Can a branch sign a contract?

Legal analysis: branches can sign contracts. The law clearly stipulates that a branch, as a branch of a legal person, has the right to sign contracts in its own name within the scope authorized by the head office. However, after the contract is signed, the ultimate legal responsibility is still borne by the head office. A legal person shall bear civil liability independently with all its property.

Legal basis: Article 74 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), legal persons can set up branches according to law. Where laws and administrative regulations stipulate that branches should be registered, such provisions shall prevail.

Branches engage in civil activities in their own names, and the resulting civil liabilities shall be borne by legal persons; It can also be borne by the property managed by the branch company first. If it is insufficient, it shall be borne by the legal person.