Legal basis: Notice of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Renewal of Business License Article 1 Business licenses are divided into four types: business license of enterprise legal person, business license of People's Republic of China (PRC) and temporary business license. Except for the temporary business license, the other three business licenses are both original and duplicate. The original is hanging and the copy is folded. The original and the copy have the same legal effect. "Business License" is the certificate to obtain the legal operation right. Business licenses shall be issued to enterprises, enterprise groups, joint ventures, enterprise branches, private enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, individual partnerships and other business units that do not meet the requirements of enterprise legal persons.