On December 23, the election and prizes-presenting ceremony of the second session of "China Law Government Prize" was held in Beijing. The project of standardization of administrative examination and approval, presented by Ningbo Municipal Government, was well received and approved by the election experts and won "China Law Government Prize" in competition with over 40 presented projects.

According to the presentation speech, "Ningbo Municipal Government has been insisting its basic principles of providing services and convenience, and seeking innovation and cooperation. Through the construction of the standardization system of administrative examination and approval and the working mechanism of joint approval, it has achieved the integration of the examination and approval, the integration of the links, the synchronization of procedures and the transparency of the processes. From 'sole permission' to 'industrial admittance', from 'people obeying the governing by the government' to 'government serving the social demands', Ningbo Municipal Government has implemented all its policies based on the public demands, in the belief of 'convenience for the public', which makes it a real people's government."

"China Law Government Award" was founded by the Institute of Law Government of China Politics and Law University, and in this year’s session, 25 presented projects were nominated for the final competition. On December 23, nearly 30 experts from such organizations as the Commission of Legislative Affairs and the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the Committee of Social and Legal Affairs of the National Committee of the CPPCC, Supreme People's Court, Renmin University of China and People's Daily News Agency listened to the project presentations and voted for 13 projects to win the "China Law Government Award".

 

The standardization construction of administrative examination and approval in Ningbo is based on the reform in the integration of administrative functions. In the refinement of the qualification conditions for administrative examination and approval, the standard of 564 items and 1028 sub-items has been established. In the integrated operating pattern of examination and approval, the joint examination and approval standard has been carried out in 6 pilot livelihood sectors including cultural and entertainment industry, enabling the "one window and one form" operation. In the operation mechanism of joint examination and approval of infrastructure projects, the links have reduced from over 80 to only 10, and the total time has reduced from over 300 days to only 70 days. Besides, the standard for specific areas and projects has been established and the efficiency of examination and approval has been greatly improved.