commercial franchising as stipulated in article 3 of the regulations on the administration of commercial franchising and referred to in these regulations (hereinafter referred to as franchising). It refers to the business activities in which an enterprise (hereinafter referred to as the franchisor) with registered trademarks, corporate logos, patents, proprietary technologies and other business resources licenses its business resources to other operators (hereinafter referred to as the franchisee) in the form of a contract, and the franchisee conducts business under a unified business model according to the contract, and pays franchise fees to the franchisor.