Article 3 financial license only applies to those institutions whose financial operations have been approved and those under the supervision of CBRC.

第三条金融许可证适用于银监会监管的、经批准经营金融业务的金融机构。

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In the past, guilty pleas were deemed too perilous as parent institutions could face loss of license, endangering the organizational props on which financial stability depends.

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