Summary of electronic signature policies across the country in the first half of 2024, contract locks to assist government and enterprise digital transformation

Qiyuesuo
2025-05-16 13:26:37

At present, the digital construction of the whole society has entered a critical period, and various industries are accelerating the digital transformation of their businesses. Electronic signatures, as a key link in the digitalization of the entire business process, are gradually highlighting their application value in various work such as government services and organizational management. In the first half of this year, electronic signatures continued to be widely used in various aspects such as administrative services and office collaboration under the full promotion of local government agencies. In the first half of 2024, the promotion and application of electronic signatures across the country will continue to be guided and promoted by government offices, municipal supervision bureaus, finance departments, natural resources bureaus, forestry bureaus, and human resources and social security bureaus in Shanxi, Guizhou, Henan, Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, Chongqing, Beijing, Jiangsu, Chongqing, Sichuan, Anhui, Gansu, Xi'an and other places; Enterprise establishment, real estate registration, administrative law enforcement, electronic certificates, administrative license processing, residence permit registration, bank account opening, bidding, online signing and filing of housing transaction contracts, government procurement, electronic retirement certificates, etc; Applied in various fields to facilitate enterprise management and public affairs.


【 Click to view: Promotion and application policies for electronic signatures in various provinces and cities from January to March 2024.  


4-6 Month:

4-6 On a monthly basis, the General Office of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the National Medical Products Administration, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as well as government offices in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangzhou, Hefei, Harbin, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia, Shenyang, Shanxi, Chongqing, Zhuhai, Shandong, Tianjin, Chongqing, Wuxi, Foshan, Beijing, Xinjiang and other places, public security bureaus, transportation departments, judicial bureaus, forestry bureaus, real estate trading centers, medical insurance bureaus, housing and construction departments, and municipal supervision bureaus continue to promote electronic signatures in:

“ Electronic letter of guarantee for bidding and tendering, public resource trading, government procurement, engineering project approval, records of the entire administrative law enforcement process, exchange of medical first business information, enterprise change registration, legal documents, remote evaluation, water, electricity and gas services, administrative law enforcement records, social security, medical insurance settlement forms and agreements, banking business, enterprise establishment, etc; Apply in various fields to accelerate the implementation of high-frequency online services, providing convenience for all sectors of society.


4 Month

Issuing the "Key Points for Optimizing Government Services and Improving Administrative Efficiency in Luzhou City in 2024", it is pointed out that:

① Relying on the provincial integrated government service platform, we will make good use of common modules such as form pre filling and intelligent assistance, and strengthen the application of identity authentication, electronic certificates and electronic signatures.

② Expand the application scope of electronic letter of guarantee, promote the full industry coverage of electronic bidding for engineering construction projects, carry out non face to face bid opening on a regular basis, and expand the application scope of remote bid evaluation.

4 On the 10th of the month: Jiangxi Provincial People's Government

Issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing Government Services and Promoting Administrative Efficiency"; Efficiently accomplish a task; The Implementation Opinions state that:

Deepen the sharing of electronic license data and the application of electronic seals. Expand the application scenarios of electronic licenses and seals. In principle, all materials issued by government departments are exempt from submission, matters that can be verified through data sharing are exempt from submitting proof materials, and those that can provide electronic proof are exempt from submitting physical licenses.

4 August 10th: Bazhong Municipal People's Government

The Notice on Issuing the Key Points for Optimizing Government Services and Improving Administrative Efficiency in Bazhong City in 2024 states that:

① Comprehensively deepen the application of electronic seals on the government side, actively promote the application of electronic seals on the enterprise side, build an electronic seal system on the enterprise side in this city, and provide basic service capabilities such as electronic seal production, use, and verification for local enterprises.

② Actively promote the convergence and application of electronic materials, electronic archives, and electronic contracts in government services and related social fields.

4 On the 10th of the month: Yangzhou Public Security Bureau

Promote the application of technologies such as unified identity authentication, electronic seals, and electronic signatures, and comprehensively advance; Exemption from certificate submission and completion of tasks;.

4 On the 11th of the month: People's Government of Ya'an City

Issuing the "Key Points for Optimizing Government Services and Improving Administrative Efficiency in Ya'an City in 2024", it is pointed out that:

① Strengthen public support for identity authentication, electronic licenses, and electronic signature applications.

② Synchronize the issuance of new electronic business licenses and electronic seals.

③ Promote the full industry coverage of electronic bidding for engineering construction projects, carry out non face to face bid opening on a regular basis, and expand the application scope of remote bid evaluation.

4 On the 11th of the month: Jiangxi Provincial Department of Transportation

The "Key Points for Information Technology Work of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Transport in 2024" were issued, which pointed out to accelerate the promotion and application of provincial unified public support platforms such as electronic certificates, electronic seals, and unified payments in the transportation industry.

4 On the 12th of the month: Yangzhou Judicial Bureau

Issued the "Yangzhou City Optimizing Business Environment Regulations (Draft for Comments)", stating:

① Fully promote electronic and paperless transactions throughout the entire process of public resource transactions.

② The people's governments at all levels and relevant departments in this city shall promote the application of electronic seals in government services and other fields, and encourage business entities and social organizations to use electronic seals in economic and social activities. Explore and promote the field of public resource trading; Electronic business license+electronic seal; De media application.

4 On the 17th of the month: Kashgar Administrative Office

The annual work report on the construction of a rule of law government in Kashgar region in 2023 was issued, which pointed out that efforts should be made to increase the construction of a digital government and continuously strengthen it; Electronic Signature” “ Electronic certificates and licenses; Promotion and application of waiting.

4 On the 17th of the month: Dazhou Municipal People's Government

The "Key Points for Optimizing Government Services and Improving Administrative Efficiency in Dazhou City in 2024" were issued, which pointed out the continuous promotion of electronic bidding and the full coverage of electronic bidding throughout the entire process of engineering construction and government procurement.

4 On the 17th of the month: Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission

The Interim Measures for the Management of Electronic Seals in Fujian Province (Draft for Soliciting Opinions) have been issued to further clarify the management of seal production, management, use, and information security, and accelerate the widespread, standardized, and efficient application of electronic seals in government services, government management, and other fields.

4 On the 18th of the month: National Medical Products Administration;

Issuing the "Measures for the Supervision and Management of Drug Operation and Use Quality", it is pointed out that drug operation enterprises are encouraged to carry out electronic exchange and management of business information.Qualification documents such as first-time business enterprises, first-time business varieties, purchasing units, inspection reports, etc. stamped with electronic signatures or seals that comply with legal regulations have the same legal effect as paper documents.

4 On the 19th of the month: Anfu County Forestry Bureau

Issuing the 'Anfu County Forestry System'; Grasp standardization and optimize the environment; The notice of the Work Plan for Special Rectification and Supervision Action of Prominent Issues in the Field of Administrative Law Enforcement pointed out that the work mechanism of the whole process of administrative law enforcement data recording based on the Internet, electronic authentication and electronic signature should be established and improved, and a digital record information archiving management system with clear business processes, complete data chains and guaranteed data security should be formed.

4 On the 19th of the month: Zhongwei Municipal People's Government

Issuing the document "Further Optimizing Government Services and Enhancing Administrative Efficiency in Zhongwei City to Promote"; Efficiently accomplish a task; The notice of the Work Plan states that:

Accelerate the issuance and application of electronic seals (signatures) for enterprises and individuals to serve government affairs; One Stop Service” Provide support.

4 On the 19th of the month: People's Government of Ya'an City

The notice on issuing the "Key Points for Optimizing Government Services and Improving Administrative Efficiency in Ya'an City in 2024" states that:

① Strengthen public support for identity authentication, electronic licenses, and electronic signature applications. Based on the provincial integrated platform electronic seal system, a city wide electronic seal application service system will be constructed to achieve synchronous issuance of new electronic business licenses and electronic seals.

4 On the 22nd of the month: Hefei Municipal People's Government

① Promotion“ Facial recognition office; “ Scan the QR Code” “ Electronic Signature (Name); Application in high-frequency service matters such as water and gas transfer, contract signing, etc.

② Promote the use of electronic contracts for the purchase and sale of commercial housing and existing housing.

③ Deepen the application of electronic signatures, electronic seals, electronic contracts, and electronic certificates as proof, and promote the realization of real estate registration; Paperless” Handle it.

4 On the 23rd of the month: Harbin People's Government

Issued the "Notice on Further Optimizing Government Services and Promoting Administrative Efficiency"; Efficiently accomplish a task; The Work Plan states that:

Each district (city) relies on an integrated government service platform to provide free electronic seals to registered enterprises in Harbin, with an annual distribution rate of no less than 90%.

Expand the application of enterprise electronic seals in government services, business contracts, water and electricity services, banking transactions, and other scenarios. The municipal integrated government service platform, engineering construction project approval platform, as well as social security, medical insurance, housing provident fund, financial services and other systems need to be upgraded and transformed to fully support the application of electronic seals.

4 On the 23rd of the month: Baishan Medical Insurance Bureau

Notice on Issuing the Implementation Plan for Business Environment Construction of Baishan Medical Security Bureau in 2024, stating the promotion of the application of electronic printing for Guangzhou Medical Baoding Branch institutions. Increase the permission to use electronic seals of designated medical insurance institutions, and realize the use of electronic seals of designated institutions for monthly and annual settlement statement services and agreements.

4 On the 23rd of the month: Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development of Jiangxi Province

Notice on Issuing the Qualification Review Documents and Model Format Text of Bidding Documents for Supervision of Housing Construction and Municipal Infrastructure Projects in Jiangxi Province, stating that all bidding documents shall be in electronic format, and unless otherwise specified in the pre attached table of the Instructions to Bidders, electronic seals shall be affixed in the corresponding positions in accordance with the requirements of the bidding documents.

4 On the 23rd of the month: Yangjiang Housing and Urban Rural Development Bureau/Natural Resources Bureau

Issuing the 'General Industrial Projects for Social Investment in Yangjiang City'; Hand over the land and start construction immediately; Several Measures "pointed out the promotion of the collection and sharing mechanism of electronic signatures, electronic seals, electronic certificates, electronic materials, and electronic archives in the online processing of construction projects.

4 On the 25th of the month: Yunnan Provincial People's Government

Printing and Distributing the "Yunnan Province Further Optimizing Government Services and Enhancing Administrative Efficiency Promotion"; Efficiently accomplish a task; The Implementation Plan "points out upgrading the unified electronic license and electronic seal system of the provincial platform, enhancing the support capabilities for electronic license production, signing, issuance, and use, and promoting interoperability and mutual recognition.

4 September 29th: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government

Issued the "Promotion of Optimizing Government Services and Enhancing Administrative Efficiency"; Efficiently accomplish a task; The "Implementation Opinions" point out the optimization and upgrading of the integrated government service platform in the whole district to better meet the unified business needs of identity authentication, electronic certificates and licenses, electronic seals, data sharing, etc. in the whole district.

4 On the 30th of the month: Shenyang Urban and Rural Construction Bureau

4 On the 30th of the month: Guangzhou Municipal People's Government

The "Guangzhou Digital Economy High Quality Development Plan" has been issued, which points out the promotion of remote collaborative office products and services optimization and upgrading, and the promotion of applications such as electronic contracts, electronic seals, electronic signatures, and electronic authentication.


5 Month

5 August 8th: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government

Issuing the Action Plan for Continuously Optimizing the Business Environment in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which states:

① Realize mutual recognition of CA in the fields of government procurement and public resource trading.

② Encourage the use of electronic guarantees, reduce the cost of electronic guarantees, and improve the convenience of using guarantees.

5 August 8th: General Office of the State Council

The Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Innovating and Improving the System and Mechanism to Promote the Standardized and Healthy Development of the Tendering and Bidding Market were issued, which pointed out that it is necessary to comprehensively promote the use of electronic guarantees (insurance) and other methods to pay bid security, performance security, and engineering quality security.

5 On the 10th of the month: Sichuan Provincial People's Government

① Promote the comprehensive application of electronic letter of guarantee (insurance) and lower the comprehensive rate to 5‰ Within. Promote the electronic bidding rate of engineering projects that must be tendered according to law to reach over 80%. Promote the electronicization of the entire process of government procurement projects at all levels to reach over 80%.

② Promote online case handling throughout the entire process, achieving an electronic delivery rate of over 80% for legal documents.

5 November 11th: Shandong Provincial People's Government

Issuing the 'Top Ten Innovations'; “ Top Ten Industries; “ Top Ten Expansion Needs; The Action Plan (2024&2025) points out to strengthen the application of electronic signatures, electronic materials, electronic archives, etc., and explore the promotion of paperless application for the entire process of environmental impact assessment, energy assessment, water conservation, joint acceptance, etc.

5 On the 13th of the month: Tianjin Municipal People's Government

Issuing the Action Plan for Improving the Quality of the Business Environment in Tianjin in 2024, which states:

① Strengthen the collection and sharing of electronic materials, electronic certificates, and electronic seals in the online processing of engineering construction projects, and promote the electronic approval results of the entire process of engineering construction projects.

② Promote the widespread application of electronic seals and electronic signatures in high-frequency matters in the field of government services.

5 On the 13th of the month: National Development and Reform Commission/Ministry of Industry and Information Technology/Ministry of Finance/People's Bank of China

Printing and Distributing theNotice on Doing a Good Job in Cost Reduction in 2024 "points out the need to improve the electronic trading technology standards and data specifications for the entire bidding process, actively promote national mutual recognition of digital certificates (CA), and reduce transaction costs for enterprises.

5 On the 14th of the month: Fuling District People's Government of Chongqing

The Implementation Plan for the Reform of Administrative Powers in Fuling District Park Development Zone has been issued, which points out the comprehensive improvement of the digitalization level of government services and the expansion of the application of electronic certificates, seals, and archives in handling various government service matters.

5 On the 15th of the month: Shapotou District People's Government of Zhongwei City

Issuing the 'Comprehensive Promotion of Shapotou District'; Efficiently accomplish a task; The Notice on Further Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Administrative Work "states that:

① Accelerate the issuance and application of electronic seals (signatures) for enterprises and individuals to serve government affairs; One Stop Service” Provide support.

② Cooperate with the autonomous region to optimize and improve the unified identity authentication, matter management, electronic certificates, electronic signatures, electronic archiving and other system functions throughout the region.

5 On the 15th of the month: Finance Department of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Announcement on Continuously Optimizing the Business Environment for Government Procurement and Promoting High Quality Development, stating:

Continuously improving the digitalization level of government procurement, deepening the application of electronic certificates, digital certificates, and electronic seals (signatures), improving online contract signing, promoting cross regional remote bidding, and improving the integration of government procurement platforms with various external systems.

5 On the 16th of the month: Zhejiang Provincial and Municipal Supervision Bureau/Data Bureau

Issuing the 'Zhejiang Province Enterprise Information Change' document; One thing; Reform workPlan "points out the integration of electronic seal and electronic signature services in the certificate and license system, to achieve the full process of enterprise change registration and licensing (service) application materials; One time signing and simultaneous empowerment;.

5 On the 21st of the month: Laibin Municipal Government Service and Big Data Bureau

Starting from June 1, 2024, for construction projects that enter the public resource trading centers of Laibin City and Wuxuan County for trading, the tenderer should generally use electronic contracts on the public resource trading platform. This means that the tenderer and the bidding agency, as well as the tenderer and the winning bidder, must sign contracts on the platform.

5 On the 29th of the month: Cyberspace Administration of China/Municipal Supervision Bureau/Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Jointly issued the Action Plan for Informationization Standard Construction (2024-2027), which points out the need to strengthen the construction of government application standards such as electronic seals, electronic certificates and licenses, electronic invoices, and electronic accounting vouchers.

5 On the 30th of the month: Guangzhou Development Zone Management Committee

The "Pilot Action Plan for the Construction of Provincial Business Environment Reform in Guangzhou Development Zone and Huangpu District" has been issued, which points out the promotion and application of electronic certificates and seals, realizing the automatic calling of high-frequency electronic certificates and seals in handling administrative approval matters, and expanding the application of electronic seals in fields such as enterprise establishment, contract signing, and bidding.

5 On the 31st of the month: People's Government of Tianning District, Changzhou City

The notice on issuing the "Key Points for Building a Rule of Law Government in Tianning District, Changzhou City in 2024" points out the need to accelerate the construction of a unified electronic seal service platform for public services.


6 Month

6 On March 3rd: Qinghai Engineering Construction Project Approval System Reform Group

Improve the online application of electronic signatures and seals, establish a sharing mechanism for online application and approval of electronic certificates, materials, and archives in engineering construction projects, and promote the exemption of submission of physical (paper) materials for electronic certificates, approvals, and other materials issued by government departments.

6 March 3rd: Xingning Municipal People's Government

The "Key Points for Optimizing the Business Environment in Xingning City in 2024" were issued, which pointed out the comprehensive promotion of the application of electronic seals, and the synchronous issuance and application of electronic business licenses, electronic invoices, and electronic seals.

6 On the 3rd of the month: Department of Industry and Information Technology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Issuing the "Regulations on the Promotion of Digital Economy in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region", it is pointed out that the people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments should promote the unified entry and full digitalization of online services, and promote the widespread application and mutual trust and recognition of electronic certificates, seals, archives, etc.

6 On the 4th of the month: Shaanxi Provincial People's Government

《 Promoting the establishment of a normalized work mechanism for improving the efficiency of government services; Efficiently accomplish a task; The Implementation Plan Notice states that:

① Optimize the system functions of electronic seals, electronic signatures, electronic archives, etc., and rely on the national integrated government service platform to implement cross level signature of electronic seals. Provide services such as seal making, use, and verification within the scope of authority, establish a synchronous issuance system for electronic business licenses and enterprise electronic seals, and facilitate the work of enterprises and the public.

② By comprehensively utilizing digital technologies such as facial recognition, video and voice recognition, license issuance, electronic seals (signatures), and data sharing, we provide intelligent and convenient application services for applicants.

6 On the 5th of the month: Gaoming District People's Government of Foshan City

The Action Plan for Building a Full Cycle Enterprise Service Care System and Creating a First Class Business Environment in Gaoming District, Foshan City (2024 Edition) has been issued, stating that:

① Accelerate progress; Certificate free application; Promote electronic certificates, electronic seals, electronic signatures, etc; Make full use of the application;.

② Promote the electronicization, digitization, and intelligentization of the entire bidding process, and promote cross departmental and cross regional mutual recognition of digital certificates (CA).

6 On May 5th: Guangzhou Leading Group for Comprehensive Optimization of Business Environment and Environment

The "Three Year Action Plan for Promoting the Construction of an International First Class Business Environment in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou (2024-2026)" has been issued, which points out the promotion of the widespread application of electronic certificates, seals, and signatures, and the continuous release of electronic business licenses, seals, and signatures in key areas such as enterprise operation, real estate registration, financial services, and contract signing.

6 June 6th: Changzhou City Leading Group for Optimizing the Business Environment

Issuing the Key Task List for Building a First Class Business Environment in Changzhou City in 2024 (Version 5.0); — “ Regular Enjoyment” The Action Plan for Business Environment "points out to expand the application scope of electronic certificates and actively connect with the unified electronic seal service platform of provincial public services, and enhance the digital government support capabilities such as electronic seals and blockchain.

6 June 6th: Shijingshan District People's Government of Beijing

Issuing the "Implementation of the Comprehensive Optimization of the Business Environment in Shijingshan District"; Beijing Service; The Opinion "2024 Work Plan" points out the continuous expansion of the application scope of electronic seals in urban management, transportation and other fields.

6 June 6th: Fengtai District Government Leading Group

Issued the "Key Points for Government Information Disclosure in Fengtai District in 2024", pointing out the improvement of online services for government information disclosure and the promotion of the application of electronic seals for webpage replies.

6 On the 17th of the month: Tongzhou District People's Government of Beijing

Issuing the 'Comprehensive Building'; The Three Most '; The Implementation Plan for Promoting High Quality Development of Beijing Urban Sub center with Business Brands "states that:

① Accelerate the full process electronic trading of government procurement projects, deepen the signing and management of electronic contracts, and the application of electronic guarantees.

② Continuously expanding the application scope of electronic seals in urban management, transportation and other fields for enterprises.

6 On the 17th of the month: Wuxi Municipal People's Government

Issuing the Action Plan for Optimizing the Business Environment and Improving the Wuxi City in 2024, which states:an>

① Continuously expanding application scenarios such as electronic certificates, electronic seals, and electronic signatures.

② Accelerate the pilot application of electronic business licenses, electronic seals, and electronic ID cards in the banking industry, and promote system transformation and joint testing.

③ Fully implement the digital witness system and promote cross regional and cross platform mutual recognition of digital certificates in the bidding field.

6 On the 19th of the month: Chongqing Municipal Supervision Bureau

Fully promote the electronicization of inspection reports and the application of electronic seals, and optimize the full electronicization of non tax invoices.

# More policy information#

• Summary of Electronic Signature Application Policies for 2023.

• 2022 Electronic Signature Application Policy Summary.

• 2019-2021 Summary of policies for promoting the application of electronic signatures by national and local governments.


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