4. Fujian's Xiamen pilots reform on examination and approval system for construction projects

The Xiamen Area of Fujian Free Trade Zone has reduced the approval process of engineering construction from five stages to three stages.

In addition, eight items that used to require examination and approval now only need to be put on record, while 31 items now apply to a notification commitment system. Some 109 items still require examination and approval through an optimized process with simplified materials.

This pilot work on reforming the project approval system in Xiamen has important practical value. It can integrate management functions, optimize the approval process, build a public platform, reduce approval links, use information technology, and carry out effective supervision afterward according to the needs of enterprises, Ge Shunqi, head of the Institute of International Economics at Nankai University, said.