On the morning of September 18th, Wang Minghua, the legal representative of Yichang Xiaguang Paint Co., Ltd., came to the Municipal Service Center to handle the procedures of starting a company. He was told by the staff that “one-step service” is provided, which enables him to apply forthe business license and all the procedures can be finished within three days.
“In the past, to start your own company, onehasto go tovarious departments such as the Industry and Trade Bureau, the Taxation Bureau, the Public Security Bureau and the Bank. I never expect I will get a license so soon after I submitted a set of materials." Wang Minghua said joyfully and was very pleased with the working efficiency of the Municipal Service Center.
This year, in order to shorten the time of startingan enterprise, optimize the business environment and stimulate the vitality of the market, the Municipal Service Center has simplified the procedures of starting an enterprise, with the steps of application for business licensesand invoice as well asengraving for an official seal integrated into “one-step service”. The “one-step service” window was specially set up in the service hall for commercial registration on the fourth floor, where the assistant agents are arranged to guide the applicants to complete the application procedures. The applicant only needs to submit a set of required materials, leaving the remaining procedures to the working staff.
To bringconvenience of online registration to the market entities, the online “one-step service” platform isaccessible on the website of the Municipal Administrative Service, which enables the applicant to submit applicationthrough the Internet, with the data shared by the relevant departments. After the approvalof the documents, all the procedures of applying for starting an enterprisearecompleted.
In fact, the one-step service can also savetime forstarting an enterprise. It is learnt that it used to take8.5 working days for a company to completeallthe proceduresof applyingfor starting a company, but now it only needs less than 3 working days, and opening a bank account requires less than 2 working daysinstead of 4 working days. (Reporter Zhou Hanfei, correspondent Liu Yaolei)