The State Council's executive meeting decided on the 13th to introduce a series of measures to simplify the decentralization of power, to release more market vitality, and to send the first policy congratulatory bag for 2016. Among them, the "two-in-one integration" of hygiene licenses for food service public places and food business licenses has attracted attention, which will greatly reduce the burden and costs of enterprises.

The meeting decided to integrate hygiene licenses and food business licenses for public dining establishments in restaurants, cafes, bars, and cafes in four types of catering services. The food and drug supervision department shall have a permit and unified supervision and assume corresponding administrative responsibilities and improve the food safety protection mechanism. .

At present, in most parts of the country, catering enterprises need to apply for sanitation licenses issued by the health authorities in accordance with the “Public Places Hygiene Management Regulations,” and they must apply for catering service licenses issued by food and drug regulatory authorities in accordance with the Food Safety Law. .

In practice, there is a lot of duplication in the content of the two certificates, which inconveniences and burdens the food and beverage companies in obtaining permits. The company reports that it is necessary to repeatedly submit materials, such as providing health certificates of employees with basically the same contents, schematic diagrams of operating places, and layout drawings of sanitary facilities; some need to be repetitively subjected to on-site inspections, and both departments must organize inspections and acceptances according to their respective responsibilities. The on-site examination meets the standards; some repeat training, the health department requires the catering service units to be equipped with health administrators, the food and drug supervision department requires the provision of food safety personnel, and some places also require the designated institutions to receive special training and collect training fees; Some enterprises have reflected that the two cards have long processing time, many intermediary service links, and high fees. Many new stores have been unable to open business due to the failure to complete the two licenses, and they are consuming empty houses and employees' salaries.

In response, the relevant departments are trying to solve problems that enterprises have reflected in accordance with the requirements of the State Council's simple administration, decentralization, integration and optimization of services. The decision of the "Two Certificates in One" at the State Council's executive meeting will greatly reduce the burden and costs of enterprises and stimulate market vitality.

According to reports, this reform has a wide range of beneficiaries. More than 2.4 million catering companies and more than 14 million employees across the country will benefit from it. Companies will reduce the time and economic costs of dealing with “certificates”. According to a large-scale restaurant group's estimate of its chain stores, the cancellation of public places' health licenses can save the company's cost of delaying opening, training and testing, etc., caused by bids and replacements for tens of millions of yuan each year. At the same time, reforms also help encourage entrepreneurship, expand employment, and promote economic growth.

After the “Two Certificates Come Together”, the catering service previously regulated jointly by the two departments is now supervised by one company. Can its manpower and material resources respond effectively? In response, Liu Yaping, professor of the School of Politics and Public Affairs Management at Sun Yat-sen University, stated that catering services The regulatory effect does not lie in the supervision of several departments, but in the way of supervision. For example, if several departments use the same type of supervision, they will only lead to the enterprises being struggling to cope and the supervision will not be effective. Due to a permit from the food and drug supervision department, unified management, clear rights and responsibilities, it is conducive to the healthy development of the food and beverage service market, and to create a safer and more secure dining environment for the public.