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Original title: Expansion of the pilot free trade zone to create a new plateau to reform and open
[Informe de la rueda de prensa de la Oficina de Información del Consejo de Estado]
The State Council recently issued the general plan for the Beijing, Hunan and Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zones and the expansion plan for the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone. So far, the number of China’s pilot free trade zones has risen to 21.
On September 21, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations, Yang Jinbai, Vice Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, Zhu Congjiu, Vice Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government and Vice Governor of the Anhui Provincial People’s Government Zhang Xi and He Baoxiang, Vice Governor of the Hunan Provincial People’s Government, presented the general plan for the Pilot Free Trade Zones of Beijing, Hunan and Anhui and the expansion plan of the Pilot Free Trade Zone of Zhejiang, and answered questions from journalists.
Direction and determination of opening remain unchanged
“Since this year, faced with severe and complex domestic and international situations, China has persisted in deepening reforms and opening up more to the outside world without changing its direction and determination.” Wang Shouwen said that this time the central government decided to establish a new batch of pilot free trade zones to test free trade. The district’s efforts to explore a higher level of independent openness demonstrate the Chinese government’s steadfast determination to unwaveringly expand openness to the outside world and build a new top-level open economy system.
Accelerate the formation of a new development pattern in which the national and international double cycle are the fundamental pillar and the national and international double cycles mutually promote each other. It is emphasized that the construction of the new development pattern should be linked to the construction of the pilot free trade zone, and the new development pattern should be explored in the regions where conditions allow it. New heights of reform and opening. “Our country has successively established 18 pilot free trade zones in Shanghai, Guangdong, Liaoning, Hainan and Shandong.” Wang Shouwen pointed out that the purpose of further expansion of the pilot free trade zone is to adopt a wider scope, broader fields and deeper levels. The reform and exploration of the country stimulated the endogenous driving force for high-quality development and accelerated the formation of a new development pattern through a higher level of openness.
According to Wang Shouwen, the four plans fully implement the requirements of the central government to accelerate the formation of a new development pattern, highlight a smooth cycle to build a new development pattern, highlight scientific and technological innovation to generate a new development momentum. , highlight the deepening of reforms to stimulate the vitality of the new development, highlight the high-level opening to create a new development Advantage. Focusing on new fields and new business formats such as trade in services, advanced manufacturing and the digital economy, a differentiated pilot task with distinctive characteristics has been proposed, which aims to create a new plateau of reform and opening with its own characteristics.
Pilot Free Zone, the region with the highest level of openness in the country
“The construction of the pilot free trade zone is a milestone in our reform and opening-up process.” Wang Shouwen told reporters that the pilot free trade zone is the region with the highest level of openness in the country. Since the establishment of the Shanghai Free Trade Pilot Zone in August 2013, from small to more, from scratch, boldly experimenting and boldly entering, forming comprehensive reform and opening up in multiple fields, building a new open economic system for our country . Accumulated useful experience.
Statistics show that in the first 7 months of this year, more than 3,300 foreign-funded enterprises were established in 18 pilot free trade zones, with an actual use of foreign capital of more than 90 billion yuan, and the volume of imports and export reached 2.7 billion yuan. The area of these 18 pilot free trade zones Together, it is less than four thousandths of the country, but the use of foreign capital represents 16.8% of the country, and the share of foreign trade imports and exports represents 13 , 5% of the country. The pilot free trade zone has played an important role in stabilizing the basic market for foreign trade and foreign investment.
The Pilot Free Zone has taken the initiative in investment, trade and finance, and has implemented a series of opening measures. Wang Shouwen pointed out that in 2013, the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone released the first negative list for foreign investment in the Pilot Free Trade Zone. On the list, there are 190 industries that restrict or prohibit foreign investment. There are only 30 industries that restrict or prohibit foreign investment. Compared to the first list, it has been reduced by 80%. Most of these liberalized areas have been liberalized at the national level, which has promoted the opening of the country to the outside world and improved the country’s foreign investment. Openness and transparency.
Differentiated exploration to create new heights of reform and opening
Beijing’s technological innovation momentum is strong, Hunan’s equipment manufacturing industry has deep accumulation, Anhui emerging industry elements are active, Zhejiang’s digital economy is booming … Pilot free trade zones newly established or expansion zones in these four regions to improve the advanced and stable industrial chain supply chain The nature and competitiveness of the industry will lead to high-quality development of the industry and make useful explorations to accelerate the formation of a new development pattern in which the national and international dual cycles are the fundamental pillar and the mutual promotion of the national and international cycles.
Beijing, Hunan, Anhui, and Zhejiang have relatively good export-oriented economies and their growth is relatively rapid. In 2019, 4 provinces and cities accounted for 21.4% of the country’s foreign investment, and imports and exports accounted for 21.7% of the country’s total. Beijing’s service industry accounted for 83% of Beijing’s GDP; Hunan’s foreign trade grew 41.2% last year, the fastest growth rate in the country; Anhui’s emerging industries developed rapidly and strategic emerging industries accounted for 35% of Anhui’s industrial output value above the designated size; Zhejiang has always been a large foreign trade province, the import and export volume reached 3 billion yuan last year.
“Further expansion of the pilot free trade zone will accelerate the formation of a new development pattern, explore paths and accumulate experience,” said Wang Shouwen in response to a reporter’s question that Beijing has a leading role in opening up from China’s service industry and support the Beijing Free Trade Pilot Program. The zone relaxes restrictions on access to trade in services in areas where conditions allow it; the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on promoting the digital and intelligent transformation of manufacturing, and supports the high-quality development of advanced manufacturing; Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone has adopted a batch of basic research, Application of research frontier research and development platforms and bases, and strive to build a source of scientific and technological innovation; The Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone will increase the construction of new infrastructure such as Internet of Things, Industrial Internet and Artificial Intelligence, and actively build a digital economy development demonstration zone.
(Reporter Zhang Yi)
