ICP license

The ICP license numbers for Chinese websites can often be found on the bottom of the front webpage.

This license regime was instated by the Telecommunications Regulations of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国电信条例) that was promulgated in September 2000.

In the “Classification Catalogue of Telecommunication Services” (电信业务分类目录) BTS refers to providing a public network infrastructure, public data transmission and basic voice communication services.

Whereas, VATS refers to public network infrastructure to provide telecommunications and information services.

[4] The MIIT issues three different types of ICP numbers, which are managed at the provincial level:[5] Obtaining an ICP number takes an average span of 20 business days after submission of documents to a hosting provider.