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Urge enterprises to return 393 million yuan in illegal fees

2024-08-17

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Yesterday, the State Council Information Office held a series of press conferences on "Promoting High-quality Development". Wang Guowei, head of the General Planning Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that this year, the State Administration for Market Regulation has seriously carried out a special rectification campaign on illegal charges involving enterprises. So far, a total of 44,800 units of various types have been inspected, 1,253 cases have been filed, and 393 million yuan of illegal charges have been urged to be refunded.

Data from the State Administration for Market Regulation show that by 2023, the number of registered business entities nationwide will reach 184 million, with business activity increasing by 0.69% year-on-year, and the average life span of exited enterprises extending by 0.64 years. As of the end of June this year, the number of registered individual industrial and commercial households nationwide has reached 125 million, accounting for 66.9% of the total number of business entities. The large number and wide range of individual industrial and commercial households have played a positive role in stabilizing employment, promoting development and benefiting people's livelihood.

Random charges on enterprises not only increase the burden on enterprises, but also damage the business environment. This year's "Government Work Report" proposed to "resolutely investigate and punish random charges, random fines, and random levies." "It's not that this problem must be so serious that it attracts our attention, but even if it is a minority phenomenon with a small probability, it will have an amplifying effect on affecting the confidence of enterprises in the development environment. Therefore, this trend cannot be allowed to continue and must be zero-tolerance." Wang Guowei said. This year, the State Administration for Market Regulation has carried out a special rectification campaign on illegal charges involving enterprises to discover and solve problems to the greatest extent.

In the action, we will focus on key charging entities, including administrative organs and public institutions and social organizations authorized by laws and regulations to manage public affairs; social organizations and public institutions that undertake government-commissioned matters and provide services for the government to perform its duties; industry associations and chambers of commerce with industry influence; business entities with a certain dominant position in specific fields and market transactions. These four types of entities will be given special attention and key inspections. In addition, key industry fields will be highlighted. The outstanding issues reflected by government departments and subordinate units, industry associations, financial institutions, natural gas pipelines and water supply companies, as well as scientific and technological innovation and manufacturing companies will be the focus of inspections and spot checks, with the aim of helping the real economy to reduce costs externally and increase momentum internally in a more targeted manner.