Required Materials

Updated on 2022-03-23 GMT+08:00

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You must use Huawei Cloud app to upload required materials, such as the identification documents for the entity leader and the website administrator, and the certificates of the organization. You should prepare the required materials in advance so that your ICP filing can be processed as quickly as possible.

Individual ICP Filing

**Table 1** Individual identity documents (mandatory)
Identity	Certificate
Residents of Chinese mainland	ID card NOTE: A temporary ID card cannot be used for ICP filing.
Residents of Hong Kong (China) and Macao (China)	Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents or Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
Residents of Taiwan (China)	Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents or Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
Residents outside the Chinese mainland	Passport, or Foreigner's Permanent Resident ID Card

The following materials may be required by communications administrations for different scenarios.

**Table 2** Additional materials
Material	Scenario
Domain name certificate	Required by communication administrations in Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Guizhou (four or more domain names submitted), Shaanxi, and Henan (four or more domain names submitted).
Temporary or permanent residence permit	Required by communications administrations in Jilin, Sichuan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guizhou, and Hubei if the address on the ID card is not in these places.
Website construction proposal	Required for ICP filing entities who have more than four domain names to be filed.

Organizational or Enterprise ICP Filing

Certificates of enterprises or organizations

Qualification documents of the organization, such as the business license

Certificates of the entity leader

**Table 3** Identity documents of the entity leader (mandatory)
Identity	Certificate
Residents of Chinese mainland	ID card
Residents of Hong Kong (China) and Macao (China)	Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents or Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
Residents of Taiwan (China)	Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents or Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
Residents outside the Chinese mainland	Passport, or Foreigner's Permanent Resident ID Card

The following materials may be required by communications administrations for different scenarios.

**Table 4** Additional materials
Material	Scenario	Requirements
Domain name certificate	Required by communications administrations in Jiangsu, Shaanxi (five or more domain names submitted), Sichuan (10 or more domain names submitted), and Henan (four or more domain names submitted).	Contact the domain name registrar for the certificate.
Pre-approval or special approval documents	As required by relevant laws and regulations, if your website provides information or services related to specific industries, such as news, publishing, education, healthcare, medicine and medical devices, culture, broadcasts, films, and TV programs, you must obtain a pre-approval before you apply for an ICP filing, and also submit the approval documents to the communications administration of the province, autonomous region, or municipality where you are located.	-
Letter of authorization to the entity leader	Required by communications administrations in Sichuan, Gansu, Anhui, and Liaoning if the entity leader is not the legal representative.	The letter must be an A4-size paper printing and contain information about the legal representative and authorized person, including their names, certificate numbers, and positions. Some local communications administrations additionally require the authorization date.
Letter of authorization to the website administrator	Required by communications administrations in Hunan, Hubei, and Tianjin if the website administrator is not the legal representative. Communications administration in Shanghai additionally requires a locally-issued one.	Same as above.
Website construction proposal	Required for ICP filing entities who have more than four domain names to be filed.	The letter must include information about the website domain name, business scope of the organization, associated industry, specific website service, and website administrator.