Legal analysis: Yes, the clinic belongs to the medical institutions, foreign contracting needs to be approved by the competent authorities of the Health Bureau before proceeding. In addition the "medical institution license" shall not be forged, altered, sold, transferred, lent.
Legal basis: "Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions"
Article 3 Medical institutions to save lives, prevention and treatment of disease, for the purpose of citizens' health services.
Article 4 The state supports the development of medical institutions, and encourages various forms of medical institutions.
Article 5 The health administrative department of the State Council is responsible for the supervision and management of medical institutions throughout the country. The health administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level is responsible for the supervision and management of medical institutions in the administrative region. The competent health department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army shall, in accordance with these Regulations and the relevant provisions of the State, supervise and manage the medical institutions of the army.