Chinanews.com, August 5th. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued a notice recently requesting that all colleges and universities under the Ministry of Education and relevant units directly under the Ministry of Education are strictly prohibited from renting or lending office space.
The Ministry of Education stated that in recent years, audits have found that some directly affiliated universities and directly affiliated units have problems such as failure to perform the examination and approval procedures for the lease of state-owned assets and lending assets for free.
In order to further regulate the asset leasing and lending behaviors of the institutions of higher learning under the Ministry and relevant units directly under the Ministry (hereinafter referred to as the units), and to strengthen the management of asset leasing and lending, the Ministry of Education has notified the relevant matters as follows.
1. Assets should be used to ensure the development of undertakings and provide public services. Asset leasing activities must be strictly controlled. In principle, assets should not be loaned for free. Under the premise of meeting the needs of teaching, scientific research and career development, if there are indeed idle assets, they should be prioritized through adjustments to improve the efficiency of asset use. If adjustments are really not possible, they can be leased out after completing the approval procedures in accordance with regulations. Lease of office space is strictly prohibited.
2. It is necessary to clarify the asset centralized management department, coordinate the management of all asset leasing and lending of the unit, avoid multiple management and unclear responsibilities, and ensure the implementation of relevant policies. Assets of all units should be leased out in strict accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education for the management of state-owned assets, and feasibility studies should be strengthened. After the unit's decision-making procedures are fulfilled, it should be reported to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance for approval or filing. If the original book value of the leased asset is less than 5 million yuan, it shall be reported to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance after performing internal decision-making procedures; if the original book value is between 5 million yuan (including 5 million yuan) and 8 million yuan, it shall be reported to education Approval by the Ministry and filing by the Ministry of Finance; if the original book value is more than 8 million yuan (including 8 million yuan), it should be reported to the Ministry of Education for review and approval by the Ministry of Finance, and it is not allowed to rent out without fulfilling the approval or filing procedures as required.
3. In principle, the leasing of assets must implement open bidding for leasing. If necessary, the leasing price can be determined by means of review or asset evaluation to ensure that the leasing process is fair and transparent. Generally speaking, the asset lease period shall not exceed five years. During the lease period, the lessee shall not sublet. After the leased asset expires, the lease cannot be renewed directly, and relevant management procedures shall be performed again in accordance with relevant regulations.
4. The income obtained from asset leasing shall be included in the budget of the unit in accordance with the relevant provisions of the management of state-owned assets and the government's accounting standards system for unified accounting and unified management. Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, all units can follow the "Guiding Opinions on Further Helping Service Industry Small and Micro Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households to Alleviate the Pressure of Housing Rent in Response to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic" (Fagai Investment Regulation [2020] No. 734), The local policy is to reduce or postpone the collection of house rents for small and micro service enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households that have business difficulties.
5. If assets are used by subordinate enterprises, affiliated industry associations and other social organizations, they shall be managed in accordance with asset leasing. In accordance with relevant national regulations, open to other units to share scientific research infrastructure and large-scale scientific research equipment, and new or stock assets under the PPP (government and social capital cooperation) model are handed over to the project company for use and operation, temporarily not managed as asset leases.
6. All units shall clean up their existing asset leasing and lending activities in accordance with the spirit of this notice. For illegal leasing and lending of assets, the act of leasing and lending shall be terminated in time. If it is really difficult to terminate, it must be recovered when it expires. After the issuance of this notice, if the loaned assets are still rented out in violation of the regulations, the Ministry of Education will hold the responsible persons accountable.
7. Where the state has new regulations on the lease and lending of state-owned assets, the new regulations shall be implemented.