The State Council will remove 171 administrative1 approval items, while the power to approve another 117 items will be handed down to government departments at lower levels.

国务院将取消171个行政审批项目,同时将117个项目的审批权下放到下一级政府部门。

Administrative approval就是行政审批,此次调整remove(取消)、hand down(下放)与merge(合并)了国务院部门的314个行政审批项目,是administrative examination and approval system reforms(行政审批规范改革)的最新举措。

此次涉及的审批项目主要集中在investment and social projects(投资和社会项目),特别关注 real economy(实体经济)、 small- and micro-sized enterprises(小微企业)、与private investments(个人投资)范围。