CCTV News: According to the China Government Network, the General Office of the State Council issued guiding opinions on establishing and improving a long-term supervision mechanism for charges involving enterprises. Key tasks include:

(I) Improve the list of charges for enterprises. Administrative and institutional charges, government funds, business service charges for government-related deposits, and government-priced business service charges are subject to catalog management. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Finance shall formulate a list of charges according to their division of responsibilities and make it public. The industry competent departments should formulate a comprehensive list of charges for enterprises of the department and its subordinate units, covering administrative and institutional charges, government funds, enterprise-related deposits, business service charges and other charges, clarify service content, service standards, and charging levels, and achieve full coverage of a list of charges for enterprises of each department. All provincial people's governments should improve the list of charges for enterprises in their regions. All regions and relevant departments should promptly update and release the list of charging catalogs, and no charges shall be charged outside the list.

(II) Improve the working mechanism for the evaluation and review of enterprise-related fee policies. When the development and reform, judicial administration, market supervision and other departments carry out the consistency assessment, legality review, fair competition review and other work in accordance with regulations, they should strengthen the assessment and review of the legality, fairness and social expected impact of newly issued enterprise-related charging policies. Industry authorities and subordinate units, administrative approval intermediary service agencies, industry associations and chambers of commerce, etc. should strengthen the evaluation and demonstration of enterprise-related fee items, and strictly prohibit the establishment of enterprise-related fee items in violation of regulations. The State Administration for Market Regulation should work with relevant departments to study and formulate guidelines for the evaluation, review and demonstration of enterprise-related fee policies, clarify responsibilities, basis, scope, standards, rules, etc.; carry out special rectification of existing enterprise-related fee policies, clean up illegal fee policies in accordance with the law, and cancel all illegal and irregular fee items.

(III) Strengthen the normal publicity and interpretation of the charging policies related to enterprises. Industry authorities should regularly update and release the charging policies related to enterprises in this field, and increase policy publicity through expert interpretation and other means. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology should give full play to the role of the national work mechanism for reducing the burden on enterprises, carefully organize policy publicity week, and regularly compile and publish policies to reduce the burden on enterprises. All regions and relevant departments are encouraged to use big data and other means, in combination with the company's handling of intermediary services and other matters, to accurately push the charging directory guidelines and relevant interpretation materials to enterprises, and promptly resolve doubts.

(IV) Improve the tracking and monitoring system for charges involving enterprises. All regions and relevant departments should strengthen monitoring of the charges related to enterprises in their regions and fields, give full play to the role of news media, industry associations and chambers of commerce, etc., timely understand the implementation of charge policies related to enterprises and opinions and suggestions, and promote the resolution of issues of concern to enterprises. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology should improve the monitoring and statistical survey system for key enterprises' operation and continue to release enterprise burden survey and evaluation reports. The State Administration for Market Regulation and other departments should establish business-related fee monitoring points and improve relevant systems. The development and reform departments should explore the operational service charges for implementing market-regulated prices, and guide relevant enterprise-related charging entities to charge reasonably and comply with the charges through price and cost surveys.

(V) Improve the mechanism for collecting and handling clues related to enterprise charging issues. All regions and relevant departments should regularly collect clues and opinions and suggestions for illegal charging of enterprises by setting up petition columns on their portal websites and publicly publishing complaints and reporting hotlines; improve the regulations on handling clues and clues of complaints and reporting of enterprises, and refine and improve the procedures and requirements of various links such as registration, acceptance, transfer, handling, and feedback; comprehensively use market supervision, industry supervision, credit supervision and other means to increase the punishment of illegal charging subjects in accordance with the law; and transfer clues of major violations of discipline and laws to discipline inspection and supervision and judicial organs in accordance with the law. The State Administration for Market Regulation, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthens guidance on the investigation and punishment of illegal charging behaviors, exposes typical cases of illegal charging involving enterprises in accordance with the law, and jointly exposes typical cases that are strongly reflected by the masses, are harmful and representative, and should be jointly exposed by multiple departments. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments, supervises and rectifies the problems of illegal charging of enterprises found in accordance with regulations.

(VI) Strengthen charging standards in related fields. All regions and relevant departments should further clean up intermediary service matters without laws and regulations or decisions of the State Council, and shall not add intermediary service matters in violation of regulations, and shall not convert government service matters into intermediary service matters; entrusted service matters that are government management responsibilities shall be paid by the administrative approval management department and shall not be transferred to enterprises; unreasonable market access restrictions on intermediary services shall be cleared, and more business entities shall be supported and cultivated to enter the market, and promoted fair competition. The civil affairs department should cooperate with relevant departments to continue to deepen the reform of industry associations and chambers of commerce, promote the improvement of the comprehensive supervision system, and standardize the charging behavior of industry associations and chambers of commerce. Development and reform and other departments should continue to standardize charges for urban water supply, power supply, gas supply and heating industries, clean up and cancel unreasonable charges, and cooperate with relevant departments to promote market-oriented reforms in competitive links.

(VII) Improve relevant laws, regulations and systems. All regions and relevant departments should accelerate the formulation and revision of relevant laws and regulations according to the needs of enterprise-related fee supervision, and strengthen supervision of fee behaviors such as administrative approval intermediary service agencies, industry associations and chambers of commerce, and enterprises that operate natural monopoly link businesses in accordance with the law. Promote the revision of the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China", study and formulate measures for handling illegal and irregular acts involving enterprises and related guidelines, and improve social group membership fee management systems.