Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to listen to the third-party assessment report on the implementation of the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment" to further open up the implementation of blockages and improve the level of legalization of the business environment. Pass the "Stamp Tax Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft)" and "Regulations on the Administration of Grain Circulation" (Revised Draft)
Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on January 4 to listen to a third-party assessment report on the implementation of the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment", requesting to further open up the implementation of blockages and improve the level of legalization of the business environment; pass the "Stamp Tax Law of the People's Republic of China" (Draft)" and "Grain Circulation Management Regulations (Revised Draft)".
The meeting pointed out that, in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focusing on optimizing the business environment is the key to greater vitality of market players, as well as an important measure to respond to severe and complex situations and promote economic stability and recovery.
Entrusted by the State Council, a third-party assessment of the implementation of the Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment was carried out in 9 provinces across the country.
In general, the implementation of the "Regulations" has achieved positive results. Enterprises are highly satisfied with tax reduction and fee reduction, and facilitation of government services. They are very satisfied with "one industry, one certificate", "one enterprise, one certificate", "licensing and licensing", etc. The reform measures to facilitate business start-ups are obvious.
Last year, more than 20 million new market entities were established under extremely difficult conditions, which increased significantly against the trend and maintained a relatively high degree of activity, which is inseparable from the continuous improvement of the business environment.
The evaluation also found that companies have more feedback on issues such as bidding, intermediary services, and financing.
At the same time, the progress in implementing the "Regulations" is uneven between the eastern region, the central and western regions, and the northeastern region, and between provincial capitals and non-provincial capitals, and some gaps are obvious.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to further deepen the reform of "decentralization, management and service", intensify the implementation of the "Regulations", release vitality, manage fairness and justice, and provide efficiency.
First, we must encourage the eastern region and provincial capital cities to benchmark international advanced first, and support the central and western regions, northeast regions, and non-provincial capital cities to reform and promote a significant improvement in the business environment.
Second, we must promote innovative measures such as "one industry, one certificate", "one enterprise, one certificate", and "joint license and license", so as to give birth to more new market entities and operate in accordance with market rules.
Third, we must promote fair competition, promote market-oriented reforms in government project bidding, standardize intermediary services, and increase the investigation and handling of "hidden rules" in credit that increase corporate financing costs.
Fourth, we must focus on improving the efficiency of supervision, open and manage, further enhance the targeted effectiveness of supervision during and after the event, implement comprehensive supervision, joint law enforcement, and implement full coverage and key supervision in areas involving people's life, health and safety.
The meeting passed the "Stamp Tax Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft)".
The draft summarizes years of practice in the Temporary Regulations on Stamp Duty. On the one hand, the current tax system remains unchanged, and the stamp tax on securities transactions is included in the legal norms; on the other hand, tax items are appropriately simplified, some tax rates are reduced, corporate tax burdens are reduced, and tax collection and management are emphasized. Scientific standards, reduce discretion, and plug arbitrariness loopholes.
The draft stipulates that the tax rates for sales, technology and other contracts and securities transactions remain unchanged, reduce the tax rates for processing contracts, construction engineering survey and design, cargo transportation contracts and business account books, abolish stamp tax items such as licenses, and clarify the current overall stamp tax preferential policies constant.
The meeting decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of grain producers and consumers, and ensure national food security, the meeting passed the "Regulations on the Administration of Grain Circulation (Revised Draft)."
The draft strictly enforces policy-based grain management, stipulates that it is strictly forbidden to falsely report the amount of purchases and storage, substandard goods, false rotations, etc., and prohibit misappropriation and withholding of financial subsidies and credit funds; strengthen the quality and safety inspection and supervision of grain procurement and storage, and stipulate pesticide residues and heavy metals Grain exceeding the standard shall not be sold for edible purposes; measures to prevent and reduce food loss and waste are specified.
The draft also intensified the punishment of illegal acts.
The meeting also studied other matters.