Permit for establishing foreign-invested travel agencies (new application)
Basic Information
| Business type |
Administrative permit |
Certificate type |
Committed certificate |
| Business category |
Business permit Culture, sports and education |
Implementing entity |
Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism |
| Nature of implementing entity |
Authority |
Code of implementing entity |
11310000MB2F306534 |
| Co-handling body |
No |
Commissioned by |
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| Service subjects |
Enterprise legal persons |
Approval subjects |
Foreign-invested enterprise legal persons established in Shanghai which apply for the travel agency permit |
| Service scope |
Across the municipality |
Exercising level |
Municipal level |
| Source of power |
Legal exercise at this level |
Handling mode |
Handling at the window, online handling |
| Is reservation available? |
No |
Is online payment available? |
No |
| Is courier service available? |
Yes |
Is self-service terminal service available? |
No |
| Whether it is available at the online administrative service center |
Yes |
Is single sign-on via PC terminal available? |
Yes |
| Intermediary service |
No |
Depth of online handling |
Online submission of materials |
| Quantity limit |
No quantity limit |
Operating system |
Municipal level |
| Required number of arrivals at the site |
1 |
On-site explanation required |
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| Handling period specified by law |
30 (working days) |
Committed time limit for closing |
15 (working days) |
| Business status |
In use |
Business version |
7 |
| Applicable scope |
Applicable to the handling of applications for the business permit (for inbound and domestic travel) by foreign-invested travel agencies (including Sino-foreign-funded ones, Sino-foreign cooperative ones, and wholly-foreign-funded ones) |
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| Approval criteria |
1. The applicant will be approved if it meets the following requirements: (1) Having a fixed place of business (a business space owned by the applicant, or a business space rented by the applicant with a lease term of no less than one year; the business space should meet the business requirements of the applicant); (2) Having necessary business facilities (over 2 landline telephones, fax machine, printer, and other office equipment; computers capable of networking with the tourism administration and other travel agencies); (3) Having registered capital of no less than RMB300,000; (4) Having managers and operators who have work experience in travel agencies or tourism-related industries (including tourism-related work experience at administrative organs, enterprises and public institutions, and social groups); (5) Having at least 3 tour guides who account for at least 20% of the total number of in-service staff at the travel agency, have signed a fixed/unfixed-term labor contract with the travel agency, and have obtained the tour guide certificate. 2. The applicant will be disapproved if it fails to meet any or all of the above requirements. |
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| Content of review and approval |
Review whether foreign-invested enterprises established in Shanghai are qualified for the travel agency business |
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| Division of authority |
Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism is responsible for the review and approval of the business permit (for inbound and domestic travel) for foreign-funded travel agencies. Entrusted by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, the tourism administration of Pudong New Area is in charge of the review and approval of the business permit for foreign-funded travel agencies established in this district. |
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| Service item No. |
11310000MB2F306534231010133400001 |
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Conditions for Acceptance
The application materials are complete and prepared in a legal form. See details in the List of Application Materials.
Application Materials
Instructions for Filling
1. The application materials shall be sequenced in the order as set out in the List of Application Materials in this Guide;
2. The documents prepared by the applicant are printed with A4 papers, and those issued by the government and other authorities shall be provided in the size(s) as the original(s);
3. Copies of the application materials shall be clear and legible.
Formal Standards
1. Copies of the application materials should be clear and legible and sealed with the official stamp or relevant personal signatures;
2. The application materials should meet other requirements specified in the following List of Application Materials and be sequenced in the order as set out in the List.
List of Application Materials
| Name of material |
Source |
Type of material |
Number of hardcopy materials |
Form of material |
Remarks |
Mandatory or not |
Template |
Blank form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Form for the Business Permit for Travel Agencies |
Prepared by the applicant |
Original |
2 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
Download to view |
Download the form |
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| Articles of association of the travel agency |
Market supervisor |
Copy |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
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| Copy of the business license issued by the administration for industry and commerce |
Market supervisor |
Original and copy |
3 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
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| Certificate of place of business (property ownership certificate or lease contract) |
Resources planning authority |
Original and copy |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
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| Proofs or descriptions of business facilities and office equipment |
Prepared by the applicant |
Original |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
Download to view |
Download the form |
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| Resume and identification certificate of the legal representative |
Public security authority |
Original and copy |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
Download to view |
Download the form |
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| Resumes of managers and operators |
Prepared by the applicant |
Original |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
Download to view |
Download the form |
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| Labor contracts and tour guide certificates of at least 3 tour guides who are contracted with the travel agency and the certificate for their social security paid by the travel agency for the recent one month |
Culture and tourism bureau, human resources and social security bureau |
Original and copy |
1 |
Electronic version |
Mandatory |
Name of the Application Document
Application Form for the Business Permit for Travel Agencies
