In the process of growth, companies are often not limited to one region, but are constantly looking for opportunities to expand in other regions. At the same time, talents, capital and other factors are also constantly flowing across regions. Therefore, the continuous optimization of the regional business environment requires the transformation of the business environment development strategy from "fighting alone" to "coordinated operations", and relying on the complementary advantages of regions and the deepening of the integration process to form a joint force for regional development.
At present, market players have a greater demand for the convenience of cross-regional matters such as cross-regional registration, enterprise-related business licenses, approval of infrastructure and people's livelihood security projects, and relocation of employees' social security. For example, when some internationally renowned consumer and catering brands invest in a region, they often open multiple stores in different cities and counties around them, and the opening of stores needs to handle various approval matters for the store. Therefore, it is very meaningful to focus on the high-frequency government affairs that market entities and investors are concerned about, and realize the "nearby, non-local, and immediate handling" of government affairs in the region.
From a national perspective, many metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations have implemented a series of excellent reform practices in the integration of regional government services, such as:
In terms of mutual recognition of qualificationsShenzhen and Guangzhou have carried out a pilot reform of cross-city mutual recognition of food licenses, and the first kitchen set up by qualified restaurant chain enterprises in Guangzhou or Shenzhen has handled the food business license, allowing it to distribute food in any of the two cities, and use automatic equipment to engage in pre-packaged food sales enterprises, which have obtained a license in any place in the two cities, can be placed across regions to engage in sales equipment, and in a real sense, the enterprise has realized "one place, multiple operations".
In terms of cross-domain communicationThe housing and urban-rural development departments of Sichuan and Chongqing continue to deepen the cooperation between Sichuan and Chongqing, including mutual recognition and mutual loan of provident fund, and Chongqing people no longer need to go to the Chongqing Government Affairs Center to print the deposit certificate, deposit details, supplementary payment certificate and other materials to buy a house in Chengdu, and can directly handle relevant business in Chengdu, which greatly improves the convenience of cross-regional government affairs in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.
In terms of harmonized standardsIn 2021, the six leading departments of market supervision, transportation, intellectual property, drug supervision, commerce, and taxation in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei will launch the first batch of 22 government service items of "colleagues with the same standard", realizing the "name of the same matter, the same acceptance standard, the same application materials, the same time limit, and the mutual recognition of the results" in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, effectively promoting the integrated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
In recent years, the Sanya Economic Circle has closely focused on the construction principle of "strengthening the heart, strengthening the circle, leading the group, and cooperating with the region", and has carried out integrated cooperation in an all-round way, and the economic level, industrial level, and regional energy level have been continuously improved, and the atmosphere of coordinated development of cities and counties has become increasingly strong. In terms of business environment, the Sanya Economic Circle has also begun to actively explore and promote the integration of regional government services, and strive to play a leading and exemplary role.
Jointly issue a work plan for the construction of a business environment
In July 2023, the five cities and counties of "Sanling Lebao Five" jointly issued the "2023 Work Plan for Promoting the Construction of Business Environment in the Sanya Economic Circle", which planned 17 key tasks in terms of joint office of government services with the city, and clearly proposed to promote the "cross-domain communication" of high-frequency government service matters and promote the sharing of government affairs data. At present, the Sanya Economic Circle has gradually formed a unique "circle of friends" for government affairs, relying on the integrated government service platform of Hainan Province, through the way of "remote application, territorial review, data sharing, express mailing" to create a series of "cross-regional general affairs".
Jointly signed a joint declaration on optimizing the business environment and a framework agreement on the integration of government services
On the morning of December 22, 2023, the Sanya Economic Circle Regional Collaborative Promotion of Business Environment Construction Forum was held in Sanya. The forum invited leaders of the Hainan Provincial Department of Business Environment Construction, leaders of relevant departments of business environment construction in Sanya City, Wuzhishan City, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Ledong Li Autonomous County, and Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, as well as expert representatives, entrepreneur representatives, and business environment observers, to carry out in-depth dialogues with the theme of "Optimizing the Environment, Developing Together, Winning the Future, and Promoting the Integration of Government Services in the Sanya Economic Circle", and jointly promote the coordinated and high-quality development of the business environment in the Sanya Economic Circle.
At the forum, Fu Ge, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Business Environment Construction, delivered an opening speech, and the main leaders of the cities and counties in charge of business environment made keynote speeches, and five cities and counties of Sanya, Wuzhishan City, Ledong County, Lingshui County and Baoting County jointly signed a joint declaration on optimizing the business environment of the Sanya Economic Circle and a framework agreement on the integration of government services in the Sanya Economic Circle, and Fan Weizheng, deputy mayor of Sanya, made a closing speech.
The signing ceremony of the Joint Declaration on Optimizing the Business Environment of the Sanya Economic Circle.
In addition, experts and entrepreneur representatives in the field of business environment exchanged views on the integration of regional government affairs at the forum. Yan Yu, Partner, Ernst & Young (China) Corporate Advisory*** and Public Sector Advisory ServicesAs one of the experts, he exchanged and shared topics on the coordinated promotion of the construction of business environment in the Sanya Economic Circle.
Yu Yan, Partner of Ernst & Young (China) Corporate Advisory and Public Sector Advisory Services, shared the topic.
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