Regular Briefing on State Council Policy

Recently, the State Council held an executive meeting to listen to the report on the progress of optimizing the business environment and the next key measures. On the afternoon of June 14, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing of the State Council to introduce the deepening of reforms in key areas of the business environment. Let's pay attention!

Q: What work will be done to deepen reforms in key areas of the business environment?

Answer: The National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focus on prominent problems reported by enterprises, accelerate the introduction of targeted policies and measures in batches, deepen reforms in key areas of the business environment, and further stabilize social expectations. Boost confidence in development and stimulate market vitality. Highlight the three "strengths".

The first is to focus on deepening market-oriented reforms and fully guarantee fair competition. Formulate the "Regulations on the Review of Fair Competition" and "Rules for the Review of Fair Competition in the Tendering and Bidding Field", carry out the clean-up of policies and measures that hinder the unified market and fair competition, and launch special rectification of key issues in the bidding and bidding field. Urge the banking industry to implement the small and micro enterprise credit plan, and promote the continuous increase and expansion of inclusive small and micro enterprise loans.

The second is to focus on strengthening the support of the rule of law and effectively stabilize business expectations. Improve the top-level design of a rule-of-law business environment, and promote the construction of a rule-of-law business environment from all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, judiciary, law-abiding, and law popularization. Carry out special clean-up of fines. Accelerate the establishment of data intellectual property protection rules, and implement the inclusive public service project for intellectual property rights.

The third is to focus on improving the level of internationalization and steadily expand institutional opening-up. Promote the construction of a new system for a higher level of open economy, and promote institutional opening in pilot free trade zones and free trade ports that meet international high standards. Continue to do a good job in foreign investment promotion and service work, and deepen the reform of customs clearance facilitation. Support the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to create a first-class business environment, and drive the overall optimization of the national business environment.

Q: Focusing on narrowing the business environment gap between regions, what are the key tasks for the next step?

Answer: In recent years, various regions and departments have continued to increase reform efforts in key areas of the business environment, and promoted the transformation of government functions to reduce approval, strengthen supervision, and optimize services , and the business environment has continued to be optimized and improved. However, due to the influence of basic conditions and unbalanced development status, the effectiveness of implementing business environment reforms varies from place to place. In some places, there are still phenomena such as "complex handling, difficult inquiries, multi-faceted and back-and-forth" . In the next step, focusing on narrowing the gap in the business environment between regions, we will focus on three aspects of work.

The first is to accelerate the pace of reform in vulnerable areas. Guide and supervise areas where the reform of the business environment is relatively lagging behind in the implementation of the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment", focus on the common and deep-seated problems reflected by business entities to accelerate the pace of reform, explore ways to optimize the differentiated business environment, and enhance government service awareness And service capabilities, get through the "last meter" of the reform and implement it .

The second is to support key areas to benchmark against international advanced ones and try first. Continue to serve and guarantee major national strategies, accelerate the creation of a first-class business environment in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area .

The third is to encourage localities to strive for benchmarks in subdivided fields according to local conditions. Fully consider the level of urban development and basic conditions, implement measures according to local conditions and cities , build more distinctive brands of the business environment, and form an innovative situation where hundreds of rivals compete for the top.

Q: What measures has the State Administration for Market Regulation taken to deal with illegal charges involving enterprises?

Answer: The State Administration for Market Regulation has taken multiple measures to deal with the problem of illegal charges in depth, and effectively promote the implementation of various preferential policies for reducing fees and burdens. The first is to continue to carry out the rectification of illegal charges related to enterprises in key areas. The second is to deploy the rectification and cross-examination of illegal charges related to enterprises this year. Focus on inspections of charging issues in government departments and subordinate units, financial fields, public utilities, etc., highlight the implementation of policy dividends, strictly investigate illegal activities in areas such as administrative approval intermediary service fees, commercial bank mandatory fees, and power engineering installation fees, and strive to reduce corporate institutionalization Transaction costs, financing costs and energy costs . The third is to carry out "review" on the rectification of illegal charges related to enterprises.

Q: What work has the tax department done to optimize the business environment this year?

A: The first is to implement tax and fee policies to improve efficiency and create a tax business environment that benefits enterprises and reduces burdens. Fully implement the decision-making arrangements made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to continue and optimize the implementation of some phased preferential tax and fee policies, so as to ensure that policy dividends are accurately and directly delivered to business entities . From January to April this year, the country added 468.9 billion yuan in new tax cuts and fee reductions and tax refund deferrals.