Data exchanges to help integrate licenses

China will continue to integrate its business license system by improving information exchanges between government departments, according to a memorandum on cooperation signed by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs.

The document requires related departments to set up an information-sharing mechanism, control data collection, and promote the extensive application of an “all-in-one business license and unified code”, which the State Council has been promoting since 2013.