The city of Baotou, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, recently launched a series of measures aimed at enhancing its business environment and attracting more projects from all across the country, according to local media reports.

The "Several Measures to Build a First-class Business Environment in Baotou" proposes 26 specific improvement measures in four areas: improving the level of enterprise facilitation, solving difficult problems for enterprises, providing convenient and efficient government services, and enhancing the sense of gain and satisfaction among the people.

In terms of improving the level of enterprise facilitation, there are seven measures to help people start a business, apply for construction permits, obtain electricity, obtain water and gas, register property, pay taxes, and help with cross-border trade.

The first six items have been quantified and have reached the domestic first-class level.

Of these, enterprise establishment registration, seal engraving, invoice applications, social security and medical insurance registration and housing provident fund registration can all be completed within 0.5 working days.

The enterprise deregistration process has been reduced from three days to two, and the cancellation processing time has been reduced from 45 working days to 20 working days.

To solve difficult problems for enterprises, the restrictions on applying for unemployment insurance benefits within 60 days have been lifted, and unemployment insurance benefits can be declared online with an ID card or social security card.

The time limit for the first declaration and re-declaration of comprehensive working hours and irregular working hours has been reduced from 15 working days to one working day.

In order to enhance government services, Baotou has taken steps in three areas: intellectual property creation, protection and use, and market supervision.

The city has launched a batch of 24-hour online declaration and automatic approval services, and promoted the standardization of approval services.

In terms of enhancing people's sense of gain and satisfaction, the city is to make efforts in areas including innovation and entrepreneurship activity, industry and the digital economy, market openness, cultural openness and tolerance, and talent introduction and cultivation.