Foshan Jihua Road, Central Business District There are rows of high-rise buildings, and busy construction projects contrast with the busy flow of people. The latest one is the 150-meter-high Ping An Center project. Thanks to the approval agency service of Foshan , the approval processing time has been shortened from the normal 82 days to 26 days (including the 10-day publicity period), so that construction can start smoothly before the end of the year.
Economic development depends on "liveliness" and more importantly, "connections." Since 2021, Foshan has launched the "No. 1 Reform Project" of the business environment and built a "Benefiting for You" enterprise service system, which has become an important driving force for promoting high-quality economic development.
By November 2022, 100% of Foshan government services will be provided online, and the total number of market entities of all types will increase by 19.1% year-on-year. During the same period, investment in Foshan's construction projects increased by 11.6%, investment in industrial technological transformation increased by 12%, investment promotion, and import and export volumes both hit record highs. With the increasing sense of gain among market entities, Foshan's economy is moving forward steadily.
Problem orientation:
122 reform measures to accurately serve enterprises
"In Foshan, the policies and services that make me most sensitive and concerned about must be 'benefiting you'." said Li Junwei, vice president of Feiyu Group and CMO of Delma Technology.
The Cantonese phrase "yi shai you" can be understood as "give you all the benefits." In 2021, Foshan launched the "No. 1 Reform Project" and established a leading group for optimizing the business environment with the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor as "double leaders". At the end of the year, it released the "Action Plan for Building Foshan's "Yitai You" Enterprise Service System and Creating a First-Class Business Environment (2022 Edition)."
As a result, Foshan has begun to deepen reforms with a total of 122 reform measures in the fields of "1 Era" of commercial system, efficient approval of engineering projects, "zero door-to-door" tax services, cross-border trade facilitation, financial services inclusiveness. In 2022, Foshan also introduced the country's first "Foshan Market Entity Service Regulations" to serve market entities.
The transformation of government functions has brought tangible benefits to enterprises. For example, through the "One Era" reform of the commercial system, Foshan has realized one link in the entire process of starting a business, completing many matters such as business registration and bank account opening in one go, saving companies a total of more than 19 million yuan in costs. By implementing the "precision" reform of administrative supervision and pioneering the " artificial intelligence + double random" supervision model, Foshan's on-site inspection rate of market entities has been reduced by 83%, and the detection rate of illegal activities has increased to 86%.
"Foshan has deepened the reform of the business environment and introduced many policies to facilitate people and benefit enterprises. It is oriented by enterprise needs, constantly innovates enterprise-friendly services, and optimizes the business environment for service and entrepreneurship. Enterprises have benefited a lot from this." Wu Chengping, deputy general manager of Guangdong Xingxing Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd. said.
Foshan speed:
The approval of major industrial projects does not exceed 1 month
On December 28, 2022, the Foshan Ping An Center project officially started, becoming the largest investment project of Ping An Group in the country in 2022.
Ping An Group Ping An Real Estate Chief Operating Officer Zeng Canxia said excitedly that they will build a future-leading urban flagship complex with Foshan speed and Ping An quality.
Regarding “Foshan Speed”, Zeng Canxia had already experienced it before the project started. The Foshan Ping An Center project, as one of the first batch of approval agency service projects in the city, has shortened the approval processing time from the normal 82 days to 26 days (including the 10-day publicity period).
This astonishing speed stems from Foshan's reform of the approval agency service for major industrial investment projects launched in September 2022. This is also an important part of the "Yishaiyou" enterprise service system.
According to the "Foshan City Major Industrial Investment Project Approval Agency Service Implementation Measures", Foshan provides full-process approval agency for major industrial projects with an investment of 1 billion yuan and above that meet relevant conditions. Foshan sets up a "leading group + agency group" for each project. It is required that the approval time of each project in Foshan does not exceed 1 month, and in special circumstances does not exceed 2 months.
As a result, Foshan has successfully promoted the rapid start of construction of a large number of industrial projects, and some projects have "started construction as soon as they received the land" and "started construction and put into production at the same time."While provides approval agency services for major industrial investment projects, Foshan also comprehensively promotes various forms of assistance services.
In Shunde, the Xingfu Liancheng Jun'an Smart Technology Industrial Park with a total investment of 1 billion yuan has achieved "transfer with a plan and construction starts immediately after receiving the land", shortening the approval time limit of 4-6 months; in Sanshui, the Baiyun Technology Industry Park with a total investment of 2.6 billion yuan After the project was signed, the approval agency staff immediately established a WeChat group to connect with the company, and finally entered the site and started construction half a year earlier than planned...
's considerate and efficient services not only accelerated the implementation of the project, but also enhanced investors' confidence in Foshan. As of the end of November 2022, Foshan has signed contracts to introduce 411 projects worth more than 100 million yuan or US$10 million, with a total contracted investment of 331.044 billion yuan, exceeding 300 billion yuan for the first time.
Escort "going out to sea":
Import and export trade has reached a new high for two consecutive years
On the banks of the Xijiang River , the whistle roared. A large cargo ship slowly sails out from Shunde New Port. The fully loaded "Made in Foshan" will first arrive at Shenzhen Shekou Port, and then quickly and conveniently go to sea through the "combined port" logistics model and be sent to all parts of the world.
Expanding overseas markets is currently an important growth point for Foshan manufacturing companies. Behind this, Foshan has played a key role in optimizing the business environment and deepening the reform of cross-border trade facilitation.
In order to help enterprises "go overseas", Foshan has taken the initiative to strengthen the docking of port resources with coastal cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen, innovate logistics supervision models, strengthen regional customs clearance facilitation cooperation, and promote the "One Port Connect" and "Combined Port" reform pilots.
Under the two new modes, Foshan realizes the "24-hour" rapid flow of waterborne goods between the hub port and the Pearl River Inland Terminal. Compared with the traditional model, which generally takes 5-7 days to complete the procedures, the new model can be shortened to 1-2 days, and corporate costs can be reduced by about 30%.
Currently, 6 port terminals in Foshan, including Shunde New Port and Gaoming Pearl River Freight, have opened a new "combined port" logistics model with Shekou, Shenzhen, and 5 port terminals, including Beijiao Port and Jiujiang Port, have opened a "One Bay Area One Port" model with Nansha .
At the same time, Foshan innovates the cross-border e-commerce supervision model, promotes the implementation of "B2B" export facilitation measures, realizes "one-time registration" and "one-point docking" for enterprises, sets up special service windows at the port, and provides "integrated customs clearance", "simplified declaration" and other customs clearance models to help companies expand overseas markets. In addition, Foshan is also accelerating the construction of the Foshan Linked Development Zone of the Guangdong Free Trade Zone.
In 2021, Foshan's import and export exceeded the 600 billion yuan mark for the first time. In the first eleven months of 2022, the total value of Foshan's foreign trade import and export reached 613.36 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%, and the total volume hit a record high.
Corporate response
"Looking forward to "Yishai Ni" becoming a national brand"
"Over the years of starting a business in Foshan, I have deeply felt the enlightenment and openness of the Foshan city and district governments." The simple words of Huang Ping, chairman of Guangdong Youkai Technology Co., Ltd., are the voice of Foshan entrepreneurs facing the continuously optimized business environment.
Entrepreneurs are most sensitive to changes in the first-class business environment. Li Junwei, vice president of Feiyu Group and CMO of Delma Technology, said that the development of Delma is inseparable from the considerate services of Foshan government departments at all levels. "As a Foshan enterprise, we understand the meaning behind the three words 'Yishai Ni'." In his view, "Yishai Ni" is a branding action for Foshan's business environment, and the concept of "everything for the enterprise, for everything in the enterprise" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"After our planning plan came out, multiple departments worked together and communicated with the designers and builders on site to form a consensus on revisions to ensure that the one-time modifications met the standard requirements, so that things that used to take weeks to complete could be completed with high quality in one day." said Xie Jiasheng, CEO of Guangdong Medical Valley·Yundonghai Life Science Park.
Wu Chengping, deputy general manager of Guangdong Xingxing Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd., also saw that “Foshan has deepened the reform of the business environment and introduced many policies to facilitate the people and benefit enterprises. Based on the needs of enterprises, it has continuously innovated services to benefit enterprises and optimized the business environment for service and entrepreneurship. Enterprises have benefited a lot from this."
" hopes that "Yishai Ni" will become a national brand that creates a first-class business environment in Foshan and be further carried forward. "Li Junwei said.
[Nanfang Daily Reporter] Xiao Xia
[Poster] Liu Zikui
[Author] Xiao Xia; Liu Zikui
[Source] Southern Newspaper Media Group Nanfang + Client
