Qingdao’s Laoshan streamlines, boosts its business environment

Laoshan district in the city of Qingdao in eastern Shandong province has made great progress in optimizing its business environment, in the wake of the local government’s innovative launch of one-to-one personalized services for companies — as well as action taken to tackle and solve the problems of local enterprises, officials said.

They said the Laoshan government identified 328 problem areas and made 599 adjustments to cut red tape, to improve services for local enterprises.

Qingdao Yufang Robot Industry Co is one of the beneficiaries. With increasing numbers of orders this year, the company felt restricted by its limited production area and planned to move out of Laoshan.

After learning about the situation, Huang Yingsheng, deputy head of Laoshan district, and officials from the economic development bureau and scientific innovation committee visited the company to find out more about its difficulties and needs, arranging a larger 1,700-square-meter production site.

To create a more efficient environment for businesses, Laoshan district has repealed 13 of its nonvital inspection and approval procedures.

The local authorities have taken steps to speed up inspections and reduce paperwork for businesses pursuing projects. Currently only nine items are needed for examination, down from the previous 22, before approvals can be granted.

According to Lin Haixia, an official at the Laoshan market supervision bureau, companies in the district can now register their businesses in an office hall, seven regulatory offices and various banks, as the bureau cooperates with banks and has opened registration windows in their branches to make it easier for companies.

The business registration office hall has six zones, including a business processing zone, consultation and guidance zone and a network service zone.

“Our aim is to make it convenient and comfortable for companies, and serve Laoshan’s businesses efficiently,” Lin said.

Qi Yuguo, director of the market supervision bureau in Laoshan district, said intelligent robots are now used to serve locals, responding to voice or text questions.

The robots answer questions about a businesses’ registration, advertising, management, trademark applications, consumer

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