The Measures for the Management of Guiding Fund for Promoting the High-quality Development of Beijing CBD in the International Business Services Area of China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone (For Trial Implementation), issued by Beijing CBD Administrative Committee, is to provide financial support and green-lane services for enterprises and organizations in the following eight categories.
Category One Supporting the Attraction of Global Investment
Article 1 A long-term mechanism of global investment attraction system will be established and companies and organizations will be encouraged to apply for setting up liaison offices of investment attraction in Beijing CBD for major cities both at home and abroad. Under the system, award will be given to those that accomplish relevant tasks and targets in due course.
Article 2 It encourages professional organizations for investment promotion, consulting agencies, industry associations, chambers of commerce and other third-party organizations to introduce enterprises that are covered in the Guiding Catalogue for Investment Promotion and Capital Introduction in Beijing Central Business District or other major tax-contributing enterprises. award will be given to the third-party organizations based on the amount of tax paid by their introduced projects.
Category Two Supporting Upgrade of Headquarters Enterprises
Article 3 It encourages multinational corporations to establish new headquarter-type organizations in the district. A one-time award will be given to headquarter-type organizations in China that are newly established, headquarter-type organizations in Asia Pacific that are newly established or added due to capacity enhancement, and global headquarter-type organizations that are newly established or added due to capacity enhancement.
Article 4 Newly established headquarters or headquarter-type organizations of multinational corporations are entitled to preferential policies and green-lane services in organization establishment, logo registration, capital management, customs clearances, talents introduction and entry-exit procedures. Financial institutions of all types are encouraged to provide financing support to headquarter-type enterprises in various forms including brand evaluation, credit rating, and innovation in financial products and financial services.
Category Three Supporting the Building of a Global Frontier Area of Opening-up
Article 5 A one-time award will be granted to the financial institutions that pursue opening-up in the district and are recognized as the first (batch) in China (Beijing) to implement policies concerning financial opening-up or innovation issued by the Financial Stability and Development Committee under the State Council, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission and other authorities.
Article 6 It encourages enterprises in the district to actively implement national strategies and be further engaged in the Belt and Road Initiative, the strategy for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, and the building of the "Two Zones", so as to provide successful cases with global competitiveness and ground-breaking progress for opening-up and innovation. A one-time award will be given to those that can be replicated and rolled out as demonstrative projects or those that are recognized as the first (batch) in China (Beijing) in the regard.
Category Four Supporting Clustered Development of Professional Service Organizations
Article 7 It encourages domestic and international top 10 enterprises in the emerging professional services sectors such as legal service, accounting and auditing, evaluation service, HR service, management and information consulting, credit service, IPR service, exhibition service and science and technology service to settle down in the district and offers them a one-time award.
Article 8 Efforts will be made to actively introduce well-known international organizations, foreign chambers of commerce, internationally renowned public welfare organizations and international education organizations to the district. Newly introduced enterprises (organizations) are entitled to green-lane services and will be provided with financial support equivalent to 50% of the rent of the year of their settling down for three consecutive years.
Article 9 It encourages multinational corporations to set up functional organizations including R&D centers, innovation centers, settlement centers, procurement centers and sales centers, and attracts functional platforms for factor trading, arbitration, international certification and rating services to settle down in the district. Newly introduced organizations are entitled to financial support equivalent to 50% of the rent of the year of their settling down for three consecutive years.
Category Five Supporting the Building of a Pilot Area of Digital Economy
Article 10 It encourages enterprises in the district to invest in digital innovation and offers awards to digital enterprises that win Chinese patent awards and enterprises that lead the development of standards in the digital technology sector.
Article 11 It encourages the scenario-based digital application, supports enterprises in digital, internet and smart transformation aided by new technologies, and offers awards based on the annual investment to investors that input over CNY 2 million per year in the building of smart management platforms and scenario-based digital applications.
Article 12 Work will be done to accelerate the development of digital industries and offer one-time awards to newly introduced key enterprises that are engaged in digital trade and digital economy and rank among China's top 100 electronic information, software and Internet enterprises.
Category Six Supporting the Quality and Efficiency Improvement of Buildings
Article 13 It supports the high-quality development of buildings and offer one-time awards to commercial buildings rated as Grade A, Grade A+ and Premium Grade according to the Standards for Quality Assessment of Beijing CBD Buildings. In principle, a commercial building is eligible only to apply once for a certain grade, and the awarded building will then only be given the margin if recognized for a higher award.
Article 14 It encourages buildings to enhance economic output and gives one-time awards to commercial buildings that pay over CNY 1 billion in tax for two consecutive years.
Article 15 Certified gold building managers in Beijing CBD will be included into the award system for talents of high-level, precision and sophisticated enterprises and offer them awards based on existing policies and covered by the award scheme for talents of high-grade, precision and sophisticated industries.
Category Seven Supporting the Promotion of International Modern Business
Article 16 It encourages restaurants in the district to apply for the recognition of international lists, attracts restaurants recognized by international lists and regular chain restaurants of international high-end brands to settle down and provides assistance in the relevant settlement procedures. Restaurants that sign a lease agreement of three years or above will be given awards equivalent to 30% of the actual total investment.
Article 17 It encourages the establishment of duty-free stores or public bonded warehouses in the district and offers one-time awards to those who sign a lease agreement of three years or above equivalent to 30% of the annual rent.
Category Eight Supporting the Development of Culture and Art
Article 18 It encourages the establishment of cultural spaces such as museums, modern art museums, galleries, theaters, libraries and 24-hour bookstores and offers financial support equivalent to 20% of the annual rent to investors of spaces covering an area of over 500 m2. It encourages building developers and enterprises to build city and national landmark cultural spaces for the public with their own spaces, as financial support will be given to investors of spaces that cover an area of over 800 m2 and have operated for a year or above equivalent to 20% of the construction investment.