What is the significance of ICP qualification for operating websites?

Brief introduction of ICP business license (provided by ETF consultation)

Internet information service providers refer to services such as providing information or making web pages to Internet users free of charge through the Internet. License to operate Internet information services. The main business content is online advertising, making web pages on behalf of others, providing specific information content with compensation, e-commerce and other network application services.

The state implements a licensing system for ICP operation. The company must apply for an ICP license.

ICP certificate is a license for website operation. According to the relevant provisions of the National Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services, operating websites must apply for ICP certificates, otherwise they are illegal.

The full name is "Business License for Value-added Telecommunication Services of the People's Republic of China", which is a network business license that companies that provide paid information, online advertisements, web pages, e-commerce and other network application services to Internet users through the Internet must apply for. The state implements ICP license system for operating websites.