Streamlining administration
Since the new government took office, the State Council has held more than 100 executive meetings. And about 50 topics of the meetings were about streamlining administration and delegating powers.
Major policies
• State Council continues approval streamlining
• China overhauls intermediary services for administrative approval
• State Council cancels non-administrative approval items
• More measures to transform govt
• New guideline to reform business license registration
• China cancels qualification requirements for 62 professions
• China to promote random inspections
• State Council slashes more administrative approval items
• State Council to streamline intermediary services
• State Council to draft ‘negative lists’ for market access
• State Council seeks to reform commercial registration system
• Circular issued for improving public services
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Entrepreneurship and innovation
Mass entrepreneurship and innovation were greatly promoted in 2015. Regardless of status, whether an elite or ordinary member of society, anyone can start their own business and embrace innovation. And about 11,600 businesses were registered each day in 2015, which means there were about 8 companies born every eight minutes.
Major Policies
• Guideline to boost entrepreneurship and innovation
• State Council issues plan to boost jobs, entrepreneurship
• State Council promotes innovation and entrepreneurship education
• China boosts mass entrepreneurship and innovation
• Incentives offered for migrant workers to start businesses
• Detailed plan to boost employment, entrepreneurship
• Conference system to promote mass entrepreneurship
• Measures to support entrepreneurship and innovation
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Development opportunities
In 2015, the State Council took a series of measures to promote the development of new industries in order to enable them to drive the economy along with traditional industries.
Major policies
• China to boost cloud computing for innovative development
• State Council approves Zhejiang pilot zone application
• Targets set to boost e-commerce growth
• State Council guideline promises further e-commerce support
• China unveils Internet Plus action plan to fuel growth
• Businesses urged to work online and off
• China aims to boost express delivery industry
• State Council urges strict regulation in e-commerce
• State Council issues plan for cultivating rural e-business
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Public services
In 2015, the State Council continued efforts to improve public services, including accelerating high-speed broadband network construction, shantytown renovation, building of sponge cities and underground facilities.
Major policies
• Guideline to improve Internet speed, lower prices
• Guideline targets massive shantytown and rural renovation
• State Council promotes urban underground utility tunnels
• State Council adjusts ratios for fixed-asset investment projects
• New guideline aims to drive electric car infrastructure
• Guideline to promote building sponge cities
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People’s livelihood
In 2015, the State Council took a great number of measures to improve people’s lives, including treatment of polluted water, shantytown renovation, and medical reform.
Major policies
• Guideline targets improving healthcare
• China announces action plan to tackle water pollution
• Guideline to improve Internet speed, lower prices
• New guideline to reform business license registration
• China plans to reform eco-civilization system
• New guideline aims to drive electric car infrastructure
• Guideline to promote building sponge cities
• State Council makes changes in poverty alleviation group
• State Council issues plan for cultivating rural e-business
• Ministries set agenda to reform driver training, tests
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Medical services
To improve China’s medical services, the State Council issued a series of policies to boost the system of tiered diagnosis and treatment, implement an insurance program for major illnesses, increase the number of nonpublic medical agencies and enhance the building of rural doctor teams.
Major policies
• China perfects medicine procurement by public hospitals
• Building teams of rural doctors
• Better medical financial assistance for critical, serious illnesses
• Reforming public hospitals at county level
• State Council promotes reform of public hospitals
• Circular to speed up development of nonpublic medical agencies
• Insurance plan for major illnesses: Cabinet
• China sets up new system to optimize medical resources
• China pushes integrated medical and nursing care for elderly
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Agriculture
In 2015, the State Council issued many policies to promote the development of agriculture, farmers and rural areas. Agricultural issues have always been of the utmost concern for the Premier, as it was reported that one of the core issues for him is how to enable Chinese farmers to live as well as urban residents.
Major policies
• Plant oil industry set to flower by 2020
• Guideline to regulate rural property rights transfer, transaction market
• Govt issues food safety rules
• Incentives offered for migrant workers to start businesses
• Agriculture census to be held in 2016, the State Council says
• China pushes development of modern agriculture
• Trial run for rural mortgage to promote financing reform
• State Council issues plan for cultivating rural e-business
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Consumption
In 2015, the State Council took a series of measures to boost consumption, including promoting tourism investment, developing consumer services and increasing supplies.
Major policies
• China boosts tourism investment and consumption
• China to boost consumer services to shore up growth
• State Council issues guideline to boost role of consumption
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Education
In 2015, the State Council released a series of policies to boost the development of education.
Major Policies
• State Council promotes innovation and entrepreneurship education
• State Council issues a plan, focusing on rural teaching
• Focus: Education in ethnic regions
• State Council seeks to enhance arts education in China
• State Council eyes world-class higher education
• Govt to guarantee funds for compulsory education
