registration authority), is responsible for the registration of individual businesses within the jurisdiction.