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鈥極ne integrated license鈥 reform on

Districts in Shanghai issued a batch of 74 integrated licenses yesterday for enterprises in 13 industries, including convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants and drugstores.

It marks the first issuance of such licenses since the city began promoting the 鈥渙ne integrated license鈥 reform citywide.

During a trial run in July of 2019, the Pudong New Area launched a pilot program that combined multiple licenses into one single permit.

Last November, the State Council approved the district鈥檚 one integrated license reform plan, which expanded the number of industries covered to 31 and extended the legal validity of the license nationwide. The reform enabled companies to do business anywhere in China with one single license from the Pudong New Area. Until now, of the 31 pilot industries, only 25 involving the local authority had been fully implemented.

The one integrated license can significantly slash the cost of industry access and foster a world-class business environment, the State Council said.

With the citywide implementation of the reform, market entities can now carry out relevant business activities in every city district.

Scanning a QR code on licenses enables the public to see which industries companies are approved to engage in, which also facilitates market regulation.

Of note, their licenses will also be uploaded to the city鈥檚 Suishenban app (as well as its mini programs on Alipay and WeChat), the one-stop government service portal, and the State Council鈥檚 electronic licenses database, which makes it more convenient for the public, regulators, and business systems to verify the certificates.

Also yesterday, the city鈥檚 official portal Government Online-Offline Shanghai, an online platform for government services, opened a section for one integrated license services, through which companies can apply for the comprehensive license.

Through the online section and the offline special window for one integrated license applications, entrepreneurs can complete the whole administrative process for starting and operating a business all at once.

T9Tea (Shanghai) Catering Management, one of the first businesses in Jing鈥檃n District to be granted a comprehensive industrial license, applauded the reform.

鈥淧reviously, the multiple licenses only showed the name of each special certificate, but now 鈥榯he catering industry鈥 we are part of is clearly printed on the integrated license,鈥 said Sun Lei, deputy general manager of the company. 鈥淏y scanning the QR code on the license, people can find out the administrative licenses we have applied for and all our business qualifications, which is very convenient.鈥


 

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