Can I sign a contract with the branch office?

Legal analysis: if a branch company has a business license, it can sign a contract with the branch company. Although the branch has no independent property and legal person qualification, as long as it obtains a business license after being registered by the industrial and commercial department, it can become a party to civil litigation as another organization in the civil procedure law, engage in production and business activities, and sign contracts with foreign countries.

Legal basis: the Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 40 Other organizations as stipulated in Article 49 of the Civil Procedure Law refer to organizations established according to law, which have certain organizational structure and property, but do not have legal personality, including: (1) private enterprises and partnership organizations registered according to law and obtained business licenses; (2) A partnership enterprise registered according to law and obtaining a business license; (3) Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures and foreign-capital enterprises registered according to law and obtained the business license of China; (4) a social organization that has been approved and registered by the civil affairs department and received the Social Organization Registration Certificate; (5) branches established by legal persons according to law and obtained business licenses; (6) Branches and specialized banks of the People's Bank of China. (seven) branches of China People's Insurance Company in various places; (eight) township, street and village enterprises that have been approved to register and obtain business licenses; (nine) other organizations that meet the conditions stipulated in this article.