Higher standard, lighter burden, better service
06-13
According to the business environment, the editors of the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River are the "breeding ground" of the market economy and the "oxygen of life" of the market subject. In recent years, based on creating a first-class business environment, the Department of Finance of Anhui Province has further deepened the reform of "decentralization, regulation and service" in the field of government procurement, insisted on working together to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, reduce institutional transaction costs, improve the transparency of government procurement, promote fair competition and other aspects, and made full use of the increasingly rich "toolbox" of government procurement to create higher standards The business environment of government procurement with lighter burden and better service has achieved good results and continued to promote the high-quality economic and social development of the province. Our newspaper will publish a series of reports on "Political Recruitment in the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers" today. Please pay attention. Higher standards, lighter burdens, better services - A documentary on the optimization of the business environment of government procurement in Anhui Province ■ Our reporter Ma Jindan, correspondent Li Jinyun, Anhui Dongdongxin Technology Co., Ltd. is a company established in 2020, with only 6 employees, mainly engaged in computer software development and hardware sales. In 2023, the company won the bid for a government procurement project, including hardware equipment worth more than 2 million yuan, software development services worth more than 400000 yuan, and some decoration services. "Equipment products can only be purchased with a deposit. As a small and medium-sized enterprise with a short history of establishment, the fund is relatively tight. After winning the bid, the purchasing unit not only exempted from the performance bond of 69300 yuan, but also prepaid 1385900 yuan of project funds at a proportion of 40%, effectively relieving the company's financial pressure." Cheng Dongzhi, the company's relevant person in charge, told reporters. "Before, we had only invested in one or two government procurement projects, because the bidding cost was prohibitive, not only the bid bond, agency service fee, but also the cost of bid preparation, which generally accounted for 2% - 3% of the project profit. Moreover, the software development project has a long cycle. For a procurement project of 1 million yuan, the performance bond of 50000 yuan or 60000 yuan will take about a year to get back If there is an advance payment, you have to make your own advance payment. The pressure is still great, but now it is different. " Cheng Dongzhi sincerely sighed. The experience of Anhui Dongdongxin Technology Co., Ltd. is just a vivid example of Anhui Province's achievements in deepening the reform of the government procurement system and optimizing the business environment. Now, in Anhui, suppliers participating in government procurement activities can also use "one website" instead of "more routes", "one photo" instead of "a stack of certificates", and "procurement contract" for "real gold and silver"... The constantly optimized service quality and continuously improved procurement speed converge into the surging momentum of high-quality economic development in the province. In recent years, the Department of Finance of Anhui Province has insisted on building a first-class government procurement business environment as a key task, set up a special work promotion class, actively carried out quarterly review of the government procurement business environment, focused on making up the weak points, comprehensively promoted the benchmarking improvement of the government procurement business environment, and boosted the high-quality economic development of the whole province. Through unremitting efforts, the government procurement of Anhui Province has reached the level of a national first-class benchmark city in supporting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, reducing institutional transaction costs, improving the quality of information disclosure, and maintaining market fairness. In 2022, Anhui Hengda Road Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for a rural road renovation project in Guangde City, and issued an advance payment electronic guarantee on the "Huicaiyun" platform according to the winning government procurement contract. This is the first electronic guarantee of Guangde Municipal Government Procurement Project. "Compared with the complicated paper-based guarantee in the past, all the steps of electronic guarantee from application to approval, from signing to delivery can be completed on the electronic platform, and both the procurement unit and the winning supplier can query the progress in real time on the 'Huicaiyun' platform. The promotion of this mode has greatly shortened the processing time, improved the efficiency, and really brought convenience to enterprises. ”Yu Changming, deputy director of Xuancheng Finance Bureau, told reporters. The successful implementation of the first electronic letter of guarantee purchased by Guangde Municipal Government is only one aspect of Anhui's "One Network Office". Behind the "accelerated" change is the continuous improvement of Anhui's business environment. Now, in Anhui, "One Web" can achieve "one time, one network, and no paper". The person in charge of the Government Procurement Department of the Department of Finance of Anhui Province told the reporter that Anhui Province has made great efforts to promote the construction of "one network" for government procurement in the whole province. The "Huicai Cloud" platform built by Anhui Province is interconnected with the integrated budget management system and public resource trading systems at all levels, realizing the electronic operation and supervision of the whole process of government procurement business. As early as January 2022, the "Huicai Cloud" platform supervision system was officially put into operation. All approval matters of government procurement were transferred from offline to online, and all process nodes were visualized in the system, realizing the procurement mode of "provincial full coverage", "business full coverage", "process full coverage" and "procurement subject full coverage" of provincial government procurement. In July 2022, Anhui Province launched the "Taobao Era" of government procurement, and the "Huicai Cloud" platform e-store was officially opened. At present, there are online supermarkets, designated procurement halls, three product halls, rural revitalization product halls and framework agreement halls, which provide more convenience for government procurement activities of budget units. In December 2022, the "Huicai Cloud" platform electronic trading system was officially launched, and in 2023, the Notice on Strengthening the Full Process Data Supervision of Government Procurement Projects was issued to further promote the full process electronization of government procurement projects and achieve full link closed-loop transactions. So far, the system has provided 22338 budget units, 1739 agencies, 25334 suppliers and financial supervision departments at all levels with the whole process electronic service of "One Network, One Run". A total of 112847 suppliers have settled in the "Huicaiyun" electronic store, with nearly 2.23 million products on the shelves and a total transaction amount of 5.7 billion yuan. 304 full process electronic bidding projects have been tried out, with a transaction amount of 556 million yuan. The optimization of business environment is only in progress, but not completed. Anhui, which has entered the era of full process electronization, is still making breakthroughs. The reporter learned in the interview that Hefei also comprehensively promoted the government procurement business from "online office" to "palm office". "Hefei has innovatively developed mobile applications, and market players can use the functions of project information query, bid opening without meeting, etc. through the mobile terminal - 'Hexinyi' handheld application to promote the" zero errand "of procurement matters and further improve the convenience of enterprises," said Yang Fan, deputy director of Hefei Finance Bureau. In addition, Hefei electronic certificates and licenses have achieved "one license for all" in the field of government procurement, and suppliers can choose to upload traditional photocopies or obtain them through government data as proof materials for participating in government procurement activities. Wuhu City implements the supplier qualification credit commitment system. The bidding supplier only needs to provide a letter of credit commitment, which can save many certification materials, such as business license, financial report, tax payment, etc., and solve the problem of suppliers' multi head running and high cost in handling certification materials. In May 2023, Hefei Shengya Electric Pump Co., Ltd. won the bid for a flood control station water pump maintenance project. After winning the bid, the company borrowed 3 million yuan through "political credit". Hefei Shengya Electric Pump Co., Ltd. is a small and medium-sized enterprise, mainly engaged in the production, manufacturing and research and development of water pumps. Due to the needs of production and construction, the company was short of working capital at that time. "Because the local government departments actively publicized the business environment policy, we learned about the relevant financing policy, and the enterprise immediately applied for 'political credit' after winning the bid. When applying for financing, through the 'political credit' linked to the bid winning information, we loaned 3 million yuan to expand factories, fund flow, etc. After the application of funds, we greatly reduced our pressure. Moreover, the time from submitting the application to obtaining financing is short and efficient. During the application process, the bank did not require additional materials such as project bid winning information to be submitted, and the funds arrived quickly, which was unexpected before. " Zhang Anjuan, the relevant person in charge of the company, was very impressed. "Our city actively broadens the financing channels for small and medium-sized enterprises. On the one hand, we add the 'government procurement loan' guidance in the procurement document template to guide successful suppliers to apply for financing loans through government procurement contracts after winning the bid; on the other hand, we promote the related application of government procurement contracts in 'government credit'. The bid winning information can be directly used as one of the conditions for applying for credit financing." Zhu Lingxia, Director of the Procurement Department of Hefei Municipal Government, introduced to the reporter. For small and medium-sized enterprises, financing is a major obstacle to their development. The reporter learned that in order to "attract capital" for enterprises, help them climb the slope and overcome obstacles, and prepare for development, all parts of Anhui Province actively promote "political procurement and lending". "In order to expand the publicity, we will include the 'government procurement and loan' business as a bonus item in the city to county (city, district) government procurement and business environment assessment, so as to achieve full coverage of the 'government procurement and loan' business in the city. At the same time, the proportion of advance payment shall be increased. The purchaser can agree on the advance payment in the government procurement contract in combination with the actual project and the credit status of the supplier. The proportion of advance payment to small and medium-sized enterprises shall be increased to more than 40%, and the maximum shall not exceed 70% of the contract amount. " Chen Guo, a second level researcher of Wuhu Finance Bureau, said. Xuancheng, Hefei and other places require to accelerate the progress of capital payment. "We require the purchaser to complete the payment within 7 working days from the receipt of the invoice issued by the supplier, not to delay the arrears, not to collect quality deposits in violation of regulations, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise," Yu Changming told reporters. For projects that meet the payment conditions in Hefei, the purchaser shall, in principle, pay the funds to the supplier's account agreed in the contract within three working days after receiving the invoice. For small and simple government procurement projects, the budget unit is encouraged to achieve the "three simultaneities" of acceptance, invoicing and payment. The budget unit can pay the funds to the account of the winning supplier as soon as it receives the invoice, so that the funds can be "received in seconds". In recent years, Anhui Province has successively issued relevant policies and measures to improve the enthusiasm of SMEs to participate in government procurement activities by continuously reducing institutional transaction costs, increasing the proportion of contract advance payment and procurement reserve share, and improving the preferential range of price review for small and micro enterprises. In 2023, the contract amount awarded to SMEs by the provincial government procurement will be about 139.15 billion yuan, accounting for 78.5% of the provincial procurement scale. The bid bond for government procurement and the cost of procurement documents will be exempted, and the capital occupation of various market entities will be reduced by about 10 billion yuan every year. In addition, the purchaser is encouraged to waive the performance bond or reduce the payment ratio according to the actual project and the credit status of the supplier. If performance bond is charged for government procurement of goods and services, the maximum payment proportion shall not exceed 2.5% of the contract amount. The government procurement performance bond collected in recent years that should be refunded but not refunded has been comprehensively cleared, and in 2023, RMB 220 million has been refunded accumulatively. Fair competition uses norms to promote development. "Is it legal to require property companies to set up branches in the local area after winning the bid?" "According to Article 5 of the Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China, no unit or individual may, in any way, obstruct or restrict suppliers' free access to the local government procurement market and the industry..." Questions and answers to the concerns of market subjects are one of the cases in which Chuzhou Finance Bureau publicizes behaviors and practices that hinder fair competition. Zhao Yongbin, Deputy Director of Chuzhou Finance Bureau, introduced to the reporter: "We use 'short cases and short stories' to publicize the behaviors and practices that hinder fair competition in the procurement process to buyers and agencies, remind buyers to implement the fair competition review system, ensure the transparency and fairness of procurement, and fully guarantee the equal participation of various market entities in government procurement competition." "There will be a market only when there is competition, and a fair market environment can activate more business entities." The head of the Government Procurement Department of the Department of Finance of Anhui Province said that in order to ensure fair and orderly competition in government procurement and unblock relief channels, Anhui Province set up a question and clue collection mailbox on the government procurement network to actively accept social supervision. Leave messages on the mailbox, service platform for enterprises, 12345 government hotline, "Internet+supervision" and clues to problems reflected in letters and visits, so that everything is settled and answered. In 2023, Anhui Province will handle 354 complaints and reports in total, including 78 cases of complaints, reports and penalties at the provincial level, 95 replies to the enterprise service platform, and 173 messages on the portal. The Department of Finance of Anhui Province also combed out the List of Common Violations of Government Procurement in Anhui Province, involving a total of 64 violations of laws and regulations by five subjects, including purchasers and suppliers, to further strengthen social supervision. Comprehensively improve the transparency of government procurement, strengthen the information publishing function of Anhui Provincial Government Procurement Network, and display the procurement intention, procurement announcement and other information in fixed columns, so that government procurement activities can operate in the sunshine. "One of the most important factors for Anhui Province to achieve such success in optimizing the business environment is the creation of the comment mechanism for the main leaders of the provincial party committee." The head of the Government Procurement Department of Anhui Provincial Department of Finance told reporters, "The field of government procurement is one of the leading indicators. The Provincial Department of Finance takes the lead in carrying out a review every quarter, conducting a comprehensive review on the maintenance of fair competition in the market, support for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and payment of procurement accounts in each city, and resolutely removing discriminatory clauses and hidden barriers in government procurement activities. At present, Hefei, Wuhu and other cities have reached the national first-class benchmark level. " In recent years, Hefei has set a benchmark and set an example in optimizing the business environment of government procurement in the province, focusing on such keywords as openness and transparency, speed and efficiency increase, enterprise development assistance, strong supervision, and green development, and has achieved remarkable results. Hefei ranked the first in the annual review of business environment in the province in 2023. In terms of promoting fair competition, we will strengthen the control of the source of government procurement demand, organize cross check on the implementation of government procurement business environment policies, and carry out special rectification of violations of laws and regulations, so as to promote the deepening and implementation of the "tough battle" of fair competition. It initiated the procurement demand management system, created a "Hefei sample" of demand pre review, and standardized procurement behavior from four aspects: refining demand pre review, conducting procurement demand investigation for major projects, strengthening internal risk control, and strengthening supervision and inspection. Formulate key inspection points for the implementation of government procurement and business environment policies, carry out cross check, report the results to relevant management departments, and require immediate rectification and correction. Up to now, 9 cross inspections have been carried out, and 2150 government procurement projects have been sampled, effectively improving the management level of government procurement in the city. The reporter learned that Wuhu ranked the first in the annual review of business environment in 2023 and the first in the first quarter of 2024. Wuhu City has included the review of fair competition in the evaluation of the business environment of government procurement in counties, cities and districts. At the same time, in combination with the feedback results of the cross check between cities and counties, industry experts were invited to further analyze, study and judge, and the purchasers were notified, and the financial departments of counties, cities and districts were evaluated on the business environment. Up to now, Wuhu Finance Bureau has selected 1324 government procurement projects and issued 13 circulars, which significantly improved the quality of government procurement documents. To continue to promote economic development and optimize the business environment is an important part. Anhui Province continues to stimulate vitality in optimizing the business environment, stimulate power in innovation, and continue to move towards the direction of "better temperament" and "more vitality" with "steady" determination and "progressive" rhythm, so as to contribute political strength to the comprehensive construction of a modern and beautiful Anhui.
Guangdong: Political Empowerment Stimulates the New Power of Rural Revitalization
06-13
Hot Spots Focus on Guangdong: Political Empowerment Stimulates the New Power of Rural Revitalization Our correspondent Yuan Ruijuan Chen Hao reported that in recent years, Guangdong Province has continued to promote the steady operation of the online sales platform for agricultural and sideline products in poverty alleviation areas (hereinafter referred to as "832 platform"). Up to now, the total transaction volume of the province on the "832 platform" has exceeded 2.3 billion yuan, which has formed mature assistance experience in promoting the two-way circulation and stable sales of agricultural and sideline products in poverty alleviation areas, driving the stable income increase of people in poverty alleviation areas, and has achieved good practical results. Among them, during the 2024 Poverty Alleviation Area Agricultural and Sideline Products Production and Marketing Matchmaking Activity recently ended, Guangdong province completed procurement of 71.7593 million yuan on the "832 Platform", ranking first in the country. The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance said that Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance attached great importance to the important role of "832 Platform" in helping rural revitalization. In order to ensure the province's "one game of chess" and promote multi-party coordination at a high level, the relevant leaders of the Provincial Finance Department held a special meeting at the first time to study, deploy and implement relevant work, plan the timetable and roadmap for the production and marketing of agricultural and sideline products in poverty relief areas in 2024, and ensure that the whole province will form a "one game of chess" and "one rope" in understanding, system and action, Gather into a strong working force. Adhere to the unified leadership, and the Provincial Department of Finance issued a unified document, requiring all units and departments to attach great importance to it, strengthen publicity and guidance, increase procurement efforts, actively cooperate with the expansion of the consumer market in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, help the poverty relief areas to "enter the Gulf and go to the sea", and demonstrate Guangdong's responsibility. Adhering to the linkage between the top and bottom, the Provincial Department of Finance implemented the reserved share and purchase volume of each unit and city in the "832 Platform" by increasing policy publicity, conducting thorough research guidance, reporting supervision and other ways, and promoted the production and marketing docking activities to achieve substantive breakthroughs. The Department of Finance of Guangdong Province plans and organizes scientifically and meticulously, pays close attention to the "key points", fully coordinates and cooperates with the undertakers, extensively mobilizes and organizes meticulously, promotes with high standards, high quality and high efficiency, and makes the preparations practical, detailed and well done. At the same time, strengthen organizational leadership, enhance "driving force", actively play a leading role in overall planning, timely transmit relevant notices from the Ministry of Finance, and collect and sort out the list of budget units participating in the provincial conference in an all-round way in accordance with the principle of "horizontal to the edge, vertical to the end", and arrange specialists to open up information exchange channels, assist in following up registration matters, activity arrangements, itinerary planning and other work, Ensure that the procurement unit has no worries about the future and improve the enthusiasm of participation. Strengthen communication and coordination, improve "security", inspect the site in advance, study and coordinate specific driving routes, activity processes, security measures, etc., and repeatedly communicate with relevant departments to carry out on-site full element drills, so as to ensure that each performs its own duties, assumes its own responsibilities, closely cooperates, and all links are seamlessly connected, smooth and orderly. In order to promote the realization of "new breakthrough", the Department of Finance of Guangdong Province focuses on playing the role of "832 platform" in production and marketing, and uses the strength and wisdom of the whole province to make precise efforts, to form a joint force with the same frequency resonance, to constantly increase the procurement of agricultural and sideline products in poverty alleviation areas, and to drive farmers to continue to increase their income. On the one hand, we made practical suggestions on the precise implementation of policies, formulated and issued relevant documents at the provincial level, and required all budget units to prepare the list of canteen ingredients and purchase shares in advance during the production and marketing docking activities. During the production and marketing docking activities, in principle, the online purchase of agricultural and sideline products in poverty alleviation areas should be no less than 5% of the unit's reserved share in this year, and efforts should be made to increase consumption assistance. On the other hand, we can see actual results in the accurate landing. During the event, the transaction volume of political procurement in Guangdong Province through the "832 Platform" exceeded 70 million yuan, ranking first in the country. Fifteen units, including the Provincial Department of Justice, the Provincial Department of Public Security, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau and the Provincial Department of Education, signed cooperation agreements with government departments and supplier representatives of poverty alleviation counties at the event site. It is reported that this activity is conducive to promoting the national advantageous agricultural products "entering the Gulf and going out to sea". Guangdong Province will also give full play to the leading role of the strong consumer market in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, fully promote the integration of agricultural and sideline products in poverty alleviation areas with the consumer market in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, expand the scale of agricultural products sales, and effectively drive the industrial development in poverty alleviation areas and increase farmers' income. Next, Guangdong procurement units will take this production and marketing docking activity as an opportunity to strengthen communication and exchange with government representatives, suppliers and cooperation units of 832 poverty alleviation counties nationwide, establish long-term and stable production and marketing docking relationships, and inject new momentum into the revitalization of rural industries.
