Is it illegal for a homestay to have no business license?

It is illegal for B&B to have no business license. B& Banks are run by organizations or individuals. In China, any organization or individual engaged in industrial and commercial activities must apply for a business license, which is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in certain production and business activities.

Legal objectivity:

Measures for investigating and banning unlicensed operation Article 14 Any unlicensed operation shall be banned by the administrative department for industry and commerce according to law, and the illegal income shall be confiscated; Those who violate the criminal law shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law on the crime of illegal business operation, the crime of major accidents, the crime of major labor safety accidents, the crime of causing accidents with dangerous goods or other crimes; If it is not serious enough for criminal punishment, it shall be fined not more than 20,000 yuan; If the scale of unlicensed operation is large and the social harm is serious, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed; Unlicensed business practices are harmful to human health, have major security risks, threaten public safety and destroy environmental resources. Confiscate tools, equipment, raw materials, products (commodities) and other property specially used for unlicensed operation, and impose a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan. Where there are other provisions in laws and regulations on the punishment for operating without a license, such provisions shall prevail.