国务院办公厅5月15日下发《国务院关于取消和下放一批行政审批项目等事项的决定》。《决定》指出，经研究论证，国务院决定，取消和下放一批行政审批项目等事项，共计117项。其中，取消行政审批项目71项，下放管理层级行政审批项目20项。根据规定，商务部将取消对石油、天然气、煤层气对外合作合同的审批工作，境内单位或者个人从事境外商品期货交易品种的核准工作以及“中国服务外包基地城市”认定工作。 

General office of the state council issued on May 15[Cancel and handed over a batch of administration under the state council for examination and approval of projects of decision].[Decided to]Pointed out that,The study demonstrates,Decision of the state council,Cancel and sent a batch of administrative examination and approval projects, etc,A total of 117 items.Among them,To cancel the project 71 items of administrative examination and approval,Down 20 administrative examination and approval projects management level.According to the regulation,The ministry of commerce will be cancelled for oil/Natural gas/CBM work of examination and approval of foreign cooperation contract,Domestic units or individuals engaged in the commodity futures trading overseas varieties and approval work"China's service outsourcing base city"That work. 

　　在5月16日举行的商务部例行新闻发布会上，新闻发言人沈丹阳指出，关于行政审批制度改革，从2004年到2012年，商务部共取消和调整了行政审批项目98项，其中取消26项、下放69项、合并3项，是国务院各部门中取消和下放行政审批项目最多的。正因为商务部率先积极地采取这些措施，商务部政府职能转变得以加快，宏观管理和公共服务的功能得以增强，更能集中精力办大事。

On May 16 at a regular press conference held by the ministry of commerce,News spokesman Shen Danyang said,About the reform of administrative examination and approval system,From 2004 to 2004,The ministry of commerce has cancelled and adjust the project 98 items of administrative examination and approval,The cancel 26/Down to 69/Merge three,Is cancelled in the various departments of the state council and the devolution of administrative examination and approval program.Because of the ministry of commerce first to actively take these measures,The ministry of commerce to speed up the transformation of the government functions,To enhance macro management and public service function,Can focus on more to accomplish large undertakings.

　　本届政府机构改革和职能转变方案出台以后，商务部高度重视，商务部部长高虎城多次召开部党组会和部务会，研究如何进一步加大力度取消和下放审批事项，如何进一步推进职能转变，还专门成立了商务部职能转变领导小组。目前已经研究和提出了取消和下放18项行政审批事项的方案。

After the government institutional reform and function change package,Mofcom attaches great importance to,Minister of commerce gao hucheng repeatedly ZhaoKaiBu DangZuHui and BuWuHui,Study how to further intensify efforts to cancel and give approval,How to further promote function change,Also set up a leading group of functional change of the ministry of commerce.Now research and put forward to cancel and give 18 items of administrative examination and approval.