Govt policy moves from the past week
Updated: January 14, 2020 07:48 China Daily

Cabinet urges clearing of payments backlog

Government departments and State-owned enterprises should clear their arrears owed to private firms and small and medium-sized enterprises before the end of this year, an executive meeting of the State Council decided on Jan 8.

Clearing such arrears is an important decision made by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council as it concerns market and economic order, improvement of the business environment and the government's credibility, said a statement released after the meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.

Over the past year, government departments and local authorities have identified more than 890 billion yuan ($128 billion) in arrears owed to private companies and SMEs nationwide. By the end of last year, 75 percent of overdue payments had already been paid.

Efforts should be taken to ensure that undisputed arrears are cleared as much as possible by the end of this year and disputed arrears as soon as possible through mediation, consultation, and judicial means. No new arrears should be incurred, the statement added.

The meeting decided that government departments at all levels should make concrete plans, down to each item and each category, to pay the undisputed arrears. Large State-owned enterprises must take measures to ensure their subsidiary companies complete payments.

It also urged efforts to implement a regulation on guaranteeing the payment of wages to rural migrant workers. The regulation will take effect on May 1.

In the future, sufficient capital should be set aside in all construction projects for the timely payment of rural migrant workers' wages in accordance with their contracts. No government departments, State-owned companies or public institutions can, for whatever reason, default on the wages of rural migrant workers, the statement said.

Irregularities such as implementing projects outside the budget plan, starting construction before getting approval, or asking construction entities to make advance payments, will be seriously dealt with, it added.

Local government transparency improved

China will standardize transparency in local government services through the establishment of a nationwide system by 2023, according to a guideline issued by the General Office of the State Council.

The system will cover all local governments' administrative powers and public services said the guideline issued on Jan 8.

The State Council has identified 26 pilot sectors that local governments are required to complete lists of service items by the end of this year, according to the guideline. To improve transparency, the lists are to be made public.

The 26 sectors include land and area planning, major construction projects, public resources transactions, financial budgets and statements, and tax revenue management.

The lists should include details such as the name, content, basis for the decision and the time period, it said.

Meanwhile, departments of the State Council are required to finish compiling the guidelines for openness in all sectors of local government by the end of next year.

The guideline issued on Jan 8 said that government websites and e-government media platforms should also play active roles in the disclosure of local government services.

To improve public participation in and transparency of decisionmaking, local governments should inform the public of policies and construction projects that concern their interests through measures such as symposiums, hearings, and surveys, it said.

Timely responses should also be made to explain issues of public concern during the implementation of policies and projects.

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