Longgang District Measures to Advocate Headquarters Enterprise’s High-quality Development (trial)

Longgang District Measures to AdvocateHeadquarters Enterprise’s High-quality Development (trial)

Chapter One General Provision

Article 1 The Measures is formulated in accordance with Shenzhen Municipal Measures to Advocate Headquarters Enterprise’s High-quality Development, to push the high-quality development of headquarters enterprises in Longgang District, and to further promote the high-quality development of headquarters economy in Longgang District.

Article 2 The headquarters enterprise referred to herein is the head office that operates the business actually in Longgang District, belongs to independent legal person, and performs the function to manage and provide services for the branch offices, in the aspect of investment, holding, operation, decision making, research, development, concentrated sale, financial settlement, etc.

Chapter Two Qualification

Article 3 On the basis of Article 2, an enterprise could be identified as headquarters enterprise as meeting one of the following conditions.

1. Being a municipal-level headquarters enterprise which operates business in Longgang District actually;

2. The output value / operating income of the last year that’s included in Longgang District’s economic account and the economic contribution to Longgang District both could meet one of the following standards (unit: CNY; and the following keeps the same):   

3. Being a headquarters enterprise in conformation to Longgang District’s development strategy and industrial policy and having the role of supporting the industry or leading science and technology development, that has signed cooperation agreement with Longgang District People’s Government as recommended by Longgang District’s related regulatory authority. In principle, the regulatory authority should recommend no more than one headquarters enterprise in the “11+2” industrial clusters and “3+4” key industries, to sign the cooperation agreement with the Government.

Chapter Three Support

Article 4 Award for Headquarters Enterprise Located in Longgang District

An enterprise that’s registered or located in Longgang District after The Measures is put in efforts and that is certified as headquarters enterprise, would be awarded the amount equal to 30% of the economic value that it contributes to the District during the last year (no more than 30 million yuan), in the first year that it has been identified as headquarters enterprise; and awarded no more than 30 million yuan in the second and third year in which it is re-certified as headquarters enterprise. The total awards to one single enterprise should be no more than 60 million yuan. As an enterprise belongs to government-specially-introduced enterprise, the award should follow the related agreement that reached when it signs cooperation agreement with Longgang District People’s Government.

Article 5 Award for Headquarters Enterprise’s Contribution to Longgang District

A headquarters enterprise could apply for the award as its output value / operating income included in the District’s account and the financial value it contributed to the District both keep a positive increase. The award should be equal to 5‰of the enterprise’s added income of the last year as calculated in Income Approach, but could not be more than 20 million yuan or 50% of the added financial value that the enterprise contributed to Longgang District during the last year.

Article 6 As a headquarters enterprise does not own office space in Longgang District and needs to rent one (excluding supporting facility, supplementary space or policy-preferential housing) , it would be granted a subsidy equal to 50% of the rental. But, one headquarters could gain the subsidy for no more than 5 years, with the amount for each year no more than 2 million yuan.

As a headquarters enterprise owns office space, but its office space is not large enough to accommodate the business production and operation, and the headquarters enterprise rents space for its R&D and production, it would be granted a subsidy equal to 50% of the actual rental. But, one headquarters could enjoy the subsidy for no more than 3 years, with the amount for each year no more than 1.5 million yuan.

Any headquarters enterprise to gain the subsidy, must rent the space after being identified as headquarters enterprise.

Article 7 As a headquarters does not own office space in Longgang District and purchases one (excluding supporting facility, supplementary space or policy preferential housing), it could gain a subsidy, equal to 10% of the price at which it purchases the office space, but no more than 20 million yuan or the financial value it contributed to Longgang District during the last year. And, the purchase must happen after the headquarters is identified as headquarters enterprise. The purchased office space for which the above-mentioned subsidy is granted, could not be sold out within 10 years, otherwise the subsidy granted should be returned.  

Article 8 A headquarters enterprise could not enjoy the supports stipulated in Article 6 and Article 7 of The Measures simultaneously.

Article 9 The award and subsidy to the headquarters enterprise should be got from Longgang District Special Fund for Development and Reform.

Article 10 A headquarters enterprise would be tied directly to Longgang District’s related authorities, the latter being responsible for providing government services as the former needs. And, a headquarters enterprise may enjoy the convenient services exclusive for large-scale headquarters enterprise or its major business, the related demands being handled in more  direct and effective way. The details should be stipulated by Longgang District Investment Promotion and Enterprise Service Center.

Article 11 The employee of headquarters enterprise could apply to rent and purchase talent-preferential department as meeting the standard of the government’s guarantee for talent’s settlement. And the senior management officer could enjoy the special guarantees as meeting related standards. The details should be stipulated by Longgang Housing and Construction Department.

Article 12 The senior management officer of headquarters enterprise, who meets related standards, would be granted with “Shenzhen Excellent Talent Card (Longgang)” and would be accessible to the preferential policies and convenient measures in terms of child education, medical care, residence, cross-border travel, etc.

The senior management officer of headquarters enterprise, identified as talent specialized in Longgang District’s major industries, would be granted with monetary award. The enforcement should follow Longgang District’s related stipulation.

Chapter Four Supervision

Article 13 Longgang District Headquarters Economy Working Group would be in charge of guiding, administrating, supervising the development of Longgang District’s headquarters economy, checking the supporting measures for headquarters enterprises, processing the applications from headquarters enterprises, disqualifying the ones that are nor up to the related standards, and the like. The mayor of Longgang District would serve as the group leader. And, the deputy group leader would be the leader in charge of Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau. The office would be located in Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau, and would be responsible for the daily work.                                    

Article 14 The Office of Longgang District Headquarters Economy Working Group would undertake the responsibility to identify and qualify headquarters enterprise. Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau would lead authorities in charge of market supervision, statistics, taxation and the like, to verify the qualification. The enterprise meeting related standards would be listed in Longgang District’s catalog of headquarters enterprises.

Article 15 Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau should be responsible for processing the applications for the Award for Headquarters Enterprise Located in Longgang District, Award for Headquarters Enterprise’s Contribution to Longgang District, and the subsidy for Headquarters Enterprise’s renting and purchase of office space. And, Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau should then lead the authorities of market supervision, statistics, taxation and the like, to check the qualification and should publicize the list of qualified candidates.

Article 16 An enterprise could apply to be municipal-level headquarters enterprise and district-level headquarters enterprise simultaneously.

But an enterprise could not benefit from the support specified in The Measures and  Longgang District’s any other preferential / supporting policy for the same reason at the same time. It’s prohibited that an enterprise applies for different supports, awards or subsidies for the same reason.

Article 17 A headquarters enterprise should submit the data needed to Longgang District’s statistical department timely and accurately.

Article 18 Longgang District Headquarters Economy Working Group should cooperate with Longgang District’s statistical department, taxation department and related departments in assessing the effect of Longgang District Special Fund for the Development of Headquarters Economy, checking the enforcement of the policies and documents related to headquarters economy, and proposing the report about the development of Longgang District’s headquarters economy.

Article 19 Longgang District market supervision department should build the information-sharing mechanism and inform Longgang District Headquarters Economy Working Group timely of any headquarters enterprise’s change in the enterprise name, registered capital, merger, separation, dissolution, liquidation, equity transfer, relocation, etc.

Article 20 Longgang District Headquarters Economy Working Group should employ government’s information-sharing platforms and other information-sharing platforms, to better its enterprise supervision and service, to conduct yearly check on headquarters enterprise’s qualification and make according adjustments. As a headquarters enterprise is found unqualified for the first time, Longgang District Development and Reform Department and Longgang District’s related regulatory department would talk with the headquarters enterprise about its latter rectification and improvement. As a headquarters enterprise is found unqualified for consecutive two times, it would be removed from Longgang District’s catalog of headquarters enterprises.

Article 21 A headquarters enterprise gaining any of the awards, supports and subsidies mentioned herein through cheating or through breaking laws or regulations, would be included in the list of severely-dishonest entities, could not benefit from related preferential or supporting policies any more, and should return the award, support and subsidy that it has been granted. Its misconduct may be exposed through news media, as needed. As the headquarters enterprise is suspected of committing laws, judicial measures would be taken.

Chapter Five Supplementary Provisions

Article 22 The output value / operating income and economic value contributed to Longgang District that are mentioned above, should be calculated at the data of the  headquarters enterprise’s independent legal-person institutions (including the branches) and of the enterprise in Longgang District over which the candidate has the actual control right and whose financial data would be included in the headquarters enterprise’s financial statement.

Article 23 The economic value contribute to Longgang District that is mentioned above, refers to the corporate income tax, value-added tax, urban maintenance and construction tax, stamp tax, local surcharge for education, education surcharge, building tax, urban land use tax, cultural establishments construction tax, that are treated as Longgang District’s tax revenue.

Article 24 As a candidate’s subsidiary applies to gain the awards, supports and subsidies on its own, the subsidiary’s output value / operating income and economic value contributed to Longgang District could not be included in those of the candidate.

Article 25 The numeral expressions involving using “more than” “over” “no more than” do not mean to include the number following.

Article 26 The Measures should be explained by Longgang District Development and Reform Bureau of Shenzhen.

Article 27 The Measures would come into force starting from November 24, 2023, with the validity lasting for 3 years.