For-profit institutions provide business licenses issued by market supervision departments, and non-profit institutions provide registration certificates of private non-enterprise units issued by civil affairs departments.

For-profit nursery institutions: registered in the market supervision and management departments at or above the county level where the nursery institutions are located. The so-called "market supervision and management departments at or above the county level"; Usually the district and county industrial and commercial bureaus; Or a market supervision bureau that includes industrial and commercial administrative functions. Non-profit nursery institutions: registered in the civil affairs departments at or above the county level where the institutions are located. The so-called "civil affairs departments at or above the county level" are usually district and county civil affairs bureaus.