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In recent years, under the background of the deepening reform of the commercial system, the number of market players in China has been rising steadily, and the speed of newly established enterprises has obviously accelerated. China’s market entities have been less than 500,000 at the beginning of reform and opening up, and by the end of November 2018, there were 109 million market entities in China. Especially in the past five years, the total number of various market players in China has increased by more than 70%.
516 times
The growth of individual industrial and commercial households in China in the past 40 years
"At the beginning, it was a small watch repair booth, and there was a movable tin room that was my workshop. Now it has developed into a 30-square-meter watch shop that integrates watch repair and watch sales. "
— — Li Xianfang, the owner of the watch repair shop
In Xigong, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, there is a "Fangfang Watch Repair Shop" that has been in business for more than 30 years. The owner Li Xianfang left Fenji May 7th Factory in 1981 and later opened this watch repair shop to engage in self-employment. "At the beginning, it was a small watch repair booth, and there was a movable tin room that was my workshop. Now it has developed into a 30-square-meter watch shop, which integrates repairing and selling watches. I plan to open another branch this year. " Li Xianfang said.
In fact, it’s not easy for Li Xianfang to start her own business. She suffered from polio, and she didn’t continue her studies after graduating from a disabled high school. However, the market economy has given everyone the opportunity to stand on their own feet. "It is this watch shop that makes me feel that I am still ‘ Useful ’ It is the market economy that has enabled me to find confidence through honest management. " Li Xianfang said.
Individual industrial and commercial households, such as Fangfang Watch Repair Shop, are the most microscopic and numerous members in China’s market. According to Zhang Jiurong, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Self-employed Workers, the number of individual industrial and commercial households in China increased from 140,000 in 1978 to 72,374,500 at the end of November 2018, an increase of 516 times.
According to the relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Markets, since the reform of the commercial system, there have been frequent measures to simplify administration and decentralize power. On December 1, 2016, the "two certificates integration" of business license and tax registration certificate for individual industrial and commercial households was fully implemented nationwide. Citizens only need to fill in "a form" and submit "a set of materials" to "a window" to handle the industrial and commercial and tax registration of individual industrial and commercial households.
31.0537 million households
Number of registered private enterprises in China
"The experience of starting a business for so many years has made me more convinced that people who are poor can’t be poor in thinking, and they must work hard if they have ideas."
— — Supermarket owner Ma Yulin
"The environment for running a business is getting better and better." Ma Yulin, who has been starting a business, said with emotion: "It’s getting easier and easier to find a government service. In the past, I ran several units for a business license, but now I go to the government affairs hall for one-stop solution."
In 2001, after graduating from Qinghai University, Ma Yulin went to Shanghai to open a "Qinghai specialty store". Six years later, he returned to his hometown of Tongren County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province to open the "Huangnan Gufeng Aquatic Products Distribution Department". Two years later, he founded the "Tongren Regong Shopping Center". After nine years of development, it has become a local model supermarket with a business area of more than 1,000 square meters, integrating grain and oil, fruits and vegetables, non-staple food, wholesale and retail of department stores and distribution.
In 2018, Ma Yulin transferred another 10 mu of land from the countryside, intending to process and package local native products and sell them outside the province. Born in poverty, he said: "The experience of starting a business for so many years has made me more convinced that people who are poor can’t be poor in thinking, and they must work hard if they have ideas. In this era, if you work hard, you will definitely not do it in vain. "
Since the reform and opening up 40 years ago, countless entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial spirit have emerged in China. The enterprises they founded include regional enterprises such as Tongren Regong Shopping Center, as well as world-renowned enterprises such as Huawei, Lenovo and Haier, which have done business all over the world. In 1989, after private enterprises were allowed to register, the total number was only 90,500. By the end of November 2018, there were 31,053,700 private enterprises registered nationwide, an increase of more than 340 times.
The commercial system makes the threshold for starting a business lower and lower. The paid-in registered capital has been changed to subscription system, and reforms such as "one address with multiple photos", "one photo with multiple addresses", "business secretary" and "creating space for all" have lowered the threshold of funds and venues for setting up enterprises; The reform of "three certificates in one", "five certificates in one" and "multiple certificates in one" has greatly simplified the licenses of enterprises involved; 29 provinces have realized paperless electronic registration; The reform of "separation of licenses" has solved the problem that enterprises are not allowed to operate.
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Newly established foreign-invested enterprises in November 2018.
"We have lived in China for 9 years and always thought that it would be particularly troublesome for foreigners to open a company in China. With the idea of giving it a try, I didn’t expect the photo-taking process to be very easy."
— — Milla from Ukraine.
"We have realized our dream of starting a business in China." Milla from Ukraine and her husband Sasha opened a gym in Shijingshan District in 2018. "We have lived in China for 9 years and always thought that it would be particularly troublesome for foreigners to open a company in China. With the idea of giving it a try, I didn’t expect the photo-taking process to be very easy." Milla said.
Sasha used to be a fitness instructor in a fitness club in Hewan Street. With more and more students, he came up with the idea of starting his own fitness company. "The staff in the service hall instructed us how to apply online, submit materials, file with the Commercial Committee and other procedures, and got the business license and seal two days after completing the materials." Sasha said.
From this Ukrainian gym to Siemens in Germany and Samsung in South Korea, foreign-invested enterprises have always been an important part of more than 100 million market players in China. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2017, there were nearly 540,000 registered foreign-invested enterprises. In 2017, China was the second largest foreign capital inflow country in the world, and since 1993, the scale of utilizing foreign capital has ranked first among developing countries. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Commerce, 1-mdash in 2018; In November, 54,703 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established nationwide, up 77.5% year-on-year, and the number of newly-added foreign-invested enterprises increased significantly.
According to the latest Business Environment Report for 2019 released by the World Bank, China’s business environment rose 32 places in the global ranking, jumping from 78th in the previous period to 46th.
The optimization of the business environment allows foreign-funded enterprises to "get in", clear regulatory obstacles, integrate customs clearance, paperless customs clearance for automatic import licenses and other innovative measures, so that foreign-funded enterprises can "run faster" in the China market. In the future, China’s business environment will be further optimized, and more foreign investors are welcome to invest in China. The door to China’s opening will never be closed.