East China’s Jiangsu province has spared no effort to streamline the process of administrative approval for the resumption of work and production so as to offset the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic on economy.
Earlier this month, Li Jing, a citizen of Taizhou, submitted application materials for operating permits to the local administrative examination and approval bureau for the planned start of a pharmaceutical machinery enterprise. To his surprise, the approval that required 85 working days to complete in the past was completed in just 12 working days.
Li Jing, head of a pharmaceutical machinery company in Taizhou
The government has streamlined the process
making it easier for us to start businesses
During the epidemic, authorities in Taizhou City optimized the administrative approval process and further streamlined the materials needed for the approval examination. In the past, the applicant must first obtain approval for a drug and medical device business license before submitting application for a business license.
Qiu Guowei, official with Taizhou Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau
Government departments are prohibited
from requiring applicants to provide materials
without legal or regulatory basis.
Various parts of the province have continued to optimize the business environment in order to further activate the entrepreneurial and innovative energies of the market players.
Authorities in Jiangyin have sped up the examination and approval process to have registered more than 90 enterprises since the resumption of work in February 10, adding up to the number of market players to more than 200 thousand.
Suzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau has relaxed the approval of comprehensive calculation on working hours from companies featuring strong seasonal production to all the enterprises affected by the epidemic.
With the time spent on approval cut from 20 working days to 5 working days, 587 enterprises had got the go-ahead as of March 20 to benefit 173 thousand workers.
Cao Jun, Director of Labor Relations and Supervision Department, Suzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau
In the case of delayed resumption of work
under the impact of the epidemic
enterprises can arrange employees
to work overtime and
make up for the lost time
when the operation resumes.
Authorities in Yancheng have identified this year as the "Year of Optimizing and Promoting the Business Environment" by introducing 24 new policies to ensure that by the end of this year, the city's business environment will have been improved significantly. Through 2-3 years of efforts, the city will build a first-class business environment that is advanced in the country and highly competitive in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Chen Bin, Director, Yancheng Industry and Information Technology Bureau
Yancheng will focus on
the four leading industries
of automobiles, new energy
electronics and information, and steel
to create a good industrial ecology
for the making of
a 100-billion-yuan manufacturing cluster.
Lianyungang Customs has issued 20 measures to support the development of the free trade zone, including supporting the promotion of the construction of the Eurasian container Lianyungang distribution platform and the "China Pharmaceutical Zone" so as to inject new vitality into the development of the free trade zone.
Xuzhou has provided subsidies to business starters and returnees of Xuzhou residence can get a housing subsidy of up to 100 thousand yuan. College graduate-turned entrepreneurs can not only enjoy social security, housing subsidies, project awards, but also one-time rewards of 50 thousand to 100 thousand yuan.
Wang Feng, Xuzhou Business Startup Guidance Center
Since early February
we have accepted applications
from 500 people throughout the Internet
which has greatly eased or reduced
the burden for college graduates
to start up businesses under this special situation.
