A favorable business environment would be of great support for a country or region to achieve high-quality development.In recent years,in order to further implement the new development concept and build a new development pattern,and to proactively adapt to the needs of the socialist market economy from high-speed development to high-quality development,deepening the reforms to delegate power,streamline administration and optimize government services has been regarded a key move to optimize the business environment from the central government to local governments.They implement self-targeted reforms and innovation practices so as to transform government functions and stimulate market vitality through government streamlining and power delegation.Based on the whole life cycle of enterprises,the system is built,costs are reduced,materials are cut,time limits are narrowed,process is improved,and service efficiency is enhanced.Qingdao,as the "Third Largest City in the North" in economy and the leading city in the Jiaodong Economic Circle,has spared no effort in deepening the reforms to delegate power,streamline administration and optimize government services,as well as in optimizing the business environment.Especially after the SCO Summit,optimizing the business environment has been clearly regarded as a "Number One Project",and the "Qingdao Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment" have been formulated and promulgated in the form of local regulations,reducing approval procedures and improving work efficiency with the help of digital empowerment;Qingdao government also promoted "Double Random and One Public"inspection,deepened market supervision,accelerated the construction of a rule-of-law government,comprehensively improved the efficiency of government services,and truly played a good combination of fists and stimulated the internal synergy.However,it should not be overlooked that the optimization of the business environment is not the work of one person,nor can it be achieved overnight.The previous effective ideas,methods and tools of the reforms involving reduction of time limits,materials,costs,have gradually reached a bottleneck where the effectiveness is approaching its limit.Qingdao’s business environment optimization still faces a series of new problems and challenges,where the problems of uncoordinated front-to-back reforms,inadequate business facilitation,incomplete system supply,and uneven development in various fields have been highlighted.After investigation and research,it is found that these problems are attributed to the lack of motivation for reform in the minds of the cadres,the failure of government policies in tax and fee reduction and financial support,and the shortcomings in supporting services and talent introduction in the city.Therefore,in order to continuously deepen the reforms to delegate power,streamline administration and optimize government services,and to further optimize the business environment as a key part of the work,four aspects can be considered:first,to consistently optimize the government service environment by sustaining the optimization of the approval process,improving the standardization of government services,and eliminating"Information-Isolated Islands" through inter-connectivity;secondly,to stimulate market vitality by strengthening credit support and further reducing taxes and fees;the third step is to strengthen institutional supply and improve the institutional soft environment by increasing"seedling" policy arrangements;the fourth step is to implement the talent priority strategy,improve urban supporting facilities,and focus on improving the high-quality living environment. |