Fifteen departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC"), have recently issued the Unified Name List of Investment Approval Items for the National Online Approval and Regulation Platform for Investment Projects (2018 Version) and the List of Application Documents for Investment Approval Items for the National Online Approval and Regulation Platform for Investment Projects (2018 Version) (collectively as the "Lists").
The Lists cover 42 examination, approval and record-filing items that should be completed before the commencement of existing categories of investment projects, and 258 application documents that should be submitted for examination, and meanwhile clearly specify the category of investment projects to which each approval item as well as the application documents pertain, and the applicable circumstances. The Lists are comprised of not only examination, approval and record-filing items required at the stages of project establishment and of decision-making, but also examination and approval items for special assessment and establishment of proposed projects, and set out both 10 examination and approval items that should be handled for general investment projects and other particular examination and approval items that should be handled merely for some projects under different circumstances. The NDRC will adjust dynamically the Lists and use serial codes to manage all items and application materials.