Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced on Monday, April 21, that she has submitted a bill to Congress titled the National Law to Eliminate Bureaucratic Procedures and Corruption. The initiative seeks to simplify, standardize, and digitize administrative procedures across all levels of government: federal, state, and municipal.
As part of this reform, the National Digital Investment Platform was also launched. Available now at www.inversiones.gob.mx, this tool will allow businesses to carry out procedures related to incorporation, construction, and operations efficiently and entirely online.
During her morning press conference “The People’s Morning Briefing,” Sheinbaum explained that the proposed law aims to reduce unnecessary red tape, streamline administrative processes, and prevent citizens from facing redundant requirements when interacting with any government entity. “It’s about being able to complete paperwork remotely, with no lines or extra documents, all through a single digital window,” she said.
José Antonio Peña Merino, head of the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency, detailed that the law is supported by a reform to Article 73 of the Constitution and introduces a National Model for Simplification and Digitization. This includes the creation of a single authority, a unified procedure catalog, digital files, the Llave MX platform, a National Citizen Service System, and tech training for authorities at all three levels of government.
To implement the model, a National Center for Public Technology will be established. It will feature an open-source code repository and a Technology School to train public servants in programming, telematics, and cloud services. So far, 1,300 public officials have been trained in 20 states.
The goal is ambitious: to reduce procedures, requirements, and wait times by 50%, reaching a national average of 300 unique procedures at the state level and 100 at the municipal level—80% of which will be available online.
National Digital Investment Platform
Peña Merino also demonstrated the new digital window’s operation, aligned with the Mexico Plan and the Wellbeing Poles. Currently, a company wishing to invest in Mexico must complete 51 procedures and 466 requirements, taking an average of 2.6 years. With the new platform, this will be reduced to 32 procedures, 127 requirements, and a maximum of one year—centralized in a digital system with a unified file.
The implementation timeline is as follows:
- June 15: All business incorporation procedures available online
- August 25: Construction and operational procedures go live
- November 30: Full implementation of all procedures at all levels of government
Agreements have already been signed with the governments of Tamaulipas, Baja California, Aguascalientes, Colima, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Puebla, Yucatán, and Chiapas. Additionally, 41 working groups with municipalities and 17 signed agreements are active.
Ximena Escobedo Juárez, Head of the Productive Development Unit and Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Economy, stated that this platform aims to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by over 49%, reduce resolution times to 45 business days, and automate the registration of legal entities, cutting down registration times from 90 to 30 business days.
