For all that the "licence Raj" was supposedly scrapped two decades ago, it can still take nearly 200 days to get a construction permit and seven years to close a business.

尽管据说是二十年前就废止了“许可证制度”，但至今仍要花上近200天才能拿到施工许可，以及花七年的时间来关闭一家企业。

youdao

In the second week, we were going to volunteer at a school-we were only supposed to stay there for six days, helping out with some construction and English classes.

第二周，我们将在一所学校当志愿者——我们本来只打算在那里停留六天，帮忙搞一些小建设，上上英语课。

youdao

The competent administrative department for construction shall, within 15 days from the day it receives the application, issue the construction permit to the applicant that meets the conditions.

建设行政主管部门应当自收到申请之日起十五日内，对符合条件的申请颁发施工许可证。

youdao

Overall, accounts receivable days for the residential building construction industry (NAICS code 2361) were an average of 21.6 days in 2011, compared with 15.8 days in 2010, Sageworks found.

FORBES: Plenty To Worry About In Construction

Sageworks analyzed accounts receivable days for privately held companies in various construction-related industries, including those tied to early-stage work, such as architectural design and foundation work, and those for drywall, flooring and other end-of-project tasks.

FORBES: Slower payments hitting some construction firms

Using another outstanding U.S. Government Service, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is unending weather information available these days for farmers and seafarers, offshore drillers, construction workers and all the rest of us living our daily lives.

FORBES: HMS Bounty Rescue: The U.S. Coast Guard is Amazing