"At 9:30 am, I went to apply for the real estate transaction transfer registration and I got the certificate at 1:30 pm. In about three hours. I didn't expect I could get the certificate so soon," said a company employee. On March 18th, at the Yangpu District Real Estate Registration Center, Shanghai Huanyu Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. became the first company in the city to enjoy the "half-day certificate issuance".
The new speed of the "half-day certificate issuance" is just the practice of launching the "2.0 version" to optimize the business environment in Shanghai. The Yangpu District Real Estate Registration Center further the reform of the real estate registration service. A special office was opened in the central office to deal with the license issuance of factory and warehouse transfer registrations. The materials required for tax payment are delivered on the spot and the process has been changed to "Accepting and concluding the case and issuing the certificate right on the spot." This has made it much easier for companies to obtain property ownership certificate shortly.
"Although the time is shorter, we didn't reduce any procedures," the staff at the office told the us. "From the tax review and payment by the tax officer to the initial review and audit of the submitted materials by the staff of the trading center and to the preparation, verification and issuance of the property ownership certificate. At least 5 or 6 colleagues are involved to ensure that all processes are seamlessly linked to issue the certificate to the companies as soon as possible."
Before the launch of the half-day certificate issuance opening service for factory and warehouse transfer registration, the application for the registration of real estate transaction requires at least three submissions, which was reduced to one now. The application process also changed from visiting two different departments to visiting one office once. The entire processing time has been cut short from five days to half day.
In addition to the factory and warehouse class transfer registration process streamlining, other real estate transfer registration workflow in the district has also been improved by reducing the steps, integrating the "tax payment - certificate issuance" steps and changing "acceptance - separate review - tax collection - certificate issuance at one office" to " acceptance - separate review - certificate issuance at one office (including tax and fee payment and receiving certificate)", so that the process only includes two steps "acceptance" and "issuance". The functions of offices were also integrated. The real estate registration department and the taxation department jointly set up two types of offices: "acceptance" and "certificate issuance" in the registration hall. The "acceptance" office receives and reviews all the materials, and the "certificate issuance" office handles the payment of taxes and registration fees and the issuance of certificates.
"Tapping Potential" is a phrase that our reporter heard the most during the interview. The official at the District Real Estate Registration Center said, "The processing time for transfer registration of non-residential properties such as factories and warehouses has been shortened from 28 days to 5 days and then to one day. This is a record-breaking speed and challenged the staff to work more efficiently."