Annex：Table of the First Batch of Items Covered in the Nationwide Reform of “Separation Business Licences and Permits”

Accreditation for agencies facilitating personal entry and exit (except for overseas employment)

Public security organ of provincial people’s government

1. Amend the relevant regulations such as the “Decision of the State Council on Retaining Approval Process for Administrative Approval Items”.
2. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and specify which parts can be exempted from monitoring during and after the registration.

Approval on operation of international vessel management business (foreign-funded)

Ministry of Transport

1. Amend the relevant regulations such as the “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on International Ocean Shipping”.
2. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application.

Administrative approval for first-time import of non-special purpose cosmetics

State Food and Drug Administration

1. Amend the relevant regulations such as the “Regulations concerning Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics”.
2. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application.

Approval on establishing film screening entities

Film administrative department of people’s government of counties or cities with subordinate districts

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Film Screening Operation Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Film screening activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the registration, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on establishing foreign-funded cinemas

Film administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Film Screening Operation Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted. 2. Film screening activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on establishing enterprises engaging in printed products for packaging, decoration and other purposes (not including the printing of trademarks, invoices and receipts, as well as confidential information)

Publication administrative department of people’s government of counties or cities with subordinate districts

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Printing Operation Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.
3. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
4. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on printing operators concurrently engaging in printed matters for package, decoration and others (not including printing of trademarks, notes and confidential information)

Publication administrative department of people’s government of counties or cities with subordinate districts

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Printing Operation Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.
3. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
4. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on establishing audio-visual production entities

Publication administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Audio-visual Publication Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on establishing digital publication production entities

Publication administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Digital Publication Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on changing name and business scope, merger, acquisition or division of audio-visual production entities and digital publication production entities

Publication administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the Audio-visual Publication Permit or the Digital Publication Permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.
2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Cross-region record filing of drug advertisement

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory authority) of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge complete the record filing on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted. 2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.
3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.
4. Establish a cross-regional information sharing mechanism for assessment of medicine advertisement, improve the integration and sharing of information and resources in regard to the approved medicine advertisement, and fully disclose the information for public monitoring.

Permit to use radiopharmaceuticals by medical institutions (Class I and II)

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory authority) of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on running business of cleaning, collection, transport and disposal of municipal solid waste

Development (environmental health) administrative department of people’s government above the county-level

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Issuance of operation permits on security training

Public security organ of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Issuance of operation permits of hotel industry and other special industries

Public security organ of local people’s government above the county-level

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

Issuance of operation permits for road transport stations

Road transport administrative department of county-level people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Hygiene permits for public places

Health administrative department of people’s government above county level

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Accreditation for enterprises to produce and assemble artificial limbs and orthotics (assistive devices)

Municipal affairs department of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on qualification of designing civil air defence projects below Grade II

Provincial civil air defence office

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, perform comprehensive inspections regularly within two months after the issuance of the operating permit by the competent department. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on qualification of supervising Grade II civil air defence projects

Provincial civil air defence office

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, perform comprehensive inspections regularly within two months after the issuance of the operating permit by the competent department. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Approval on qualification of supervising Grade III civil air defence projects

Provincial civil air defence office

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, perform comprehensive inspections regularly within two months after the issuance of the operating permit by the competent department. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Issuance of operation permits for production of food-related products

Quality and technical supervision department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Issue an official notification and provide the applicants a sample informing about all the approval conditions and required materials, pledge to issue on the permit on the spot if all requirements are met and the relevant materials are submitted.

2. Relevant business activities are not allowed before the applicant meets the statutory conditions.

3. Strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application, and perform comprehensive inspections regularly. If anything is found to be inconsistent with the applicant’s pledge, the approval will be revoked and heavy punishment will be imposed as stipulated by law.

Operation permit for foreign-invested travel agencies

Tourism administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, avoid requiring materials such as official reply regarding the incorporation of foreign-invested enterprises.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Travel agencies operation permit

Tourism administrative department of provincial people’s government or entrusted tourism administrative department of the people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Domestic waterway transport operation permit

Ministry of Transport or waterway transport administrative department of the people’s government above city (with subordinate districts) level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Port operation permit

Transport (port) administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for motor vehicle driver training

Road transport administrative department of county-level people’s government

1. Promote online application.

2. Shorten the approval process by one fourth of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for road passenger transport

Road transport administrative department of county-level people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as company’s articles of association.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for road freight

Road transport administrative department of county-level people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one fourth of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as company’s articles of association.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing Sino-foreign equity or contractual joint ventures engaging in performance brokerage

Ministry of Culture and Tourism

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the establishment of equity or contractual joint ventures or sole proprietorship businesses engaging in performance brokerage on the mainland by investors from Hong Kong or Macao

Cultural administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the establishment of equity or contractual joint ventures engaging in performance brokerage on the mainland by investors from Taiwan

Cultural administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on opening Internet service establishments on the mainland by service providers from Hong Kong and Macao

Cultural administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operationg permit for auction business

Commercial administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as ownership document, lease contract of the permanent commercial establishment, or the lessor’s ownership document.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for auction companies to auction cultural relics

Cultural relics administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials in regard to the facilities of the establishment and its technical conditions.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing singing and dancing entertainment venues

Cultural administrative department of county-level or provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on opening game-related entertainment establishments

Cultural administrative department of county-level or provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of port hygiene business permits

Competent customs

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, certificate of right of use of establishment.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for imports and exports inspection and certification

General Administration of Customs

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, documents of ownership or usufruct of the business establishment.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing accounting firms and branches

Financial department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, written partnership agreement or articles of association of the accounting firm, documents of ownership or usufruct of the business establishment.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval for agencies to engage in bookkeeping and accounting services

Financial department of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process from a statutory duration from 20 workdays to 15 workdays.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing enterprises manufacturing feedstuff and feed additives

Feedstuff administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as enterprise’s organisational chart, list of labour contracts of the major persons in-charge and employees with special functions, management system, and graduation certificates of the major persons in-charge or certificates indicating their positions.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing for-profit medical institutions (including those funded by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investors, and excluding wholly foreign-funded enterprises)

Health administrative department of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Allow profit-making medical institutions to perform business activities related to healthcare, such as medicines and medical devices, whereas areas for medical services and other business activities should be separated.
6. Gradually allow investors to decide the number of beds in privately-owned profit-making medical institutions.
7. Facilitate electronic registration management; improve department registration for profit-making medical institutions; provide free online registration services; encourage the society’s investment in the medical field.
8. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Hygiene permits for disinfection products manufacturers (excluding enterprises producing disposable medical supplies)

Health administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.
2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.
3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and factory field inspection report.
4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.
5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Accreditation for entities engaging in surveying and mapping

Ministry of Natural Resources or administrative department for geological information surveying and mapping of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one fourth of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for gas suppliers

Gas administrative department of local people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as the identity documents of the legal representatives, the enterprise’s persons in-charge and/or safety representatives.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments; the handling department will store all documents related to the approval procedure in a centralised approach, establish a project database, forward the said documents to the departments concerned; and strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application.

Operation permit for high-risk sports

Sport administrative department of local people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service .

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the applicants’ identity documents.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Accreditation for grain procurement

Grain administrative department of people’s government at the same level as industrial and commercial registration department

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process (the duration should be determined by local departments based on actual situation).

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the legal representatives’ identity documents.

4. Decentralise the approval authority to the grain administrative departments of the people’s government that are at the same level as the industrial and commercial registration departments.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits on security services

Public security organ of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, legal representatives’ and major management staff’s certificates of no criminal conviction, and prior approval notification for the name of the businesses.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for publication wholesale

Publication administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, articles of association, certificate regarding the condition and usufruct of the business establishment, and identity documents of the legal representatives and major persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing Sino-foreign equity or contractual joint ventures engaging in printing business or wholly-foreign-funded enterprises engaging in printing products for packaging and decoration

Press and publishing administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, approval certificates for foreign-invested enterprises, Certificate of Hong Kong Service Supplier issued by the Trade and Industry Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government or Macao Service Supplier Certificate issued by the Macao SAR Government, legal representatives’ identity documents, investors’ registration certificates and approval notification letter for the name of the businesses.

4. Cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing and modifying financing guarantee institutions

Department authorised by the provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the prior approval notification for the name of the businesses.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, facilitate the integration of evaluation reports from government’s monitoring, market supervision, industry’s self-regulation, and social intermediary organisations, and strengthen the monitoring efforts during and after the application.

Approval for insurance companies to modify the name, registered capital, place of business of the head office or branches, deregister branches, divide or merge the company, amend the articles of association, change the shareholders contributing to more than 5% of the company’s registered capital, or change the shareholders holding more than 5% of the company’s shares, and insurance company’s termination (dissolution and bankruptcy)

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

(Preliminary) approval of qualification for petroleum products wholesale

Commercial administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, legal representatives’ identity documents and employment certificates.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval of qualification for petroleum products retail

Commercial administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, legal representatives’ identity documents and employment certificates.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the establishment, change of business scope, acquisition, merger or division of film distribution entities

China Film Administration or film administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence, cancel the requirement of materials such as the articles of association, certificates regarding the usufruct of the commercial establishment (i.e. lease contracts or property ownership certificates), and legal representatives’ identity documents.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing commercial Internet cultural entities

Cultural administrative department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation Permit for the video-on-demand business of radio and television

(Type II)

Radio and television administrative department of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, articles of association, legal representatives’ identity documents, and property ownership documents of the business establishment or documents regarding the lease of the establishment.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for cosmetics production

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, and legal representatives’ identity documents.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for food (including food additives) production (excluding health supplements, formula for special medical purposes, and infant formula)

Food and drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, and the approval certificates or record filing certificates for food product registration.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for food production (health supplements, formula for special medical purposes, and infant formula)

Food regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the approval certificates or record filing certificates for food product registration.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for the sale of food and catering services (already combined into the operation permit for food business)

Food and drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of local people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on enterprises providing drug information services online

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Assessment of medical device advertisement

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing drug manufacturing companies

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration (field inspections are excluded in the calculation of the duration of process).

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge and quality control personnel.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Combine all related field inspections required for the operation permit and approval for drug manufacturing, in order to enhance the efficiency of the approval process.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing drug businesses (wholesale and headquarters of retail chain)

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Registration of Class II medical devices

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

2.壓縮審批時限，將法定審批時限壓縮三分之一。

3.將擁有産品核心技術發明專利、具有重大臨床價值的醫療器械，用於診斷、治療兒童或老年人特有及多發疾病的第二類醫療器械，納入優先審查通道，在受理之前提供技術服務、專家諮詢，提前介入指導，全程跟踪服務，减少市場准入過程中的風險和不確定性。

4.加快審查速度，同步開展注册質量體系核查，優化注册質量體系核查現場檢查和生産許可證審批現場檢查。

5.精簡審批材料，在綫獲取核驗營業執照、法定代表人或負責人身份證明等材料。簡化已有同品種醫療器械臨床評價資料，擴大在注册質量體系核查過程中可免於現場檢查或可優化現場檢查項目、流程的醫療器械範圍。擴大在生産許可證審批過程中可優化現場檢查項目、流程的醫療器械範圍。

6.公示審批程序、受理條件和辦理標準，公開辦理進度。

7.推進部門間信息共享應用，加强事中事後監管。

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Prioritise the assessment of medical devices that feature a patent on its core technology and bear significant clinical value, and Class II medical devices for diagnosing and treating frequently re-occurring diseases from which children or elderly mostly are suffered; provide technical services and expert consultation services before accepting the application; intervene with guidance in advance, and provide follow-up services throughout the entire process to reduce risks and uncertainties in the course of market access.

4. Expedite the assessment process, simultaneously initiate the quality management system accreditation, improve the field inspections regarding the quality management system and the assessment for operation permits for manufacturing.

5. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge; Simplify the clinical assessment of medical devices whose models have been registered; expand the range of medical devices that can be exempted from field inspections in the course of quality management system accreditation, or streamline the checklist and process of field inspections; expand the range of medical devices whose assessment process (including the checklist and field inspection) for manufacturing operation permits can be streamlined.

6. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

7. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for the production of Class II and III medical devices

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing drug retail companies

Drug regulatory institution of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts, or county-level drug regulatory institution (market regulatory department) directly set up by drug regulatory department of provincial people’s government

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for Class III medical devices

Food and drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Permit for the use of radiopharmaceuticals by medical institutions (Class III and IV)

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

3. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Permit for the production and sale of new drugs

National Medical Products Administration

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for special equipment manufacturers

State Administration for Market Regulation or safety regulatory department (market regulatory department) for special equipment of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval for special equipment inspection and testing institutions

State Administration for Market Regulation or safety regulatory department (market regulatory department) for special equipment of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for producing crop seeds and edible fungi

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, or competent agricultural authorities of provincial or county-level people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials, study the feasibility of sorting out or reducing the items that require certification, and facilitate the implementation of online collection and verification of materials for operation permit applications.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for entities engaging in blasting operations

Public security organs of people’s government of provinces or cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like qualification certificates for practitioners in the blasting sector issued by the security authorities of local administrative division.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on manufacturing and sale of crossbows and crossbow shooting sessions in commercial shooting ranges

Public security organs of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the incorporation and modification of direct-selling enterprises and their branches

Ministry of Commerce

1. Implement applicant-friendly measures such as enabling online collection and verification of the business licence.

2. Enhance information transparency, publish the approval requirements, application materials and procedures.

3. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for fireworks and crackers wholesale

Regulatory department on safe production of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for fireworks and crackers retail

Regulatory department on safe production of county-level people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of operation permits for hazardous chemical business

Regulatory department on safe production of people’s government of counties or cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of safe production permits for hazardous chemical manufacturers

Ministry of Emergency Management or regulatory department on safe production of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of permits for the safe use of hazardous chemicals

Regulatory department on safe production of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Assessment of safety conditions of new, modification, expansion of hazardous chemicals production and storage construction projects (including long-distance pipelines for the transport of hazardous chemicals)

Ministry of Emergency Management or regulatory department on safe production of people’s government above city (with subordinate districts) levels

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for road transport of dangerous cargo

Road transport administrative department of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, articles of association, and identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on installing outdoor advertisement facilities

Administrative department of city appearance and environmental sanitation of the local people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for the sale of civil explosives

Competent department of civil explosive industry of the provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for the manufacturing of civil explosives

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Licence to practice for medical institutions

Health administrative department of people’s government above county level

2.壓縮審批時限，將法定審批時限壓縮三分之一。

3.精簡審批材料，在綫獲取核驗營業執照、本行政區域內衛生技術行政主管部門出具的設置醫療機構批准書或設置醫療機構備案回執、醫療機構各科室負責人（學科帶頭人）有關資格證書、執業證書等材料。

4.允許營利性醫療機構開展藥品、器械等醫療相關的經營活動，醫療活動場所與其他經營活動場所應當分離。

5.逐步實現社會辦營利性醫療機構床位數由投資主體自主决定。

6.公示審批程序、受理條件和辦理標準，公開辦理進度。

7.推進部門間信息共享應用，加强事中事後監管。

1. Promote online application service; facilitate electronic registration management; improve department registration for profit-making medical institutions; provide free online registration services; encourage the society’s investment in the medical field.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, approval letter or record filing receipt for establishment of medical institutions issued by the health and technology administrative authorities of the local administrative division, and the qualification certificates and licence to practice of each department’s persons in-charge (department heads) of the institutions, and identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

4. Allow profit-making medical institutions to perform business activities related to healthcare, such as medicines and medical devices, whereas areas for medical services and other business activities should be separated.

5. Gradually allow investors to decide on the number of beds in privately-owned profit-making medical institutions.

6. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

7. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Licence to practice for medical practitioners

Health administrative department of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like qualification certificates of medical practitioners.

4. Allow medical practitioners who work in medical institutions below the county level to apply for up to three disciplines in the same category in their registration for professional practice; study the launch of the registration system for specialists in tertiary hospitals.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Accreditation for foreign-related investigation institutions

State Statistics Bureau or statistical department of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, and cancel the requirements of foreign language proficiency certificates and certificates for the organisation’s capability of managing foreign-related investigations as required in the qualification assessment for foreign-related investigation organisations.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on international maritime transport business and auxiliary maritime transport services (international vessel transport business)

Ministry of Transport

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials when online collection and verification of materials such as the business licence is available.

4. Lower the market access threshold for vessels owned by international vessel transport enterprises; allow enterprises with international vessel transport approval to legally sell their vessels to financial leasing companies approved by relevant departments of the country, and to regard the vessels as their properties after leasing them back from the companies by means of financial leasing.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for maritime transport business between Mainland China and Taiwan

Ministry of Transport

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials when online collection and verification of materials such as the business licence is available.

4. Lower the market access threshold for vessels owned by enterprises operating maritime transport between Mainland China and Taiwan; allow enterprises with approval on maritime transport business between Mainland China and Taiwan to sell their vessels to financial leasing companies funded by and registered in Mainland China and Taiwan, and to regard the vessels as their properties after leasing them back from the companies by means of financial leasing.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for maritime transport business between Mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macao SARs

Ministry of Transport

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials when online collection and verification of materials such as the business licence is available.

4. Lower the market access threshold for vessels owned by enterprises operating maritime transport between Mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macao SARs; allow enterprises with approval on maritime transport business between the Mainland and the two SARs to legally sell their vessels to financial leasing companies approved by relevant departments of the country, and to regard the vessels as their properties after leasing them back from the companies by means of financial leasing.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the re-registration of domestically-produced drugs

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

3. Combine the related filed inspections required for the operation permit application approval for drug manufacturing, in order to enhance the efficiency of the approval process.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on outsourced pharmaceutical manufacturing

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s government

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

4. Combine the related filed inspections required for the operation permit application approval for drug manufacturing, in order to enhance the efficiency of the approval process.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for the manufacturing of important industrial products

State Administration for Market Regulation or quality and technology regulatory department (market regulatory department) of provincial people’s department

2.壓縮審批時限，將法定審批時限壓縮三分之一。

3.精簡審批材料，在綫獲取核驗營業執照等材料。

4.優化生産許可審批流程，凡是不涉及産品質量安全必備條件和産業政策的內容一律取消。只對涉及産品質量安全的指標進行生産許可檢驗。

5.取消發證機關組織的發證前産品檢驗，調整爲企業自行委托有資質的檢驗機構進行産品檢驗，幷在申請時提交産品檢驗報告，檢驗報告可以爲簽發日期在1年以內, 同産品單元的産品型式試驗報告、産品質量檢驗合格報告或接受政府監督檢驗的報告。

6.取消生産許可證獲證企業年度審查制度，探索實行信用監管。

7.公示審批程序、受理條件和辦理標準，公開辦理進度。

8.推進部門間信息共享應用，加强事中事後監管。

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence.

4. Improve the approval process for manufacturing operation permits by cancelling the procedures that are not related to the mandatory product quality and safety requirements and industrial policies; only examine subjects that are related to product quality and safety.

5. Replace the pre-approval requirement of product inspections run by permit-issuing organisations with the ones done by qualified entities appointed by the enterprises. Enterprises are required to hand in the inspection report when submitting the application. The inspection report should be composed within one year. It can be about the trial or quality testing of products of the same category or a report of the inspections supervised by the government.

6. Cancel the mendatory annual approval process for enterprises that have been granted with the manufacturing operation permit, and explore the feasibility of implementing the credit-based supervision system.

7. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

8. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing enterprises engaging in printed products for package, decoration and other purposes (limited to the printing of trademarks, notes and confidential information)

Publication administrative department of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence; Cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on merger of printing operators (excluding publication printing enterprises)

Publication administrative department of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of business licence. Cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on establishing a new printing house (excluding publication printing enterprises) by printing operators due to merger or division

Publication administrative department of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, usufruct certificates of the business establishment, identity documents of legal representatives and articles of association; cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval for printing operators producing printed products for package, decoration and other purposes (only limited to printing of trademarks, notes and confidential information)

Publication administrative department of people’s government of cities with subordinate districts

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, usufruct certificates of the business establishment, identity documents of legal representatives and articles of association; cancel the market access requirement for the Printing Business Operation Permit “enterprises printing products for packaging and decoration must have at least two apparatuses produced within the last decade for offset, gravure, flexographic and screen printing and the subsequent processing”; and optimise the relevant management regulations.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Issuance of Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention Certificate

Veterinarian administrative department of people’s government above county level

1. Promote online application service.

2. Shorten the approval process by one third of the statutory duration.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and legal representatives’ identity documents; allow applicants apply for the Animal Epidemic Disease Prevention Certificate as an specialised co-operative joined by practitioners from the livestock and poultry husbandry sector; issue the certificates to the specialised co-operatives within the same county that fulfil the epidemic prevention requirements for all animals under the same category.

4. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application review status.

5. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Approval on the construction of port facilities and the use of non-deep water shorelines (including approval on temporary use of port shorelines, change of the port shoreline user, function and scope of port shoreline usage)

Port administrative department above county level

1. Promote online application service; implement integrated approval in co-operation with departments of land resources, planning, maritime affairs, water resources, and waterway management.

2. Shorten the duration of the approval process.

3. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, legal representatives’ identity documents, and articles of association.

4. Strengthen the approval on shoreline usage and reform the withdrawal mechanism of shorelines. Strictly assess the approval on shoreline usage according to the approved port planning, strengthen routine supervision and management, and clarify the compensation methods and criteria for the confisacation of port facilities caused by adjustment of shoreline planning and other reasons. After the users factually lose their usufruct of the shorelines, the administrative departments may actively nullify their right to use the shorelines and publicise the decision in official announcements.

5. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

6. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Record filing for drug importation

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of the region of the port

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence, registration certificates or approval documents of the imported drug issued by drug regulatory departments of the local administrative division, the latest inspection reports and customs clearance documents of the imported drug issued by drug inspection entities of the local administrative division.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Registration and record filing for herbal medicine importation

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of the region of the port

1. Promote online application service.

2. Simplify the list of required application materials; allow online collection and verification of materials like business licence and the identity documents of legal representatives or persons in-charge.

3. Disclose publicly the approval procedures, requirements, assessment criteria and the application status.

4. Enhance information sharing among different departments, and strengthen the monitoring during and after the application.

Operation permit for small eateries, snack stands, and food workshops

Drug regulatory department (market regulatory department) of county-level people’s government

With the aim of making the policies as convenient as possible for the public and conducive to their employment, local authorities may decide their own ways of reform, with adherence to the principle of ensuring safety and health.