BEIJING - The State Council, China's cabinet, on Sunday released guidelines to promote thedevelopment of domestic commerce and logistics sectors in an effort to speed up job creationand consumption.
Loans from commercial banks and other policy support will be given to relevant enterprises tobuild some of them into globally competitive retailers, wholesaler and logistics companies, notedthe guidelines.
Efforts will be made by the authorities to improve business environment for these companiesincluding reducing administrative approval procedures and tax burdens for them, it said.
From January to September, consumption contributed to 48.5 percent of China's economicgrowth, outdoing investment, which accounted for 41.5 percent. However, some bottlenecksneed to be unblocked to boost consumption in the world's second largest economy.
It is very urgent to establish a highly efficient logistics and distribution system to meet the needsof the e-commerce and information era, Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Fang Aiqing saidat a recent industry meeting.
The authorities will publish a blacklist of companies that fail to keep their promises in a bid toestablish a credit evaluation mechanism, noted the document.
The State Council urges local governments at various levels to implement these measures in anearnest manner.