The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to promoting the transformation of government functions and the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, and providing services". General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed the need to modernize China's governance system and capacity, resolutely discard all outdated ideas and systems and mechanisms, and build a complete, scientific, standardized and effective system of institutions. The reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects is an important part of promoting the transformation of government functions and the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, and providing services". In March 2018, Premier Li Keqiang made it clear in the Government Work Report that the approval time for construction projects should be cut by half again. In June 2018, Premier Li Keqiang made it clear in a national teleconference on deepening the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, and providing services" and transforming government functions that "within five years, the examination and approval time of the whole process from project approval to completion and acceptance of construction projects will be cut by half". Vice Premier Han Zheng listened to the reports on many occasions and urged the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to earnestly reform the approval system for construction projects, carry out reform trials in some regions and hold special meetings to discuss and plan relevant work.

Since the eighteenth congress, further promote the reform of "pipes" in our country, to speed up the transformation of government function, launched a series of reform measures, from and on power, as well as the combination of the pipes to "pipes", and comprehensively promote, activate the market, the release of the domestic demand potential, eps business provides the convenience for people, the strong support for economic and social sustainable and healthy development. At the same time, various parts of the country have made active explorations in the reform of administrative examination and approval. Most of these reforms are aimed at some links or projects, mainly in the field of administrative examination and approval. The reform of the xiamen city is a full process, full coverage, since 2014 to promote the reform of "more rules and lead the project construction project examination and approval system reform, has formed the one whole set closing the mature system of examination and approval and relatively complete management system, optimize the business environment, not only improves the work efficiency, enhance the enterprise and the acquisition of the masses, and effectively promoted the change of government function, realizes the city management system and management ability of innovation and ascend.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics and ushered in a new stage of comprehensively deepening reform. We need to focus on key and difficult issues and work to overcome them. Reform of the approval system for construction projects is the focus of the reform to streamline administration, delegate power, and improve services. The pilot reform of the approval system for construction projects is a tough battle that must be won because of its heavy tasks, tight schedule, and high requirements.

At the beginning of 2018, the State Council decided to appoint the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to lead the reform of the approval system for construction projects. Housing urban and rural development in guiding urged Beijing, Shanghai research for ascension to index ranking reform plan of building permits at the same time, carefully summarize the experience both at home and abroad for reference, file draft to carry out the construction project for examination and approval system reform, report to the issued by the State Council on May the hair (2018) no. 33 files, decided in the 15 cities such as Beijing and zhejiang province to carry out the construction project for examination and approval system reform pilot work.

The most prominent feature of this reform is the whole process and full coverage. The reform covers the whole process of construction projects from project approval to completion acceptance and access to public facilities. It covers administrative licensing, technical examination, intermediary service, municipal public service and filing of housing construction and urban infrastructure projects. This reform is a systematic top-level design based on the careful summary of domestic and foreign experience. It is a self-innovation with the blade turned inward. The ultimate goal is to build a scientific, convenient and efficient approval and management system for engineering construction projects nationwide. The main tasks of the reform include unifying the examination and approval process, streamlining the examination and approval links, perfecting the examination and approval system, and strengthening supervision and management. The main goal of the reform is to cut the examination and approval time in pilot areas from the current average of more than 200 working days to 120 working days in 2018, achieve this goal in the first half of 2019 for the whole country, and basically establish a unified national examination and approval and management system for construction projects by 2020.

At present, the pilot reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects is progressing steadily. On June 4, 2018, Vice Premier Han Zheng presided over a symposium on pilot reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects in Xiamen to study and plan the reform pilot work. After the meeting, Minister Wang Menghui presided over a training meeting and gave special guidance. So far, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has organized training for more than 1,000 people. In addition, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development conducted three rounds of review and guidance for pilot reform programs in pilot areas, strictly implementing the reform requirements of the State Council. To study and formulate evaluation methods for the reform of the examination and approval system for engineering construction projects; Accelerate the construction of the examination and approval management system for engineering construction projects; The reform work of the pilot areas was investigated and supervised.

Smoothly to ensure the engineering construction project for examination and approval system reform, strengthen the top-level design, housing the urban-rural development seriously combed the engineering construction project examination and approval involves national level more than 90 laws, administrative regulations, rules and regulatory documents and standards, and for the first 18 laws, regulations and policies document specific Suggestions are put forward. Eight regulations, normative documents and standards of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development are involved, of which two regulations and three normative documents have been officially announced, and one regulation and two standard norms are being revised. For the remaining 10 laws, administrative regulations and rules and policy documents involving other departments, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will timely submit suggestions for amendments to the State Council's coordination group for promoting the transformation of government functions and the reform of "delegating power, delegating power and improving services". The revision of these laws, regulations and policy documents will effectively optimize the approval process, reduce the number of approval items and their preconditions, and improve the efficiency of approval. In addition, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is studying the remaining 70 laws, administrative regulations, rules, normative documents and standards at the national level and putting forward suggestions for revision.

Attachment: Person in charge of the Office of the Leading Group for Reform of the Examination and Approval System for Construction Projects of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development answered questions from reporters

Q: You just said that the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has done a lot of work in revising laws and regulations. What role has the revision played in the reform of the approval system for construction projects? What have you changed this time?

A: Any reform is an adjustment or innovation of the system, and it must be fixed in the form of the system in the end. We must strengthen the top-level design and make the reform more comprehensive and systematic. General Secretary Xi Jinping has clearly demanded that "existing laws and regulations that do not meet the requirements of reform should be amended or repealed in a timely manner, and outdated legal provisions should not be allowed to become the 'stumbling block' for reform." Engineering construction project for examination and approval system reform is on the basis of summarizing some experience at home and abroad of the top design, a systemic is a blade inward self innovation, need to cancel the pre-approval, cutting power, strengthen the regulation of things afterwards, increased responsibility, form the new accountability system, the reform has not only involves many departments of adjustment, and adjustment, involving a lot of laws, regulations and regulatory documents need to be amended in time. It can be said that the full promotion of the "enacting, revising and abolishing" of laws, regulations and policy documents is the legal basis for the success of this reform and the establishment of a long-term mechanism.

In the first batch of 18 laws, regulations and policy documents to be revised, there are 8 rules, normative documents and standards of the Ministry. The revision is based on Document No. 33 of the State Council (2018). The purpose of the revision is to optimize the approval process, streamline the approval process, and improve the efficiency of the approval. The specific modifications are described as follows:

1. Administrative Measures on Tendering and Bidding for Construction of Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects (Decree No. 89 of the Ministry of Construction). The main modifications are as follows: First, reduce the certification items, delete the contents of the bidding documents that should include the fund certification documents issued by the bank; The second is to cancel the filing link and delete the content that requires the winning bidder to send the construction contract to the competent department for filing; Third, the relevant content of qualification management of tendering agencies has been deleted; The fourth is to reduce the preconditions for construction permits, strengthen the post-event supervision over the composition of the bid evaluation committee and the submission of a written report on the bidding situation, and delete the relevant content as the preconditions for construction permits.

2. Measures for the Administration of Construction Permits for Construction Projects (Decree No.18 of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development). The main changes are as follows: one is to further reduce the proof of matters, the construction permit conditions in the "construction funds in place" revised to "construction funds have been implemented the commitment letter", while the housing and urban and rural construction departments to strengthen the post-event supervision; Two is to reduce the construction permit preconditions, delete the construction permit conditions in the "no arrears of project payment commitment" and "in accordance with the provisions should be entrusted with supervision of the project has entrusted supervision" requirements; Third, the time limit for the approval of construction permits has been reduced from 15 working days to 7 working days.

3. Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Further Strengthening the Administration of Construction Permits for Construction Projects (Jianban [2014] No. 34). The main changes are as follows: one is to reduce the proof items, the capital proof is modified to "provide construction funds have been implemented the commitment letter"; Second, the implementation of the informed commitment system, and strengthen the matter after the supervision, the applicant did not fulfill the commitment, the cancellation of the construction permit decision and the applicant's corresponding responsibility, at the same time, the applicant's bad behavior to the public; Three is to simplify the construction permit preconditions, delete the construction permit application form (sample) in the "no arrears in the project payment situation of the letter of commitment" "supervision contract or construction unit engineering and technical personnel situation".

4. Notice on Strengthening the Examination of Energy Conservation in Civil Building Engineering (Jianke [2004] No. 174) and Notice on Doing a Good Job of Publicity, Implementation and Supervision of the Design Standard > for Energy Conservation in Public Buildings (Bid-Building Letter [2005] No. 121). Abolish these two documents, cancel the examination and filing of energy-efficient building design.

Modify the above regulations and policy documents, to reduce the number of engineering construction project examination and approval formalities, reduced the precondition of the construction permits, construction permits the legal approval of the time reduced by half, in the aspect of construction funds to carry out the informed commitment system, which not only can greatly alleviate the burden of, time of examination and approval and efficiency will be improved obviously.

In addition, regarding the Measures for the Administration of Examination of Construction Drawing Design Documents for Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects (Order No. 13 of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development), the main content of the amendment is to change the examination of construction drawing design documents to the joint examination of construction drawing design documents, which is currently soliciting opinions from relevant departments; The Guidelines for Gas Service (GB/ T28885-2012) and Urban Water Supply Service (GB/T32063-2015) are mainly to add and improve the service procedures, links, time limits and service specifications of related engineering construction projects and standardize service behaviors, which have been published on the website of the Ministry at present. The Ministry will promptly report to the National Standards Committee in accordance with the procedures.

Q: Just now you said that the reform of transforming government functions and delegating power, delegating power, and improving services has achieved remarkable results. Local governments have also been actively exploring the reform of the approval system for construction projects. What are the characteristics of this reform and how is it different from previous reforms in local governments?

Answer: The most prominent feature of this reform is the whole process and full coverage. "The whole process" refers to the approval process. The reform covers the whole process of approval of construction projects, from project approval to completion acceptance and access to public facilities. "Full coverage" refers to the category of projects that will cover housing, construction, urban infrastructure and other projects. Except for special projects and major projects in the fields of transportation, water conservancy and energy, all of them will be included in the scope of reform. In terms of handling matters, it not only covers administrative licensing matters such as project planning permission and construction permit, but also covers construction drawing examination, technical examination of water supply, heat supply and gas supply, intermediary services, municipal public services and archiving. This reform is a systematic top-level design based on a careful summary of domestic and foreign experience and a self-innovation with an inward blade. The ultimate goal is to build a scientific, convenient and efficient engineering construction project examination and approval management system nationwide.

All over in recent years, actively explore the reform of administrative examination and approval, such as zhejiang province vigorously promote e-government service focus to deal with, the one thing that most "run once" "into only one door", in the engineering construction project examination and approval system reform, promoting joint construction drawing design documents review and completion inspection and acceptance "test"; Wuhan comprehensively promotes the "immediate, online and one-time" examination and approval services. In the reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects, the examination and approval process is simplified from 6 stages to 5 stages, and the examination and approval procedures and links are simplified to implement parallel examination and approval. The "3550" reform implemented in Jiangsu Province limits the administrative approval of construction permits for industrial construction projects to be completed within 50 working days, implements "multi-evaluation in one" for enterprise investment projects, explores regional evaluation, and implements joint examination of construction drawing design documents in the field of housing construction and municipal infrastructure. Aiming at improving the business environment, Beijing and Shanghai have introduced reform measures for social investment projects, optimized the approval process, carried out joint examination of construction drawings and design documents, streamlined approval items and preconditions, carried out joint acceptance inspection of construction projects, and optimized water supply and drainage access services. A summary of the reforms across the country shows that most of them are aimed at some links or projects, mainly in the field of administrative examination and approval.

Since 2014, Xiamen has promoted the reform of "integrating multiple plans into one" to lead the reform of the whole process and full coverage of the approval system for engineering construction projects, which has achieved remarkable results. The approval time for social investment projects has been reduced from 296 working days before the reform to 70 working days now. The approval time for government investment projects has been reduced from 308 working days before the reform to 90 working days now. By the end of August 2018, xiamen city by "more rules and business synergy platform planning generation project 3812, run on engineering construction project management system for examination and approval of project 4053 (1341) have been completed, closed to form a complete set of mature system of examination and approval and relatively complete management system, not only optimize the business environment, improve work efficiency, enhances the enterprise and the acquisition of the masses, and effectively promoted the change of government function, realizes the city management system and management ability of innovation and ascend.

Q: The State Council attaches great importance to the reform of the approval system for construction projects. We have issued documents on pilot reform, and Vice Premier Han Zheng chaired a meeting to discuss and plan the pilot reform. What are the main objectives of the reform and what measures will be adopted to achieve the reform goals?

A: Document No. 33 (2018) sets clear goals and requirements for the reform. At the same time, we will gradually unify and improve the management system for the examination and approval of construction projects. By 2020, a unified national examination and approval and management system for construction projects will be basically completed. The ultimate goal of the reform is to establish a scientific, convenient and efficient examination and approval management system for engineering construction projects. At the symposium on the pilot reform of the approval system for construction projects, Vice Premier Han Zheng clearly required the realization of "four unifications", that is, unified approval process, unified information and data platform, unified approval system and unified supervision method.

The tasks and measures of the reform mainly include four aspects: first, unify the examination and approval process, classify and optimize the examination and approval stages, and implement time-limited parallel examination and approval at each stage; Second, through the measures of "reducing (streamlining the items and conditions for examination and approval), releasing (delegating the power of examination and approval), combining (merging the items for examination and approval), transforming (transforming the management mode), adjusting (adjusting the time sequence of examination and approval)", the examination and approval links should be simplified and the system of notification and commitment should be implemented. Third, improve the "Five Ones" examination and approval system, and strive to achieve "one blueprint" to coordinate project implementation, "one system" to implement unified management, "one window" to provide comprehensive services, "one form" to integrate application materials, and "one set of mechanisms" to standardize the examination and approval operation. Fourth, strengthen supervision and management, improve the credit management system.

4. Q: xi general secretary in the middle of the 2013 work conference of urbanization emphasizes to go the whole hog "blueprint", also puts forward the reform to the construction of "the unity of" rules "blueprint", please introduce what is "the unity of" rules "blueprint", it's in the engineering construction project examination and approval system reform can play what role?

A: At the Central Conference on Urbanization Work in December 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the need to establish a spatial planning system and scientifically delimit the boundaries of urban development. So-called "blueprint" is in the urban development strategy as the guidance, overall national economic and social development planning, urban planning, land planning, resources and ecological environment protection planning involves space elements configuration planning, unified all kinds of drawings coordinate system, eliminate planning differences contradiction, by means of informationization, jointly designated various line on a graph, build a unified space planning and management information, covering urban space "a plan" of the "blueprint". "Integration of multiple plans" is the basis of "one blueprint", and "one blueprint" is the manifestation of "integration of multiple plans". It is an important content to improve the examination and approval system in the reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects.

"A Blueprint" is the starting point of all engineering construction projects, and the basis for parallel approval, strengthening coordination between departments and improving approval efficiency. All engineering construction projects are implemented according to "a Blueprint", truly realizing "a Blueprint to the end". In the project generation and planning stage, all departments, according to the "One Blueprint", use the "Multiple Plans in One" business collaboration platform to coordinate and put forward opinions on development, space, ecology and other aspects, solve the problems of contradictory construction conditions in the later stage, and serve as the basis for the approval of the later stage of the project, accelerate the creation and landing of the project, and improve the approval efficiency.

5. Q: Why is it necessary to integrate the approval management system for construction projects? What is the role of the approval management system in the reform of the approval system for construction projects?

Answer: The examination and approval management system of engineering construction projects is an important part in the reform of the examination and approval system of engineering construction projects. At present, many examination and approval departments have established their own examination and approval information systems, but the examination and approval systems of various departments are often not connected to each other, and the problem of information isolation is prominent. The examination and approval work of various examination and approval departments cannot achieve information sharing, overall coordination and joint promotion, nor can they be effectively supervised. The reform in national and local information platform, based on the existing integrated form "in longitudinal and transverse to the edge of the end" of the engineering construction project examination and approval administration system, covering all departments and municipal, county and district, the villages and towns (street) at all levels, implement unified acceptance, combined examination and approval, real-time flow, tracking, overseeing, information sharing. The examination and approval management system should be interconnected with information platforms such as the "multi-planning in one" business collaboration platform and the examination and approval management system of all departments, so as to realize real-time transmission of the examination and approval process and results. At the same time, the examination and approval management system should monitor the examination and approval behavior of the examination and approval departments online, track and supervise the whole process of the examination and approval links and control the examination and approval nodes, eliminate extracorporeal circulation, and improve the examination and approval service level. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development will integrate the approval and management system for construction projects and connect it with the system in pilot regions to get a real-time understanding of the approval and management of local projects, so as to strengthen the guidance, supervision and management of the approval work of local construction projects.

For examination and approval of the engineering construction project management system is not only to achieve online parallel engineering construction project for examination and approval, you can also through the engineering construction project management system is a comprehensive understanding of engineering construction project approval system of examination and approval, items, process, time, and so on and so forth, real-time display approval status and results of construction projects, and implementation of the whole process of engineering construction project supervision. Integration construction engineering project management system of examination and approval, is to ensure the engineering construction project smooth implementation for examination and approval system reform, the implementation of engineering construction project approval time reduce half, form a unified national examination and approval process, data platform and the way of supervision, examination and approval system, is to establish the basic system of national engineering construction project for examination and approval of important foundation and necessary means. In addition, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is studying the remaining 70 laws, administrative regulations, rules, normative documents and standards at the national level and putting forward suggestions for revision.

6. Q: What has the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development done to guide the reform of pilot areas since the implementation of Document No. 33 (2018)?

A: In accordance with the deployment requirements of the State Council, our Ministry has earnestly implemented the Document No. 33 of the State Council and the spirit of Vice Premier Han Zheng's speech. Recently, we have mainly carried out the following work:

First, we will organize and hold seminars on pilot reform. In accordance with the instructions of Vice Premier Han Zheng, we actively prepared to hold the symposium on the pilot work of the reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects. On June 4, 2018, Vice Premier Han Zheng presided over a symposium on pilot reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects in Xiamen to study and plan the reform pilot work. In his speech, Vice Premier Han Zheng profoundly explained the significance of the reform of the approval system for construction projects, and further clarified the goals, direction and path of the reform.

Second, we will carry out training on pilot reforms. On June 5, 2018, a pilot training meeting on the reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects was held in Xiamen, to implement the spirit of Vice Premier Han Zheng's speech, interpret Document No. 33 of the State Administration of Development and Development (2018), and learn and exchange the reform experience of Xiamen and Shenyang. Minister Wang Menghui attended the training meeting and gave special guidance, systematically summarized the practical experience of promoting the reform of the approval system for engineering construction projects, and put forward clear requirements on how to promote the reform in pilot areas. Up to now, a total of 1000 people have been trained in pilot areas.

Third, supervise and guide pilot areas to formulate implementation plans. The Outline of the Implementation Plan for Pilot Reform of the Examination and Approval System for Construction Projects was issued. The implementation plans of pilot areas were reviewed in three rounds, and experts were organized to conduct research and demonstration to guide pilot areas in revising and improving the implementation plans. Suggestions on the implementation plans of each pilot area were put forward, and clear requirements on the further improvement and implementation of the implementation plans were put forward.

Fourth, review relevant laws, regulations and policy documents. More than 90 laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules, normative documents and standards involved in the approval of construction projects at the national level were sorted out. We studied and put forward proposals for revising the first batch of 18 laws, regulations and policy documents, solicited opinions from relevant parties and organized experts to conduct argumentation. At the same time, pilot areas are required to propose amendments to national laws, regulations and policy documents.

Fifth, accelerate the integration of the approval and management system for construction projects. Basic work on system integration was actively carried out, and guidance documents such as data docking standards for the approval and management system for construction projects and guidelines for the construction of local systems were issued.

Sixth, carry out research and supervision. In mid-to-late September, they went to pilot areas for investigation and supervision, got a comprehensive understanding of the reform situation and existing problems in the pilot areas, and gave targeted guidance to the reform work in the pilot areas. The Trial Measures for Assessment and Evaluation of the Pilot Reform of the Examination and Approval System for Construction Projects were formulated and published.

Seventh, we need to strengthen publicity and exchanges. Document No. 33 of the State Council (2018) was interpreted by answering reporters' questions, and made public in relevant media. Regularly compile and issue briefs on the pilot reform of the examination and approval system for construction projects, and report and communicate the work in the pilot areas. A column entitled "Reform of the Examination and Approval System for Construction Projects" was set up on the website of the Ministry to publicize and introduce the reform experience of pilot areas.