To thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, fully carry out the decisions and arrangements made at the Central and Provincial Party Committee Economic Work Conferences, consolidate and strengthen the positive economic recovery trend, and continuously promote the economy toward effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth, the following policy measures are hereby proposed.
I. Continuously Expand High-Quality Investment
1. Deepen the implementation of special campaigns for effective investment. Launch investment campaigns in key areas such as building a province strong in science and technology, manufacturing, and agriculture; enhancing the functionality, quality, and vitality of cities; infrastructure construction; and ensuring and improving people’s livelihoods. Launch the “Leading the Way” Plan for investment in advanced manufacturing and implement a batch of major industrial projects. Leverage the leading role of the “Invest in Anhui” initiative, deepen innovation in the “dual recruitment and dual attraction” model, and improve the “competitive selection” incentive mechanism for investment.Focus on the allocation of funds such as central budgetary investments and local government special bonds, and concentrate on project planning and reserve development by sector. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)
2. Stimulate the vitality of private investment. Fully implement the “38 Measures to Promote High-Quality Development of the Private Economy” and effectively enforce policies such as the “3-70%” factor guarantee and the “Six Prohibitions” in bidding and tendering. Regularly promote major projects to private capital. Implement the new mechanism for public-private partnerships (PPPs) and ensure that all relevant project construction is carried out in a standardized manner through the concession model.Establish a provincial-level database of key private investment projects and strengthen support for factor inputs and financing. Implement a regular consultation and exchange system for private entrepreneurs. Establish a special fund to guide and promote private investment, providing support to localities with rapid growth in private investment, strong vitality, and concrete measures. (Responsible units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Private Sector Office)
3. Strengthen the allocation and guarantee of production factors. For major infrastructure projects at the provincial level or above and major provincial industrial projects, ensure that all land and forest use plan quotas are fully guaranteed. Reform and improve the system for balancing the occupation and compensation of arable land. (Responsible units: Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Provincial Forestry Bureau) For high-quality projects newly added to the annual list with a comprehensive energy consumption of 10,000 metric tons of standard coal or more, the province and cities shall provide energy consumption guarantees on a tiered basis.Fully utilize the national policy allowing green certificates to offset energy consumption quotas; encourage and support business entities to purchase green certificates, and exclude the electricity volume corresponding to these certificates from enterprises’ energy-saving target assessments. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Improve the “whitelist” financing matching mechanism for real estate projects, and guide commercial banks to treat real estate enterprises of all ownership types equally in meeting their reasonable financing needs.(Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Provincial Bureau of Local Financial Management, Anhui Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervisory Administration) Actively promote the inclusion of carbon emission rights, energy consumption rights, water use rights, and pollution discharge rights in the reform of market-based allocation of production factors. (Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, Provincial Department of Water Resources)
II. Further Stimulating Potential Consumption
4. Stabilize and expand traditional and bulk consumption. The provincial government will provide financial support to localities to issue consumption vouchers in sectors such as smart home appliances (furnishings), culture and tourism, department stores, and catering, encouraging enterprises to conduct complementary promotional activities offering discounts to stimulate potential consumption. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Commerce, Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism) Continue implementing the policy exempting new energy vehicles from vehicle purchase tax and the personal income tax preferential policy for residents upgrading their homes.(Responsible Units: Provincial Tax Bureau) Accelerate the rollout of charging stations to achieve full coverage in every county and charging piles in every township. Optimize and standardize peak-off-peak electricity pricing policies for charging and battery-swapping infrastructure.(Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Encourage cities to provide consumption subsidies to individuals purchasing non-commercial new energy vehicles, as well as to enterprises or individuals purchasing new energy heavy-duty trucks or using new energy vehicles for driver training. The provincial government will subsidize up to 50% of the actual amounts disbursed by localities, with an annual provincial subsidy cap of 10 million yuan per city for each individual program.(Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Commerce) Allow the use of residential special maintenance funds for the renovation of old residential communities and the upgrading of elevators in older residential buildings. Support residents of old urban residential communities in withdrawing their own housing provident fund to finance elevator installations and other renovations for the owner-occupied homes of both their own and their spouse’s parents.(Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development) Encourage localities to adjust and optimize real estate policies in accordance with local conditions, implement phased home purchase subsidies, and establish a new mechanism linking the factors of “people, housing, land, and capital” to meet both basic and upgrading housing needs. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Provincial Department of Natural Resources, People’s Bank of China Anhui Branch) Cultivate and strengthen business entities in the commerce and trade sector, support the innovative development of time-honored brands, and foster consumption of high-quality domestic products and “national trend” goods.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Commerce)
5. Create new platforms and scenarios for consumption. Launch the “Beautiful Anhui” New Consumption Scenarios Selection Campaign to promote a batch of high-quality new consumption scenarios, thereby demonstrating and driving the development of new business formats and models across the province.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Award up to 300,000 yuan in incentives to newly designated “Anhui Characteristic Commercial Streets.” Promote the development of “15-minute convenience living circles.” Provide subsidies of up to 400,000 yuan to brand-name chain enterprises (convenience stores and supermarkets, including fresh produce supermarkets) that establish 10 or more, or 5 or more, directly operated chain stores, respectively, within pilot communities designated by each city.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Commerce) Vigorously cultivate branded events in areas such as auto racing, cycling, marathons, and esports, and create high-quality “Travel with the Events” programs. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Sports Bureau)
6. Promote the development of a high-quality tourism powerhouse province. The provincial government will allocate 180 million yuan in special funds to support the development of the Grand Huangshan World-Class Leisure, Resort, and Wellness Tourism Destination. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Organize the “Six-in” campaign, featuring 10,000 performances in scenic areas, key rural tourism villages, and commercial-cultural-tourism complexes.Actively promote the development of “Huizhou-branded” cultural and creative products with distinctive cultural symbols, and establish a group of renowned “Huizhou-branded” tourist attractions and resort areas. Cultivate a group of national-level key rural tourism villages and rural homestays to build the Anhui tourism homestay brand. Award 150,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan respectively to newly rated national Class A and Class B homestays, and select 20 outstanding properties from the newly rated Anhui Provincial Gold Medal Homestays to award 50,000 yuan each.Launch special initiatives for rural tourism, including “scenic routes,” “theme villages,” and “trunk-space project bases,” to foster a cluster of rural tourism hubs. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism) Support the establishment of a number of employee health and recreation bases and actively promote mutual recognition and sharing of such bases within the Yangtze River Delta region. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Federation of Trade Unions)
III. Promoting High-Quality Development of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment
7. Implement a comprehensive strategy for foreign trade. Deepen the “Anhui Moves the World” overseas expansion initiative, support more than 30 key trade fairs, and organize at least 5,000 enterprise visits to expand markets abroad. For enterprises participating in trade fairs organized by the province or independently organized by key enterprises with annual import-export volumes exceeding $65 million, provide support of up to 30,000 yuan, 40,000 yuan, or 50,000 yuan per booth, depending on the country or region of the fair.Enterprises conducting credit investigations in international markets will receive 50% support for credit investigation fees, up to a maximum of 100,000 yuan per enterprise. For financing guarantee services provided by provincial credit financing guarantee institutions to small and medium-sized foreign trade enterprises, where the amount per enterprise does not exceed 5 million yuan, a guarantee fee subsidy of 0.5% per annum will be provided based on the actual financing guarantee amount. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Commerce) Implement the system for processing export tax rebates within a specified time limit. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Tax Bureau)
8. Support the development of new foreign trade formats and models. Provide 3 million yuan in funding support to newly approved cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, and 1 million yuan to those rated “significant achievements” in performance evaluations. Provide up to 1 million yuan in funding support to newly approved provincial-level cross-border e-commerce industrial parks. Provide corresponding funding support to enterprises recognized as the “Top 10 or Top 50 Cross-Border E-Commerce Enterprises” or the “Top 20 Overseas Warehouse Enterprises” for the current year.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Commerce) Strengthen international product certification and standardization efforts for enterprises. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Market Regulation Bureau) Expand cross-border e-commerce settlement channels, enrich supporting products for cross-border RMB settlement in new foreign trade formats, and reduce transaction costs for business entities. (Responsible Unit: People’s Bank of China Anhui Branch)
9. Attract and utilize foreign investment with greater intensity. Build a distinctive Anhui brand for attracting foreign investment and continue to host the “Overseas Investors Roundtable.” Innovate channels, platforms, and models for utilizing foreign investment; deepen cooperation with international investment institutions and financial institutions in investment promotion; support enterprises in overseas financing, return investments following mergers and acquisitions, and the reinvestment of profits by foreign-invested enterprises within the province. Provide financial incentives for newly established foreign-invested projects in emerging industries, R&D centers, and regional headquarters.Leverage the provincial coordination mechanism for major foreign investment projects and establish a communication mechanism between provincial, municipal, and county-level officials and key foreign-invested enterprises. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Commerce, Provincial Development and Reform Commission) For provincial and municipal major projects that align with the province’s key industrial development priorities and have a total investment of no less than US$100 million, energy, land, and forest land quotas will be centrally allocated and guaranteed by the provincial government. (Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Provincial Forestry Bureau)
10. Improve the convenience of entry, exit, and residence permits. Accelerate the implementation of the 144-hour visa-free transit policy for foreigners in our province and coordinate its implementation with Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Allow foreign-invested R&D centers to apply for port visas in accordance with laws and regulations for foreign nationals invited to enter the country for urgent business matters who do not hold a visa to enter China.Foreign-invested R&D centers shall be permitted to apply, on a team basis and in accordance with laws and regulations, for work-type residence permits with a validity period of up to five years for their foreign team members, using work permits and official letters from the center, thereby facilitating long-term and permanent residence for overseas talent. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Public Security Department)
IV. Deepening the Development of a High-Level Innovative Province
11. Deepen efforts in original and pioneering technological research and development. The provincial government will establish a 1 billion yuan special fund for scientific and technological innovation to support original and pioneering R&D initiatives. For provincial major scientific and technological R&D projects, provincial funding will generally be approximately 10 million yuan per project; for particularly significant projects, the amount and method of support will be determined on a case-by-case basis. For provincial key research and development projects, provincial funding will generally be no less than 1 million yuan per project.Implement a series of major provincial basic research projects and support leading technology enterprises in applying for and undertaking projects funded by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Science and Technology)
12. Strengthen the role of enterprises as the main drivers of technological innovation. Support enterprises in taking the lead on R&D projects; for industrial R&D projects, at least 80% of the projects must originate from enterprise technical needs, and applied projects shall, in principle, all be led by enterprises.Intensify efforts to cultivate unicorn enterprises, and continue to implement the “Double Increase” initiative to double the number of high-tech enterprises and science and technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as the “Two Zeros” initiative to eliminate the absence of R&D activities and R&D institutions among key manufacturing enterprises above designated size. Support eligible enterprises in taking the lead to establish provincial industrial innovation research institutes, providing R&D subsidies or support for science and technology projects during the establishment period.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Science and Technology) When evaluating the operational performance of state-owned enterprises, R&D expenditures shall be treated as profit and added back to the calculation. For R&D expenditures related to undertaking key technology breakthrough tasks as well as conducting basic and applied basic research, the addition ratio may be increased to 150%. (Responsible Unit: Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission) Improve intellectual property incentive and subsidy policies to support full-chain protection of intellectual property. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Market Regulation Bureau)
13. Enhance the quality and efficiency of high-level innovation platform development. The provincial government will allocate 2.5 billion yuan to support the construction of the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Promote the restructuring and upgrading of provincial key laboratories, with the province providing coordinated support through science and technology projects and other means.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Science and Technology) Support efforts to establish national key laboratories, national research centers for basic disciplines, and national technology (industry, manufacturing) innovation centers; for newly approved national-level innovation platforms, the province will provide coordinated support in the form of incentive funds and science and technology projects.(Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology) Support the mutual empowerment of “UST Silicon Valley,” the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) School of Science and Technology Business, and the Lingyang Industrial Internet to establish an integrated and interactive mechanism involving government, industry, academia, research, finance, services, and application. Plan and construct a number of provincial-level future industry pilot zones, and foster efforts to establish national-level future industry pilot zones. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)
14. Deepen the implementation of the “Talent Revitalization of Anhui” initiative. Regularly organize the “Talent Anhui Tour” series of activities, and thoroughly implement the Jianghuai Strategic Talent Plan, the Jianghuai Elite Talent Plan, and the “10,000 Postdocs Gather in Jianghuai” initiative. Delegate autonomy to enterprises in talent evaluation, implement the “talent classification based on salary” approach, and use compensation and benefits as the primary basis for determining an enterprise’s talent tier.Authorize industrial alliances, leading enterprises, and chain-leading enterprises to independently conduct professional title evaluations for engineering and technical series and the recognition of high-level talent. Establish a green channel for overseas high-level talent to come to Anhui for innovation and entrepreneurship. Deepen the implementation of the “Entrepreneurship Anhui” initiative, supporting approximately 1,000 high-level entrepreneurial teams and over 10,000 researchers in starting businesses throughout the year. Promote online processing of entrepreneurship guarantee loans and implement interest subsidies for individual and corporate entrepreneurship loans in accordance with regulations.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security) Improve the “two-way exchange” mechanism between researchers at universities and research institutes and enterprises; select a group of “industry professors” to serve at undergraduate universities and vocational colleges, and dispatch a group of science and engineering faculty members from universities to undertake temporary assignments in enterprises.(Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Education, Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security) Deepen the reform of the “lump-sum funding system” for provincial fiscal research projects, expand the scope of pilot programs for granting rights to scientific and technological achievements generated in the course of employment, and promote the “USTC Model” of “granting rights + transfer + agreed-upon returns.” (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Science and Technology)
15. Strengthen support for science and technology innovation factors. Fully implement policies such as additional deductions for corporate R&D expenses, corporate income tax reductions for high-tech enterprises, and tax incentives for basic research investments. (Responsible unit: Provincial Tax Bureau) Support the conversion of existing industrial land for use in state-encouraged scientific research and industrial projects. (Responsible unit: Provincial Department of Natural Resources) Allocate energy consumption quotas at the provincial level for major science and technology infrastructure and research platform projects planned by the state and the province.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Strengthen financial services for technology-based enterprises throughout their entire lifecycle; expand the coverage of dedicated products and service models for technology enterprises, such as “Startup Credit Loans,” “Growth Relay Loans,” and “Batch-Linked Loan-Investment Programs”; fully utilize the special re-lending under the “Wanmei Banfei” Joint Growth Plan; and increase new loans under the “Joint Growth Plan” for financial support to science and technology innovation enterprises by more than 100 billion yuan.(Responsible Units: Anhui Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervisory Administration, Anhui Branch of the People’s Bank of China)
V. Accelerate the Development of Advanced Manufacturing Clusters
16. Provide full support for building the automotive industry as the “leading sector.” The provincial government will allocate 2 billion yuan to support the development of seven automotive industry ecosystems. Establish open automotive ecosystem laboratories that connect with global innovation resources, with a maximum annual comprehensive subsidy of 30 million yuan per laboratory.Focusing on key areas such as lightweight materials, automotive-grade chips, next-generation power batteries, new charging and battery-swapping technologies, and intelligent driving systems, support will be provided for the formation of innovation consortia, with subsidies of up to 50% of R&D and equipment investments. Support will be provided to cities for subsidies related to road testing and demonstration applications of intelligent connected vehicles, with a maximum annual subsidy of 10 million yuan per city. Support will be provided for the market-oriented organization of new energy vehicle exhibitions, with a maximum comprehensive award and subsidy of 10 million yuan.Accelerate the cultivation and development of the hydrogen energy industry. Support the construction of industrial public service platforms for hydrogen energy standards research, pilot-scale testing and scaling-up, testing and inspection, and safety operation monitoring. Adopt a comprehensive “interest subsidy + grant” approach to provide subsidies of up to 5 million yuan. (Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Provincial Department of Commerce)
17. Support the cultivation of strategic emerging industries. The provincial government will continue to allocate special funds to expand the scale of the Provincial Emerging Industries Guidance Fund, accelerate the fund’s fundraising, investment, and operations, and promote the integrated and clustered development of emerging industries.(Responsible Units: Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau, Provincial Department of Finance) Provide subsidies of up to 5 million yuan for industrial public service platform projects in fields such as industrial foundations, new materials, and traditional Chinese medicine. Provide subsidies of up to 5 million yuan for major R&D and industrialization projects in the new materials sector. Provide subsidies for energy-saving and carbon-reduction technological transformation projects in key industrial sectors based on annual energy savings, using a degressive mechanism.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) The provincial government will allocate special funds to support the development of advanced photovoltaic and new energy storage industrial clusters. By coordinating policy funds for the digital transformation of provincial manufacturing, subsidies of 10 million yuan will be provided to newly recognized national-level and world-class advanced manufacturing clusters, and 5 million yuan to provincial-level advanced manufacturing clusters. These funds will be used to support industrial science and technology innovation projects and the construction of public service platforms for cluster enterprises. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology)
18. Promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Implement the Manufacturing Technical Transformation and Upgrading Project, enforce tax incentives for technical transformation investments and special re-lending policies, widely apply digital and intelligent technologies as well as green technologies, support enterprises in technical transformation and equipment upgrades, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of key industries.(Responsible Units: Provincial Tax Bureau, Provincial Local Financial Administration, People’s Bank of China Anhui Branch) Implement more than 1,200 key technical transformation projects worth over 100 million yuan each, and complete digital transformation for more than 5,000 newly added manufacturing enterprises above designated size. Provide a 3 million yuan award and subsidy to enterprises designated as National Smart Manufacturing Demonstration Factories, and a 1 million yuan award and subsidy to those designated as National Green Factories.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology) Support the construction industry in accelerating its transformation and upgrading, advance the development of the “China Construction (Anhui)” Industrial Internet Platform, and actively foster enterprises with special-class qualifications. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development)
19. Accelerate the growth of the digital economy. Implement six major initiatives, including the Digital Industry Capability Enhancement Initiative, to foster and expand core industries of the digital economy. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Provide grants and subsidies of up to 5 million yuan per project for eligible provincial-level digital transformation model demonstration projects. Support the construction of a batch of model digital transformation industrial parks, with grants and subsidies of up to 20 million yuan per model.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology) Support applied research on general-purpose large models, industry-specific large models, secure and controllable technologies, and other pathways for general artificial intelligence, with a maximum subsidy of 50 million yuan per project. For particularly significant projects, provincial and municipal governments may provide support on a case-by-case basis. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Science and Technology) Newly designate more than 300 provincial-level big data enterprises and establish no fewer than five provincial-level big data industrial parks. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Bureau of Data Resources)
20. Support enterprises in becoming stronger, better, and larger. For “Three Firsts” products that have been assessed as reaching internationally advanced levels and achieving self-sufficient supply capabilities, or for provincial entities engaged in the development and demonstration application of such products that are included in relevant catalogs of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the provincial government will provide a subsidy of up to 10 million yuan. For provincial enterprises that purchase comprehensive insurance for the promotion and application of “Three Firsts” products, a subsidy of up to 3 million yuan will be provided.Increase support through government procurement and procurement by state-owned enterprises, and incorporate the R&D and demonstration application of “Three Firsts” products into the comprehensive performance evaluations of state-owned enterprises and the performance assessments of enterprise executives. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Provincial Department of Finance, Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission) Improve the evaluation mechanism for per-mu economic efficiency of industrial enterprises and differentiated policies, and strengthen the supply of key factors such as land, energy, technology, and finance on a categorized basis.(Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau) Intensify efforts to cultivate “Specialized, Refined, Unique, and Innovative” (SRUI) enterprises; provide a 1 million yuan award and subsidy to enterprises awarded the national-level SRUI “Little Giant” title, and a 2 million yuan award and subsidy to enterprises awarded the national-level “Single Champion” title. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology)
21. Strengthen service support for manufacturing development. Implement the value-added tax (VAT) additional deduction policy for advanced manufacturing enterprises, integrated circuit enterprises, and industrial machine tool enterprises. (Responsible unit: Provincial Tax Bureau) Maintain an annual growth rate for manufacturing loans across the province that exceeds the average growth rate of all loans, and increase the proportion of medium- and long-term loans in the manufacturing sector. Disburse over 130 billion yuan in new government-bank-guarantee business, with an average guarantee fee rate not exceeding 1%.(Responsible Units: Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau, Provincial Department of Finance) Continue to implement the provincial special fiscal interest subsidy program for manufacturing financing. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Actively promote direct gas supply to large industrial users to reduce gas supply costs. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Energy Bureau) Collect 90% of the local water conservancy construction fund from small, medium, and micro enterprises, and continue to collect soil and water conservation compensation fees at 80% of the current rate.(Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Water Resources, Provincial Tax Bureau) Implement the policy of temporarily reducing the unemployment insurance contribution rate to 1%. Provide unemployment insurance job retention subsidies to insured entities that do not lay off employees or minimize layoffs, supporting business entities in stabilizing employment. Strengthen employment service guarantees for enterprises and further advance the “Three-Level, Three-Party Enterprise Service” initiative. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security)
VI. Promoting the Upgrading of Modern Service Industries
22. Support the development of key service industry platforms. Provide rewards of up to 5 million yuan, 3 million yuan, and 1 million yuan, respectively, for newly approved national and provincial cold-chain logistics bases and provincial distribution centers. Provide rewards of up to 5 million yuan and 3 million yuan, respectively, for newly approved national and provincial model logistics parks. Provide subsidies of up to 500,000 yuan for provincial supply chain service demonstration platforms.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) Subsidies of up to 10 million yuan per year will be provided to passenger airlines establishing bases at transport airports. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Department of Transportation) Support leading enterprises in production-oriented services in applying for various government industrial guidance funds, innovation funds, and major science and technology projects. (Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Science and Technology)
23. Accelerate the development of new business formats and models in the service sector. Support the development of service industries such as industrial design, software and information technology, and technology services, and cultivate and designate approximately 100 provincial-level industrial design centers. Vigorously foster services such as “inspection and testing + product diagnostics,” “generation-grid-storage + big data centers,” “smart environmental protection + environmental management services,” and “exhibitions + consumption.” Provide rewards for newly approved national-level service industry standardization pilot projects.Deeply advance the creation of national and provincial “integration of manufacturing and services” pilot projects, cultivate approximately 20 benchmark units for “integration of manufacturing and services” development, and select more than 80 provincial-level service-oriented manufacturing demonstration enterprises (platforms). (Responsible Units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology) Cultivate more than 30 provincial-level clusters for the integrated development of commerce, culture, and tourism. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Commerce, Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism)
24. Build service industry agglomeration and innovation clusters. Designate approximately 20 new modern service industry agglomeration and innovation zones, with awards and subsidies provided by the Provincial Service Industry Development Guidance Fund. Advance the construction of public logistics information service platforms and attract and cultivate a group of 5A-level logistics enterprises.(Responsible Unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission) For land used by logistics enterprises for bulk commodity warehousing facilities—whether owned (including for self-use or lease) or leased—the urban land use tax shall be levied at 50% of the applicable tax rate based on the land grade. (Responsible Unit: Provincial Tax Bureau)
VII. Accelerating the Development of a Strong Agricultural Province and Promoting Comprehensive Rural Revitalization
25. Ensure the stable supply of grain and other key agricultural products. Accelerate the construction of the “100-billion-jin Jianghuai Grain Warehouse,” and implement policies such as central government subsidies for the purchase and use of agricultural machinery and rewards for major grain-producing counties. Raise investment standards for high-standard farmland construction and support the development of high-standard farmland and the protection of permanent basic farmland.Expand the coverage of full-cost insurance for the three major grain crops and corn planting income insurance to achieve province-wide coverage. Support the protection of germplasm resources and joint research on high-quality seeds. Prudently advance the pilot program to extend land contracts for another 30 years upon the expiration of the second round of contracts. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Provincial Department of Finance, Provincial Department of Natural Resources)
26. Promote the development of the full industrial chain for agricultural products. Comprehensively advance the development of green food industrial clusters; build a high-standard production, processing, and supply base for green agricultural products in the Yangtze River Delta; establish 100 new provincial-level demonstration bases; and expand and strengthen the Huizhou-style pre-packaged meal industry.Support the implementation of the “Straw to Meat” and Beef Cattle Revitalization Plan. Provide a subsidy of 2 million yuan for each newly established national core beef cattle breeding farm and 3 million yuan for each newly established national core sire station. For enterprises that build or expand beef cattle slaughter and processing capacity and utilize bank loans exceeding 50 million yuan annually, provide an interest subsidy of 1% of the actual loan amount, up to a maximum loan limit of 100 million yuan.Implement insurance for specialty beef cattle agricultural products, with the provincial government providing a 40% premium subsidy. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Provincial Department of Finance) Relying on the Provincial Comprehensive Financial Service Platform, establish service zones for key sectors such as “grain-to-table,” “livestock-to-meat,” and “agriculture-to-industry.” (Responsible Unit: Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau)
27. Deepen the implementation of the “Thousand Villages Leading, Ten Thousand Villages Upgrading” initiative. The provincial government will allocate approximately 1 billion yuan to support the construction of provincial-level model villages under the Beautiful and Harmonious Villages program. Within the newly allocated general debt limits for local governments, support will be provided for the construction of premium demonstration villages under the Beautiful and Harmonious Villages program at a standard of 10 million yuan per village on average.Each county (city, district) will receive a subsidy of 7 million yuan for rural toilet renovation and the improvement of long-term maintenance mechanisms. The provincial government will allocate more than 3.3 billion yuan in funds for the Seamless Promotion of Rural Revitalization, prioritizing industrial development that connects with and benefits farmers and drives employment to increase farmers’ income. The proportion of central and provincial funds allocated to industrial development under the Seamless Promotion of Rural Revitalization program will remain generally stable. (Responsible units: Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Provincial Department of Finance)
VIII. Enhancing the Efficiency of Government Services
28. Implement the Business Environment Benchmarking and Improvement Initiative. Promote the more efficient implementation of the “Provincial Unified List,” deepen the standardization of business support for government service lists, and enhance the functions of “Wan Shi Tong” and “Wan Qi Tong” to ensure that high-frequency matters are accepted without distinction and processed to the same standards throughout the province.Deepen the reform of integrated service windows, promote linked approvals and integrated processing, establish a “central customer service center” for government services, and set up dedicated enterprise service zones to improve the response rate, resolution rate, and satisfaction levels of online and offline assistance and proxy services. Improve the management mechanism for the list of key “One-Stop Service” items, strengthen coordination between online and offline government service operations, and innovate, implement, and replicate more “One-Stop Service” initiatives.Promote the “one-stop online processing” of market regulation and government service matters related to business-related “single matters,” public service items, and matters under national vertical management systems; expand the application of electronic business licenses in areas such as taxation, social security, and housing provident funds. Implement the Business Entity Credit Enhancement Initiative to cultivate 80,000 new A-rated taxpayers and other credit-incentivized entities; assist eligible business entities in promptly exiting the list of seriously dishonest entities; and guide them in completing credit repair for administrative penalty records.(Responsible Units: Provincial Bureau of Data Resources, Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Market Regulation Bureau, Provincial Tax Bureau)
29. Expand the coverage of business support policy implementation. Continuously optimize policy implementation processes to achieve “one-stop online processing” for application, review, and fund disbursement. For policies meeting the requirements of “automatic eligibility” or “immediate eligibility,” in principle, detailed implementation rules will be formulated item by item within one month, and policy services will be broken down into granular components. A policy pre-registration system will be implemented, with unified publication and expedited disbursement facilitated through the “Anhui Enterprise Portal.”Establish a provincial-level work promotion mechanism for the “automatic eligibility” and “immediate eligibility” implementation of business support policies, and incorporate the status of these initiatives into the provincial government’s target management performance evaluation. (Responsible Units: Provincial Department of Justice, Provincial Bureau of Data Resources, Provincial Department of Finance, etc.)
30. Strengthen policy coordination and integration. Strictly implement the pre-formulation policy assessment mechanism, enhance guidance on social expectations, exercise caution when introducing policies that may lead to a contraction in demand, and prioritize policies that promote demand expansion. Clean up and repeal policy provisions that run counter to high-quality development. (Responsible units: Relevant provincial departments) Establish a provincial-level mechanism for assessing policy alignment, strengthen policy synergy, enhance consistency in policy direction, and promote the formation of a cohesive policy framework. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)
The above policy measures shall take effect from the date of publication. Unless a specific time limit is noted, they shall remain valid until December 31, 2024. Following the issuance of this notice, if the central government introduces new policies, those policies shall prevail.
