"Fair, efficient and open" China's business environment continues to optimize
Editor's note:
2020 is the year when a well-off society will be built in an all-round way and the 13th Five-Year Plan will end.
Looking back at China’s economic development during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, as the development mode from scale and speed to quality and efficiency has gradually formed, China’s overall national strength, economic strength, Technological strength and international influence have leapt to a new level.
From now on, People’s Daily Online has launched a series of reports on “Looking back at the 13th Five-Year Plan, and Happy to See the New Achievements”, sorting out the new achievements made in China’s economic and social reform and development during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, and showing that people of all ethnic groups across the country have overcome difficulties , New struggle to move forward.
"It's so convenient. In the past, you had to queue up at one window and one window, but now you can complete it at only one window." A woman who came to handle business changes in Shanghai's Fengxian District Administrative Service Center told reporters.
"At present, 355 items that should be approved online have been fully online." Yu Tonghuan, deputy director of the Fengxian District Administrative Service Center, introduced that the physical administrative service hall has 23 units and 41 departments including the Market Supervision Bureau and the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. , There are more than 480 personnel stationed, and 458 administrative approval and service items can be handled in one stop.
The practice in Fengxian District of Shanghai is the epitome of my country's continuous optimization of the business environment.
During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, various departments and local governments have played a concerted role to promote the marketization of resource allocation and corporate behavior, and strengthened Supervise during and after the event, continuously improve government service capabilities and service levels, and promote continuous improvement of the business environment.
Vigorous
The number of Chinese market entities maintains rapid growth
According to incomplete statistics, from 2016 to 2019, there were more than 50 policy documents related to the business environment issued by the General Office of the State Council alone, involving registration, real estate registration, administrative examination and approval, reduction of politics and convenience, taxation facilitation, and market Supervision, “delegation of control and service”, supervision during and after the event, credit construction, and market reform have provided effective guidance for reforms in various fields of the business environment during the 13th Five-Year Plan period.
During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, with the continuous advancement of the reform of decentralization, regulation and service, outstanding results were achieved in the reform of the commercial system. With the support of the "double innovation" and other excellent policies, the system dividends were effectively released, the entrepreneurial vitality was effectively stimulated, and the market players The number maintains ultra-high-speed growth.
Shenzhen, Guangdong has launched more than 70 enterprise-related scene-based thematic services, reducing the processing links by more than 60%, the approval time limit by more than 39%, the application materials by more than 46%, and the form filling by more than 28%.
Zhejiang has actively created a reform and upgraded version of the "Separation of Licenses and Licenses" with the core content of "Notifying Commitments Breaking 100 Items", becoming the first province in the country to notify 100 items of commitments.
Hubei has implemented a full-coverage pilot for the reform of "separation of licenses and licenses" throughout the province, becoming the first province in the central region to pilot the reform of "separation of licenses and licenses" across the province.
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In an interview with People’s Daily Online reporters, Zhu Keli, Executive Dean of the National Research Institute for New Economic Research and a PhD in Economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the Party Central Committee, the State Council and governments at all levels have attached great importance to and continued In recent years, China’s business environment has improved significantly, investment and entrepreneurship have become more convenient, and market players have become more dynamic.
Zhu Keli also stated that the continuously optimized business environment is not only an important cornerstone for my country to participate in the new advantages of international cooperation and competition, but also an indispensable environmental support for building a new development pattern. Especially under the current situation, optimizing the business environment has become a good job at this stage. An important starting point for the work of "six stability" and the implementation of the "six guarantees" task.
Attraction
Most foreign companies continue to be optimistic about the development prospects of the Chinese market
"Plant the plane tree, attract the phoenix", and the continuously optimized business environment also opens the door for global enterprises.
The Global Business Environment Report released by the World Bank in 2019 shows that China's business environment has improved significantly, ranking 31st in the world as a whole, an increase of 15 places from the previous year and an increase of 59 places from 2015, becoming a major economy The country with the fastest improvement in the business environment.
In recent years, China has continuously deepened the reform of the foreign investment management system to create a fair, transparent and predictable business environment.
On January 1, 2020, the "Foreign Investment Law" formally came into effect, laying a legal foundation for the realization of a new foreign investment management system with internal and external unity and equal protection.
The reform of “decentralization, regulation and service” of foreign investment has been continuously deepened, government functions have been accelerated, work processes have been continuously optimized, and work efficiency has been improved.
The foreign investment service system is becoming more and more perfect, and the ways of attracting investment are continuously improved and innovated.
A recent survey showed that 99.1% of foreign companies said they would continue to invest in China, 89% of EU companies would not consider withdrawing the industrial chain from China, and China is still one of the top three investment destinations for most European companies.
These are the "votes of confidence" cast by the world on China's economy.
Huang Chenhong, Executive Vice President of Dell Technology Group, Chairman and President of Greater China Region, reviewed Dell’s development in China. He pointed out that from the opening of the first office in 1998, it has grown to now have 12,500 employees and 3 production facilities. Base, 8 R&D centers, Dell has become a foreign-funded local enterprise.
This continuous expansion process itself shows that we have always been very optimistic about the Chinese market and recognize the domestic business environment.
"Compared with 22 years ago, the barriers to entry in the Chinese market have been greatly reduced, the efficiency of customs clearance has been significantly improved, the development of infrastructure has been turned upside down, the legal framework for investment has been improved day by day, and the level of protection of intellectual property rights has been continuously improved. It is precisely because of China's growing The more open, the better the business environment, and the more attractive the market, Dell’s determination to root in China has become more and more firm.” Huang Chenhong said.
"The deepest feeling of Coca-Cola China's business environment in China is the depth and breadth of the opening up of the Chinese market, and the innovative vitality of the market inspired by various favorable policies." Zhang Jiantao, vice president of Coca-Cola China, said in an interview with a reporter from People's Daily Online. Since then, in order to support the prevention and control of the epidemic and stabilize economic and social development, the Chinese government has issued a series of tax incentives to support the resumption of work and production of enterprises, as well as the phased reduction and exemption of corporate social insurance premium policies, and targeted assistance to enterprises, which has greatly boosted their confidence in development. .
According to him, since this year, Coca-Cola China System has increased its supply chain investment in China.
In the second half of 2020, Swire Coca-Cola's six new production lines in China will be put into operation one after another, with a total investment of 250 million yuan, and the new annual output value will exceed 1.7 billion yuan.
In July, COFCO Coca-Cola started construction of its first plant invested and constructed in Guizhou, which is also the 20th bottling plant of COFCO Coca-Cola nationwide.
The first phase of the project is expected to have a total investment of 270 million yuan and an annual production capacity of about 170,000 tons. It is planned to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2021...
Li Xiaojia, a professor at the School of Public Administration of the University of International Business and Economics, said that China provides a broad development market and profitable space for foreign companies in China.
With the current global economic downturn, sharply shrinking consumer demand, and difficulties in corporate profitability, it is self-evident for multinational companies to develop a large-scale, strong consumer power and stable prospect in the Chinese market.
Expand opening up
The business environment is still on the way
Creating a world-class business environment that conforms to the new trend of economic globalization, new changes in the international situation, and new requirements of domestic reform and development will not only help stabilize market expectations and stimulate the vitality of market players, but also help attract foreign investment and enhance the international competitiveness of my country's economy.
Cui Weijie, director of the Institute of Industrial Internationalization Strategies of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, said in an interview with a reporter from People's Daily that China now proposes to promote the formation of a new development pattern in which domestic and international cycles are the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles are mutually promoted. In the future, we should implement greater reform and opening up in key areas such as commercial affairs, investment, trade, interim and ex post supervision, and industry management systems in response to the international advanced level, and create a good business environment for the new dual-cycle development pattern.
In particular, we must promote the level of institutional openness in key areas such as rules, regulations, management, and standards.
The business environment is an important soft power for China to continue to open up, attract foreign investment, and attract various economic factors.
In 2015, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to improve the rule of law, internationalization and facilitation of the business environment; in 2017, the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to fully implement market access negative list management and deepen the commercial system Reform and improve the market supervision system; from January 1, 2020, China officially implemented the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment"; in 2020, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economic System in the New Era" , It is a clear-cut proposal to "continue to optimize government services with the construction of a first-class business environment", and put forward clear requirements for optimizing the business environment in the new era.
There is no best business environment, only better. Optimizing the business environment can only be carried out, not completed.
my country will continue to create a first-class business environment in accordance with international standards and promote high-quality economic development.
Zhu Keli pointed out that the fundamental way to continue to optimize the business environment in the future is to coordinate the symbiotic relationship between the government and the market through marketization and legal reforms, and promote the two-wheel drive of the government and the market.
The focus should be on continuously improving the convenience of investment and construction, further simplifying the approval and conditions of enterprise production and operation, lowering the threshold for employment and entrepreneurship, optimizing the operating environment of foreign trade and foreign enterprises, improving the quality and efficiency of enterprise-related services, and improving the long-term mechanism for optimizing the business environment .
Behind the continuous improvement of China's business environment is China's unremitting reform and opening up on the road to high-quality development. It is also the opportunity and confidence to start again in the future.
As President Xi Jinping said at the first Qingdao Summit of Multinational Corporation Leaders, China will only open its door wider, the business environment will only get better and better, and the opportunities created for global multinational companies will only increase.
We welcome global entrepreneurs to invest in China and strive to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for a better future.
China will further expand domestic demand, expand its opening to the outside world, and promote the common development of the world through its own development.
With lower tariff levels, shorter negative lists, more convenient market access, more transparent market rules, and a more attractive business environment, create a higher level of open economy and create more for the world opportunity.