"I submitted the materials in the morning, and received the business license in that afternoon. That is impressively efficient," said He Cuifeng, a staff of Chuanyue (Zhongshan) Shine Metal Surface Treatment Co Ltd.

The "Zhongshan Commercial Registration Electronic Application Platform" was recently put into use, marking the basic completion of the proceedings involved in the "Action Plan for Improving Business Start-up Procedures" taking effect from May 2018. At present, in Zhongshan, people can start a company in 3 working days and obtain the business license in just 1 working day.

Figures of 2018

A total of 10,973 companies were opened through the "Zhongshan Business Start-up Comprehensive Platform;"

By the end of 2018, a total of 3,360 commercial subjects applied for "one address multiple licenses", 110 registered "one license multiple addresses," 2,368 turned a residential unit into a unit for business purpose, 7,185 applied for residence declaration, and 157 applied for cluster registration;

The "uniform handling" of nullify registration and certificate administration of commercial subject was implemented. In 2018, a total of 317 banking branches had handled 1,305 cases of commercial registration for free, up 474.89% from 2017;

The city promoted electronic business license, with a total of 28,352 market main-bodies obtained e-licenses. The number ranked 2nd province-wide;

The procedure time for incorporating a company was shortened to 3 working days. People can obtained business license as fast as one working day.