{"id":1581,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/china-cuts-more-administrative-approvals-including-work-permits\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:52:07","slug":"administrative-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/administrative-approvals\/","title":{"rendered":"China Cuts More Administrative Approvals Including Work Permits"},"content":{"rendered":"

The State Council has decided to cancel another 11 administrative<\/a> approval items to further simplify administration, according to a circular published<\/a> on August 3.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Understanding the administrative approval items<\/h2>\n

The State Council has decided to cancel\u00a0another\u00a011 administrative approval items to further simplify administration, according to a circular published\u00a0on August 3.<\/p>\n

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Here are <\/span>the <\/span>eleven approvals to be canceled<\/span>\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\n

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Work Permit<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

1. Work permits for residents from Hong Kong, Macao special administrative regions, and Taiwan in the Chinese mainland.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the cancellation of the approval, the Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Human Resources and Social Security\u00a0(MOHRSS) will be fully responsible for\u00a0employment services, social security, unemployment registration, labor rights protection, etc, for employees from\u00a0Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Know that if\u00a0you encounter any labor issues in China\u00a0such as being cheated by your\u00a0employer,\u00a0the\u00a0MOHRSS is the administrative department that can help you.<\/p>\n

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Company Affair<\/span><\/strong>s<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Verification<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>of corporate group<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A c<\/span>orporate group or group of companies is a collection of parent and subsidiary<\/a> corporations that function as a single economic entity through a common source of control.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In China, a company has to go through a series of verification before taking the “Group” title. State Market Regulatory Administration will roll out specific standards and requirements to guide companies how to properly use “Group”\u00a0 when the verification requirement is canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Record filings for <\/span><\/strong>established<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0company branches.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Initially, it is the Industry and Commerce Department that\u00a0monitors\u00a0all procedures\u00a0for\u00a0record filings for established\u00a0company branches. After the state institutional reform comes\u00a0into effect, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce will be\u00a0directly under the administration of State Market Regulatory Administration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The record filings for established\u00a0company branches will be canceled, literally, it is applicable to all types of companies as the document does not make any exclusion, but we sill need to wait for the officially detailed sayings. Meanwhile, the State Market Regulatory Administration and Industry and Commerce Department\u00a0<\/span>TWO<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0departments will increase inspections for company affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Announcement <\/span><\/strong>to<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0withdraw<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0business licenses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Applicants are originally required to place their\u00a0announcement\u00a0to\u00a0withdraw\u00a0their\u00a0business licenses in the\u00a0media. After the cancellation of the\u00a0announcement, the applicants are only required to\u00a0post\u00a0a\u00a0free announcement\u00a0<\/strong>on the related\u00a0administrative department.<\/p>\n

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5. Record filings for <\/span><\/strong>established<\/span><\/strong>, converting, <\/span><\/strong>canceled<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0foreign-funded<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Partnership Enterprise<\/span><\/strong>s<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A partnership in the People’s Republic of China is a business entity governed by the Partnership Enterprise Law.\u00a0After the cancellation of\u00a0the\u00a0record filing, instead,\u00a0the State Market Regulatory Administration and Industry and Commerce Department will build a centralized monitor system to get the updated information of enterprises.<\/p>\n

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6. Initial review of<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>domestic<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>company to establish<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0a<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0company overseas<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(<\/span><\/strong>financial sector excluded)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the cancellation of the initial review, the Ministry of Commerce directly supervises and makes\u00a0approvals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New investment opportunit<\/span><\/strong>ies<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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7. Project approvals for foreign investment in the transport<\/span><\/strong>ation<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0sector.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

China opens more sectors to embrace foreign investment. After the cancellation\u00a0of the approval, foreign investments\u00a0will be fairly\u00a0treated as the local investment. Foreign investors can apply for\u00a0the\u00a0Passenger Transportation License,\u00a0Cargo\u00a0Transportation License\u00a0according to the law\u00a0and legally own\u00a0a\u00a0business in the\u00a0transportation\u00a0sector.<\/p>\n

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8. Vehicle maintenance and operation permit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the cancellation of the approval, the Ministry of Transport will announce specific standards on vehicle maintenance business, impose penalties on violations of laws and regulations and establish a blacklist system to record lawbreakers, which is connecting to the current credit system.<\/p>\n

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9. Initial<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>review<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>of import and export of the state key protection aquatic animal and related products.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will directly handle the examination and approval of aquatic animal and related products and they will strengthen supervision by implementing the following measures:<\/p>\n

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1. Strengthening the supervision of the import and export of aquatic animals, cracking down on illegal import and export behaviors, and record the results of punishment on China’s credit system.<\/p>\n

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2. Strengthening the inspection on importing and exporting the national key protection aquatic animals and related products, setting up strict control to prevent the invasion of harmful overseas species.<\/p>\n

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10. Issuing agricultural machinery maintenance technical certificate<\/span><\/strong>s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the cancellation of the approval, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will standardize the maintenance services industry and increase the random inspections of enterprise’ agricultural machinery maintenance.<\/p>\n

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11. Visa<\/a>s for ships<\/span><\/strong>\u2019 <\/span><\/strong>commutes to fishing ports<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After the approval is canceled, the reporting system will be implemented instead. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will require the local fishery administrative department to strengthen supervision by defining the contents of the inbound and outbound reports, etc.<\/p>\n

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Above are eleven specific administrative approvals that will be cut, as announced by the State Council.\u00a0The State Council also urged related departments to formulate and improve detailed oversight rules on business operations.\"GICA.jpg\"<\/p>\n

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