The eight formats of the original business license shall be maintained in the new business license to ensure that the legal records are clear and clear, and to maintain the stability and consistency of the business license. Namely: form a is applicable to corporate legal person, form B is applicable to non corporate legal person, form C is applicable to partnership enterprise, form D is applicable to farmers' professional cooperative legal person, form e is applicable to sole proprietorship enterprise, form f is applicable to individual industrial and commercial households, form G is applicable to domestic unincorporated enterprise, domestic unincorporated enterprise branch, domestic branch, foreign-funded enterprise branch and partnership enterprise branch , branches of sole proprietorship enterprises, foreign (regional) enterprises engaged in production and operation activities in China, etc., H format is applicable to branches of farmers' professional cooperatives.

The new version of the business license shall be made into printing film, watermark pattern and license sample by the production unit entrusted by the State Administration of market supervision. The copyright shall be owned by the State Administration of market supervision. It shall be distributed free of charge to the market supervision bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps for use and provide relevant technical support. The market supervision bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps shall, within 15 days from the date of receiving this notice, assign special personnel to receive printing films, watermark patterns and license samples from the General Administration with a letter of introduction.

The market supervision bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps shall be responsible for the organization of the printing of the new business license and the registration certificate of Permanent Representative Office of foreign (regional) enterprises and the permanent representative office certificate of foreign (regional) enterprises. The printing enterprises shall be determined in accordance with the qualification requirements specified in the relevant regulations and printing standards, and the supervision and management of the printing quality and quantity shall be strengthened to ensure the printing quality and safety. For the printing enterprises whose product quality is not up to standard, their products shall be forbidden to leave the factory and destroyed; for the printing enterprises which spread the printed license to the society without permission, the printing entrustment to the enterprises shall be cancelled; those who have not been confirmed by the provincial level market supervision department or other illegal printing business licenses shall be dealt with according to law.

If the original provincial (autonomous region) administration for Industry and Commerce has submitted the application to the original state administration for approval and filing in accordance with the notice of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on the issues related to the opening of the new business license (GQZ [2014] No. 30), the new business license may use the national characters at the same time. In case of failure to report to the former State Administration for Industry and Commerce for approval and filing, the provincial (autonomous region) market supervision department shall report to the State Administration for market supervision for approval and filing before simultaneously using the minority characters.

From March 1, 2019, all kinds of market entities approved by the registration authority to establish, change registration and reissue business licenses will be issued new business licenses (including the new version of registration certificate of Permanent Representative Office of foreign (regional) enterprises and representative certificate of Permanent Representative Office of foreign (regional) enterprises, the same below). The existing market entities may continue to use the original business license or apply for a new one.

The market supervision bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps shall, in accordance with the standards and specifications of the General Administration of market supervision, do a good job in the revision of the electronic business license, and the market subjects who have received the new paper business license shall simultaneously generate the new electronic business license and store it in the electronic business license library. We should continue to promote the application of e-business license across regions, industries and fields, and encourage market entities to download and use E-business license.