ICP has the full name of “Internet Content Provider”. In fact, applying for an ICP license is very important for companies in mainland China. If your website provides Internet information services in Mainland China, you need to go through this process. Typically, you need to submit relevant materials to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for review and registration. This process aims at protecting users’ rights and interests, and maintaining network security.

When you have an ICP license for your website, this license number appears at the footer. In addition, please make sure it stays there without any changes.

The Importance of ICP license

Legitimate and compliant: ICP license is the foundation for the legitimate operation of a website. Websites that don’t have an ICP license may be considered illegal and face the risk of closure or punishment.

Enhancing Trust: ICP license can increase the trust of a website in the minds of users. Because the website has passed the review of relevant departments. As a result, this website has a certain degree of legality and reliability among users.

Beneficial for search engine indexing: Honestly, search engines do not directly give websites higher rankings due to ICP. Nevertheless, registered websites usually have higher legitimacy and stability. Therefore, it improves the website’s indexing rate and ranking in search engines.

The process and materials for ICP license

Process: Generally speaking, the ICP license process includes steps such as submitting filing information, reviewing materials, and waiting for the review results. There are two ways of submitting filing information. The first choice, you can visit the government site(https://beian.miit.gov.cn/#/Integrated/index). The other choice is to use your cloud service providers (such as Ali Cloud, Tencent Cloud, etc). If you host your website in these providers, you are able to submit the filing information directly using the module.

Materials: The materials required for ICP license mainly include business certificate, legal person ID card, etc. The specific material requirements may vary depending on the specific requirements in different regions. However, please keep in mind all these materials need to be Chinese. That means, a company entity in China. If you are just taking a test run for the China market, it’s is not a must. Please check our article “How Important is ICP License to Baidu SEO?” for reference.

Matters needing attention

Timely update of filing information: Sometimes there are changes in relevant information such as website hosts, domain name users, etc. Then, it is necessary to update the filing information in a timely manner to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of the filing information.

Regularly check the filing status: Log in to the filing system regularly to check the filing status and ensure that the filing information is in a normal state. If any problems are found, they need to be dealt with and resolved in a timely manner.

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