Is the WeChat business illegal?

Legal analysis: WeChat business is not illegal. The law does not clearly stipulate that doing WeChat business is illegal, but if it involves illegal business practices, damage caused by unqualified products, and lack of formal sources, it may face civil compensation, administrative fines and even criminal responsibility. Wechat business is a new subject and belongs to business. There is no special law and it needs to abide by basic laws and regulations. 1. At this stage, there is no clear law on WeChat business. As long as it doesn't involve illegal crimes, it can't be said to be illegal. 3. WeChat business has no sound system, mainly relying on the third-party platform of WeChat, and it is not the official trading platform of WeChat, and there are too many types of WeChat business, which are mixed.

Legal basis: Article 9 of the Electronic Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China * * * The term "e-commerce operators" as mentioned in this Law refers to natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations engaged in business activities of selling goods or providing services through information networks such as the Internet, including e-commerce platform operators, in-platform operators and e-commerce operators selling goods or providing services through network services such as self-built websites. E-commerce platform operators mentioned in this Law refer to legal persons or unincorporated organizations that provide online business premises, transaction matching, information release and other services for two or more parties to independently conduct transactions in e-commerce. The term "in-platform operators" as mentioned in this Law refers to e-commerce operators who sell goods or provide services through e-commerce platforms.