The administrative approvals of all food-related matters will be carried out online, www.gdzwfw.gov.cn, from March 1, said the Shenzhen market regulation bureau, citing the COVID-19 epidemic as the cause.

These activities mainly involve the registration, verification, extension, cancellation, reissuing, changes related to food business license, food production license, and certificates for workshops for food production and processing.

The government hall simultaneously suspended their offline operations for these procedures.