What are the rules for company name registration?
implementation measures for the administration of enterprise name registration \ xd \ xd \ article 5 the administrative department for industry and commerce shall implement the administration of enterprise name registration at different levels. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce is in charge of the administration of enterprise name registration nationwide, and is responsible for approving the following enterprise names: \xd\ (1) those with the words "China", "China", "National" and "International"; \xd\ (2) The words "China", "China", "the whole country" and "the country" are used in the middle of the name; \xd\ (3) Not including administrative divisions. \xd\ The local administration for industry and commerce is responsible for approving the names of the following enterprises other than those specified in the preceding paragraph: \xd\ (1) those with administrative divisions at the same level; \xd\ (2) Those that conform to Article 12 of these Measures and contain administrative divisions at the same level. \xd\ The State Administration for Industry and Commerce grants foreign-invested enterprises the right of approval and registration, and the Administration for Industry and Commerce approves the names of foreign-invested enterprises according to these Measures. \xd\ Article 6 The name of an enterprise as a legal person shall not contain the names of other legal persons, unless otherwise stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. \xd\ Article 7 An enterprise name may not contain another enterprise name. \xd\ The name of an enterprise branch shall be preceded by the name of its subordinate enterprise. \xd\ Article 8 The name of an enterprise shall be in Chinese characters conforming to national norms, and shall not be in Chinese phonetic alphabet or Arabic numerals. \xd\ If the enterprise name needs to be translated into a foreign language, it shall be translated and used by the enterprise on its own according to the principle of literal translation, and it is not necessary to report to the administrative department for industry and commerce for approval and registration. \xd\ Article 9 The name of an enterprise shall be composed of administrative division, shop name, industry and organizational form in turn, unless otherwise stipulated by laws, administrative regulations and these Measures. \xd\ Article 1 Except for enterprises decided to be established by the State Council, the names of enterprises shall not be prefixed with the words "China", "China", "national", "national" and "international". \xd\ If the words "China", "China", "National", "National" and "International" are used in the middle of the enterprise name, the words shall be the industry qualifier. \xd\ Wholly foreign-funded enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises controlled by foreign parties that use the name of foreign-funded enterprises (regions) may use the word "(China)" in the middle of their names. \xd\ Article 11 The administrative division in the enterprise name refers to the name or place name of the administrative division at or above the county level where the enterprise is located. \xd\ The names of municipal districts cannot be used as administrative divisions in enterprise names alone. The name of an enterprise that uses the name of a municipal district together with the name of a municipal administrative division shall be approved by the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce. \xd\ The names of enterprises used in administrative divisions of provinces, cities and counties shall be approved by the Administration for Industry and Commerce of the highest administrative region. \xd\ Article 12 An enterprise as a legal person that meets the following conditions may put the administrative division in its name after the font size and before the organizational form: \xd\ (1) Use the font size in the name of the holding enterprise; \xd\ (2) The name of the holding enterprise does not include administrative divisions. \xd\ Article 13 With the approval of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, an enterprise as a legal person that meets one of the following conditions may use an enterprise name without administrative divisions: \xd\ (1) approved by the State Council; \xd\ (2) registered by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce; \xd\ (3) The registered capital (or registered capital) is not less than 5 million yuan; \xd\ (4) It is otherwise stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. \xd\ Article 14 The font size in an enterprise name shall consist of two or more words. \xd\ Administrative divisions shall not be used as font size, except that the names of administrative divisions at or above the county level have other meaning. \xd\ Article 15 The name of an enterprise may use the name of the natural person investor as the font size. \xd\ Article 16 The industry expression in the name of an enterprise should be a term that reflects the national economic industry to which the nature of the enterprise's economic activities belongs or the business characteristics of the enterprise. \xd\ The contents expressed in industrial terms in the enterprise name shall be consistent with the business scope of the enterprise. \xd\ Article 17 If the nature of economic activities of an enterprise belongs to different categories of national economic industries, the industry in the name of the enterprise shall be expressed in terms of the category of national economic industries to which the main economic activities belong. \xd\ Article 18 If the name of an enterprise does not use the national economic industry category to describe the industry it is engaged in, it shall meet the following conditions: \xd\ (1) The nature of economic activities of the enterprise belongs to more than five categories of national economic industries respectively; \xd\ (2) The registered capital (or registered capital) of the enterprise is more than 1 million yuan or it is the parent company of an enterprise group; \xd\ (3) The Chinese font size is different from the enterprise name approved or registered by the same administrative department for industry and commerce. \xd\ Article 19 An enterprise may use the name of a country (region) or the place name of an administrative division at or above the county level after the font size in its name to reflect its business characteristics. \xd\ The above place names are not regarded as administrative divisions in the enterprise name. \xd\ Article 2 The name of an enterprise shall not indicate or imply that there are businesses beyond its business scope.