The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-gang Special Area Center for Review and Approval of Construction Projects was unveiled on June 24 at the Ling-gang Special Area in Shanghai.

The center was previously known as the reviews and approvals of investments center. It was established on April 8, 2020 and became the first facility to provide one-stop examinations and approval services for government investment and enterprise investment projects and other ventures in Shanghai.

It reportedly took the lead in undertaking the one-stop handling of construction permits and completion acceptances.

This has helped in a boom in activity in the city. More than 20 projects started construction in the first half of 2021, with a total investment of 37 billion yuan ($5.72 billion). Of these a new plant operated by Shanghai Chuanxin Semiconductor Co Ltd took only 10 days from land acquisition to construction.

Elsewhere, the new Bank of China Financial Center consists of two twin towers at a height of 200 meters - ordinarily making its approval process extremely complex - but it only took five months from land acquisition to construction.

At present, 13 departments and units involved in the examination and approval of engineering construction projects have moved to the new center.

Address: F101, F102, F103, F203, F205, F207 in the Lin-gang Special Area Administrative Center

For information tel: +86-21-68286647