Decision of the State Council on Matters Relating to Cancellation and Decentralization of 50 Administrative Examination and Approval Items

Decision of the State Council on Matters Relating to Cancellation and Decentralization of 50 Administrative Examination and Approval Items

Decision of the State Council on Matters Relating to Cancellation and Decentralization of 50 Administrative Examination and Approval Items

Guo Fa [2013] No. 27

July 13, 2013

The People's Governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, all Ministries, Committees and Departments directly under the State Council,

Upon research and assessment, the State Council decides to additionally cancel and decentralize a batch of matters such as items to be administratively examined and approved and so on, in total 50 items. Among that, 29 items shall be canceled or decentralized, 13 items shall be partially canceled or decentralized, and 3 items of appraisal through comparison for standard-meeting shall be canceled or decentralized; one item of matters concerning secrets shall be canceled (otherwise notified in accordance with the provisions); 4 items of administrative examination and approval to be canceled or decentralized are established pursuant to relevant laws, where the State Council will, in accordance with legal procedures, submit the proposal to amend the relevant laws and regulations to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

All regions and departments shall earnestly complete the implementation and take-over job of the cancellation and decentralization of such matters as items to be administratively examined and approved by management levels, and firmly strengthen the follow-up monitoring. According to the requirements of deepening reform of administrative systems, and accelerating the transformation of government functions, all regions and departments shall continue to firmly promote the reform of the administrative examination and approval system, clean up administrative examination and approval matters and increase the decentralization efforts.

Appendices: I. The Catalogue of Administrative Examination and Approval Items of Management Level that the State Council Decides to Cancel or Decentralize (in total 29 items)
(in total 29 items, among which 21 items shall be canceled and 8 items shall be decentralized)

No. Item Name Implementing Organization Establishment base Treatment decision
1 Examination and approval of wholly-owned hospitals set up in Mainland China by investors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Taiwan area The National Health and Family Planning Commission
Administrative Regulations on Medical Institutions (Order of the State Council No. 149)
Tentative Measures for Administration of Foundation of Wholly-Controlled Hospitals in Mainland China by Hong Kong and Macao Service Providers (Wei Yi Zheng Fa [2010] No. 109)
Tentative Measures for the Administration of Wholly-Owned Hospitals Established by Taiwan Service Providers (Wei Yi Zheng Fa [2010] No. 110)


To be decentralized to the provincial health and family planning departments
2 Examination and approval of short-term medical practices of foreign medical groups in China The National Health and Family Planning Commission Interim Administrative Measures for Foreign Physicians' Short-term Practice in China (Order of the Ministry of Public Health No. 24) To be decentralized to the health and family planning departments at the level of city divided into districts
3 Examination and approval of changes in the registration particulars of the Publication Operation Licenses of entities engaged in national chain business or their annexation, merger and division The General Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television
Decision of the State Council on Establishing Administrative License for the Administrative Examination and Approval Items Really Necessary To Be Retained (Order of the State Council No. 412)
Administrative Regulations on Publication (Order of the State Council No. 594)


To be canceled
4 Examination and approval of amendment of articles of association of collective management organizations for copyright The General Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television Regulations on the Collective Administration of Copyright (Order of the State Council No. 429) To be canceled
5 Examination and approval of changes of the registered places of periodicals The General Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television Decision of the State Council on Establishing Administrative License for the Administrative Examination and Approval Items Really Necessary To Be Retained (Order of the State Council No. 412) To be canceled
6 Examination and approval of uses of special funds for the mutual aid for movies and televisions The General Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Retaining Some Non-administrative Licensing Examination and Approval Items (Guo Ban Fa [2004] No.
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