Huaxi deepens reform to unleash vitality

Since the beginning of this year, Huaxi district in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, has pioneered a streamlined service model, emphasizing that "reform drives development". Offering "one-time submission, single-form application, one-window acceptance, parallel approval, and single-visit completion", it provides enterprises with a one-stop integrated service, significantly enhancing the ease of business relocation.

Liang Juhui, a Guizhou Jiulong Jiejia Trading Co staff member, visited the Huaxi district government service center on Oct 11 to apply for business relocation. After filling out the required documents in the corporate services section on the second floor, he received a new business license for the company's address relocation and the tax migration paperwork in just a few minutes.

"In the past, it might have taken seven or eight trips to complete this process. Now, it only took one. The efficiency is impressive," said Liang, praising the innovative service model of the government service center.

Previously, relocating a company's address required multiple steps. Now, with the district's "one-stop process", companies only need to complete a single "Business Relocation Application Form" and submit the relevant documents. This has boosted processing efficiency by around 80 percent.

The intensity of reforms continues to strengthen in many respects. Huaxi has built a coordinated "9+1+N" reform framework, driving forward 28 key annual reforms and 17 major reform projects led by district leaders. Early successes have emerged, such as the "15-Minute Living Circle" model providing accessible elderly and childcare services, the "One County, One Pilot" initiatives, and small-scale reforms like "Business Stations" in industrial parks and integrated "Government + Finance" and community-banking models.

At the same time, the district's openness continues to expand. Through a comprehensive "attracting, operation, and service" lifecycle management mechanism for investment projects, Huaxi has held investment promotion events in the Pearl River Delta. These events have resulted in 14 signed projects and attracted 3.8 billion yuan ($529.34 million) in industrial investment.

Innovation is continually upgraded. With provincial and municipal support, 23 technology projects were approved, achieving 6.48 billion yuan in technology contract turnover. Ten companies earned the title of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, and four were recognized as provincial-level technologically advanced enterprises. The district has also stepped up efforts to attract, cultivate, retain, and deploy talents, adding 3,500 industry professionals this year, therefore bringing the talent pool to 153,000 people.