Can I stay in Meituan Hotel without a business license?

You can't stay in Meituan Hotel without a business license. Business license is a necessary license for commercial operation in China, and operation without business license is illegal.

According to Article 5 of the Measures for Investigating and Handling Unlicensed Business, if an operator fails to obtain a license to engage in business activities according to law, it shall be investigated and dealt with by the department stipulated by laws, regulations and decisions of the State Council; Laws, regulations and the State Council decisions are not specified or unclear, and the departments determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall investigate and deal with them.

Article 13 Whoever engages in unlicensed operation shall be punished by the administrative department for industry and commerce in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations. If there are no clear provisions in laws and administrative regulations on the punishment for operating without a license, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall order it to stop the illegal act, confiscate the illegal income and impose a fine of less than 1, yuan.

Article 14 Whoever knowingly provides business premises for business operators, or provides transportation, storage, warehousing and other conditions, shall be ordered by the administrative department for industry and commerce to stop the illegal act, confiscate the illegal income, and may be fined up to 5, yuan.

Extended information:

Article 9 of the Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households, after examining the application materials according to law, the registration authority shall handle it in accordance with the following provisions:

(1) If the application materials are complete and conform to the legal form, it shall be registered on the spot; If the application materials are incomplete or do not meet the requirements of the statutory form, the applicant shall be informed of all the contents that need to be supplemented on the spot;

(2) If it is necessary to verify the substantive contents of the application materials, it shall be verified according to law, and a decision on whether to register it shall be made within 15 days from the date of accepting the application;

(3) If the individual industrial and commercial households do not meet the registration requirements, they shall not be registered and shall inform the applicant in writing, explain the reasons and inform the applicant that they have the right to apply for administrative reconsideration and bring an administrative lawsuit according to law.

if it is registered, the registration authority shall issue a business license within 1 days from the date of registration. The state promotes electronic business licenses. Electronic business license and paper business license have the same legal effect.

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