On January 19, 2016, the General Office of the Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on Decomposing and Assigning the Project Approval and Commencement Tasks for Provincial and Municipal Key Projects in 2016," making important arrangements regarding matters related to the decomposition of project approval and commencement tasks for 2016 provincial and municipal key projects.

　　The Notice states that a total of 215 projects are planned to break ground in 2016, including 131 provincial key projects and 84 municipal key projects. In line with the target of 80% commencement by the end of the first quarter, 172 projects need to break ground in the first quarter.

　　These include numerous urban construction, cultural, and commercial projects, such as the Coolpad Group Smartphone Industrial Park project of Zhengzhou Coolpad Software Technology Co., Ltd., the Corporate Headquarters Economic Park project of Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone Shengshi Hongtu Real Estate Co., Ltd., the newly built intercity railway project from Xinzheng Airport to Zhengzhou South Railway Station, the Zhengdong New District Baisha Commercial Center project, the Zhengdong New District Convenience Service Center project, the Zhengzhou High-tech International Cultural Plaza project, the Greenland Group International Land Port Industry Supporting project, and Phase I of the Jianye · Huayi Brothers Movie Town project, among others.

　　According to the list of provincial and municipal key projects planned to break ground in 2016 released by Zhengzhou (see table below), the projects are mainly distributed across four major areas, namely the four development zones, the five counties (county-level cities) and Shangjie District, the five urban districts, and relevant municipal units.

　　1. Four development zones: Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone (33), Zhengdong New District (21), Zhengzhou High-tech Zone (18), Zhengzhou Economic Development Zone (13)

　　2. Five counties (county-level cities) and Shangjie District: Xinmi City (15), Xingyang City (13), Shangjie District (9), Xinzheng City (8), Zhongmu County (8), Dengfeng City (2)

　　3. Five urban districts: Jinshui District (22), Zhongyuan District (12), Erqi District (9), Huiji District (8), Guancheng Hui District (5)

　　4. Relevant municipal units: Municipal Power Supply Company (34), Municipal Urban Management Bureau (7), Zhengzhou Transportation Construction Investment Co., Ltd. (5), Municipal Real Estate Group (5), Yellow River Ecological Tourism Scenic Area Management Committee (3), Municipal Transport Commission (2), Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau (2)

　　To the people's governments of all counties (cities and districts), all departments of the municipal government, and all relevant units:
　　In order to earnestly implement the spirit of the 13th Plenary Session of the 10th Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Economic Work Conference, and to ensure that more than 80% of the project approval procedures for provincial and municipal key projects planned to break ground in 2016 are completed in the first quarter and that more than 80% of the projects break ground in the first quarter, in accordance with the 2016 preliminary list of key construction projects of Henan Province and the list of key construction projects of Zhengzhou City, the matters related to the decomposition of the project approval and commencement tasks for 2016 provincial and municipal key projects are hereby notified as follows:

　　I. Project approval tasks
　　There are 161 project approval matters under municipal-level and below approval authority for the whole year. In line with the target of completing 80% of the annual project approvals by the end of the first quarter, 129 approval matters should be completed in the first quarter.

　　II. Project commencement tasks
　　A total of 215 projects are planned to break ground for the whole year, including 131 provincial key projects and 84 municipal key projects. In line with the target of 80% commencement by the end of the first quarter, 172 projects need to break ground in the first quarter.

　　III. Other relevant requirements
　　The governments of all counties (cities and districts), the management committees of development zones, and relevant municipal government units shall, in accordance with the work arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, move work forward, clarify objectives, accelerate approval in accordance with the law, make every effort to advance commencement, adopt innovative measures, and work together to overcome difficulties, unswervingly accomplishing the target task of "two 80%."

　　(1) Further strengthen organizational leadership
　　The principal responsible persons of the governments of all counties (cities and districts), the management committees of development zones, and relevant municipal government units shall place the approval and commencement of provincial and municipal key projects in a more prominent position, mobilize quickly, start early, and seize the valuable time before the Spring Festival to push forward vigorously. Tasks shall be decomposed level by level, and project approval and project commencement tasks shall be clearly assigned to specific units and responsible persons, with each level overseeing the next to ensure that all work is carried out.

　　(2) Effectively solve practical problems
　　The governments of all counties (cities and districts), the management committees of development zones, and relevant municipal government units shall move their gates forward, provide door-to-door services, effectively carry out parallel approval, and proactively resolve practical problems required for project commencement, such as demolition and compensation, water and power supply, access roads, cultural relic exploration, and archaeological excavation.

　　(3) Focus on optimizing the construction environment
　　Fully implement the responsibility system for key project construction and the tiered responsibility system. County (city and district) governments and development zone management committees shall earnestly assume responsibility for the construction environment, implement area-based contracting and project subcontracting, strengthen comprehensive governance and inspection visits, and promptly discover and coordinate the resolution of problems such as forcibly contracting projects, forcibly selling building materials, and obstructing entry for construction. Counties (cities and districts) shall complete their assigned demolition tasks on time and hand over construction land in a timely manner.

　　(4) Further strengthen dynamic monitoring
　　Implement a weekly reporting system for project approval and project commencement. The key project offices of all counties (cities and districts) and development zones and relevant municipal government units shall designate dedicated personnel to submit the weekly project approval report to the Municipal Joint Review and Joint Approval Office and the weekly project commencement report to the Municipal Key Project Office every Friday morning. The Municipal Joint Review and Joint Approval Office and the Municipal Key Project Office shall report the progress of the "two 80%" work to the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government every Friday afternoon. Project construction units shall promptly report project commencement information to the monthly information reporting system of the Henan Provincial Key Project Construction Network, and all counties (cities and districts) and relevant municipal departments shall urge project construction units to do a good job in the weekly commencement reports and monthly information reports.

　　(5) Further strengthen supervision and inspection
　　The Municipal Government Supervision Office shall take the lead in conducting monthly supervision of project approval and project commencement, focusing on substantive commencement. The key project offices at both municipal and county (city and district) levels shall, centering on project approval and commencement, go to the grassroots, track developments, supervise and urge handling, and proactively provide help and support.