Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by csomar 388 days ago
Anyone familiar with the Chinese tech scene can explain what this is at the bottom?

# Zhejiang ICP No. 2024137671-1

It takes you to some government website but it is not clear whether this is a business registration or something else.

2 comments

You need a government license to operate a website in China, and that's their license number.
Wait, really? Even like a personal website? Is it hard to get?
A bit similar to Germany where you need an Impressum for your website, even for personal websites (though I might be wrong on that).

Similar discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/119ycfv/how_do_you...

It's a totalitarian dictatorship after all.
Yes, all websites need it. Non-commercial sites afaik have a simpler process.