Recently, it was learned from the Rizhao Municipal Administrative Approval Service Bureau that, in order to continuously deepen the reform of "streamlining administration, delegating power, improving regulation, and optimizing services," comprehensively promote fee reduction and speed improvement in engineering construction project approval, and further stimulate the vitality of market entities, the bureau, together with relevant units, issued the "Implementation Measures for 'Zero Fees' Before Commencement of Engineering Construction Projects in Rizhao City," which has now been implemented citywide. With the implementation of the Measures, institutional transaction costs will be greatly reduced, effectively easing the burden on enterprises.

"It is indeed convenient. From submitting the application to obtaining the approval reply, the processing time has been reduced by a full 90%!" Recently, after the Engineering Construction Section of the Donggang District Administrative Approval Service Bureau received a municipal facility construction approval application from Huaneng Rizhao Thermal Power Co., Ltd., it decoupled municipal facility construction approval from the payment of urban road occupation and excavation restoration fees and implemented a payment notification and commitment system for the company. As long as the enterprise promises to complete payment within the prescribed period, it can first go through the relevant approval procedures, greatly enhancing the enterprise's sense of gain and satisfaction.

Similarly, the Rizhao Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Approval Service Bureau recently also received an application submitted by Rizhao Guofa Food Co., Ltd. for a construction permit. After learning that the project urgently needed to start construction, the staff promptly established a special service team in accordance with the "zero fees" implementation measures before commencement. Led by the key project agency center, they launched the "advance pre-review and joint consultation" mechanism, quickly completed the permit processing, and created conditions for the enterprise to start construction.

Next, the Municipal Administrative Approval Service Bureau will continue to do a good job of "subtraction" in the approval process, focus on the concerns of market entities, expand the coverage of policy implementation, and promote the continuous optimization of the business environment.