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Original title: Transcripts and the beautiful trade in services will expand a new space for international cooperation
Authorized publication of 97 achievements, 19 alliance platform achievements, 99 first innovation achievements, and a total of 240 agreement and agreement achievements … A series of figures illuminate the 2020 China International Trade in Services Fair (named “Trade in Services The transcript of the meeting”) also demonstrates the enormous potential of international cooperation in trade in services.
Behind the transcript is the signing of a series of heavyweight cooperation agreements, which boosted the confidence of foreign investors to invest in the Chinese market. The reporter learned that during the 6-day service fair, China has issued many signals to expand openness in the field of service trade. Between them, key advancements will be made in the fields of finance, technology and professional services. Favorably, many international companies expressed optimism about the Chinese market and reached many intentions of cooperation with local governments and Chinese companies.
Service Fair delivered in beautiful transcripts
At the closing press conference of the Trade and Services Fair, Xian Guoyi, Director of the Trade and Services Department of the Ministry of Commerce, presented that the results of this Trade and Services Fair session are fruitful, and many results they will bring a batch of high-quality projects to earth. In the project signing process of the Shanghai business group, nearly 40 projects were signed in three key areas of Pudong New Area, Lingang New Area and Hongqiao Business District, mainly involving financial technology, research and pharmaceutical development, cultural creativity, logistics and transportation, professional services and electronic commerce. And other fields.
On the Zhejiang theme day, there are also constant signatures. Lisheng (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. and Ruifeng Deyong International Business (China) Co., Ltd. signed the “Urban gold construction project and overseas financing strategic cooperation service agreement”, and the Department Zhejiang Province Trade Council and Hong Kong Trade Development Council signed “On the further promotion of Zhejiang enterprises Use the Hong Kong Financial Services Platform cooperation memorandum, etc.”
A total of 16 major projects were signed at the Hubei theme day event, including 3 projects in the Wuhan convention and exhibition industry. Wuhan Urban Construction Investment Development Co., Ltd. and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electrical Products signed the strategic cooperation agreement of the China International Machinery and Electrical Products Exhibition, Wuhan Xincheng International Expo Center Management Co., Ltd. signed letter of intent for exhibition cooperation with Sinopharm Reed Exhibition Co., Ltd. and China Agricultural Machinery Circulation Association.
As the host city of Beijing, good news is spreading. On September 8, at the Seventh Beijing Cultural Integration Development Project Cooperation Promotion Conference with the theme “Cultural Integration, Innovation and Development”, more than 80 on-site projects were signed, with a total of more of 60 billion yuan, which include big data, cloud computing, 5G + 8K technology, artificial intelligence, Winter Olympics technology and many other fields. On September 9, the establishment of Daiwa Securities was approved. Yin Yong, deputy mayor of Beijing, stated that the establishment of a joint venture by Daiwa Securities in Beijing is another historic achievement of the opening up of Beijing’s financial industry. It is the first company to establish a joint venture in Beijing. The Beijing-based foreign-owned securities company is also an example of Sino-foreign capital cooperation.
Xian Guoyi said that the business results of this session of the Services Trade Fair are many and the content is real. The Department of Trade in Services of the Ministry of Commerce will strengthen the monitoring and service of commercial results with the premise of respecting the commercial wishes of companies and accompanying the projects that have landed. At the same time, some exhibitors have established communication channels at the Service Fair, which will optimize the business environment and create conditions for subsequent transactions. In addition, through exhibitions, forums and meetings, new business formats and new models will be discovered, and they will be summarized and promoted over time.
More opening is good for a sustained release
Although the service fair has come to an end, the cooperation has not stopped there. Xian Guoyi said that it is necessary to build and develop the service fair, an important exhibition platform, to create the most influential international service trade exhibition in the world. It is also necessary to summarize and promote the new experience and new practices of the Service Fair in the organization of exhibitions under the conditions of standardized prevention and control of the epidemic, innovating the exhibition model, helping to build and develop various platforms. large-scale exhibition and continuously improving the quality of China’s foreign economic and commercial exhibitions. Continuously expand international cooperation channels.
At the same time, policies more favorable to openness are accelerating. Xian Guoyi said that the Ministry of Commerce will actively expand the opening of the service industry and service trade, launch the national version and the free-trade port version of the negative list of cross-border service trade during this year, and increase institutional openness; accelerate the establishment of an open platform for the innovative development of trade in services. The domestic service industry expands and opens wide demonstration areas, expands various kinds of characteristic service export bases, vigorously develops digital commerce and other emerging service trades, and enhances the new results of opening up.
Among them, Beijing, as China’s only comprehensive pilot project to expand the openness of the service industry, is carrying out more tasks in advance. At the opening ceremony of the Service Fair, China clearly supported Beijing’s establishment of a pilot free trade zone with technological innovation, open service industry and digital economy, to build a high-level open platform for the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and push forward the formation of top-level reforms. Open a new pattern. Subsequently, the State Council issued the “Response on the deepening of the expansion of the service industry of the new Beijing round and the comprehensive pilot program for the construction of the work plan of the comprehensive demonstration zone and expansion of the industry service industry “, which presents 26 specific measures of four aspects, clarifying the next 10 years of Beijing The service industry expands the direction and objectives of the opening.
Beijing Mayor Chen Jining made it clear that Beijing will then focus on building a pilot free trade zone with technological innovation, open service industry and digital economy. And promote the construction of pilot zones of digital trade, big data exchanges and cross-border data flow monitoring to promote the orderly flow of data items.
Wang Hong, the deputy mayor of Beijing, revealed that the expansion of Beijing’s service industry mainly revolves around seven areas of science and technology, Internet information, finance, education, cultural tourism, health care and retirement, and professional services, of which financial and professional services are the most important.
“In the financial field, securities and futures asset management has opened up foreign participation rates. We are gradually exploring the opening of the insurance industry in accordance with national agreements, forming a comprehensive financial openness pattern as soon as possible, and we will also serve foreign finance companies to accelerate the application of various licenses. “And we do our best to shorten the cycle from establishment to operation of the company,” said Wang Hong.
Foreign investors are optimistic about the Chinese market
The intense deployment of open policies and the successive holding of international fairs such as the Trade and Services Fair have further strengthened the confidence of global companies in the Chinese market. Ma Jun, Chairman of Volvo China Investment Co., Ltd., believes that during this epidemic, China is pushing for a high-quality opening to the outside world. A number of policies, from the implementation of the Foreign Investment Law to the introduction of the new negative list, reflect the high level of openness of the Chinese government. Determination. Holding this services fair has added confidence to the volatile world economy. At the same time, the Chinese government continues to accelerate the improvement of the industrial chain to provide a strong boost to global economic growth.
“In this vibrant market, the Volvo Group will continue to increase its design in the Chinese market,” said Ma Jun.
Qiu Lina, Vice President of Thales (China) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. in China, also said that, as a leading global technology company, Thales has been in China for almost 40 years, focusing on aerospace, digital security and other industries. fields. China is advancing high-quality development and digital transformation, and has issued a series of policy agreements that provide new opportunities for corporate development.
Gao Yan, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, pointed out that the service industry is a new engine to promote the recovery of the world economy. As an important part of international trade, trade in services plays an important role in promoting the transformation of development patterns in various countries and regions and in promoting transformation, improvement and sustainable development. Big role. Between them, multinational companies implement a global strategic design to form an important bridge connecting countries around the world. In the increasingly close cooperation, exploring the development of new business formats and new models has become an important force to promote further development of trade in services.
