The most complete ICP handling strategy ever

In this age of the Internet, almost every business has its own web portal. Starting a website is easy, just develop it and go live, but that's not the end of it. There are many things to do behind the scenes, such as the need to apply for various license qualifications.

Due to the low threshold of website construction and asymmetric administrative licensing information, many websites on the Internet operate without a license. For example, online websites do not have ICP filing, or provide information to users for a fee through the Internet without ICP license. With the further development of Internet regulation, government control will become more and more stringent, and there is a concurrent risk of being ordered to suspend and reorganize or even close down the website. Applying for an ICP license is a must for Internet content providers.

The ICP license is one of the most common licenses in Internet qualification. We call ICP the "golden oil" of Internet qualification, which means that you will encounter it in more or less any area of the Internet. Jokingly, we say: "If you don't know what kind of license to apply for, just apply for an ICP license." Today Instant Technology will talk to you about ICP business license application. The most comprehensive and detailed ICP license application guide.

National ICP license professional handling

Contents:

1. What is an ICP license?

2. Why do I need to apply for an ICP license?

3. Which enterprises need to apply for an ICP license?

4. How to apply for an ICP license?

What are the requirements for an ICP license?

What materials are required for an ICP license?

What is the process of applying for an ICP license?

5. What is the role of the ICP license?

First, many people may ask, what is an ICP license?

ICP license is a value-added telecommunications business license in a category, business number B25, the full name of the information service business its specific business scope refers to the public **** communication network or the Internet, through the collection of information, development, processing and construction of information platforms, to provide information services for users of the business must be obtained to obtain legal business access qualifications. The use of network advertising, web page production, rent server memory space, hosting, paid to provide specific information content, e-commerce and other network application services to obtain income.

The ICP license is also known as the "ICP Certificate" or "ICP Business License", and its full name is "Information Service Business (Internet Information Service only)". An example of an ICP license is as follows:

So why do you need to apply for an ICP license?

According to the State Council Decree No. 291 of the People's Republic of China (PRC), "Regulations of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Telecommunications" and "Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services" (referred to as "ICP Management Measures"), the state implements the ICP licensing system for the provision of Internet information services. ICP license is a website operation license, commercial websites must apply for ICP license, otherwise it is illegal to operate. Detailed laws and regulations are as follows:

According to Article 3 of the Administrative Measures for Internet Information Services, Internet information services are divided into commercial and non-commercial categories.

Commercial Internet information services refers to the provision of paid information or web page production services to Internet users through the Internet.

Non-commercial Internet information service refers to the Internet users through the Internet to provide free public **** and **** enjoy the information service activities.

Article IV of the State on the operating Internet information services licensing system; non-operating Internet information services filing system.

Not licensed or not for the record, shall not engage in Internet information services.

Article VII engaged in operating Internet information services, shall apply to the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Telecommunications Administration or the State Council department in charge of information industry to obtain a business license. For Internet information services value-added telecommunications business. This is what we often call ICP license.

Article 19 violation of the provisions of these measures, did not obtain a business license, engaged in business Internet information services or provide services beyond the licensing project, the local telecommunications regulatory agencies ordered to make corrections. There is illegal income, confiscate the illegal income, and impose more than three times the illegal income of five times the following fine; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility. There is no illegal income or less than 50,000 yuan of illegal income, impose a fine of 100,000 yuan or more than 1 million yuan; the circumstances are serious, ordered to close the site.

So, old iron, in order to operate legally, the first thing to do is to apply for the ICP business license. However, the question arises:

Who needs to apply for an ICP license? Or which companies need to apply for an ICP certificate?

Just now we said, ICP license is information service business, then this information service business specifically refers to what?

National ICP license professional handling

Information service business refers to the public **** communication network or the Internet, through the collection of information, development, processing and information platform construction, to provide users with information service business. The type of information services to information organization, delivery and other technical services, mainly including:

1. Information dissemination platform and delivery services: refers to the establishment of an information platform for other units or individual users to publish text, pictures, audio and video, application software and other information, to provide platform services. The platform provider can be based on the actual needs of units or individual users, text, pictures, audio and video, application software and other information delivery and distribution to the user-specified terminals, e-mail and so on.

For example: 58 Tongcheng, Baidu library, Gaode map, P2P video (the most common business model is live), discount network.

Special note: whether online payment is not a principle of business judgment.

2, information retrieval query service: refers to the user to provide web information, text, pictures, audio and video information retrieval query service.

For example: Baidu, Sogou, 360 search.

Special note: The internal search function of a website or APP platform, or the function of providing only a single vertical and localized search is not part of this business scope.

3. Information community platform services: refers to the establishment of network activity platforms with socialization features on public **** communication networks or the Internet, providing synchronous or asynchronous online text, picture, audio, video and other information exchange platforms for registered or enrolled users. Group users.

For example: Sina Weibo, Qzone, WeChat Friends Circle and so on.

4, information instant interaction services: refers to the use of public **** communication networks or the Internet, through computers, smart terminals and other running client software and browsers, to provide users with instantaneous sending and receiving information (including text, pictures) services. , audio and video), documents and other information services. Information instant interaction services include instant messaging, interactive voice services (IVR) and Internet-based end-to-end two-way real-time voice services (including video voice services).

For example: QQ, WeChat, Stranger and so on.

5, information protection and processing services: refers to the use of public **** communication network or the Internet, through the construction of public **** service platforms and client software running on computers, smart terminals, etc., to provide users with terminal virus query, deletion, terminal information content protection. , processing and spam blocking, do not disturb and other services.

For example: 360 online antivirus, Tencent cell phone butler, Baidu cell phone guardian and so on.

Please note:When applying for Type II, III, or IV ICP, you need an Internet News Information Service License (within the validity period) issued by the Internet Information Technology Department.

JCSC Enterprise Services lists some specific ICP license business types for you as follows:

Paid information download services provided through computers or mobile terminals, such as music, videos, books, etc., must be paid for use.

Website design, image design, animation design, video design for users through the Internet.

Online and offline transactions through the Internet are not Internet information services and do not require this license, such as online sales of clothing, electrical appliances and other physical product transactions.

Information release and delivery platforms, such as application stores, software download platforms.

Information search services, such as Baidu search, 360 search.

Information community platforms, such as QQ, Stranger, YY, live video broadcasting, and so on.

Client security software, such as 360 antivirus, Rising Star antivirus, Kaspersky and so on.

Essential files for WeChat small programs.

For more details, please refer to our previous article:

Instant Technology Services Mr. Chen: What kind of website or business needs an ICP license?

How to apply for an ICP license?

1. What are the requirements to apply for an ICP license?

The enterprise must first meet the following conditions:

The registered capital of the enterprise is more than 1 million yuan;

The enterprise has purchased the last 1 month of social security for 3 employees (some provinces require 3 consecutive months of social security);

The existing business scope must be "value-added telecommunication business" or "second-type value-added telecommunication business". "Type II Value-added Telecommunications Business";

The shareholding structure of the enterprise must not include foreign investment (if necessary, apply according to the process of foreign investment);

The enterprise has a domain name recorded in the domain name filing system;

The server of the enterprise's web site must be located in the province (in some provinces, it is the local or full network access provider);

The application for ICP license for the special industry requires pre-approval.

Applications for ICP licenses for special industries require pre-approval.

2. What materials are needed to apply for an ICP license?

Color scan of the original business license (the scope of business must contain the words "operating telecommunications services" or list the types of telecommunications services applied for);

Color scan of the front and back of the ID card of the legal representative (and the legal representative's cell phone number, mailbox, the company's landline number);

Natural shareholders ID card original color scan;

Legal shareholders ID card original color scan;

Natural shareholders ID card original color scan;

Natural shareholders ID card original color scan;

Natural shareholders ID card original color scan;

Natural shareholders ID card original color scan color scans; scans of the original business license of the legal person shareholders;

scans of the original domain name registration certificate (the remaining validity of the certificate must be greater than or equal to 6 months);

three corporate personnel in the last month of social security certificates (some provinces are also required to provide a computer-related professions);

the above three corporate social security personnel's ID card, cell phone number and mailbox number;

related to the news, publishing, education, health care, drugs, medical devices and other Internet information services, should be reported to the relevant competent authorities for review and approval of documents;

other materials required by provincial administrative departments (such as some provinces need to provide server-related qualifications);

the corresponding "ICP Web site" (this is the key to the application, is very important!)

Note: The information processed by each province will be different.

3. What is the process for obtaining an ICP license?

Here, take Zhejiang Province as an example to teach you how to apply for an ICP license on your own. After preparing the above materials, first go to the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT government service platform) to register an account.

The official website of the Ministry of Public Works and Information Technology

Register the account of the Ministry of Public Works and Information Technology

After the account is registered, click on the home page of the administrative licensing, and then select the telecommunications business license, click on the online application.

Select Telecom Business License

A newly registered account may also need to let you fill in basic company information, which you can do as above. If you are applying for telecom business in the province, you can choose to apply online in the province, and for inter-regional applications you can choose to apply online across the region.

If it is domestic, choose the provincial value-added telecommunications business license - online application

Go in and click on the upper right corner of the application, select the category of value-added telecommunications business license you want to apply for, and here I will give you some notes to show you.

Select the information service business (Internet information services only)

In the ICP, select the information service business (Internet information services only)

The red box should be filled in

Inside there are 7, 8 forms, you can fill out one by one to confirm the submission, and then wait for the audit. After the audit, there will be approval status. Zhejiang Provincial Traffic Management Bureau issued a license announcement, you can go to the license.

ICP License Approval

The final ICP license case is as follows:

Zhejiang Province ICP License Case

ICP Licensing Department: Provincial and Municipal Traffic Management Bureau.

ICP certificate validity: 5 years.

Finally, what is the use of the ICP license that we tried so hard to get?

Enhance corporate trust and endorsement, increase brand exposure;

Applying for an ICP license is a requirement of relevant laws and regulations;

Important safeguard for enterprises legally engaging in Internet business activities;

Enhance business capacity and expand business scope;

Enhance the level of corporate services and increase the opportunity for corporate cooperation.

What else do you not understand about the ICP license?