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[Treinta y un nuevo viaje]Bravely climb to the forefront of Shanghai Pudong to create a new pattern of full openness
CCTV News(News broadcast): In November 2018, Secretary-General Xi Jinping pointed out during an inspection in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area that we must strengthen the confidence and determination of reform and openness to start again, accelerate improvement the city’s energy level and core competitiveness, and better serve the overall situation of national reform and development. Service.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the development and opening of the Pudong New Area. As the banner of China’s reform and opening-up, Pudong has launched a series of high-level and far-reaching innovative measures to accelerate the formation of a new pattern of full openness.
This is Pudong, where economic strength has developed by leaps and bounds. During the last 30 years of development and opening, the regional GDP has multiplied by 211 and the total volume of imports and exports of foreign trade has multiplied by about 790 times.
This is Pudong, where the open energy level continues to rise. In the past 30 years, nearly 40,000 foreign-funded companies have come together around the world, and many pioneers in 55 fields were born here, including the first free trade zone and the first foreign bank.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s first pilot free trade zone was installed in Pudong. From the first trial to expansion and improvement, under the personal planning of Secretary General Xi Jinping, the new round of reform and opening in Pudong is accelerating.
In the newly established Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, ship traffic is very busy. Recently, Amazon China East China Purchasing Distribution Center and Maersk Asia-Pacific Distribution Center have been installed successively. They value not only the activity of the largest port in the world, but also the new mode of entry and exit of goods implemented here. For goods that are not subject to inspection and certification, as long as you fill in the five most basic information blanks, such as bill of lading number, trip number, and mode of transportation, you can declare it in as little as 30 seconds.
Promoting openness with reform, Pudong New Area has taken the lead in investment, trade, finance and other fields. 328 institutional innovations have been replicated and promoted across the country to build an institutional system that is in line with internationally accepted rules. This year, the negative list of foreign investment has been reduced to 30 and the processing time for foreign investment has been reduced to one business day. Not long ago, it was only 76 days from the signing of the contract to the start of construction of the Sam China member flagship store in the Gaoqiao Free Trade Zone.
The world-class business environment of internationalization, commercialization and rule of law has attracted more than 700 regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational companies from around the world. Multinational companies such as Volvo Construction Equipment and Dassault Systèmes have moved their Asia-Pacific headquarters to Pudong.
Enhance global resource allocation capabilities and build mid to high level industrial chain value chains. In recent years, Pudong New Area has taken the lead in establishing a free trade account system and has taken the lead in promoting the convertibility of capital accounts. Reforms in key areas such as the opening of the financial market, the internationalization of the RMB and the liberalization of interest rates have provided a Shanghai sample for the opening of the country. Not long ago, the first newly established foreign-owned securities company in China and the first wholly foreign-owned insurance holding company were successively established in Pudong.
As the core area of the Shanghai International Financial Center, Pudong has become one of the regions with the richest financial factor market, the most concentrated financial institutions and the most active financial transactions in the world. The scale of financial markets, such as the volume of futures and options and the total market value of the stock market, is among those of the world. At the forefront, commercial products such as “Shanghai Gold” and “Shanghai Silver” have begun to gain international influence. In the latest global index of financial centers, Shanghai has been ranked in the top three in the world for the first time.
In 2019, the Pudong New Area created 1/80 of the national GDP and 1/15 of the total import and export of goods; This year, in the face of global uncertainties such as the new corona epidemic, the main economic indicators such as GDP and investment in fixed assets have recovered quickly and have countered the trend. increase.
A new starting point for a new era, reform and opening again. In August this year, Secretary General Xi Jinping introduced new requirements for promoting the high-level reform and opening of Pudong. It is necessary to continue to do a good job in the construction of the new Lingang area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Zone, make the most of the role of the test field, and build the Shanghai International Financial Center to support the Yangtze River Delta. And high-quality development of the national economy.
