Shanghai Municipality, Trial Measures for Parallel Examination and Approval

Promulgated: April 17 2009
Effective: from May 1 2009 to April 30 2012

Applicability: The term “parallel examination and approval” refers to an examination and approval method whereby an applicant submits two or more connected items subject to administrative examination and approval that need to be carried out separately by two or more administrative departments in Shanghai within a certain time period, a department (Leading Department) centrally collects and forwards the application materials, and the relevant examination and approval departments (Parallel Examination and Approval Departments) render examination and approval decisions respectively upon simultaneous examination and approval.

The term “administrative examination and approval” includes both administrative licensing and non-administrative licensing examination and approval (Article 2).