China to clean up illegitimate charges to boost business environment

China on Friday vowed to clean up illegitimate enterprise-related charges and improve supervision of such fees, in its latest bid to boost business environment.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied measures for establishing and improving a long-term supervision mechanism for charges levied on enterprises.

The meeting emphasized that strengthened supervision of enterprise-related charges would help reduce business operational costs and optimize the business environment.

It is necessary to strengthen full-process supervision and focus on building a coordinated and efficient long-term regulatory mechanism for such charges, according to the meeting.

The meeting called for improvements to the catalog system for charges levied on enterprises, intensified efforts to address irregular charges, and the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for such fees, in order to further stabilize expectations of market entities and enhance confidence in development.

The meeting also reviewed and approved a draft revision to the marriage registration regulation, and stressed the need to make marriage registration more standard and convenient.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: China's southern city of Shenzhen. /VCG)