Measures for the administration of catering service industry in Hubei Province

Article 1 These Measures are formulated to strengthen the management of catering services, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of operators and consumers, and promote the development of catering services. Article 2 The catering service industry as mentioned in these Measures refers to catering industry, hotel industry, photography industry, beauty salon industry, bathing industry and dyeing industry. Article 3 These Measures shall apply to the operation and management of catering services in this province. Article 4 The competent trade department of the provincial people's government is responsible for the management of the catering service industry in the whole province. City (including regional administrative offices, prefectures and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the same below) and county (including county-level cities, the same below) trade departments are responsible for the management of catering services within their respective administrative areas.

Labor, public security, industry and commerce, health, price, environmental protection and other departments at all levels shall, according to their respective responsibilities, cooperate with the trade authorities to do a good job in the management of the catering service industry. Article 5 The competent department of trade shall, jointly with the departments of construction, public security, industry and commerce, formulate the development plan of catering service industry in this administrative region, and report it to the people's government at the same level for approval before implementation. Article 6 Catering service operators may voluntarily establish trade associations. Trade associations are self-regulatory organizations in the same industry, which are responsible for providing information services to members, organizing technical exchanges, conducting technical consultation, maintaining fair competition, training employees and solving problems for members. Industry associations accept the business guidance of the competent departments of the industry. Article 7 To operate the catering service industry, the following conditions must be met:

(a) in line with the requirements of the administrative area of catering service network layout;

(2) meeting the technical requirements stipulated by the state;

(3) Having a sound management system;

(four) other conditions stipulated by laws, regulations and policies. Eighth units and individuals engaged in catering services in the urban areas and counties of this Municipality shall, according to the development plan of catering services, obtain the "Qualification Certificate for Catering Services" with the prior approval of the local municipal and county trade authorities. The competent department of trade must make a decision of approval or disapproval within 10 days after receiving the application, and notify the applicant. However, laid-off workers engaged in catering industry, catering industry with less than 50 seats, mobile photography stalls, hairdressing industry, bathing industry and manual washing and ironing industry are not subject to the above restrictions.

"Catering service business qualification certificate" fee, according to the provisions of the provincial price management standards. Article 9 Where a central unit in Hubei, a provincial unit or a provincial institution in Hubei applies for catering services, the provincial trade department shall examine the application in accordance with the provisions of Article 8. Tenth operators must strictly abide by the technical standards of the industry. Industries with national technical standards shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations. The state has not yet formulated technical standards, which shall be formulated by the provincial trade department and submitted to the provincial technical supervision department for review and release. Article 11 The classification and grading of catering service enterprises shall be handled by the competent trade department in conjunction with the price and technical supervision departments. If a hotel enterprise has participated in the star rating of foreign-related hotels, it is up to the enterprise to decide whether to join the rating work. The cost grading work must be carried out in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the province. Twelfth provincial and municipal trade authorities may, according to the needs of the work, hire grading assessors. The qualification of assessors shall be stipulated by the provincial trade department. Thirteenth catering service enterprises charge management measures shall be formulated by the provincial price department according to the requirements of the price law and announced to the public. The rated catering service enterprises must strictly follow the approved service charge standard and grade difference rate. Catering service enterprises that have not obtained the corresponding grade qualification shall determine the charging standard according to the external grade. Fourteenth personnel engaged in technical work in the catering service industry must be trained before they can take up their posts. Other personnel should also receive education on professional ethics, job skills and legal knowledge to improve their professional ethics and professional ability. Fifteenth trained skilled workers, organized by the competent department of trade to the relevant professional skill appraisal institutions for skill appraisal. If the results are qualified, the technical grade certificate shall be issued by the competent labor administrative department.

The evaluation of technicians and senior technicians shall be organized and implemented by the technical evaluation committee of workers in the catering service industry, and submitted to the provincial labor administrative department for examination and approval. Sixteenth training institutions (classes) with professional and technical titles in catering services must have teaching, practice, accommodation and places suitable for the training objectives, have corresponding teachers, and have passed the qualification examination of the competent trade departments at or above the county level. The approval and management of catering service professional and technical training institutions (classes) organized by social forces shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Regulations of the State Council on Running Schools by Social Forces and the provincial people's government. Seventeenth large-scale technical competitions and technical exchanges in the industry must be reported to the competent trade department at the same level for approval according to the level of holding. Eighteenth trade authorities have the right to supervise and inspect the catering service industry according to law, and be responsible for the statistical work of the catering service industry in the province. Units and individuals engaged in catering services have the obligation to truthfully submit all kinds of information. Nineteenth laid-off workers engaged in catering services, trade, labor, taxation and other departments should give preferential treatment in training, taxation and payment. Twentieth trade authorities should take measures to help and support catering service enterprises to cultivate famous dishes, famous dishes and famous products, organize and participate in relevant academic exchanges and skill competitions, and improve the cultural level of catering services.