The merchant cooperation agreement does not have to be stamped. If both parties sign a cooperation agreement by agreement, the signing is also legal and effective. The cooperation agreement shall be established as of the date of signing by both parties. Stamping, signing or fingerprinting are all effective ways of a contract, and the parties can freely choose one or more of them.

legal ground

According to Article 490 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), which came into effect on 202 1.

If the parties enter into a contract in the form of a contract, the contract shall be established when the parties sign, seal or press their fingerprints. Before signing, sealing or fingerprinting, one party has fulfilled its main obligations, and the contract is established when the other party accepts it.

A contract shall be concluded in written form as stipulated by laws, administrative regulations or agreed by the parties. If the parties do not do this in writing, but one party has fulfilled its main obligations and the other party accepts it, the contract is established.