At present, electronic signature has been widely used in education, tourism, HR, leasing, third-party payment, manufacturing and other industries in addition to Internet finance and e-commerce.
According to Article 3 of the Electronic Signature Law: the parties may agree to use or not to use electronic signatures and data messages in contracts or other documents, documents and other instruments in civil activities.
The parties agreed to use electronic signatures, data messages of the instrument, shall not be denied its legal effect solely because of its use of electronic signatures, data messages of the form.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the following instruments:
(1) those involving personal relationships such as marriage, adoption, inheritance, etc.
(2) those involving the cessation of public utility services such as water supply, heat supply, gas supply, etc.
(3) other cases stipulated in the laws and administrative regulations that do not apply to the electronic instruments.
That is to say, in addition to the above three does not apply to the electronic signature (electronic signature), the other cases can use electronic signature (electronic signature). For example, labor contracts, product purchase and sales contracts, supplier contracts, and daily internal approvals can use electronic signatures to achieve rapid online contracting, approval, and thus improve the operational efficiency of the enterprise.