Legal analysis: Yes, but it usually needs the signature of the head office. The branch company is not responsible for the outside world, but the head office bears it.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 465 A lawfully formed contract shall be protected by law. A legally established contract is legally binding only on the parties, except as otherwise provided by law.

Article 490 Where the parties conclude a contract in the form of a contract, the contract is formed when the parties sign, seal or fingerprint it. 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.