Notice from the Office of the Guangzhou Development District Administrative Committee and the Office of the People’s Government Huangpu District of Guangzhou on Issuing the Measures for Optimizing the Service Mechanism for “Rapid Approval of Industrial Projects” in Guangzhou Development District (Huangpu District)

Sui Pu Fu Ban Han〔2024〕No. 50

Notice from the Office of the Guangzhou Development District Administrative Committee and the Office of the People’s Government Huangpu District of Guangzhou on Issuing the Measures for Optimizing the Service Mechanism for “Rapid Approval of Industrial Projects” in Guangzhou Development District (Huangpu District)

To relevant departments directly under the Guangzhou Development District Administrative Committee, sub-districts and towns in Huangpu District, and departments of the People’s Government of Huangpu District:

The Measures for Optimizing the Service Mechanism for “Rapid Approval of Industrial Projects” in Guangzhou Development District (Huangpu District) has been approved by Guangzhou Development District Administrative Committee and the People’s Government of Huangpu District and is hereby issued for implementation. If you encounter any problems during the implementation, please report them directly to the Administrative Approval Bureau of Guangzhou Development District.

Office of the Guangzhou Development District Administrative Committee

Office of the People’s Government of Huangpu District of Guangzhou

August 2, 2024

Measures for Optimizing the Service Mechanism for “Rapid Approval of Industrial Projects” in Guangzhou Development District (Huangpu District)

In order to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the guiding principles of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions during his inspection of Guangdong, as well as the requirements of the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee’s special action of “Making major changes in officials’ work style and great improvement in business environment”, the Measures (“Rapid Approval of Industrial Projects 3.0” for short) are hereby formulated based on the actual conditions of the District, with the focus on “greatly accelerating the approval process and enhancing the approval efficiency” by further streamlining approval services to promote the implementation of industrial projects and create a better business environment.

The Measures apply to relatively centralized administrative licensing and related approval services for industrial land construction projects within the administration of Guangzhou Development District and Huangpu District.

Article 1 Expanding the full-trust approval scope of the environmental impact assessment commitment system

The full-trust approval scope of the environmental impact assessment commitment system will be expanded from test laboratories to laboratories with controllable safety and environmental impact, food manufacturing and biomedical industries. For included projects, the District’s administrative approval bureau is entitled to make an approval decision after an enterprise submits a letter of commitment, and will inspect the environmental impact assessment documents within three months after the approval.

Enterprises should strictly fulfill their commitments and abide by corresponding environmental management requirements. The specific controllable scope and standards of safety and environmental impacts shall be clarified by the District’s administrative approval bureau based on the environmental impacts of construction projects and the conditions of sensitive points in the surrounding environment. (Responsible department: Administrative Approval Bureau of the District)

Article 2 Optimizing the approval procedures for planned rail transit line projects

The District’s planning and natural resources bureau and planning approval bureau shall establish a rapid coordination mechanism for rail transit planning approval.

For industrial projects involving long-term planned rail transit lines and planned buildings 25 meters away from both sides of the rail center line, the District’s planning approval bureau may give planning approval first. The project should obtain support from the rail transit authority before starting construction. If there are difficulties in obtaining support, the rapid coordination mechanism shall be activated to facilitate settlement.

For industrial projects involving rail transit lines that have been completed or have been included in recent construction plans, or where planned buildings are located within 25 meters on both sides of the long-term planned rail center line, the rail transit rapid coordination mechanism shall be activated to facilitate settlement. (Responsible departments: Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, and Knowledge City Cooperation Affairs Office of the District)

Article 3 Optimizing the approval procedures for projects within the “two key and one major” safety control scope

The District’s planning and natural resources bureau shall seek support from its superiors to incorporate the achievements in the complication of industrial project safety control scope related to “hazardous chemical processes and hazardous chemicals under key supervision and major hazard sources” of the District’s emergency management bureau into a platform which combines multiple regulations into one.

For newly transferred industrial projects that fall within the scope of safety control or involve the “hazardous chemical processes and hazardous chemicals under key supervision and major hazard sources”, the District’s investment promotion bureau shall inform the interested entities of the preparation of safety risk assessment reports after the project site is determined. For existing industrial projects that are within the scope of safety control or involve the “hazardous chemical processes and hazardous chemicals under key supervision and major hazard sources”, the District’s planning approval bureau will inform the project of preparing a safety risk assessment report. The District’s emergency management department is responsible for providing pre-services and guiding enterprises in preparing safety risk assessment reports.

During the approval process, the District’s planning approval bureau shall solicit opinions from the District’s emergency management department on the safety risk assessment reports prepared by enterprises, and the latter shall respond with clear opinions within three working days. If there are no substantive modifications in the reply, the former shall carry out planning approval according to relevant procedures; if there are different opinions in the reply, the latter shall be responsible for guiding enterprises to make modifications and improvements. If the project safety risk assessment report, after modification and improvement, meets safety management and control requirements, the District’s emergency management department shall notify the planning approval bureau in writing. (Responsible departments: Investment Promotion Bureau, Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Emergency Management Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, and Knowledge City Cooperation Affairs Office of the District)

Article 4 Optimizing the approval procedures for planning and design plans of construction projects

If any one of the following conditions is met, a construction project may be exempted from applying for a separate design plan review; instead, it is entitled to directly apply for a construction project planning permit:

1. When planning a new construction project, only one building with a height of 60 meters or less is to be constructed;

2. For land parcels with a construction land area of 10,000 square meters or less, when a new construction project is planned, the planned building height is no more than 60 meters or the total floor area is no more than 20,000 square meters;

3. When adding new building structures or parts to the existing building foundation, or reconstructing/expanding construction projects, the construction area is no more than 5,000 square meters.

(Responsible departments: Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, and Knowledge City Cooperation Affairs Office of the District)

Article 5 Optimizing the approval procedures for the adjustment of planning and design plans of projects “transferred with inherent plans”

For a project “transferred with inherent plans” that has obtained state-owned land use rights, if the plans need to be adjusted, the project is entitled to be exempted from applying for a separate design plan adjustment and directly apply for planning and construction application procedures when meeting any of the following conditions:

1. The adjustments to indicators are within the corresponding indicators of the general plan attached to the land transfer contract;

2. The adjustments to building facades have been identified as positive optimization by industry experts or the District’s planning approval bureau.

(Responsible departments: Administrative Approval Bureau and Knowledge City Cooperation Affairs Office of the District)

Article 6 Optimizing the approval procedures for connecting drainage facilities

After a drainage facility project is completed, the enterprise can apply for the combined approval of “connection of public drainage facilities” and “issuance of license for urban sewage discharge into drainage pipe networks”. (Responsible departments: Water Authority and Administrative Approval Bureau of the District)

Article 7 Optimizing the approval procedures for greening management

For industrial projects included in full-trust preparation and construction, if municipal trees need to be relocated due to the opening of motor vehicle entrances and exits, the District’s administrative approval bureau shall issue a letter to the District’s greening and park management center to assist the enterprise in relocating the trees, and the center shall be responsible for the relocation. After obtaining the land use procedures, the project shall submit relevant materials to complete the administrative review and approval. (Responsible department: Administrative Approval Bureau and Greening and Park Management Center of the District)

Article 8 Optimizing the approval procedures for building intersections

The District will improve the approval process for building new intersections for the preparation of industrial land projects.

1. Optimizing the approval of motor vehicle entrances and exits involving roads that have not been transferred to municipal management. If an industrial project needs to build a motor vehicle entrance or exit on a road that has not been transferred to municipal management, the District’s municipal facilities management center and financial investment and construction project management center shall provide opinions, based on which the District’s administrative approval bureau shall be responsible for project review and approval. (Responsible departments: Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, Municipal Facilities Management Center, and Financial Investment and Construction Project Management Center of the District)

2. Optimizing the approval of motor vehicle entrances and exits involving occupying other land. If an industrial project builds a motor vehicle entrance and exit which occupies un-transferred government reserve land, the District’s administrative approval bureau must first handle the approval procedures for occupying and excavating urban roads; if it occupies other land owned by other property owners, the District’s administrative approval department must first handle the approval procedures for occupying and excavating urban roads, and then inform the land owner. Industrial projects can only be implemented after reaching an agreement with the land owner. The District’s planning and natural resources bureau is responsible for completing relevant procedures. (Responsible departments: Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, and Land Development, Reserve and Trading Center of the District)

3. Optimizing the planning approval procedures for building entrances and exits for motor vehicles and pedestrians. For industrial projects that have obtained planning approval, if the location of motor vehicle entrances and exits needs to be adjusted to avoid above-ground or underground facilities, trees or other circumstances, they shall be exempt from the planning adjustment procedures and directly apply for permissions to occupy and excavate urban roads and other procedures if they comply with the Technical Guidelines for the Building of Entrances and Exits of Land Parcels in Huangpu District. For industrial projects to build pedestrian entrances and exits, they are exempt from separate planning and approval. (Responsible departments: Administrative Approval Bureau and Knowledge City Cooperation Affairs Office of the District)

4. The land use procedures for projects included in full-trust preparation and the procedures for building motor vehicle entrances and exits shall be handled simultaneously. When the land use procedures are being handled for projects included in the full-trust preparation, the District’s administrative approval bureau shall provide opinions to the project to support the building of motor vehicle entrances and exits, and the project shall be responsible for building. (Responsible departments: Public Security Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Enterprise Preparation Service Bureau, Administrative Approval Bureau, and Municipal Facilities Management Center of the District)

Form of Disclosure: Active Disclosure

CC: Departments of the Guangzhou Development District Party Working Committee and the CPC Huangpu District Committee, Office of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Huangpu District, Office of the CPPCC Huangpu District Committee, People’s Armed Forces Department of Huangpu District, Huangpu District Court, Huangpu District Procuratorate, Huangpu Branch of the Guangzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, Guangdong Guangqing Industrial Park Administrative Committee, Guangdong Guangde Industrial Park Administrative Committee, Guangfo Industrial Park Administrative Committee, people’s organizations, and state-owned enterprises.

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