Circular on Cleaning up and Regulating a Number of Policies on Administrative and Institutional Fees

Circular on Cleaning up and Regulating a Number of Policies on Administrative and Institutional Fees
Circular on Cleaning up and Regulating a Number of Policies on Administrative and Institutional Fees

Cai Shui [2017] No.20

March 15, 2017

The Party School of the Central Committee of the C.P.C., the Government Offices Administration of the Departments under the Central Committee of C.P.C., ministries and commissions of the State Council and departments directly under the State Council, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Central Committee of the Communist Young League, finance departments (bureaus), development and reform commissions and price bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the finance bureau and development and reform commission of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,

Upon approval by the State Council, the policies on administrative and institutional fees to be cleared up and regulated are hereby notified as follows in order to practically reduce the burden on enterprises and individuals, and promote the development of the real economy:

I. As of April 1, 2017, 41 types of administrative and institutional fees set up by the central government will be cancelled or no longer be charged (see the appendix for details), and the charging standard for trademark registration will be reduced by 50%.

II. The relevant departments and entities shall go through the formalities for the cancellation and write-off of fiscal receipts with finance departments. The above administrative and institutional fees owed in previous years shall be collected in full by the relevant departments and entities, and turned over to the national treasury in full via the channels specified by finance departments.

III. After the above administrative and institutional fees are cancelled, no longer charged, reduced or exempted, financial budgets shall guarantee the relevant funds required by the relevant departments and entities at the corresponding level for the performance of administrative functions in accordance with the law, and shall not affect the performance of duties in accordance with the law. In particular, the relevant expenditures of administrative institutions and public institutions entitled to financial aids will be guaranteed by their institutional budgets; the relevant expenditures of self-funded public institutions will be arranged through the project expenditures of their higher authorities.
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