2020年CRI Beijing continues to optimize business environment

 

The Beijing city government has been working to optimize¹ the local business environment in an effort to resolve the major issues reported by companies working in the city.

In order to create a better business environment for enterprises in Beijing, in 2017 the municipal government started rolling out a series of administrative² reforms.

New policies were introduced governing the approval of construction projects, the registration³ of start-ups, tax payments, access to the power grid⁴, cross-border trade, and financial credit.

For start-ups, Beijing has cut the time needed to register a new business from 24 days down to 8 days. The time it takes to get an electricity connection has fallen from 141 days to 34 days. And small and micro businesses don't have to pay a service fee to access the power grid.

Dai Ying from the Beijing Development and Reform Office says that the reforms have changed how people do business in the city in three ways.

"The service delivery approach has changed from being oriented towards the government's needs to being oriented towards the needs of the enterprises. Companies now need to go to government offices less often, maybe even just once, instead of going several times to different departments. And government departments now coordinate⁵ with each other to service the needs of enterprises, instead of working on their own."

Companies can now spend less time sending employees to different offices chasing approvals.

The government set up an online platform that coordinates⁶ the approval process across multiple departments. Yan Xiaohu is the head of this program.

"Before the reform, getting approvals was a step-by-step process. You had to go to each department in turn, and you couldn't skip any of the steps. Now things are different. You apply for approvals online, and each department can see your application and review your application at the same time."

Yan says the new process has cut the time it takes for a company to get all of their approvals to just 7 working days, down from a month or more.

This is Mr. Hong. He runs a company that manufactures medical equipment. He's at the Beijing Government Service Center submitting an application to advertise his products.

"Now we just queue and submit our materials at one service window, and we don't need to go all over Beijing like we did before."

The Beijing government has also taken steps to help facilitate cross-border trade, such as simplifying approval processes for the Beijing-Tianjin port.

The time it takes to process import documents has been reduced to 24 hours, down from 80 hours. And the time it takes to get export documents processed is just one-third of what it was before the reforms.

1 optimize   

v.使优化 [=optimise]

参考例句：

• We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
• We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构，着重引进先进技术和关键设备。

2 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

3 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

4 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

5 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

6 coordinates   

n.相配之衣物；坐标( coordinate的名词复数 )；（颜色协调的）配套服装；[复数]女套服；同等重要的人（或物）v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》