Figure 6: 200 plus items

Original text from the report:

We will deepen reform of the administrative system.

We will further streamline administration and delegate more power to lower-level governments. This is a revolution the government imposes on itself. This year, we will cancel or delegate to lower-level governments an additional 200 plus items previously requiring State Council review and approval.

We will bolster reform of the investment approval system, abolish or simplify preliminary review and approval procedures, give businesses full power over their investment decisions, and make it easy to make investments and start businesses.

We will introduce a system to list all items over which government review and approval are required and release the list to the public. No items not on the list will be subject to government review and approval. We will also comprehensively reorganize items requiring nongovernmental review and approval.

Comments: Wei Jianguo, vice chairman and secretary general of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)

Government approval matters and reform should also involve exclusive lists to let the public know what the government should and should not be doing. In this way, there will be a positive move in the decentralization and transformation of government functions.