Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Commercial Franchise Filing.
Article 6 A franchisor applying for filing shall submit the following materials to the filing authority: (1) Basic information on commercial franchising. (2) Distribution of all franchisees in China.
(3) the franchisor's market plan. (4) Business license or other qualification certificates of enterprise legal person. (5) Registration certificates of business resources such as trademark rights and patent rights related to franchise activities. (six) documents that meet the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 7 of the Regulations. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to franchisers who have engaged in franchising activities before May/KLOC-0, 2007 when submitting filing materials for applying for commercial franchising. (7) The first franchise contract signed between China and the franchisee. (8) A sample franchise contract. (9) Catalogue of Franchise Operation Manual (the number of pages in each chapter and the total number of pages of the manual shall be indicated, and if such manual is provided on the internal network of the franchise system, the estimated number of printed pages shall be provided). (ten) the products and services that must be approved by the laws and regulations of the state shall be submitted to the approval documents of the relevant competent departments. A foreign-invested enterprise shall submit the approval certificate of the foreign-invested enterprise, and the business scope of the approval certificate of the foreign-invested enterprise shall include the project of "engaging in commercial activities by franchising". (eleven) the franchisor's undertaking signed and sealed by the legal representative. (twelve) other materials that should be submitted by the filing authority. If the above-mentioned documents are formed outside People's Republic of China (PRC) and China, they must be notarized by the notary office of the host country (with Chinese translation attached), authenticated by the embassies and consulates of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China in the host country, or go through the authentication procedures stipulated in the relevant treaties concluded between People's Republic of China (PRC) and the host country. In Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan Province Province, the relevant certification procedures shall be fulfilled.
Article 7 The franchisor shall, within 15 days from the date of signing the franchise contract with the franchisee in China for the first time, apply to the filing authority for filing.