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Original Title: The First Anniversary of the Guangxi Pilot Free Trade Zone: “Nanning Canal” Continues to Improve to Benefit ASEAN People
China News Service, Nanning, Aug 27 (Lin Hao, Lin Jieqi) “In the past, this was a vacant lot and construction site, and the road was full of dust. Now there are skyscrapers everywhere. The embryonic form of a modern metropolis is emerging, and work and life become more and more convenient. ” Liu Fang, a Chinese Chinese medicine expert from Canada, told reporters.
The picture shows the actual view of the Nanning area of the China (Guangxi) pilot free trade zone
Liu Fang worked in the Nanning area of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as: Nanning Area). As the first group of foreign experts introduced after the establishment of the Guangxi Pilot Free Trade Zone, he witnessed the rapid development of the Nanning area.
Wei Liping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Nanning Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Nanning Area Management Committee of the Guangxi Pilot Free Trade Zone, introduced on the 27th that the Nanning Area was established a year ago and has focused on building a new open economic system, creating innovation and institutional reform, developing industrial clusters, and optimizing the business environment. Highland, promoting the continuous improvement of the “Nanning Channel” of China-ASEAN cooperation, benefiting more and more ASEAN countries and people.
Smooth financial cooperation channels for ASEAN
The construction of the core area of the open financial gateway facing ASEAN is a key task undertaken by the Nanning area. Wei Liping told reporters that since the beginning of this year, 74 financial institutions (companies) have been established in Nanning and a total of 134 have been established. Bank of China Hong Kong Southeast Asia Business Operations Center, China Taiping Insurance Group Co., Ltd. ASEAN Insurance Service Center and Beibu Gulf Property Rights Exchange have been opened. Starting.
Beibu Gulf Property Rights Exchange Group is a company established with official approval from Guangxi to create factor market for ASEAN. Company President Wei Mingfang introduced that service sites have now been established in ASEAN countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. Since 2019, Chinese investors and Cambodian entrepreneurs have reached more than 3.5 billion yuan in mountain forest contract management rights projects through the company’s platform.
“Cambodia and other ASEAN countries are rich in mountain forest resources and urgently need to find partners for joint development; Chinese investors have strong funds and advanced technology. Through our platform, transactions can be reached quickly and costs communication can be reduced. The effect is very good, “said Wei Mingfang.
Communications BankIt also uses the Guangxi Pilot Free Zone platform to expand cross-border financial services for ASEAN. In January this year, the Nanning Municipal People’s Government and the bank’s Guangxi branch jointly initiated the establishment of the Guangxi (Nanning) Joint Financial Innovation Laboratory, and many innovations have been implemented.
Huang Shaoyu, vice president of the Guangxi Bank of Communications branch, said that below, the deposit, loan, exchange and exchange functions between overseas accounts in domestic and foreign currency will be opened for ASEAN to provide offshore companies for them to national companies “go out” and foreign companies “bring”. Financial services promote investment and financing and facilitate cross-border capital flows.
Wei Liping also said that in the future, the Nanning area will deepen financial reforms focused on interregional use of RMB in ASEAN, strengthen financial market cooperation for ASEAN, and show more responsibilities of Nanning in promoting the process of the RMB internationalization.
Cultivating new forms of cross-border economy
At the Lazada (Nanning) Cross-Border Green Innovation Service Center in Nanning, the reporter saw that under the guidance of teachers, foreign students from ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, in the live broadcast room, were learning how to test live streaming to get goods to Southeast Asia. Visitors recommend specialty products produced in China and orders are processed from time to time.
The picture shows ASEAN host Lin Hao who is learning live broadcast skills in the Nanning area.
Deng Shixian, an international student from Vietnam, told reporters that she hopes to learn live streaming skills and develop e-commerce business in Vietnam in the future. While running her own business, more Vietnamese consumers can enjoy the high quality and low price of Chinese products.
Ding Guoxun, director of Lazada Cross-Border Eco-Innovation Service Center, said that in order to test the cross-border live streaming business in the Nanning area, its aim is to rely on the advantages of Guangxi multilingual talent gathering to promote Guangxi and even the country’s high-quality products to better enter the Southeast Asian market.
“After our training, many presenters from Southeast Asia returned to China to form an e-commerce team, make their business dreams come true, and also make their friends rich,” said Ding Guoxun.
Guangxi Guimao Tianxia Enterprise Management Service Co., Ltd. is the first batch of Guangxi foreign trade comprehensive service pilot enterprises. It has been established in the Nanning area for almost a year. Has coincided with the modern service industry and international trade policy innovation, launched cross-border e-commerce small-language live broadcasts, communication with foreign buyers, Market development and other services help enterprises develop international markets.
According to Chen Zhifeng, CEO of the company, taking advantage of its close connection to the international market, his company has helped a Nanning porcelain manufacturer to open export channels for products and sell them to ASEAN, Africa and other countries and regions.
According to data provided by the Nanning Post Customs Office, the total import and export value of cross-border e-commerce in Nanning from January to July this year was 22.33 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 126%. . The total value of foreign trade is close to “half the country” in Nanning.
Create a pilot zone for ASEAN investment and trade.
In order to build a major node of a new international land-sea trade channel and create a pilot investment and trade zone for ASEAN, the Nanning area has established a strong system of foreign investment services and has accelerated construction of large projects such as the Sino-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park.
The picture shows the Nanning area at the Nanning Sino-Singapore International Logistics Park construction site
Zhang Songsheng, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Singapore Pacific Shipping Group and Chairman of Guangxi Xinzhong Industry Investment Co., Ltd., said that the Nanning area has favorable policies and that the construction of the China-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park has been become more powerful. Now it has completed an investment of nearly 3 billion yuan and has become the flagship of the new western land-sea channel. Write project.
Sino-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park also advocates the establishment of the “China-ASEAN Multimodal Transport Alliance” to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN countries in the fields of economy and trade, logistics, production capacity and humanities, and provide policy consultation and business incubation for ASEAN enterprises in Guangxi business development. , Commercial secretary and other services.
Zhang Songsheng has already tasted the “sweetness” of investing in Nanning. He said that it will introduce advanced concepts and experience in Singapore supply chain management, and introduce leading companies in logistics, processing, e-commerce and other industries into the park to boost upstream and downstream industries to enter the park. Industrial chain.
It is reported that since the Nanning area was established a year ago, the industrial agglomeration effect has started to appear. As of August 20 of this year, a total of 5,858 new companies have been added, of which 44 are companies with foreign capital. (Finish)
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