2. The business scope of an enterprise shall be consistent with its articles of association or partnership agreement. Where the business scope changes, the enterprise shall amend its articles of association or partnership agreement and apply to the enterprise registration authority for registration of change.
Legal basis: Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the National Economic Industry Classification According to the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4), this standard mainly takes industrial activity units and legal person units as the units for dividing industries. Dividing industries by industrial activity units is applicable to production statistics and other statistical surveys that do not target assets, liabilities and financial status; Dividing industries by legal entities is suitable for statistical investigation of assets, liabilities and financial status.
When dividing industries according to legal entities, it is necessary to distinguish between various legal entities in joint ventures such as enterprise groups and group companies composed of multiple legal entities, and divide industries according to a single legal entity.
Article 3 of the Provisions on the Administration of Registration of Business Scope of Enterprises refers to the business scope of enterprises registered by the enterprise registration authority according to law.
The business scope of an enterprise shall be registered by the enterprise registration authority according to the application of investors or enterprises. The business scope of an enterprise shall conform to the provisions of its articles of association or partnership agreement.