The Incentive Measures for Attracting Investment in Dezhou City (Trial)

Party committees (Party working committees) and people's governments (Administrative committees) of counties, cities and districts, departments and units of Municipal Party Committees and Municipal Governments, people's organizations and institutions of higher learning:

 

Incentive Measures for Attracting Investment in Dezhou City (Trial) has been approved by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, is issued and distributed, please earnestly implement it.

 

CPC Dezhou Municipal Party Committee Office and Dezhou Municipal People's Government Office, March 12, 2020

 

Incentive Measures for Attracting Investment in Dezhou City (Trial)

 

In order to further implement and implement the work requirements of provinces and cities to carry out "attracting investment and talents" with high quality, promote the high-quality development of the city's reform and opening up in the new era, and further mobilize the enthusiasm of all sectors of society to participate in attracting investment, these measures are formulated in accordance with the essence of documents such as Notice of Shandong Provincial People's Government on Printing and Distributing Several Policies to Support the Realization of High-quality Development of the Real Economy" (Lu Zheng Fa [2018] No.21) and Opinions of Dezhou Municipal Party  Committee and Dezhou Municipal People's Government on Strengthening the Work of Attracting Investment and Talents (De Fa [2018] No.22), and in combination with the actual situation of our city.

 

Article 1: Reward Object. The "reward object" referred to in these Measures refers to the first introducer who introduces foreign investors to our city for investigation and promotes project investment. This can be legal and natural persons such as enterprises, social organizations, intermediaries, etc. (Except for state organs and institutions and their employees who are engaged in personnel project investment stakeholders). The qualification of the first introducer is that foreign investors and the government at the same level to which the project belongs jointly confirm that there can be multiple introducers for the same project. After that, the first introducer applies for the bonus and can negotiate the bonus distribution by himself.

 

For state organs and institutions and their on-the-job staff, the rewards they receive can be cashed in their units and earmarked for investment promotion and capital introduction funds.

 

Article 2: Determination of Projects The projects referred to in these Measures are those invested in our city by legal or natural persons from outside the city. They should pay taxes in accordance with the law in our city's industrial and commercial registration and have the status of independent legal persons. They should promise not to move out of our city within 10 years, not to change their tax obligations in our city, not to reduce their registered capital. This is in line with the transformation of the old and new momentum into the "Top Ten" industries in our province and with our modern advantageous industrial system.  In line with the national environmental protection, safety, energy consumption and other restrictive policy requirements (domestic projects, real estate development, construction enterprises, commercial complex development, enterprise characteristics, small town development, enterprise government, social capital cooperation projects, investment enterprises, fund investment enterprises, functional park development enterprises, etc. are not within the scope of identification;  For foreign-funded projects, real estate finance and similar finance projects cannot be excluded), and one of the following conditions is met:

 

(I). High-tech projects independently invested by gazelle enterprises, unicorn enterprises and other enterprises with a total investment of less than 100 million yuan;  Projects of overall transfer or independent investment of national and provincial high-tech enterprises.

 

(II). Entities with a total investment of 100 million yuan or more.  If the project needs to be constructed in stages, the first-phase investment shall be taken as the benchmark; for foreign investment projects, the total investment is calculated based on the amount of foreign investment in the contract converted into 2 times of RMB at the exchange rate on the date of signing the contract (The same below).

 

(III). Project of Top 500 Enterprises in the World (Top 500 Enterprises in the World Published by Fortune Magazine in the Last Year) and Project of Top 500 Enterprises in China (Top 500 Enterprises in Manufacturing and Top 500 Services in China Published by China Entrepreneurs Association in China Enterprise Confederation in the Last Year)

 

(IV). Projects of headquarters institutions (Including regional headquarters, clearing and sales research and development centers and other functional institutions) must conform to the requirements of the Measures for the Implementation of Incentive Policies for Headquarters Institutions in Shandong Province (Lu Shang Fa [2018] No.2)

 

Article 3: Reward Standards

 

(I). In principle, the first introducer will be awarded 100,000 yuan in one lump sum for independent high-tech projects such as gazelle enterprise unicorn enterprise with a total investment of less than 100 million yuan, and for projects that are wholly transferred or independently invested by national and provincial high-tech enterprises.

 

(II). For entity projects with a total investment of 100 million yuan (inclusive)-500 million yuan, in principle, the first introducer will be awarded 100,000 yuan in one lump sum.

 

(III). For major entity projects with a total investment of 500 million yuan (inclusive) or more, where the total investment is 500 million yuan (inclusive)-1 billion yuan, the first introducer can be rewarded at a maximum of 1‰ of the funds in place;  For a total investment of 1 billion yuan (inclusive)-3 billion yuan, the first introducer shall be rewarded at a maximum of 1‰ of the funds in place, with a total reward amount not exceeding 1 million yuan;  For a total investment of 3 billion yuan (inclusive)-5 billion yuan, the first introducer can be rewarded up to 2‰ of the funds in place, with a total reward amount not exceeding 3 million yuan.

 

Foreign capital in place for foreign capital projects shall be counted according to the standard of FDI into the actual foreign capital used published by the Ministry of Commerce, and the data published by the Provincial Department of Commerce shall be taken as the standard.  The amount of foreign capital in place is calculated by converting the exchange rate on the date of receipt into 2 times of RMB (The same below)

 

(IV). For special major investment promotion projects with a total investment of more than 5 billion yuan, adopting "One Thing, One Discussion" policies within the scope of local government authority can appropriately raise the reward standard, with the maximum reward amount not exceeding 5 million yuan.

 

(V) In principle, 100,000 yuan will be given to the first introducer in one lump sum for the top 500 enterprises in the world and the top 500 enterprises in China.

 

(VI). For projects of the headquarters organization, the highest amount is 3‰ of the paid-in registered capital or 5% of the total tax paid in the first fiscal year, and the first introducer shall be given reward, with the reward amount not exceeding 1 million yuan in one lump sum.

 

Each county, city and district may, in combination with the actual situation, appropriately raise the reward standard of the first introducer for projects that meet the bonus standard of the provincial "investment promotion and capital introduction" assessment.  Each county, city and district can draw up its own incentive policies and detailed rules for implementation by reference.

 

Article 4: Cashing of Awards

 

(I). According to the principle of "Who benefits, who gives rewards" to the first introducer of the project, the reward for the first introducer of the special major investment promotion project with a total investment of more than 5 billion yuan shall be subsidized by the municipal and county level finance and implemented according to the principle of "One Thing, One Discussion".

 

(II). The first introducer talents can apply for referral reward funds when the funds in place for the entity projects reach more than 1/3 of the total investment amount.

 

(III). The first introducer may apply for a one-time award at the end of the year for the entity projects with total investment in place in the current year; If the total investment can not be fully paid in the current year, the first introducer may declare two awards depending on the circumstances during the project contract period.

 

(IV). Funds in place after the investment period stipulated in the contract and capital increase beyond the investment amount stipulated in the contract are not within the scope of the reward.

 

Article 5: Declaration Procedure

 

(I). Filing.  After the project's first introducer has signed a formal three-party contract, the domestic-funded project shall submit relevant materials to the investment promotion department of the county and city where the project is located for filing.  For foreign-funded projects, relevant materials shall be submitted to the commercial departments of the counties and cities where the projects are located for filing.

 

(II). Declaration.  Eligible first introducers can apply and submit relevant materials to the business department of the investment promotion department in the county and urban areas where the project is located before December 20 of each year, and can report to the municipal investment promotion bureau and the municipal commerce bureau respectively after being audited by the county and urban areas.

 

(III). Validation.  After receiving the materials, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau needs to check with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Finance Bureau and other departments.  The Municipal Bureau of Investment Promotion and the Municipal Bureau of Commerce may, according to the results of the review, put forward award opinions respectively, and then submit them to the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government for approval after being examined and approved by the municipal leading group for investment promotion and capital introduction.

 

(IV). Disbursement of Funds.  After the approval of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the relevant county, city or financial department may arrange incentive funds as required and the taxable amount of bonus income shall be paid by the first introducer according to law.

 

Article 6: For the case that the same matter meets many reward conditions in these Measures, or the case that the same kind of reward conditions stipulated in other policy documents in our city are met at the same time, rewards shall be given according to the highest standards and the principle of non-repetition.

 

If the recipient violates his promise or fraudulently cheats for reward and subsidy funds, once verified, the released funds will be recovered and relevant personnel will be investigated for responsibility according to regulations and disciplines.

 

Article 7: The specific interpretation of these Measures shall be jointly undertaken by the Municipal Party Committee Office, the Municipal Government Office, the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

 

Article 8: These Measures shall be implemented as of the date of issuance and shall be valid for 2 years.