I. Four points are mainly focused in the formulation of the Measures: It highlights the full implementation of the national poverty alleviation policy. In terms of implementation, it is committed to helping micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Beijing to benefit from preferential policies as much as possible. It highlights the demands of enterprises. The Measures fully responds to and puts forward specific actions to address the most urgent concerns of enterprises such as housing rents, pandemic increasing costs for pandemic prevention and control, tax relief, and financing channels. It highlights targeted assistance. Supporting policies will be tilted to industries hit hard by the pandemic, such as catering, retail, tourism, civil aviation, highway and railway transport, and performance art. According to the Measures, in 2022, regular nucleic acid tests shall be carried out free of charge for employees of MSMEs in…

Planning and Construction  6. Urban renewal   This refers to continuous efforts to improve and adjust the city's spatial organization and urban functions in the developed areas. Beijing will strictly control large-scale demolition and construction, implement strict safety standards, and rigorously protect the ecosystem. This renewal is small scale, incremental and sustainable. It focuses on the following: strengthening Beijing's position as "the four centers"[1] and the capital of the nation; improving infrastructure such as urban public spaces, public service facilities and public transportation; optimizing residential housing conditions as well as the environs and supporting facilities of residential communities; upgrading under- or mis-utilized buildings; protecting and utilizing historical and cultural areas, and transforming and renovating industrial parks and old industrial buildings. [1] This refers to the capital's strategic…

Innovative Governance 11. Jingban, Jingtong and Jingzhi mobile terminals  Jingban is an inter-agency office platform that serves as a unified work portal for government staff at the municipal, district, sub-district and community levels. Jingtong is the city's unified public service platform that coordinates online and offline services, and provides direct government and public services to individuals and businesses. Jingzhi is a comprehensive service platform that combines and manages different categories of apps for decision-making, designed to facilitate informed decision-making of authorities at all levels. It also pools data across the city to bolster the development of such apps and improve the efficacy of government decision-making. 12. Digital infrastructure for a smart city This digital infrastructure consists of seven components, namely, the city QR code, spatial layout maps, basic toolkit, computing resources, sensing systems,…

People's Livelihood 20. Two important "minor" details These are waste sorting and property management, which have in recent years become the focus of government efforts to improve the life of the people through meticulous municipal management. 21. "One issue per month" This is a mechanism for dealing with public complaints. In 2021, Beijing began to select thorny chronic issues that call for municipal-level policies and coordination from among public complaints made via the "12345" hotline in the previous year. Each month, one such issue with two to three specific problems is addressed through action initiatives, deployment planning and focused supervision. For each issue, a lead department works under a municipal leader responsible for coordinating cross-departmental efforts, in order to solve the issue to the public's satisfaction. 22. Time banking Time banking is a mode of voluntary service for the benefit of senior citizens. Beijing will…

The Beijing municipal government has introduced 17 measures to promote the high-quality development of the human resources service industry in the Chinese capital. The measures aim to promote the transformation and modernization of the human resources service industry, and facilitate the listing of human resources service enterprises on the Beijing Stock Exchange. Eligible enterprises can receive a subsidy of no more than RMB 3 million (about USD 445,500) as listing funds, according to the municipal bureau of human resources and social security. The city also plans to build 5 to 10 state and municipal-level human resources service industrial parks by 2025. By the end of 2021, there were 2,567 human resources service institutions operating in Beijing, with total revenue of RMB 346.9 billion. （Source: Xinhua）