Entry and exit certificates can be applied through the country.

Since April 1, the People’s Republic of China ordinary passport, travel pass for Hong Kong and Macao, travel pass for Taiwan and other entry and exit certificates could be applied through the whole country. Namely inland dweller can apply to deal with afore-mentioned exit and entry certificates in any exit and entry management window of our country, and the formalities to apply is as same as the formalities of the place of domicile. Meanwhile, the government affairs service platform of the National Immigration Administration was launched on April 1.

Principals of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens shall have meals together with students.

Provisions for the administration of food safety and nutrition and health in schools have been come into force from April 1. It is clear that primary and secondary schools and kindergartens should establish a centralized accompanying dining system. Each meal should be shared by relevant school principals and students, and the companion dining record should be made to timely find and solve the problems in the process of centralized dining. In addition, it is generally not allowed to run retail section, supermarket, etc. Those who have real need shall get permission according to legislation, and avoid selling food with high salinity, sugar and fat.

The value-added tax rate for industries such as manufacturing was descended to 13 percent from 16 percent.

The announcement on deepening policies related to value-added tax rate reform has been implemented from April 1. Imposing the project tax subject to the tax rate from 16% to 13%, mainly in manufacturing and other industries. Imposing the project tax subject to the tax rate from 10% to 9%, mainly involving the transportation, postal, construction, real estate, basic telecommunications services and agricultural products. Affected by the value-added tax rate reduction, the price of refined petroleum products, general industrial and commercial electricity prices, natural gas benchmark gate station prices, and natural gas trans-provincial pipeline transportation prices were reduced accordingly.

The regulations on meeting emergency about production safety have been come into force.

The regulations on meeting emergencies about production safety have been come into force on April 1. The regulations stipulate that the People’s Government at the place where a production safety accident occurs shall provide necessary logistical support to the emergency rescue personnel and organize such units as communications, transportation, medical and health care, meteorology, hydrology, address, electricity and water supply to assist in emergency rescue.

New train operation diagrams have been implemented in railways across the country.

A new train diagram will be put into effect nationwide from midnight on April 10. After diagram adjustment, Qingdao enters Beijing 3-hour traffic circle; the running time of high-speed railway between Beijing and Lanzhou is compressed. It’s the first time to start bullet train between Lanzhou and Chengdu; add one bullet train from Shenyang to Jiamusi and one from Dalian to Qiqihar; an additional 10 trains were added to the Baiyangdian station. China’s railways will maintain the normal speed train operation scale and improve the bulk cargo transportation capacity.

Electric bicycle’s new national standard shall be implemented.

The safety technical specifications for electric bicycles shall come into force on April 15. The State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security have jointly issued opinions, which will strictly investigate illegal sales of e-bikes that do not meet the new standards and have not obtained CCC certification. Public security office will strictly investigate electric bicycles for illegal driving on the road, running red lights, driving in the opposite direction, occupying motor vehicle lanes and other illegal acts.

The new measures for assessing the business performance of heads of central enterprises have been implemented.

The measures for assessing the business performance of the person in charge of the central enterprise have been come into force on April 1. The new measure mainly presents four characteristics: highlighting high-quality development assessment, and constructing a high-quality development assessment index system combining annual and term from multiple perspectives; highlighting classified and differentiated assessment; outstanding world-class benchmarking assessment; highlighting the positive incentives and assessment, strengthening the policy that pay increase when performance increase, and vice versa, and appropriately increasing the performance-related annual salary of the heads of A-level enterprises.

Shanghai

The minimum wage will be adjusted from April 1.

Shanghai has adjusted its minimum wage from April 1, 2019. The monthly minimum wage was raised from 2,420 yuan to 2,480 yuan, with an increase of 60 yuan; the minimum wage was raised from 21 yuan to 22 yuan per hour.

Chongqing

New urban areas and residential (small) areas should be built corresponding nursing institutions for the aged.

The measures for the management of Chongqing nursing institutions for the aged have been come into force on April 1. According to the measures, People’s Governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) should incorporate the development of nursing institutions for the aged into their national economic and social development plans at the same level. The newly built urban areas and newly built residential (small) areas shall be constructed corresponding nursing institutions for the aged, relatively concentrated and matched, in accordance with the planning requirements and the standards and norms of old-age services.

Fujian

The information traceability for 11 types of food shall be implemented.

From April, Fujian has carried out food safety information retrospection on 11 types of food, including grain and its products, livestock and its products, poultry and its products, vegetables, fruits, aquatic products, soybean products, dairy products, edible oil and salt, as well as relevant specific producers and runners, in stages.

Guizhou

Prevent man-made electromagnetic activities from interfering with ‘the heaven eye of China’.

The measures for the protection of the electromagnetic quiet zone of Guizhou five hundred meters Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope have been come into force from April 1. According to the measures, mobile phones, digital cameras, tablet personal computers, intelligent wearable devices, interphones, unmanned aerial vehicles and other radio transmitting devices or electronic products that generate electromagnetic radiation are prohibited in the core areas.