The Weifang Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone is taking measures to support business development and accelerate key projects construction in the area, by improving project approval efficiency and innovating its service models.

This year, four government departments of the zone have made considerable efforts to shorten approval processes: the economic development, education, urban planning and urban construction bureaus.

The targeted processes involve six types of projects, including those related to industry, real estate and shanty town upgrades, and government-supported public school construction.

"We strive to approve projects in the shortest time. We have canceled unnecessary steps in the approval processes and project applications will be processed by several government departments at a time rather than one-by-one," said Chen Jiancheng, director of the zone's government service center. 

The zone has designed and printed detailed approval procedures so businesses can know exactly what should be done to gain project approval, which government department will process their applications and how long the process will take.