The People's Government of Beijing Municipality and the Ministry of Commerce:

Your  request for instructions on continuously carrying out and  comprehensively promoting the pilot program of expanding opening-up in  the service sector of Beijing Municipality has been received, and the  official reply is hereby offered as follows:

I . It  is hereby approved to continue carrying out and comprehensively promote  the multifaceted pilot program of expanding opening-up in the service  sector of Beijing Municipality for a period of three years from the date  of approval. The Plan for Comprehensively Promoting the Multifaceted  Pilot Program of Expanding Opening-up in the Service sector of Beijing  Municipality (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") is hereby approved  in principle for your earnest implementation.

II .  We shall take Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese  Characteristics for a New Year as the guidance, fully implement the  spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and the Second and Third  Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, heighten the  "awareness of maintaining political integrity, thinking in big-picture  terms, keeping the CPC as the core of leadership, and acting  consistently with the policies of the CPC Central Committee", have  confidence in "our path, guiding theories, political system, and  culture", resolutely "defend the status of General Secretary Xi Jinping  as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole Party and defend  the authority and leadership of the CPC Central Committee", follow the  general principle of making progress while working to keep performance  stable, uphold the new vision of development, unremittingly advance  high-quality development, continue focusing on supply-side structural  reform, and constantly deepen the market-oriented reform and elevate the  opening-up to a higher level. We shall, based on the strategic position  of the capital city, spare no efforts in advancing the reform of  "simplification of administrative procedures, devolution of powers,  combination of devolution and regulation, and optimization of services"  and the strategy of supporting the coordinated development of  Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, push the service sector to open wider to  the outside world, create a world-class business environment, and stay  committed to promoting an all-round opening-up.

III . The  People's Government of Beijing Municipality shall strengthen the  organization and leadership for the implementation of the Plan, make  careful arrangements and take bold actions with risks under strict  control, and gain more replicable and extensible experiences in  expanding opening-up in the service sector and building an open and new  economic system.

IV . The  relevant departments of the State Council shall, based on their  respective duties, take active measures to support Beijing Municipality  in comprehensively promoting the multifaceted pilot program of expanding  opening-up in the service sector. The Ministry of Finance shall,  together with other departments, intensify guidance and coordination,  organize and conduct supervision, inspection and assessment, and ensure  that all measures for the reform and opening-up in the Plan be  effectively implemented.

V .  Some provisions prescribed in relevant administrative laws and  regulations, documents of the State Council and departmental rules  approved by the State Council shall be temporarily adjusted in the  process of the pilot program, and specific adjustments shall be  separately issued by the State Council. The relevant departments of the  State Council shall, in accordance with the Plan, adjust accordingly  their respective regulations and normative documents. For major issues  in the pilot program, the People's Government of Beijing Municipality  and the Ministry of Commerce shall promptly report them to the State  Council for instructions.

Annexes:

1.  Plan for Comprehensively Promoting the Multifaceted Pilot Program of  Expanding Opening-up in the Service Sector of Beijing Municipality

2.  Measures for Comprehensively Promoting the Multifaceted Pilot Program  of Expanding Opening-up in the Service Sector of Beijing Municipality

State Council

January 31, 2019

Annex 1

Plan  for Comprehensively Promoting the Multifaceted Pilot Program of  Expanding Opening-up in the Service Sector of Beijing Municipality

Since  the pilot program of expanding opening-up in the service sector was  launched, the People's Government of Beijing Municipality has strived to  develop a basic framework for expanding opening-up in the service  sector that meets the international norms, and to improve the  development level of modern service sector and trade in services by  revolving around the requirements for building an open and new economic  system, and has generally achieved its expected effects. This Plan is  formulated to push forward the opening-up in all respects and  high-quality economic development, comprehensively promote the  multifaceted pilot program of expanding opening-up in the service sector  of Beijing Municipality, and give better play to the leading role of  the multifaceted pilot program.

I . General Requirements

We  shall take Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese  Characteristics for a New Era as the guidance, fully implement the  spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress and the Second and Third  Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee, heighten the  "awareness of maintaining political integrity, thinking in big-picture  terms, keeping the CPC as the core of leadership, and acting  consistently with the policies of the CPC Central Committee", have  confidence in "our path, guiding theories, political system, and  culture", resolutely "defend the status of General Secretary Xi Jinping  as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole Party and defend  the authority and leadership of the CPC Central Committee", follow the  general principle of making progress while working to keep performance  stable, uphold the new vision of development, unremittingly advance  high-quality development, continue focusing on supply-side structural  reform, and constantly deepen the market-oriented reform and elevate the  opening-up to a higher level. We shall, based on the strategic position  of the capital city, abide by the internationally advanced rules,  observe the negative list system, coordinate the opening-up at home and  abroad, and work to develop a pioneering area for an open and modern  service sector; constantly improve the development system and mechanism  of service sector, incessantly build up the momentum and international  competitiveness, and gradually establish an open system for service  sector that complies with the international rules; create a stable,  fair, transparent and predictable business environment, and form a new  opening-up pattern in the service sector with a more open market, a more  organized system, more effective supervision, and a better business  environment; and strive to achieve more replicable and extensible  results in innovation, and make contributions to the opening-up on all  fronts.

II . Main Tasks

1. Maintaining the city's position as the political center and further strengthening its service support capability

We  shall continue to place the political safety at the center, and create a  safe and desirable political environment; improve the open economic  security guarantee system, enhance the safety support capability, and  strengthen the mechanism of ensuring industrial safety; serve the  general purpose, and make all-out efforts to provide service guarantee  for the state's major events; put focus on both efficient port  supervision and strict border control, and provide stronger defense for  port supervision; effectively forestall and defuse major risks, step up  efforts to build a monitoring and pre-warning system for financial  risks, optimize the supervision system, encourage information sharing  and coordinated supervision among different departments, industries and  markets, and consolidate regional and international cooperation on  supervision; and carry out the big data action plan in Beijing, ramp up  the interconnection and sharing of relevant data between the People's  Government of Beijing Municipality and the central state organs in such  areas as public security (entry and exit administration), market  regulation, customs, commerce, transportation, and financial  supervision, advance the construction of a smart city, perfect the  comprehensive risk assessment and pre-warning system for urban  operations, satisfy the requirements of national security, provide  better emergence response and precise governance capabilities, and  efficiently guarantee the security of the state's political activities.

2. Focusing on building the city into a cultural center and enhancing its cultural strength and international influence

Encouraging  the cultural industry to open wider to other countries. We shall, upon  approval, seek to implement the pilot program of providing more  opening-up measures for foreign investors in the cultural policy of free  trade zones; select special areas with the concentration of cultural  and entertainment enterprises, and allow them to establish solely  foreign-funded performance brokerage institutions, which may provide  services across the country; and continue to expand opening-up while  strengthening supervision, remain committed to taking security as the  bottom line, and step up interim and ex post supervision on the cultural  markets.

Enabling  international cultural exchanges in multiple forms. We shall improve  the international exchange and cooperation mechanism in the cultural  field, expand cooperation channels, develop a platform for cultural  demonstration and exchanges, support the construction of Chinese culture  centers overseas, and introduce the outstanding cultural achievements  of foreign countries to China in an orderly manner; actively encourage  cultural communication between China and other countries along the "Belt  and Road", and deepen cultural exchanges between Beijing and its sister  cities; support Chinese cultural enterprises in establishing joint  venture publishing houses and art dealers outside China; organize a  series of cultural activities including Chinese Culture around the  World: Perception of Beijing, Beijing International Film Festival,  Beijing International Book Festival, Exhibition of Beijing Excellent  Motion Pictures and TV Shows, Beijing International Design Week, and  Beijing International Music Festival; serve Beijing International Garden  Expo 2019, open up green channels for this event so as to streamline  customs clearance procedures; and support Beijing Winter Olympic Games  and Paralympic Games 2022, install public bonded warehouses, and provide  guarantee for efficient entry of Olympic Games-related materials and  equipment at the customs houses.

Striving  to promote trade of cultural goods and services. We shall focus on  trade of cultural products such as cultural information, creative  design, copyrights of games and animations, boost the export of  "culture+" products based on digital technologies and high-end services,  and actively establish the National Base for Cultural Export, the  National Base for International Cultural Trade (Beijing), and the  Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Tourism Demonstration Base, etc.;  shore up efforts to develop cross-border trade of cultural products, and  build a public service platform for cultural trade; support the  construction of trading markets for returned Chinese cultural relics  from overseas; explore the establishment of cultural development  foundations and the financial service innovation for trade of cultural  products, and take active measures to cultivate new cultural business  types; support the New Shougang High-end Industry Comprehensive Service  Park in seeking to conduct such businesses as international trade on  winter and outdoor sports gears, and speed up the establishment of a  sports industry demonstration zone integrating special sports events,  experiences of the world's trendy sports activities, and high-end  services; and provide differentiated management services for directors,  producers, performers and marketing personnel working on cultural export  businesses for Chinese cultural enterprises and relevant professional  teachers for vocational colleges (including technical schools)  travelling abroad for official businesses, and promote international  exchanges and cooperation.

3.  Setting our eyes on the construction of international exchange centers  and continuously optimizing the software and hardware environment for  international exchanges

Reinforcing  the functions of airports as an international hub. We shall encourage  airports in Beijing to expand traffic right arrangements and attract  international airlines to open round-way or stopover flights; implement  the electronic manifest system for international transport businesses in  all respects; and provide through-transport services for international  flight passengers and their luggage transferred between international  and domestic flights or between international flights; broaden the scope  of passengers using self-service customs clearance, break the barriers  of exit customs clearance, improve customs clearance environment, and  constantly improve the core competencies of airports; and explore the  establishment of a visa system for medical treatment in China.

Shoring  up the supply of international professional services. We shall  encourage the professionally qualified experts in financial services,  architecture and other fields to find jobs in Beijing; relax the  conditions for foreigners to apply for establishing an investment  company, lower the total asset threshold of a foreign investor one year  before the application to US$ 200 million, and remove the requirements  for the quantity of foreign-funded enterprises incorporated in China by a  foreign investor; remove the relevant qualification requirements for a  foreign-funded investor to be qualified as a certification body; further  explore the method and mechanism of building close relationship between  a Chinese law firm and a counterpart in a foreign country or Hong Kong,  Macau or Taiwan, and appropriately lower the requirement that a foreign  lawyer work outside China for not less than three years in the pilot  program of Chinese law firms retaining foreign lawyers to serve as  foreign legal consultants; and establish international schools that  admit both foreign and Chinese children.

Optimizing  international exhibition services. We shall make China (Beijing)  International Fair for Trade in Services a great success, bring in a new  system and mechanism of holding the event, expand the exhibition scale,  improve the exhibition quality, and enhance its international  influence; actively apply for sponsoring annual conferences of  international organizations and relevant exhibition activities, and  improve the reputation and international influence of the exhibition  industry in Beijing; streamline the quarantine and approval procedures  for international exhibits, and exempt certain exhibits from quarantine  and inspection (except as otherwise prescribed); allow exhibits to be  filed for records in advance according to law, be released in the form  of guaranty, and, after exhibition, and be carried over to a bonded  venue under supervision or a zone under special customs supervision; and  support exhibited vehicles to be reserved for sale after exhibition and  be given convenience in display and trading.

Serving  the "Belt and Road" initiative and international economic and trade  cooperation. We shall put into effect the three-year action plan made by  the People's Government of Beijing Municipality to promote the "Belt  and Road" initiative, remain committed to the establishment of Beijing  Belt and Road International Co-incubation ("ICI") and jointly build  scientific and innovative parks with countries concerned; streamline the  approval formalities for the operation of relevant international  routes; pursue a mechanism of closer cooperative relations with Hong  Kong and Macau, and join hands to develop the markets of countries along  the "Belt and Road"; establish the "Belt and Road" think-tank and legal  service center, commercial arbitration center, and responsible  investment (ESG principles) management and service center, and build a  national talent cultivation base for "Belt and Road" initiative in  Beijing; and support enterprises with independent brands and independent  intellectual property rights to exploit the international market,  strengthen international economic and trade cooperation, and create a  service network for such cooperation in Beijing.

4.  Assisting the construction of a scientific and innovative center, and  creating a world-class ecosystem for business startups and innovation

Working  to improve its capability of gathering global innovation resources. We  shall encourage the telecommunications industry to open wider to outside  world, and lift the limits on foreign stake in such value-added telecom  services as store-and-forward services, domestic multi-party  communication services, and Internet access services (limited to  providing Internet access services to users) in the demonstration area  and exemplary park for the pilot program of expanding opening-up in  Beijing's service sector; adopt policies and measures to encourage the  development of R&D centers of multinational companies, and take  faster steps to attract international R&D centers and high-caliber  talents; seek to optimize the guarantee services for scientific research  institutions to access pioneering websites for international academic  exchanges according to the needs of scientific and technological  research; bring in a new mechanism of international cooperation on  science and technology, and speed up the process of helping service  standards, market rules, laws and regulations in China to meet the  international requirements, and integrating them into the global  innovation network on a deeper level; and provide support for domestic  enterprises to establish R&D institutions overseas, accelerate the  implementation of intellectual property schemes in foreign countries,  participate in the research and formulation of international standards,  and expand their businesses to international markets.

Providing  more convenience for customs clearance. We shall support the  establishment of a R&D platform for the bio-medical industry with  more convenience of customs clearance; and, for R&D testing vehicles  temporarily imported by qualified enterprises of which inspection is  not mandatory, allow the period of temporary import to be extended to  two years according to testing needs.

Supporting  the commercialization of technological achievements. We shall  strengthen the overall coordination for the commercialization of  technological achievements and the construction of a service platform on  all fronts, build a mechanism of in-depth cooperation between relevant  entities and universities and scientific research institutions in  Beijing, and provide efficient services to ensure these achievements be  put in place properly in the city; and intensify efforts to support  domestically registered enterprises to apply for intellectual property  rights overseas.

Broadening  the financing channels. We shall actively promote new pledge models of  intellectual property rights, stock rights and relevant physical asset  portfolios; perfect the operation of micro and small-sized businesses  and the construction of public service platform for these businesses;  explore the securitization of intellectual property assets; give play to  the leading role of science and technology innovation funds, push  forward the cooperation between government and social capitals,  encourage more investment from multiple sources in basic research and  strategic technological R&D, and advance the profound integration of  innovations, industries and capitals.

5.  Pressing ahead with the coordinated development of  Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and forming a new pattern of coordinated  opening-up across the region

Encouraging  coordinated opening-up of industries. We shall explore the cooperation  model of investment promotion at the industrial chain of  Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and establish a mechanism of risk  pre-warning information sharing for overseas investment and cooperation;  conduct the pilot program of medical device registrant system, allow a  Beijing registrant to entrust a medical device producer in  Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region with the production of medical devices, and  boost the development of a "registration + production" cross-region  industrial chain; support qualified banks in setting up branches in such  areas as Beijing Daxing International Airport Economic Zone, Beijing  Capital International Airport Economic Zone, and Beijing City Sub-center  according to business principles; build a Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei  intellectual property protection system, create a rapid rights  protection system, and support professional intellectual property  service institutions in setting up branch offices across Beijing,  Tianjin and Hebei province; and deepen the collaboration and cooperation  in all aspects, such as enterprise credit information management and  application.

Supporting  the construction and development of Hebei Xiong'an New Area with  premium services. We shall leverage the reputation and influence of  "Beijing Services", and allow Beijing's high-end services to extend or  move towards Xiong'an New Area; provide convenience in customs clearance  for the significant materials and equipment required in the  construction and development of Xiong'an New Area; take advantage of the  144-hour free-visa transit policy, and support the opening-up of this  area in international business and tourism; and apply the advanced  technologies developed in Beijing to Xiong'an New Area in an effort to  help its urban construction and ecological environment protection, and  promote the green development of this area.

Strengthening  the leading role of airport economic zones. We shall combine the dual  strengths of policies and functions, and make better use of the two  engines for opening-up – Beijing Capital International Airport Economic  Zone and Beijing Daxing International Airport Economic Zone; support the  establishment of solely foreign-funded aircraft maintenance  enterprises; bring in a new supervision mode for the import of vehicles  at the Beijing Capital International Airport; support the application  for establishing a comprehensive bonded area as required; provide bonded  maintenance and other services while ensuring effective supervision and  risk control, and seek to allow qualified enterprises outside the areas  under special customs supervision to provide pollution-free bonded  maintenance services with high added value and advanced technologies  that put both ends of the production process (the supply of raw  materials and the marketing of products) on the world market; explore  the pilot program of warranty repair, subcontracting and regional  transfer of aviation supplies, and encourage aircraft maintenance  enterprises to undertake warranty repair, subcontracting, and  maintenance services for aviation supplies; support the construction of a  platform for sharing aviation supplies, and create a display and  trading center for aviation supplies; develop a bonded logistics mode  with the logistics chain of headquarters-based conglomerates as a unit,  and speed up steps to promote the pilot program of bonded support  project for the sharing of aviation supplies; and, according to actual  needs, implement non-local delegated customs supervision on financing  and leasing of large equipment in the areas under special customs  supervision.

6.  Adopting more solid policies for the development of Beijing City  Sub-center, and building it into a pioneering pilot area for expanding  opening-up in the service sector

Focusing  on administrative office services. We shall delegate certain  authorities to Beijing City Sub-center and develop it into a  demonstration area for simplification of administrative procedures and  devolution of power; invite think-tanks from both home and abroad to  settle in the Sub-center, and create a concentration area of  international think-tanks and top-end experts; and explore various ways  of attracting world-class professionals to work in Beijing City  Sub-center.

Focusing  on culture and tourism. We shall steadily push forward the measures for  expanding opening-up in cultural services, and allow solely  foreign-funded travel agencies incorporated in Beijing to operate pilot  outbound tourism businesses for Chinese citizens (excluding travelling  to Taiwan).

Focusing  on high-end businesses. We shall support Tongzhou Canal Business  District in taking faster moves to undertake some commercial services  and functions of Beijing's central urban areas and building itself into  an international and modernized business district; and, according to  certain regulations, commend the valuable organizations, major projects  and outstanding personnel for their marked contributions.

Pursuing  innovative financial services. We shall, mutatis mutandis, apply the  international standards and relevant provisions that aim to protect  interests and rights relating to chattel mortgage; take steady moves to  realize RMB capital account convertibility; actively support qualified  enterprises in the service sector in going public; actively encourage  reform and innovation in green finance, work to find out green finance  instruments, carry out the trading of pollution rights, water rights and  energy-use rights, allow overseas investors to participate in green  finance activities in accordance with laws and regulations, and support  Beijing in building global green finance and sustainability centers;  explore the trading in futures, options and other derivatives that will  help the service sector to open up and the industrial chain to increase  value; seek to improve the urban governance capabilities by establishing  catastrophe insurance system and issuing catastrophe bonds; and provide  more fund support to the construction of Beijing City Sub-center, and  separately report the amount of the government bonds of the Sub-center.

7.  Reinforcing its functions as a financial administration center, and  serving the reform and opening-up of the state's financial sector and  improving its risk mitigation

Serving  the reform and innovation in foreign exchange administration. We shall  support multinational companies in conducting centralized operation and  management of foreign exchange funds; allow such qualified financial  institutions as financial companies and securities companies to conduct  spot business of Chinese currency against foreign exchange and trading  in derivatives after obtaining the qualification of future foreign  exchange settlement and sales business; and support qualified financial  companies in carrying out buyer's credit and extending financial  services for the industry chain.

Continuing  to optimize cross-border RMB business. We shall encourage overseas  investors to make direct investments and participate in the transfer of  state-owned property rights in a domestic enterprise in RMB; and support  the cross-border payment of employees' remuneration and alimony in RMB.

Driving  the integration of the city's financial sector into the international  market. We shall support the establishment of overseas RMB investment  and loan funds in Beijing; support qualified institutions in Beijing in  carrying out the pilot program of overseas investment by qualified  domestic limited partners, and allow qualified institutions to raise RMB  funds from qualified investors and invest the raised funds in overseas  markets; encourage qualified institutions to apply for Qualified  Domestic Institutional Investor ("QDII") and RMB Qualified Domestic  Institutional Investor ("RQDII") businesses; expand the scope of QDII to  investment management institutions promoted and established in Beijing  by domestic and international entities, including securities companies,  fund management companies and futures companies; support fund products  that meet the conditions in participating in mutual recognition of fund  products between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong; and encourage the  world-renowned investment institutions and other venture capital  investors to strengthen cooperation with financial institutions and  explore new modes of financing technological services.

Expanding  the opening-up of the financial market. We shall encourage qualified  enterprises to go public and raise funds on the National Equities  Exchange and Quotations ("NEEQ") or overseas markets; study whether to  allow qualified overseas natural persons to invest in NEEQ-listed  companies; support the development of the markets involving transactions  of property rights and inter-institutional private placement products,  and allow Qualified Foreign InstitutionalInvestor (“QFII”) to  participate in market transactions; and encourage foreign corporate  banks of a certain scale with stable operations to apply for  participating in public market transactions.

Deepening  international cooperation in financial innovations. We shall support  the establishment of an exchange and cooperation platform in such areas  as financial technology ("fintech") and green finance, strengthen  fintech innovations in accordance with laws and regulations, actively  support financing for carbon trading and environment rights trading,  develop green financing instruments, and allow enterprises to issue  green bonds overseas; and encourage foreign investors to acquire shares  of local assets management companies.

Providing  convenience for trade, investment and financing. We shall allow foreign  banks to participate in customs clearance tax payment and tariff  guarantee businesses for imported and exported goods; encourage reforms  in credit enhancement guarantee for an enterprise, the guarantee by a  finance company of an enterprise group and the issuance for guaranteeing  the payment of customs duties, and reduce the financing costs for  foreign trade companies; and conduct the pilot program of financial  leasing for copyrights, patents, trademarks and other intangible assets.

Creating  an open financial environment with enhanced functions in multiple  districts. Xicheng District shall work to improve the state's financial  management and services, focus on Renminbi internationalization,  financial technology, risk management and financial supervision, and  actively undertaking the task of financial reform and opening-up;  intensify efforts to build bonds-related infrastructure under the  framework of overall supervision and construction plan for financial  infrastructure; build a state-level fintech demonstration area; and  explore the possibility of establishing a "sandbox" supervision  mechanism based on laws and regulations, promote financial development  and forestall financial risks. Haidian District shall work to improve  the state's financing technological innovation center, step up the  support for angel investment, venture capital and equity investment, and  support the implementation of policies concerning trade facilitation  under the capital account of Zhongguancun. Dongcheng District and  Chaoyang District shall work to stay in the forefront of international  financial opening-up, increase the charm to attract more foreign  financial institutions, and take the lead in reaping the fruits of an  open financial sector. Dongcheng District shall focus on building itself  into a demonstration area for the state's cultural and financial  cooperation, and play an exemplary role in innovating cultural and  financial policies. Fengtai District shall work to develop the Lize  Financial Business Area into an emerging financial function area, and  put emphasis on the construction of a specialized market for financial  institutions and services. Shijingshan District shall take the Beijing  Insurance Industry Park as the core and speed up the construction of a  state-level financial industry demonstration area. Fangshan District  shall create an appealing and distinctive financial clustering area  based on the concept of Financial Security Town and Fund Town. In  addition, Shunyi District shall rely on the platform of Beijing  Industrial Finance Center and work to promote industrial finance and  offshore finance.

8.  Enhancing the quality of consumer service sector, and serving the  purpose of building Beijing into a world-class harmonious and  comfortable place to live

Optimizing  the supply of services. We shall guide all types of capitals to such  areas as culture and tourism; implement the record-filing for the import  of non-special-purpose cosmetics; take active measures to develop trade  in traditional Chinese medical services, focus on traditional Chinese  medicine health care, foster a new business type that integrates  rehabilitation, healthcare, fitness and recreational tourism, and  conduct such pilot programs as including preventive treatment of disease  in the charged items of medical institutions and determining the  charging rates; and relax the access of foreign donors in sponsoring  non-profit elderly care institutions as private non-enterprise entities.

Introducing  new business types and new modes. We shall move faster to see the  development of integrated experimental zones for cross-border  e-commerce, support the bonded stockpiling business for cross-border  e-commerce, and implement the pilot policies of bonded imports purchased  online (Code of customs supervision mode: 1210); explore the import of  certain pharmaceutical products through the cross-border e-commerce mode  in accordance with the existing regulations; study the improvement of  taxation policies for duty-free stores in the city; innovate the  supervision mode for such new business types as self-service supermarket  (convenience store); pursue the "Internet + healthcare" service mode;  and take active steps to develop the sharing economy and attract the  enterprises engaged in the sharing economy to move their head offices to  Beijing.

9. Meeting the international rules and creating a first-class business operation environment

Putting  into full effect the management system of "pre-establishment national  treatment + negative list". We shall support Beijing in the pilot  program of formulating opening-up measures for the access of foreign  investors in the service sector (negative list) in its free trade zone,  explore the possibility of further relaxing the access of foreign  investors in the service sector, and increase the width and breath of  opening-up; upgrade the mechanism for serving the administration of  foreign-funded enterprises, optimize the recordation and registration  procedures for the formation of foreign-funded enterprises, and bring in  a new system to support the implementation of foreign-funded projects;  and establish and improve the interim and ex post supervision system  that is suitable for the negative list management mode.

Facilitating  and standardizing overseas investments. We shall issue measures for the  management of overseas investments, improve the "one-window acceptance"  platform for record-filing of non-financial overseas investing  enterprises (investment projects), and optimize the mechanism of  whole-process supervision; actively support the overseas investment  management by means of "encouragement + negative list"; launch a green  passage" for overseas investments that comply with the national  policies, and promote the facilitation for overseas investments that are  substantial and standardized; and ex"plore  the establishment of service centers in foreign countries for  enterprises investing abroad, and improve the service assurance  mechanism.

Enhancing  the cross-border trade facilitation. We shall further expand the  "Single Window" functions for international trade in China (Beijing),  and extend its coverage to such areas as bonded goods under processing  trade, cross-border e-commerce and trade in services; explore the  improved market access system for trade in services under the modes of  cross-border payment, overseas spending, and movement of natural  persons, and study the measures for further relaxing or lifting the  restrictions; improve the level of facilitating temporary imports  related to trade in services, work to expand the scope of the carnet  system (a system of Merchandise Passports) for temporarily imported  goods, and extend the validity of the carnet; issue relevant policies  for trade in services to support the outsourcing of high-end offshore  services, such as the export of emerging services and import of key  services; explore the improvement of statistics system in trade in  services and put in place the statistical monitoring system; promote the  use of paperless power of attorney for customs declaration, and support  the management of electronic documents and certificates in trade  sector; standardize and simplify the procedures of handling the licenses  for imports and exports; further advance the pre-ruling at the customs  and improve the predictability of trade activities; and intensify the  comprehensive law enforcement and conduct one-time joint inspection by  multiple departments.

Comprehensively  optimizing and upgrading government services. We shall support Beijing  in adopting pilot measures for the reform of government services;  implement the municipal government's three-year action plan to further  optimize its business environment, and work to complete four exemplary  projects in improving the business environment – namely, Beijing  Efficiency, Beijing Services, Beijing Standards, and Beijing Credit;  deepen the reform of business systems, and step up the reforms of  "integrating multiple certificates and licenses into one" and  "separating permits from business licenses"; introduce "e-register", a  new mode of applying for business registration, push forward the  electronic application during the whole process of registration, promote  the use of electronic business licenses in a comprehensive manner, and  significantly improve the efficiency of opening a business; seek to  simplify the procedures of enterprise alteration registration, and  further reduce the procedural documents used to determine the civil  legal relationship during the alteration registration based on the  credit commitment system; explore the possibility of further optimizing  and simplifying registration and deregistration procedures, expand the  scope of application, shorten the period of notice, establish an  error-tolerance system, and work to build an online special service area  for enterprise deregistration based on an integrated government service  platform; special windows for the acceptance of trademark registration  shall be established, and acceptance sites for the registration of  pledge of exclusive rights to the use of registered trademarks shall be  set up, so as to handle various applications for international  registration of trademarks under the Madrid system and other various  applications for registration of trademarks and provide one-stop  trademark registration, consultation and pledge services for  enterprises; support enterprises in promoting their trademarks in  overseas markets, ramp up efforts to protect their trademarks in foreign  countries, and gradually sharpen the international competitive edges  centered on reputable trademarks; endeavor to build a government credit  assessment mechanism and take stronger special measures to resolve the  government's dishonesty problems; and adopt more solid policies for  expanding opening-up in the service sector, develop a database of  enterprises in key sectors, create a list of policies and measures,  advance the construction of phase-II “Open Beijing” public information  service platform, and build an exemplary system for expanding opening  up.

Creating  a better environment for talent cultivation. Highly-skilled foreigners  recruited by service enterprises and meeting certain conditions may  enjoy convenience in services such as work permit, foreign talent visa  (A-visa), social security and "green passage" upon approval of the  regulatory department of foreign talents. We shall support the  establishment of solely foreign-funded human resources service  institutions in Zhongguanchun; promote a system in which foreign talents  with permanent residence in China can enjoy national treatment in  establishing technological enterprises; implement the Several  Measures for Deepening the Reform of Personnel Management in  Zhongguanchun and Building an Internationally Competitive Talent  Attraction and Utilization Mechanism,  broaden the scope of application, and carry out the measures for the  reform of entry/exit management of foreign talents in the demonstration  area for the multifaceted pilot program of expanding opening-up in the  service sector throughout Beijing; facilitate the use of foreigners'  permanent residence certificates in the local community of Beijing;  encourage the employers to offer enterprise annuities to high-level  foreigners according to regulations; allow foreign talents, when they  leave their jobs for home countries, to choose to withdraw their social  security funds paid in Beijing and terminate the social insurance  relations, or maintain their social insurance relations and continue to  calculate the social security funds when they come back to work in  China; speed up the establishment of international talents communities  in such areas as Chaoyang Wangjing, Zhonggunchun Avenue, Future Science  Park, and New Shougang High-end Industry Comprehensive Service Park,  provide high-quality and international supporting services such as  education, healthcare, residence, cultural, sports and recreational  facilities, create a one-stop comprehensive service platform, and launch  the platform of "one-window acceptance and unified issuance of  certificates", a new mode of handling personal matters; conduct overseas  trainings for civil servants on expanding opening-up in the service  sector in a steady and orderly manner; and advance the construction of  think-tanks and build think-tank forces with an international vision and  strategic awareness.

Creating  a fair and transparent legal environment. We shall focus on the  implementation of competition policies, step up the review to ensure  fair competition, intensify the law enforcement against monopoly and  unfair competition, break the barriers of administrative monopoly,  prevent market monopoly, and clear up and abolish all regulations and  practices having hampered the formation of a unified market and fair  competition; establish and improve a complaint mechanism for  foreign-funded enterprises, and protect the legitimate rights and  interests of foreign investors; provide patent pre-examination services  for key industries, and realize rapid examination and confirmation of  patents; open a "green passage" for online examination and handling of  patents, and improve the efficiency in patent examination; explore the  guarantee insurance for intellectual property pledge financing; ramp up  the punishment on intellectual property infringements, perfect the  diversified intellectual property right dispute resolution mechanism,  and press ahead with the rapid response mechanism to intellectual  property protection; maximize the role of intellectual property courts,  enhance the judicial protection system for intellectual property rights,  and increase the costs for any infringement; and, based on the  nationwide credit information sharing platform, upgrade the mechanism of  information integration and sharing on Beijing's public credit  information service platform, reinforce the use of the national  enterprise credit information publication system, and construct a credit  supervision system centered on credit commitment, joint reward and  punishment, and information publication.

III . Organization and Implementation

Under  the leadership of the State Council, the People's Government of Beijing  Municipality shall organize the implementation of the Plan according to  its initial objectives and assigned tasks, and take solid steps to put  into practice all measures mentioned in the Plan. Relevant policies and  measures including the Official  Reply of the State Council on the Framework Plan for the Comprehensive  Pilot Project of Opening-up of the Service Sector in Beijing (No. 81 [2015], the State Council) and the Official  Reply of the State Council to the Plan for Deepening the Reform and  Promoting the Comprehensive Pilot Program of Expanding Opening-up in the  Service Industry of Beijing Municipality (No.  86 [2017], the State Council) shall continue to be effective; and where  the above Official Replies are inconsistent with any provisions of the  Plan, the latter shall prevail.

The  relevant departments under the State Council shall take respective  duties, strengthen coordination and guidance, give active support, and  join forces to promote opening-up and development. The Ministry of  Commerce and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality shall work  together to follow up and supervise the pilot programs and sum up  experiences, ensure that all measures be effectively implemented, and  promptly spread and share the success stories; sort out and study the  new circumstances and new problems arising from the pilot programs,  continue to adjust and refine the measures, and report major issues to  the State Council for instructions in a timely manner.