Original Title: Notice from the General Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on Issuing the “Three-Year Action Plan for Optimizing and Enhancing the Business Environment in the Corps (2023–2025)”
To thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council regarding the optimization of the business environment, to optimize the Corps’ business environment to higher standards, at a higher level, and with greater depth, and to continuously build a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized, this plan has been formulated in light of the Corps’ actual conditions.
I. General Requirements
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and thoroughly implement the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment." We will accelerate the improvement of the Corps’ market-oriented, rule-of-law-based, and internationalized business environment, further stimulate the vitality of market entities, enhance the endogenous momentum for high-quality development, continuously optimize the Corps’ business environment, and consolidate the foundation for the Corps’ high-quality economic development.The goal is that by 2025, the institutional mechanisms for optimizing the business environment in the Corps will be more mature and well-established; market vitality and development quality will be significantly improved; trade and investment will be more convenient; government services will be more standardized; and legal safeguards will be more comprehensive.
II. Main Tasks
(1) Improving the Convenience of Starting a Business (Lead Agency: Corps Market Regulation Bureau)
1. Optimize enterprise establishment services. Further deepen the Corps’ “streamlining administration, delegating powers, and improving services” reform; refine and improve government functions; and ensure that business establishment procedures—including enterprise registration, initial company seal engraving, application for invoices and tax control devices, social insurance enrollment, basic medical insurance enrollment, and housing provident fund registration—are processed simultaneously, require only a single submission of materials, and are completed within a specified timeframe.(Responsible Agencies: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Public Security Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Medical Insurance Bureau, Xinjiang Tax Bureau of the State Taxation Administration, and all Divisions and Cities)
2. Promote full-process “one-stop online services.” Leveraging the Corps’ integrated government service platform, we will advance the full-process “business startup” procedures to be paperless, standardized, regulated, convenient, and intelligent, providing applicants with 24/7 “non-stop” services to make it more convenient for market entities and the public to conduct business. (Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Corps Government Service Center, all Divisions and Cities)
3. Expand the application scenarios for electronic business licenses. Expand the use of electronic business licenses, electronic signatures, and corporate electronic seals in business-related service areas to facilitate the use of electronic signatures and electronic seals by enterprises and the public when handling government service matters. (Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Corps Government Service Center, Public Resources Trading Center, and all divisions and cities)
4. Optimize the online services for business deregistration. Strengthen information sharing among market regulation, human resources and social security, commerce, tax, and customs authorities to enhance the functionality of the “Business Deregistration Zone.” Implement simplified deregistration procedures in accordance with the law to provide market entities with standardized, streamlined, and convenient deregistration services.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Commerce Bureau, State Taxation Administration of Xinjiang Tax Bureau, Urumqi Customs, Corps Government Service Center, and all divisions and cities)
5. Implement simplified business deregistration procedures. Enforce the “Guidelines for Business Deregistration (2021 Revision)” to resolve issues and difficulties encountered during the deregistration process and provide businesses with more standardized administrative guidance;Include enterprises (excluding listed companies) and individual businesses that have not commenced operations after incorporation, have no outstanding debts or claims, or have fully settled all debts and claims, and have no outstanding or fully settled expenses, employee wages, social insurance contributions, statutory compensation, or taxes due, within the scope of simplified deregistration;Establish a fault-tolerance mechanism for simplified deregistration, optimize the functions of the “Enterprise Deregistration Zone” platform, and allow certain market entities with minor irregularities to reapply for simplified deregistration once their irregularities have been resolved. (Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Xinjiang Tax Bureau of the State Taxation Administration, all divisions and cities)
6. Carry out integrated reform of enterprise full-lifecycle services. Systematically integrate high-frequency matters closely related to the enterprise full lifecycle to achieve “access one platform to handle all business affairs”; by consolidating departmental resources, streamlining application materials, optimizing approval processes, and synchronizing data sharing, focus on developing integrated service packages centered on the enterprise “full lifecycle” and “one-stop service for all matters.” Formulate and issue standardized service guidelines, and incorporate them into the Corps’ integrated online government service platform for processing.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Corps Government Service Center, all divisions and cities)
(2) Deepen Reforms in the Bidding and Tendering Sector (Lead Agency: Corps Development and Reform Commission)
7. Continuously expand the scope of services on the public resources trading platform. Strengthen communication with departments such as State-owned Assets, Medical Insurance, Natural Resources, and Ecology and Environment to improve the functionality of the Corps’ factor trading platform, and encourage state-owned enterprises to incorporate their bidding and procurement transactions into the Corps’ public resources trading system. Initiate data integration with the Medical Information Support Platform of the Corps Medical Insurance Bureau and the Corps Migrant Workers’ Wage Payment Monitoring and Early Warning Platform.(Responsible Units: Corps State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Development and Reform Commission, Natural Resources Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Medical Insurance Bureau, Corps Public Resources Trading Center)
8. Enhance the effectiveness of transaction supervision. Deepen the application of big data analysis in public resource transactions and actively explore the establishment of a new full-chain supervision mechanism. Relying on the Corps Public Resource Supervision System, strengthen functions such as data statistics and analysis, intelligent comparison, and tiered early warning. Utilize blockchain and big data technologies to conduct in-depth analysis in areas such as abnormal behavior early warning, service efficiency supervision, and bid-rigging analysis, thereby further improving the service capacity and regulatory effectiveness of public resource transactions.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Water Resources Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Commerce Bureau, and all Divisions and Cities)
9. Promote the application of electronic certificates in the public resource trading sector.Relying on the Corps’ integrated government service platform, apply electronic certificates issued by relevant departments to all stages of public resource trading to avoid duplicate data entry by enterprises. By integrating technologies such as electronic signatures, electronic certificates, blockchain-based evidence storage, and electronic seals, address critical challenges in “contactless” scenarios—including the verification of enterprise qualifications and certificates required for bid evaluation, project process traceability, and the confidentiality of bid documents—to provide better services for further optimizing the business environment for bidding and tendering.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Corps Government Service Center, Public Resource Trading Center, and all Divisions and Cities)
10. Integrate and share bid evaluation expert resources. Establish and improve the Corps’ comprehensive bid evaluation expert database, develop supporting regulations and systems, and promote the cross-division and cross-city sharing of high-quality expert resources in relevant industries. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Natural Resources Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Water Resources Bureau, Transportation Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, Corps Public Resource Trading Center, and all divisions and cities)
11. Standardize unreasonable restrictions on bidding and tendering conditions. Eliminate practices that set unnecessary conditions to exclude potential competitors, with a focus on clearing unreasonable bidding requirements such as registered capital, establishment of branch offices, specific administrative regions, and industry awards. Make concerted efforts to remove hidden barriers and obstacles imposed on enterprises from other regions.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Water Resources Bureau, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Commerce Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, General Administration of Public Affairs, Forestry and Grassland Bureau; China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd., Civil Aviation Administration of Xinjiang; Corps Public Resources Trading Center; all divisions and cities)
(3) Optimizing Supervision and Services for Government Procurement (Lead Agency: Corps Finance Bureau)
12. Ensure fair participation in market competition for all types of market entities. Remove all barriers in the government procurement sector that hinder the unified market and fair competition, and fully guarantee equal participation in government procurement competition for all types of market entities. (Responsible Units: Corps Finance Bureau, Justice Bureau, all Divisions and Cities)
13. Reduce participation costs for suppliers. Standardize the collection and refund of bid bonds and the disbursement of procurement funds, and actively promote government procurement contract financing and electronic performance bonds. (Responsible Units: Corps Finance Bureau, all divisions and cities)
14. Advance the development of government procurement regulatory capabilities. Actively promote the integration of government procurement business systems with the integrated budget management system to achieve closed-loop supervision of government procurement from budgeting, planning, and execution through to contract management and payment. (Responsible Units: Finance Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, all divisions and cities)
15. Continue to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Continue to implement the “Notice on Effectively Implementing Government Procurement Policies to Support the Development of SMEs” (Xin Cai Gou [2022] No. 22), jointly issued by the Department of Finance of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Corps Finance Bureau, and strengthen the implementation of government procurement policies for engineering projects. (Responsible Units: Corps Finance Bureau, all divisions and cities)
(IV) Enhance the Level of Labor Market Regulation (Lead Agency: Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security)
16. Strengthen the effectiveness of mediation and arbitration for labor and personnel disputes. Intensify efforts to handle labor and personnel dispute cases, deepen source-based governance, and adopt multiple measures to strengthen dispute resolution and arbitration proceedings. Continuously improve the level of rights protection services and steadily advance the standardization and normalization of labor and personnel dispute resolution. Strengthen training for labor relations coordinators, labor and personnel dispute mediators, and arbitrators to continuously enhance capabilities in labor relations coordination and the handling of labor and personnel disputes.(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security; all divisions and cities)
17. Optimize the filing procedures for corporate layoffs due to economic reasons. Revise the administrative guidelines for reporting corporate layoffs due to economic reasons and incorporate them into the Corps’ Government Service Platform to enable online submission of filing materials. Promote the application of the Corps’ Labor Employment Filing System and the Electronic Labor Contract Platform to further strengthen macro-level management of labor employment, enhance monitoring and guidance regarding employers’ labor practices and economic layoffs, and improve risk monitoring and early warning capabilities.(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security; all divisions and cities)
18. Continue to deepen efforts to ensure “smooth claims processing and secure administration” of unemployment insurance benefits. Continue to thoroughly implement the national requirements for “smooth claims processing and secure administration” and “expedited HRSS services.” Further streamline channels for claiming unemployment insurance benefits, supplement service guides, improve information systems, and optimize service quality. Ensure the timely and full disbursement of unemployment insurance benefits, achieve online processing and one-stop completion of benefit claims, and fully leverage the fundamental role of unemployment insurance in safeguarding livelihoods.(Responsible Units: Corps Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, all Divisions and Cities)
19. Promote integrated processing of insurance enrollment and premium payments for flexible workers. Enable flexible workers to complete insurance registration, report contribution bases, and make payments through a unified mobile platform, thereby enhancing the convenience of insurance enrollment and premium payment for this group. (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, Medical Insurance Bureau, Xinjiang Tax Bureau of the State Taxation Administration, and all Divisions and Cities)
20. Implement differentiated deposit requirements for wage guarantees in ongoing construction projects. For general contractors that have not incurred wage arrears for two consecutive years at project sites and have implemented real-name registration and wage payment monitoring and early warning systems as required, the deposit ratio for their new projects will be reduced by 50%; for those that have not incurred wage arrears for three consecutive years and have implemented real-name registration and wage payment monitoring and early warning systems as required, they will be exempt from depositing wage guarantees for their new projects.Promote the use of bank letters of credit, insurance company guarantee policies, and letters of credit from engineering guarantee companies to replace cash deposits for wage guarantees, thereby further alleviating financial pressure on enterprises. (Responsible Units: Corps Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, all divisions and cities)
(5) Improve the level of service for access to electricity, water, and gas (Lead Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau)
21. Improve access to electricity. Further refine the “face recognition for electricity connection” and “single-document electricity connection” functions to enhance processing efficiency and improve the user experience.Accelerate research and implementation of centralized procurement of equipment for new electricity connections for residents and small and micro enterprises with a capacity of 160 kW or less in the Corps. Reduce the service costs associated with the “Three Zeros” (zero visits, zero approvals, zero investment) initiative at the division and city levels, and achieve full coverage of the “Three Zeros” service for residents and small and micro enterprises with a capacity of 160 kW or less across the Corps, ensuring that the entire electricity connection process takes no more than 15 working days.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Corps Power Group Corporation and its affiliated power supply enterprises, all divisions and cities)
22. Establish a collaborative mechanism for handling user complaints. Implement systematic management of complaint reception, registration, processing, archiving, inquiry, and statistics; invite independent third-party agencies to evaluate the service quality of water and gas supply enterprises to strengthen external oversight. (Responsible Units: Corps Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, all divisions and cities)
23. Improve transparency in gas pricing and billing. Disclose gas cost and pricing information to the public through various channels, publish details of gas services and fee standards, and accept public oversight. (Responsible entities: Corps Development and Reform Commission; all divisions and cities)
24. Streamline the procedures for water and gas service connections. Eliminate application materials not directly related to water and gas service connections, and reduce the time required for concurrent processing of permits related to external utility line construction, including engineering planning permits, landscaping permits, road construction permits, and road occupancy and excavation permits. (Responsible units: Corps Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, and all divisions and cities)
(VI) Improve the Mechanism for Inclusive and Universal Innovation (Lead Agencies: Corps Science and Technology Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Development and Reform Commission)
25. Improve the mechanism for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. Formulate a work plan for the transfer and transformation of patents in the Corps, clarify objectives and measures, enhance the intellectual property conversion rate and implementation efficiency of innovation entities such as universities and research institutes in the Corps, and promote greater benefits from innovation achievements to small and medium-sized enterprises; further increase the transaction value of technology contracts; and, relying on the National Technology Transfer Talent Training Base, strengthen the training of technology transfer personnel and improve professional service capabilities. (Responsible Units: Corps Science and Technology Bureau, Education Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau, and all Divisions and Cities)
26. Promote the trading of intellectual property and technology achievement property rights. Relying on the Corps’ National Technology Transfer Institution, actively engage with professional service agencies to carry out service cooperation in areas such as technology transfer and commercialization, patent valuation, and industrial collaboration. (Responsible Units: Corps Science and Technology Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; all Divisions and Cities)
27. Support the innovative development of platform enterprises. Implement projects to upgrade network infrastructure in education, healthcare, express delivery, and logistics; promote the development of new service platforms such as internet-based healthcare, online education, third-party logistics, on-demand delivery, online office solutions, and online government services; build a secure, effective, and convenient healthcare and elderly care service network; establish an “Internet+Community” public service platform; and construct a 24-hour full-life-cycle service system.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Education Bureau, Health Commission, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Local Financial Regulatory Bureau, People’s Bank of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Branch, Xinjiang Postal Administration, and all divisions and cities)
28. Optimize public employment services. Expand market-oriented and socialized employment channels; continue to identify vacant positions in Party and government agencies and public institutions; maintain the scale of recruitment for grassroots service projects; support graduates in entrepreneurship and innovation; and attract more college graduates to work in the Corps. Strengthen guidance, actively coordinate and liaise, and continue to effectively recruit demobilized soldiers from other provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities outside Xinjiang.Adhere to the integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries in employment; strengthen employment assistance for newly recruited labor from other provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities; and encourage and support such labor to seek employment in the Corps. (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security; all Divisions and Cities)
29. Establish incentive mechanisms for innovative talent. Further refine specific measures and reward systems for attracting new talent and retaining existing talent, and provide service guarantees for their work, study, and daily life. (Responsible Units: Organization Department of the Corps Party Committee; Corps Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, Public Security Bureau, Education Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Health Commission, Medical Insurance Bureau, and Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau; all Divisions and Cities)
30. Support the development of scientific and technological innovation talent. Further expand autonomy in the management of research project funds, grant scientific and technological talent greater authority to determine technical approaches and use funds, and explore piloting a “lump-sum funding system.” (Responsible units: Corps Finance Bureau, Science and Technology Bureau; all divisions and cities)
31. Orderly expand market opening in the social services sector. Focusing on fields such as healthcare, education, sports, childcare, and municipal services, reduce market access restrictions; streamline procedures for profit-making medical institutions regarding license processing and equipment procurement; continuously optimize interdepartmental approval procedures for privately-run medical institutions, and further reduce the institutional costs of private healthcare provision.(Responsible Units: Corps Health Commission, Education Bureau, Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau, Development and Reform Commission, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Civil Affairs Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau; all divisions and cities)
32. Promote the interconnectivity of market infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure, promote the development and application of next-generation information technologies, and foster their deep integration with various industries; advance the construction of last-mile delivery infrastructure, such as express delivery terminals and smart delivery facilities, and strengthen the development of commercial networks in divisions, cities, and regiments. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Transportation Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Civil Aviation Administration of Xinjiang, Xinjiang Postal Administration, China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd., and all divisions and cities)
33. Systematically advance ecological and environmental protection and construction. Firmly uphold the principle that “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets,” coordinate the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, waters, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts, and balance the development and allocation of water resources with economic development and ecological and environmental protection. Continue to carry out water ecosystem restoration and comprehensive soil and water conservation management. (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Development and Reform Commission, Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Resources, Bureau of Forestry and Grassland; all divisions and cities)
(VII) Optimizing Government Services (Lead Unit: General Office of the Corps)
34. Comprehensively deepen the integrated reform of the “one-window reception” system. Organize all divisions and cities to further consolidate service windows, improve the “one-window reception” working mechanism, strengthen the training and management of relevant personnel, review and refine the negative lists of matters handled at the division and brigade levels, and issue standardized guidelines for “one-window reception.” (Responsible units: Corps Government Service Center, relevant departments of the Corps’ administrative organs, all divisions and cities)
35. Accelerate the standardization of government service items. Unify and standardize elements such as the names, codes, legal basis, and categories of government service items; compile standardized procedural guides for government service items; implement dynamic management of government service items; achieve data consistency, dynamic updates, and coordinated management of government service item data; and promote the acceptance of identical items without discrimination and their processing according to uniform standards. (Responsible Units: Corps Government Service Center, relevant departments of the Corps, all Divisions and Cities)
36. Extend government services to the grassroots level. Achieve full coverage of the Corps’ integrated government service platform across the Corps, divisions, and regiments; extend government service items to platoons (communities); strengthen the construction of street-level convenience service centers and platoon-level convenience service stations; improve the four-tier (Corps, division, regiment, and platoon) comprehensive centralized government service model; and promote the comprehensive extension of government service access points—including those based on the internet, self-service terminals, and mobile devices—to the grassroots level.(Responsible Units: Corps Government Service Center, relevant departments of the Corps, and all divisions and cities)
37. Accelerate reforms in key areas of government services. Promote the “One-Stop Service for a Single Matter” and “Maximum One-Visit” reforms for government service items, further reducing required materials and streamlining procedures. Through collaborative approval, conditional processing, informed commitment, and information sharing, achieve the following for matters within a single thematic category: a single form to fill out, a single set of materials to submit, a single process to follow, and simultaneous issuance of certificates at a single window;Integrate multiple matters with strong internal interdependencies and high frequency of use to provide package-style and thematic services. Prioritize the advancement of high-frequency integrated services, optimize and reengineer business processing workflows, and enhance the sense of fulfillment among enterprises, employees, and the public. (Responsible Units: Corps Government Service Center, relevant departments of the Corps, and all divisions and cities)
38. Improve service levels for foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises. Refine the liaison and service mechanism for key foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises, assist in resolving corporate difficulties, and streamline administrative licensing and filing procedures; intensify training efforts and strengthen policy guidance and operational services. (Responsible Units: Corps Commerce Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau, all Divisions and Cities)
39. Improve the service quality of the Corps’ “96359” hotline. Further refine the hotline’s end-to-end closed-loop operation mechanism, optimize and enhance platform functionality, deepen the “immediate response to complaints” mechanism, strengthen follow-up supervision of the handling of key and difficult complaints, regularly report on the resolution of complaints from enterprises and employees, promote the resolution of urgent, difficult, and pressing issues faced by employees, and effectively improve the satisfaction of enterprises and employees.(Responsible Units: Corps Government Service Center, relevant departments of the Corps’ administrative organs, all divisions and cities)
(VIII) Advance Reform of the Investment and Construction Project Approval System (Lead Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau)
40. Reduce the number of procedures for pre-project processing. Streamline and consolidate materials for pre-project procedures—such as environmental impact assessments, safety evaluations, soil and water conservation assessments, evaluations of the impact on important mineral resources, and impact assessments on nature reserves—within the scope of the engineering construction project approval system reform. For materials already compiled and submitted by projects, government departments shall uniformly accept, simultaneously evaluate, concurrently approve, and provide unified feedback, efficiently completing the pre-project “single-stop service.”(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Resources, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Bureau of Forestry and Grassland, and all Divisions and Cities)
41. Reduce the approval timeline for investment projects. In accordance with the “single list” of investment approval items across the entire Corps, and focusing on the four stages of project initiation approval, planning permits, construction permits, and completion acceptance, further reduce approval timelines through measures such as strengthening project planning and development, streamlining approval items and processes, comprehensively promoting parallel and online approvals, and implementing categorized approvals for different projects.The total approval timeframe for investment projects requiring approval shall not exceed 57 working days; for investment projects requiring approval by the competent authority, the total approval timeframe shall not exceed 48 working days; and for investment projects subject to filing, the total approval timeframe shall not exceed 41 working days. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and all Divisions and Cities)
42. Continue to deepen the “multi-survey integration” reform for engineering construction project approvals. Improve the “multi-survey integration” working mechanism, issue Corps-level technical standards and procedures for “multi-survey integration” in engineering construction projects, promote the application of the Corps’ “multi-survey integration” service platform, and achieve “single-point commissioning, joint surveying, and shared results.” (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, all Divisions and Cities)
43. Continue to advance the “one-stop online processing” of investment approvals. Promote the interconnectivity of relevant systems, including the Corps’ integrated online government service platform, the online approval and supervision platform for investment projects, the engineering construction project approval system, the land use control system, and the transportation construction consultation service platform. While ensuring information security, increase the sharing of project approval information and application materials to continuously improve the convenience of “one-stop online processing” for investment approvals.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau, Transportation Bureau; Corps Government Service Center, Public Resources Trading Center; all divisions and cities)
44. Standardize the implementation of the agency construction system for government-invested projects. Strictly implement the requirements of the “Notice on Issuing the Interim Measures for the Management of the Agency Construction System for Government-Invested Construction Projects of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps” (Xinbing Fa [2019] No. 35). Government-invested project (legal person) units shall entrust agency construction units in accordance with statutory procedures.Project management agencies shall not undertake survey, design, construction, or supervision work in projects they manage; shall not have any subordinate relationship or other conflicts of interest with bidding entities; and shall not delegate project management duties to other entities. Project management agencies shall manage construction in accordance with the construction scale, standards, and scope specified in the project management contract, control the total project investment, and ensure engineering quality and project timelines. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission; all Divisions and Cities)
45. Continuously improve the quality and efficiency of approval services for construction projects. Promote the sharing and joint use of construction drawing review data, ensuring dynamic maintenance and secure management, and achieve online sharing and application of archival materials and surveying results. Promote the application of joint drawing review. Strengthen interdepartmental information coordination and sharing, comprehensively advance full-process supervision and management of project approvals, and regularly eliminate “off-system” and “hidden” approval procedures in the approval process.(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Bureau of Natural Resources, Development and Reform Commission; all divisions and cities)
46. Enhance the effectiveness of regional assessments. Establish pilot programs in development zones and other eligible areas to explore the implementation of the “standard land + acceptance with missing documents + commitment system.” Prior to land transfer, divisions and cities shall complete regional assessments—including geological surveys, energy assessments, and environmental impact assessments—for the relevant plots in advance. Land-using enterprises shall simultaneously sign land use commitment letters, pledging to fulfill the required approval procedures. This will improve the efficiency of land resource allocation and the level of intensive land use, thereby facilitating the early implementation and commencement of construction projects.(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources, Development and Reform Commission, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, and all Divisions and Cities)
47. Optimize the joint acceptance process. Following the completion acceptance of engineering projects, implement joint acceptance for specialized acceptance items related to planning, fire safety, civil air defense, and archives, in accordance with the principles of “information sharing, centralized acceptance, time-limited completion, and unified confirmation.”Leveraging the Engineering Construction Project Approval Management System, electronic signatures and seals recognized by the system will be used throughout all stages of the process to achieve unified submission and sharing of acceptance application information, centralized control of acceptance procedures, timely feedback on acceptance opinions, automatic generation of acceptance results, and one-click archiving. (Responsible Units: Corps Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Natural Resources Bureau; all divisions and cities)
48. Strengthen the credit system in the engineering construction sector. Enhance the interconnectivity between the Engineering Construction Project Approval System and credit information systems such as the Corps Credit Information Sharing Platform. Report adverse behaviors by market entities and intermediary institutions—including violations of laws and regulations and failure to fulfill commitments—and strengthen credit supervision through incentives for trustworthy conduct and penalties for dishonest behavior. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau, Transportation Bureau, Water Resources Bureau, and other relevant departments; all divisions and cities)
(IX) Improving the Convenience of Property Registration (Lead Agency: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources)
49. Promote concurrent processing of real estate registration. Deepen the implementation of “single-window acceptance and concurrent processing” for real estate registration, transactions, and tax payments, ensuring a single set of materials and one-stop completion. By establishing comprehensive service counters in government service halls or real estate registration halls and creating unified acceptance modules on the Corps’ integrated government service platform, facilitate online linkage between real estate registration and the processing of water, electricity, gas, and heating services.(Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Bureau of Water Resources; Xinjiang Tax Bureau of the State Taxation Administration; Corps Government Service Center; Corps Power Group and its affiliated power supply enterprises; all divisions and cities)
50. Achieve “one-stop online processing” for real estate registration. Deepen the implementation of “fully online processing” for high-frequency real estate registration matters handled by enterprises; leverage the Corps’ unified identity authentication and enterprise electronic seal systems to support online processing of real estate mortgage registration and other matters, facilitating information sharing and verification. (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Natural Resources, Bureau of Market Regulation; People’s Bank of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Branch; National Financial Regulatory Administration Xinjiang Regulatory Bureau; all divisions and cities)
(X) Strengthen Market Regulation Services (Lead Agency: Corps Market Regulation Bureau)
51. Fully implement joint “double random, one public” supervision by relevant departments in the market regulation sector. Except for special key areas, in principle, all administrative inspections should be conducted through “double random” sampling, replacing the original patrol system and arbitrary inspections in routine supervision to establish a normalized management mechanism; fully leverage the role of the joint conference mechanism to actively carry out joint departmental supervision and avoid overlapping enforcement;Refine and strictly enforce the Corps-wide unified list of random inspection items, and establish guidelines for random inspection work. (Responsible Units: Member units of the Corps Joint Conference on “Double Random, Public Disclosure” Supervision in the Market Regulation Sector; all Divisions and Cities)
52. Enhance the level of credit-based regulation. Continuously optimize the service functions of the Corps’ credit information sharing platform, and promote the integration of systems for joint incentives and penalties, credit evaluation, and other related functions into government service halls at all levels of the Corps. Strengthen the collection and sharing of credit information, break down “data barriers” and “information silos,” and promote the interconnectivity of industry-specific system platforms with the Corps’ credit platform.Improve the credit commitment system for market entities. Vigorously advance credit-based tiered and categorized supervision, establish and improve public and industry credit evaluation systems, and guide the implementation of credit-based tiered and categorized supervision in areas such as tax administration, ecological and environmental protection, and medical insurance; implement a credit commitment system in matters such as government procurement, bidding and tendering, administrative approval, and market access, and strengthen the application of credit products and services such as third-party credit evaluation reports. Carry out joint credit-based rewards and punishments as well as credit repair in accordance with laws and regulations.(Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Science and Technology Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau, Justice Bureau, Medical Insurance Bureau; State Taxation Administration Xinjiang Tax Bureau, Urumqi Customs; all divisions and cities)
53. Improve the precision of enterprise credit supervision. Implement the “Opinions of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Promoting Enterprise Credit Risk Classification Management to Further Enhance Regulatory Efficiency” (Guo Shi Jian Fa [2022] No. 6). Explore the establishment of an enterprise credit risk classification supervision indicator system and model suited to the Corps’ actual conditions to achieve intelligent classification of enterprise credit risk status. Promote the organic integration of “double-random, public disclosure” supervision with enterprise credit risk classification results to further enhance the precision of supervision.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, all divisions and cities)
54. Strengthen the governance of government integrity breaches. Establish and improve systems for the collection, disclosure, and management of records of integrity breaches in the government sector, and promptly disclose such records to the public; establish and improve a special supervision mechanism for government integrity, conduct regular inspections on government integrity, require timely rectification of specific integrity breaches, implement regional big data monitoring and early warning for government integrity, and establish mechanisms for social supervision and third-party institutional evaluation;In key areas such as project investment, government procurement, bidding and tendering, and social management, establish a mechanism of “government commitment + social supervision + accountability for breaches of trust” to promote the full fulfillment and implementation by government departments of administrative actions lawfully taken toward market entities and the preferential policies introduced for investment promotion. (Responsible Units: General Office of the Corps, Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, and all Divisions and Cities)
55. Promote “Internet Plus Regulation.” Improve working mechanisms and establish an assessment and evaluation system; use the “Internet Plus Regulation” system as a hub platform to gradually connect and integrate various regulatory business systems; strengthen the dynamic management of the catalog of regulatory items; and enhance the aggregation, sharing, and governance of regulatory data; clarify risk warning workflows for internal operations and external coordination, and establish an efficient cross-regional and cross-departmental mechanism for the verification and collaborative handling of risk warnings.(Responsible Units: General Office of the Corps, Bureau of Justice, and all Divisions and Cities)
56. Strengthen supervision in key sectors. In special industries and key sectors directly related to public safety and the health and safety of the public—such as food and drug safety, public safety, work safety, and ecological and environmental protection—implement a list-based management system. Identify key supervision targets, strictly limit the number of key supervision items, standardize key supervision procedures, and implement follow-up supervision and direct guidance. Establish mechanisms for information sharing and traceability in key sectors, and resolutely crack down on suspected criminal activities in accordance with the law.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Public Security Bureau, Emergency Management Bureau, Ecology and Environment Bureau; all Divisions and Cities)
57. Strengthen market price monitoring and early warning for key commodities. Adjust and optimize the range of price-monitored items and monitoring points; establish and improve the Corps’ price monitoring and reporting system; and strengthen market price monitoring for essential livelihood goods. Utilize modern information technology to advance the construction of a three-tier (Corps, Division, and Brigade) price monitoring, forecasting, and early warning system, thereby enhancing monitoring and analytical capabilities. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Commerce Bureau, General Investigation Corps; all Divisions and Cities)
58. Strengthen safety supervision of medical devices. Intensify product quality supervision across the entire chain and lifecycle of medical device production, operation, and use. Focus on key products such as medical devices for epidemic prevention and control and those subject to centralized volume-based procurement;closely monitor key links such as commissioned production and operation, and online sales; for key enterprises with frequent regulatory violations or failed random inspections, carry out investigations and rectifications of medical device quality and safety risks; comprehensively employ methods such as unannounced inspections, supervisory sampling, and adverse event monitoring to conduct special inspections, severely punish illegal and non-compliant behaviors, enhance risk control capabilities, and ensure the quality and safety of medical devices. (Responsible units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, all divisions and cities)
59. Fully implement the fair competition review system. Adhere to the principle of “who drafts, reviews; who formulates, cleans up,” strengthen primary responsibility, and improve the quality of reviews for new policy measures and the cleanup of existing ones; establish mechanisms for receiving and responding to complaints and reports regarding fair competition reviews, a review and spot-check mechanism, and a system for joint review of major policy measures; implement a third-party assessment system for fair competition reviews; and promptly investigate issues raised in reports.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, Commerce Bureau, Justice Bureau, and all divisions and cities)
60. Strengthen and improve antitrust and anti-unfair competition enforcement. Legally curb monopolistic practices such as the implementation of monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance, and abuse of administrative power to exclude or restrict competition, ensuring that all types of market entities can participate fairly in market competition; strengthen antitrust and anti-unfair competition regulation in new business sectors such as the platform economy and the sharing economy, and uphold fair competition in the platform economy sector.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Development and Reform Commission, and all divisions and cities)
61. Regulate enterprise-related fee collection practices. Implement the catalog system for government-priced enterprise-related fees, conduct special inspections on the implementation of preferential policies regarding such fees, and strictly investigate and punish illegal and non-compliant fee collection issues, such as the unauthorized establishment of fee items, raising collection standards, expanding the scope of collection, and arbitrary imposition of fees. (Responsible Units: Corps Development and Reform Commission, Finance Bureau, Market Regulation Bureau; all divisions and cities)
62. Continue to advance efforts to prevent and resolve overdue payments to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Streamline complaint channels for overdue payments to SMEs, strengthen the management of ledgers tracking leads on overdue payments, and effectively verify and supervise the resolution of identified issues. (Responsible Units: Corps Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, Finance Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; all divisions and cities)
63. Improve the Corps’ credit-based financing service system. Vigorously advance the application and promotion of the Corps’ Comprehensive Financing Credit Service Platform; strengthen personnel and funding support; and encourage banks, insurance companies, guarantee institutions, and credit service providers to connect to the platform. Coordinate efforts to refine the platform as the unified window for financial services within the Corps, leveraging its role as a hub for the top-down and bottom-up flow of credit data. Encourage the standardized development of credit service institutions, support the innovation and optimization of financing models, and strengthen financial services for enterprises.(Responsible Units: Development and Reform Commission of the Corps, Market Regulation Bureau, Local Financial Regulatory Bureau, People’s Bank of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Branch, Xinjiang Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervision and Administration, and all divisions and cities)
(11) Strengthen Reforms in the Creation, Protection, and Utilization of Intellectual Property (Lead Agency: Bingtuan Market Regulation Bureau)
64. Strengthen the construction of the credit system in the field of intellectual property. Improve the mechanisms and management measures for incorporating information on intellectual property violations into the credit records of enterprises or individuals, and refine the joint disciplinary system for dishonest conduct. (Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, all divisions and cities)
65. Improve and refine the specialized intellectual property adjudication system. Deepen the reform of the “three-in-one” adjudication mechanism for civil, criminal, and administrative intellectual property cases, and optimize the layout of courts with jurisdiction over intellectual property matters; accurately apply the interpretation regarding the application of punitive damages in civil cases involving intellectual property infringement, and apply punitive damages in accordance with the law for malicious infringement, repeated infringement, and other such cases; leverage the “April 26 Intellectual Property Awareness Week” to conduct publicity campaigns on judicial protection of intellectual property, and fully leverage the positive guiding role of judicial rulings.(Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
66. Strengthen administrative law enforcement regarding intellectual property. Innovate mechanisms for the protection of trade secrets and investigate and punish acts of unfair competition, such as trade secret infringement, in accordance with the law; intensify law enforcement efforts in key sectors and regions where public complaints are widespread, social attention is high, and infringement and counterfeiting are prevalent; establish and improve mechanisms for the diversified resolution of intellectual property disputes and for rights protection assistance; strengthen cross-regional cooperation in intellectual property law enforcement to protect the lawful rights and interests of intellectual property rights holders and related parties in accordance with the law.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, Corps Court, Corps Public Security Bureau, all Divisions and Cities)
67. Strengthen supervision of intellectual property practices. Enhance ex-post supervision of the intellectual property agency industry; intensify the investigation and punishment of malicious trademark registration, unlicensed patent agency activities, and non-genuine patent applicants and agencies; strengthen the protection of geographical indications, special marks, and official marks; and severely crack down on malicious trademark registration and hoarding; establish and improve mechanisms for the rapid handling of intellectual property infringement disputes, the prompt acceptance of cases, and scientific case distribution to facilitate the swift resolution of simple cases and disputes.(Responsible Units: Corps Market Regulation Bureau, all divisions and cities)
(12) Optimize Methods for Providing Bankruptcy Services (Lead Agency: Corps Court)
68. Establish a coordination and collaboration mechanism for bankruptcy services and disposal. Build a corporate bankruptcy coordination system and operational framework to comprehensively advance, in accordance with the law, business coordination, information sharing, livelihood protection, and risk prevention during bankruptcy proceedings, and provide legal support for market-oriented debt restructuring. (Responsible Units: Corps Court, Corps Market Regulation Bureau, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, all Divisions and Cities)
69. Promote the “differentiated handling of complex and simple cases” in bankruptcy proceedings. Improve the efficiency of bankruptcy case adjudication; apply expedited proceedings to bankruptcy liquidation and settlement cases where creditor-debtor relationships are clear, the debtor’s financial status is transparent, and the facts of the case are straightforward; reasonably shorten the time limits for relevant procedures in accordance with the law; and intensify efforts to resolve long-pending bankruptcy cases. (Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
(13) Strengthen Judicial Safeguards for Contract Enforcement (Lead Unit: Corps Court)
70. Deepen the “differentiated handling of complex and simple cases” in civil and commercial matters. Refine the criteria for “differentiated handling,” leveraging the full-process online case management system to intelligently identify relevant factors and determine case complexity; accurately apply the relevant provisions of the amended Civil Procedure Law regarding the single-judge system, simplified procedures, and small claims litigation in accordance with the law to continuously enhance judicial efficiency;Adhere to a dual approach of optimizing traditional services and leveraging smart services to provide private enterprises with high-quality, efficient, and convenient litigation services that integrate online and offline channels; pilot the establishment of “Fast Enforcement Centers” and “Enforcement Affairs Centers” for the centralized handling of simple enforcement cases, further advancing the centralized and streamlined enforcement of such cases as well as case workflow management to improve enforcement efficiency. (Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
71. Deepen the implementation of online litigation. Enhance electronic litigation service capabilities and continuously improve and expand the scope of electronic litigation services;Intensify efforts to promote fully paperless online case handling throughout the entire process, and advance the intelligent application of electronic case files in scenarios such as case information entry, intelligent case file review, case file disclosure and collaboration, document generation, one-click archiving, and similar case recommendations; implement electronic management of People’s Court archives, allowing documents collected or generated electronically to be directly converted into electronic archives for filing. (Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
72. Ensure the timely fulfillment of the legitimate rights and interests of prevailing parties. Strictly control the timeframes for key procedures such as the claim, deposit, and distribution of case funds; provide feedback on enforcement progress to applicants in accordance with the law; and ensure that case funds meeting the necessary conditions are distributed promptly upon receipt by the People’s Court. (Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
73. Strengthen the protection of property subject to enforcement. Strictly enforce relevant regulations on property preservation and enforcement, focusing on resolving issues involving the adoption of coercive measures that exceed the scope, duration, or authority of the case, and further standardize the disposal of property subject to enforcement. (Responsible Unit: Corps Court)
74. Efficiently handle cases involving overdue payments to small, medium, and micro enterprises. Include such cases in the “green channel” for expedited filing, adjudication, and enforcement; launch specialized enforcement campaigns for relevant cases; and implement joint disciplinary measures against entities with poor credit in accordance with laws and regulations. (Responsible Units: Corps Court, Corps Development and Reform Commission, all Divisions and Cities)
III. Support Measures
(1) Strengthen Organizational Leadership. Enhance overall leadership and organizational coordination for the Corps’ efforts to optimize the business environment. The Corps Development and Reform Commission, as the lead department for optimizing the business environment, shall use the national business environment evaluation indicator system as a guide to effectively fulfill its responsibilities regarding plan formulation, coordination and promotion, monitoring and scheduling, supervision of implementation, and evaluation.All leading units and divisions/cities shall treat the optimization and improvement of the business environment as a priority task. The principal responsible officials shall serve as the primary accountable persons, personally overseeing deployment, planning, coordination, progress, and implementation. Sufficient personnel and funding shall be allocated to ensure dedicated personnel coordinate and advance the optimization and improvement of the business environment, and dedicated funds support these efforts. Each division and city shall propose specific implementation measures and breakdown plans for key tasks, clearly defining timelines and roadmaps.Lead units must strengthen follow-up services and guidance for relevant units and divisions/cities, and report progress to the Corps Development and Reform Commission on schedule. (Responsible Units: Relevant departments of the Corps headquarters, all divisions and cities)
(2) Strengthen Coordination and Collaboration. Competent authorities for business environment development at all levels must take the initiative, enhance communication and cooperation with all departments, maintain a comprehensive grasp of the progress of all tasks, and coordinate the resolution of major issues. Lead departments must strengthen their sense of responsibility, take charge of coordinating and advancing key tasks within their respective fields, and ensure that all measures are effectively implemented. Supporting departments must be proactive, conduct in-depth research on tasks within their scope of responsibility, resolutely implement the contents of the plan, and form a synergistic effort.(Responsible Units: Relevant departments of the Corps headquarters, all divisions and cities)
(3) Strengthen Specialized Governance. Deepen specialized governance of the business environment, improve the complaint handling mechanism, and utilize platforms such as the “96359” government service hotline to accept complaints and reports from all sectors of society regarding illegal acts that harm the business environment, investigating and handling them in accordance with the law. Resolutely address corruption and malpractices that hinder the implementation of policies to support enterprises and alleviate difficulties, constrain the healthy development of enterprises, or infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of market entities and the public, thereby promoting the establishment of a new type of close yet clean government-business relationship.(Responsible Units: The Corps Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision; the General Office of the Corps; the Development and Reform Commission; the Justice Bureau; the Commerce Bureau; the Market Regulation Bureau; the Corps Government Service Center; the Public Resources Trading Center; and other relevant departments; all divisions and cities)
(4) Foster a Positive Atmosphere. All departments, units, and agencies at all levels must fully leverage the role of the media. Through press conferences, special interviews, follow-up reports, and dedicated columns, they should intensify publicity efforts regarding policies and measures to optimize the business environment, as well as showcase exemplary cases. This will expand the reach of such policies and measures and enhance awareness among enterprises.Communication between government and enterprises must be strengthened. We must proactively solicit suggestions from market entities, professional institutions, and industry associations and chambers of commerce to foster a positive public opinion environment for business development that involves the whole of society. (Responsible Units: Publicity Department of the Corps Party Committee; relevant departments including the Corps Development and Reform Commission; all divisions and cities)
Copies to: People’s Bank of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Branch; Xinjiang Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervisory Administration; Urumqi Customs; Xinjiang Tax Bureau of the State Taxation Administration; Civil Aviation Administration of China Xinjiang Administration; China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.; Xinjiang Postal Administration.
General Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Issued on August 24, 2023
