A few days ago, the Version 6.0 of Shanghai Business Environment was released, and a new round of accelerating optimization of the business environment began again. The officers of Hongkou District Market Supervision Bureau are also constantly improving the regulatory service level and optimizing the market access environment to make the enterprise start up faster and more convenient.

The registration of registered address is an essential part when an enterprise applies for the business license. If the enterprise has to lease a business site, at least the property right certificate and the lease contract are required for the residence registration. In case of more complex situations, some enterprises also have to provide more than ten copies of documents such as completion filing certificate and plan. If an entrepreneur happens to meet a lazy house renter, the business will be delayed, and the operation will be affected, which makes many operators distressed. In order to solve the problem, Hongkou District Market Supervision Bureau innovated mechanisms and took the lead in launching the pilot independent application reform of corporate residence in the North Bund area in 2021 in the guidance principle of serving enterprises. After nearly two years of upgrading, the efficiency of serving enterprises has been greatly improved.

An official of the Registration Section of Hongkou District Market Supervision Bureau told that they had determined the list of eligible commercial buildings through a large number of visits to the commercial buildings in the North Bund functional area in the early stage. In this way, only the property owners or lessors of the commercial buildings need to provide Hongkou District Market Supervision Bureau with relevant proof documents of residence registration in advance. As the lessee, an enterprise can easily run their businesses by providing the house lease contract. The officers have finally achieved tangible results in their self-pressure. The documents for handling certificates and licenses have been simplified. The processing duration has also been reduced from 2 days to 6 hours at the beginning of the pilot project, and then to 2 hours now.

Shanghai Qinghong Industrial Development Co., Ltd. is located in the Qingshan Industrial Building at the North Bund. Recently, it entrusted Wang Ying, the staff of the Hongkou District Investment Service Center, to handle the business license. "I helped the enterprise get the business license in two hours", Wang Ying sighed. She said that applying for business licenses for enterprises was often postponed by residence registration. In the process of urging enterprises to prepare a lot of documents, both enterprises and operators were exhausted. Now, enterprises only need to provide leasing contracts, which really reduces the pressure on both parties. "As public servant, we can also spare more energy to improve the business service environment", said Wang Ying.

Up to now, there are 19 commercial buildings enjoying the policy at the North Bund, and 341 enterprises have completed registration through residence declaration. A good business environment is constantly perfected. Next, Hongkou District Market Supervision Bureau will further optimize the approval process and improve the satisfaction of market entities.