China News Service, September 29. Recently, the State Council issued the "Decision on Canceling and Decentralizing a Batch of Administrative License Items" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision").
Zong Changqing, director of the Foreign Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce, stated on the 29th that in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Administration of Customs and other departments have comprehensively sorted out the administrative examination and approval matters that they are responsible for, and proposed to cancel the plan for expanding opening up. Or the decentralized 10 items of administrative licensing proposals, which were discussed and approved by the executive meeting of the State Council.
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On the 29th, the State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the State Council’s policies to introduce the new batch of administrative licensing matters to be cancelled and delegated.
Zong Changqing said at the meeting that my country has always adhered to the basic national policy of opening up.
One of the highlights of the reduction and decentralization of administrative licensing by the State Council this time is to serve my country's all-round opening up.
Regarding the cancellation and decentralization of relevant administrative licensing matters related to the expansion of opening up, Zong Changqing introduced that in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the General Administration of Customs, the Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration, and the Foreign Exchange The bureau and other departments have comprehensively sorted out the administrative examination and approval matters that they are responsible for, and proposed 10 administrative licensing items to be cancelled or decentralized around the expansion of opening up, and they have been studied and approved by the executive meeting of the State Council. There are three specific aspects:
One is to simplify market access procedures.
The "Approval of Opinions for Foreign Investment in Telecommunications Services" and the "Approval of Proposals and Feasibility Study Reports for Foreign Investment in Civil Aviation Projects Below the Limit" have been cancelled to reduce the approval process for foreign investment in telecommunications business and civil aviation projects; the "Qualified Foreign Institutional Investment" has been cancelled The foreign exchange registration certificate issued by the approval machine for investment quotas, accounts, and capital remittances will no longer be used to manage foreign institutional investors’ remittances through prior approval.
These three measures will facilitate foreign investment in my country's telecommunications, civil aviation and financial markets.
The second is to facilitate import and export business.
Canceled "Export Food Production Enterprise Filing and Approval" and changed to online filing to facilitate food foreign trade companies to speed up product exports; canceled "Grass Seed Import and Export Business License Review", reducing the approval of enterprises applying for "Grass Seed Import and Export Business License" The time limit for examination and approval is shortened; the “licensing for personnel engaged in entry and exit animal and plant quarantine processing business” is cancelled, and the main responsibility of the quarantine processing unit is compacted, and the quarantine processing unit is responsible for training and evaluating its operators, which can greatly reduce Relevant units and personnel are responsible for handling affairs; the approval of the export of agricultural wild plants protected by key countries or the import and export of agricultural wild plants restricted by the international conventions that China has participated in has been delegated. These four measures will play a positive role in promoting the development of foreign trade. effect.
The third is to give foreigners more national treatment.
The three administrative licensing items of "examination and approval of foreigners' entry into national environmental protection nature reserves", "examination and approval of foreigners' entry into national marine nature reserves" and "examination and approval of foreigners' entry into national fishery nature reserves" were cancelled, and national treatment was granted to foreigners , Providing a better institutional environment for extensive international cooperation and exchanges.
Zong Changqing said that in the next step, relevant departments will implement the decisions of the State Council. While canceling or delegating related administrative licensing matters, they will improve relevant laws and policies, and publish detailed regulations during and after the event to ensure that they are open, accessible, and manageable. it is good.