At last, the price of the passport has been reduced. It can save a lot of money when traveling abroad. Although the amount is not large, it is still more cost-effective. A few days ago, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a notice to reduce some administrative and institutional fees. Among them, the charging standard for private ordinary passport was reduced from 160 yuan / copy to 120 yuan / copy, and the charge standard for travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao was reduced from 80 yuan / card to 60 yuan / card.
In the notice, the two departments said that in order to further increase the reduction of fees, effectively reduce the social burden and promote the development of the real economy, they decided to reduce part of the administrative fees. Among them, since July 1, 2019, some administrative and institutional fee standards, such as radio frequency occupancy fee, entry-exit license fee, trademark registration fee, etc., will be reduced.
In addition to the fees for entry-exit licenses, the fees of intellectual property departments are also reduced this time. Among them, the fee standard for accepting trademark renewal registration is reduced from 1000 yuan to 500 yuan. The change fee standard is reduced from 250 yuan to 150 yuan. For trademark businesses that submit online applications and accept electronic documents, no change fee will be charged.
In addition, for trademark businesses that submit online applications and accept electronic documents, no change fee will be charged. Other charges include acceptance of trademark registration fee, reissue of trademark registration certificate fee, acceptance of transfer of registered trademark fee, acceptance of trademark renewal registration fee, acceptance of renewal registration delay fee, acceptance of Trademark Review fee, certification fee of issued trademark, acceptance of collective trademark registration fee and acceptance of certification provider Trademark registration fee, trademark objection fee, trademark revocation fee and trademark license contract filing fee shall be charged at 90% of the current standard.
The two departments pointed out in the circular that all regions and relevant departments should strictly implement the provisions of this circular, and should not delay or refuse to implement the reduced administrative and institutional fee standards for any reason.