Legal basis: Provisions on the Administration of Registration of Business Scope of Enterprises
Article 3 The business scope refers to the business scope of an enterprise registered by the enterprise registration authority according to law.
Applicants should refer to the classification of national economic industries, select one or more subcategories, middle categories or large categories, and independently apply for business scope registration. For emerging industries or specific business projects that are not standardized in the national economic industry classification, you can refer to policy documents, industry habits or professional documents to apply.
The business scope of an enterprise shall be consistent with its articles of association or partnership agreement. Where the business scope changes, the enterprise shall amend its articles of association or partnership agreement and apply to the enterprise registration authority for registration of change.
Article 4 Where the business scope of an enterprise applying for registration belongs to the business items that must be approved before registration according to laws, administrative regulations or the State Council decisions (hereinafter referred to as pre-licensed business items), it shall apply for registration with the enterprise registration authority with the approval documents and certificates of the examination and approval authority before applying for registration.
Where the business scope of the enterprise applying for registration belongs to the business projects that must be approved after registration as stipulated by laws, administrative regulations or the State Council decisions (hereinafter referred to as licensed business projects), the business activities of the licensed business projects shall be approved and registered by the enterprise registration authority according to law before they can be carried out.