Can civil servants start a company after retirement?

Legal analysis: civil servants can start a company after retirement. Although civil servants can get a business license to start a commercial company after retirement, there are certain restrictions on not engaging in profit-making activities directly related to their original jobs. According to the provisions of the relevant laws and regulations of the state, if civil servants to resign has violated the law or discipline after retirement, the competent department of civil servants at the same level of the original institution shall order the perpetrator to make corrections within a time limit.

Legal basis: A civil servant who resigned in Article 107 of the Civil Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), or a retired civil servant who had been a leading member or a leading position at or above the county level, shall not be employed by an enterprise or other profit-making organization directly related to his original job within three years after leaving his post, and other civil servants shall not engage in profit-making activities directly related to his original job within two years after leaving his post. If a civil servant resigns or retires in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the competent department of civil servants at the same level of the original organ shall order him to make corrections within a time limit; If it fails to make corrections within the time limit, the market supervision department at or above the county level shall confiscate the illegal income of the person during his employment, order the receiving unit to repel the person, and impose a fine of 1 times and less than 5 times of the illegal income of the punished person on the receiving unit according to the seriousness of the case.