Commissioned by the Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission, the district, county tourism administrative departments of the municipality are in charge of the approval of domestic travel agency within its administrative area.

Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission

Within 30 working days upon receiving the travel agency establishment application conforming to related requirements, the management department shall make the approval or rejection decision and notice the applicant in written form.

1、Fixed operation site, enough operation house.

2、Necessary operation equipment facilities, including office equipments such as direct line phone, fax machine, computer, etc.

3、Internet connection with tourism administrative department.

4、Necessary operation management personnel.

5、No less than 300, 000 Yuan registered capital and 100, 000 tourism quality guarantee money.

1、Application for travel agency establishment, including: travel agency name, operation scope and site; enterprise form, investment amount and distribution; applicant, full name of the application acceptance department, application report title and time of application.

2、Feasibility research report of travel agency establishment, including: market conditions, capital conditions, personnel conditions, and other supplementary items that the tourist administrative department deems necessary.

3、Travel agency charter.

4、CVs of travel agency manager, vice manager and the occupational certificate of operation management personnel.

5、Capital credential testimonial issued by the deposit bank, and the capital verification report issued by certified accountant and its accountant office or auditor office.

6、Operation site testimonial.

7、Operation equipment testimonial.

1、The applicant unit submit the above related application documents to district/county tourism administrative department.

2、The Tourism administrative department initially examines the application documents, and issue Shanghai Domestic Travel Agency Examination and Approval Form to qualified applicants, four copies in one format. Within 60 working days after receiving Shanghai Domestic Travel Agency Examination and Approval Form, the applicants shall fulfill the following preparatory work items:

a、Enquiry travel agency name in Commercial Administrative Department, the enterprise name must bear the word“travel agency”;

b、Site decoration;

c、Personnel in place;

d、Establish various institutions.

3、After the work done, the applicant unit report to tourism administrative department and receive acceptance. After inspection, submit 100,000 quality guarantee money to the district/county tourism administrative department.

4、Tourism administrative department make approval reply, and issue Domestic Travel Agency Business Operation Permit.

5、Take the Domestic Travel Agency Business Operation Permit and the approval document to the Commercial Administrative Management Department to apply for registration and get business license.

Articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 of the Regulations on the Administration of Tourist Agencies revised according to Resolution on the Revision of Regulations on the Administration of Tourist Agencies made by the State Council; (Published in No. 205 order by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China on October 15, 1996)

Chapter 2, 3 Implementation Rules for the Regulations on the Administration of Tourist Agencies (Published in No. 5 order by State Tourism Administration of People’s Republic of China on November 28, 1996)

Articles 4, 5, 8, 9. 14, 15, Shanghai Regulations on the Administration of Tourist Agencies (No. 77 order by Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on December 6, 1999, revised according to Resolution on the Revision of Shanghai Measures on the Management of Travel Agencies made by Shanghai People’s Government on February 8, 2006)

Plaque service charge shall be collected according to the No. 128 Regulations on Administrative Charge by Shanghai Price Department in 1994.