1. Applicant registration: When applying for online business registration for the first time, the applicant should register the user on the portal of the business registration authority through the Internet, fill in the applicant's basic identity information, and then use the digital certificate for identity confirmation. The whole process online registration system will automatically connect with the digital certificate authority to verify the authenticity of their personal identity and complete the user identity confirmation. 2. Applicant's online application: select the business type to be handled, fill in the corresponding electronic materials such as application form, articles of association, shareholders' resolutions, appointment and dismissal documents, and then the applicant and relevant signatories use digital certificates to electronically sign the electronic application materials. 3. Acceptance, examination and decision: After receiving the application submitted by the applicant, the commercial registration authority shall accept it with complete materials and make a decision on whether to approve the registration within the prescribed time limit. 4. Obtain an electronic business license or electronic registration notice: After the commercial registration authority has completed the approval and registration, it will notify the applicant by online or SMS. Applicants can download a copy of the electronic business license or electronic registration announcement from the whole network registration system, or apply for a paper business license or paper registration announcement from the commercial registration authority for free. 5. Preservation of electronic files: After all the work is completed, the commercial registration authority will keep the electronic files of commercial registration in accordance with the provisions of the file management system, and the electronic files have the same legal effect as the paper files. Article 13 of the Measures for the Administration of Registration of Individual Industrial and Commercial Households applies for the registration of individual industrial and commercial households, and the applicant or his entrusted agent may directly register with the registration authority where the business premises are located; Where the registration authority entrusts a subordinate industrial and commercial office to handle the registration of individual industrial and commercial households, it shall handle the registration at the industrial and commercial office where the business premises are located. The applicant or his entrusted agent may submit an application to the registration authority where the business premises are located by mail, fax, electronic data interchange or e-mail. If the application is submitted by fax, EDI or e-mail, the contact information and mailing address of the applicant or his agent shall be provided. For an application accepted by the registration authority, the applicant shall, within 5 days from the date of receiving the acceptance notice, submit the original application materials consistent with the contents of fax, electronic data exchange and e-mail.