China News Service, February 5. The State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on State Council policies on February 5 to introduce the situation related to creating a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment. Xiao Weiming, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced at the meeting that in the past year, various departments of the State Council have accelerated reforms in key areas and key links, promoted the introduction of a number of feasible, pragmatic and effective policy measures, and achieved significant results in optimizing the business environment and market The level of internationalization, legalization, internationalization and government services has been further improved, providing strong support for promoting the overall economic recovery.
First, the level of marketization has been further improved. The National Development and Reform Commission has taken the lead in working with relevant departments to closely follow the construction of a unified national market, comprehensively clean up various regulations and practices that hinder a unified market and fair competition, issue anti-monopoly supporting regulations and law enforcement guidelines in key areas, and launch a special project on outstanding issues in the field of engineering construction bidding and bidding. Governance, and strive to ensure that all types of business entities can participate in market competition fairly. Establish investment-loan linkage pilot cooperation and other mechanisms, build a unified platform to promote projects to private capital, and expand private investment space. Vigorously promote "Xinyidai" and introduce preferential tax policies to effectively reduce corporate financing, tax burden and other operating costs.
Second, the level of legalization has been further improved. The Ministry of Justice, market supervision and other departments have carried out a centralized review of existing administrative regulations to effectively reduce the phenomenon of "fighting" between regulations and continue to improve the legal and regulatory system. We carried out a special clean-up of fine matters in administrative regulations and departmental rules, canceled and adjusted 33 fine matters, vigorously rectified illegal charges involving enterprises, promoted the establishment of a benchmark system for administrative discretion in various places, and standardized fair and civilized law enforcement. Strengthen the supervision of the entire chain, carry out special treatment of serious illegal and untrustworthy behaviors that "repeatedly prohibit and punish repeatedly", promote administrative adjudication of major patent infringement disputes, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of business entities in accordance with the law.
Third, the level of internationalization has been further improved. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments, based on expanding institutional opening up, deeply implemented the free trade pilot zone improvement strategy, and piloted the integration of international high-standard economic and trade rules. Focusing on services to ensure foreign investment and foreign trade, we have promoted the introduction of a series of policy measures such as the construction of a world-class business environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the relaxation of market access in the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, and further efforts to attract foreign investment. The Customs introduced 16 items to optimize the business environment and expanded the coverage of measures such as "direct loading and direct pick-up", "departure confirmation", "combined ports", and "one port access", which effectively promoted the facilitation of customs clearance.
Fourth, the level of government services has been further improved. Departments such as housing construction and taxation have actively carried out pilot reform of digital management of the entire life cycle of engineering construction projects, deepened the reform of project environmental assessments, and accelerated project implementation. Expand the application scope of electronic business licenses. The "Spring Breeze Action for Tax Convenience" has been carried out for 10 consecutive years, and 109 specific measures have been launched in 5 batches. Promote the "transfer with mortgage" of real estate. It has achieved full coverage of the "Three Zeros" and "Three Provinces" telegraph installations across the country, saving power users a total of more than 200 billion yuan in power investment. "Three Zeros" means zero door-to-door visits, zero approvals, and zero investment. "Three Provinces" means saving effort, time, and money. These are all government service contents that companies have found particularly rewarding in recent years.
Xiao Weiming pointed out that we must clearly realize that optimizing the business environment is always on the way. In the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to optimize overall, take multiple measures simultaneously, and advance in an integrated manner to effectively enhance the targeted effectiveness of policies and services, continue to build a market-oriented, legalized, and international first-class business environment, and strengthen business operations. It is a fertile ground for the growth of entities and continues to inject strong impetus into promoting high-quality development and accelerating Chinese-style modernization.