On 14 November 2020, the State Council of the PRC released an approval on the pilot reform of one integrated license in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. The pilot reform will be carried out from the date of approval until the end of 2022.  

According the pilot program, Pudong New Area of Shanghai will establish systems for sector-specific integrated license, which will merge multiple licenses into one for market access to specific sectors. The processing time limit of integrated license shall be determined in accordance with the shortest time limit of each separate license before the reform, which will greatly shorten the approving time limit and reduce the market access cost of market entities.

A total of 31 sectors are covered in the first batch of one integrated license pilot reform, which include:

1. E-commerce
2. Internet hospitals
3. Accounting firms
4. Data centre/ cloud computing
5. Construction of engineering projects
6. Survey and design of engineering projects
7. Supervision of engineering projects
8. Manufacturing of cosmetics
9. Grade I and grade II pathogenic microorganism laboratories
10. Convenience stores
11. Supermarkets
12. Restaurants
13. Small catering business
14. On-site production and sales of foods
15. Bakery
16. Café/ teahouses
17. Bars
18. Baths
19. Gyms
20. Beauty salon
21. Hotels
22. Pharmacy
23. Maternal and child stores
24. Bookstores
25. Manufacturing of disinfection products
26. Gallery/art gallery
27. Cinemas
28. Playground
29. Public entertainment places
30. Internet access service business
31. Recreation and entertainment places

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