Xinhua News Agency, Haikou, March 1st, Title: "optimistic about the prospects for the opening of the free trade port"-the steady development of foreign trade in Hainan under the epidemic
Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Huiyu and Wu Maohui
Promote the resumption of work and production of foreign-funded enterprises, improve the efficiency of foreign trade clearance, test new foreign exchange management policies, and expedite the application for immigration clearance for high-level foreign talents ... While Hainan is doing its best to prevent and control the new crown pneumonia epidemic, various departments and fields have introduced With pragmatic measures and open policies, the development of Hainan Free Trade Zone (Hong Kong) foreign trade has been sound.
In the closed and sterile injection production workshop, the sophisticated and complex production line operates automatically, and the workshop personnel are busy in protective work clothes. In order to deliver domestic and overseas market orders as scheduled, Hainan Puli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has stepped up production every day.
"The government helped us coordinate a hotel, which was used to isolate employees who returned from the island, and we were able to resume work and resume production." Zou Yinkui, deputy general manager of the company, said that the company's 400 employees have now returned to more than 300 people, and the whole workshop is produced Basically normal operation.
Puli Pharmaceuticals is a joint venture between Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and China. Many of its drugs are certified and marketed in Europe and the United States. Zou Yinkui said that the company is preparing to invest 500 million yuan in a new workshop to expand production capacity and develop new drugs. "The short-term impact of the epidemic will eventually pass. We are optimistic about Hainan's development opportunities."
In the past few days, relevant departments and cities and counties in Hainan Province have actively provided protection for foreign-funded enterprises and other factors to protect them, help foreign-funded enterprises resume work and resume production, and further stabilize foreign investment confidence. In addition to Puli Pharmaceuticals, key foreign-invested enterprises such as Eurogreen Baoshen (Hainan) New Energy Construction Development Co., Ltd., and Corning (Hainan) Optical Communications Co., Ltd. have now resumed production and production.
"The epidemic situation does have some impact on foreign-funded enterprises in the short term, but it will not affect their investment confidence in Hainan Free Trade Port." Said Jin Jing, director of the Foreign Investment Management Division of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce. Some negotiating projects are also strengthening online communication, and many foreign companies have indicated that they will come to Hainan to inspect or sign contracts immediately after the epidemic.
The Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Advanced Zone is an important window and experimental field for the opening of the Hainan Free Trade Zone (Hong Kong). Recently, 11 multinational pharmaceutical equipment manufacturers have expressed their willingness to the Lecheng Pioneer District to be optimistic about the prospect of the construction of a free trade port and to accelerate the launch of new medicines and new instruments in the Lecheng Pioneer District. Wang Jinhe, vice president of Johnson & Johnson's external affairs and market access, said that Johnson & Johnson has set up cooperation projects such as "Johnson & Johnson Boao Innovation Chain" in the Lecheng Pioneer District, and will further cooperate with the Lecheng Pioneer District to bring talents, technology, medicines, etc. The park supports the docking of the park with the world's advanced level.
According to statistics from the Department of Commerce of Hainan Province, the actual use of foreign capital in Hainan in January this year increased by 366.46% year-on-year, and 29 new foreign-funded enterprises were established, involving trade, investment, medicine, health care, tourism, agriculture and other fields.
"Stabilizing foreign investment" must also "promote foreign trade." In order to ensure that the import and export goods can be cleared quickly during the epidemic period, Haikou Customs Port canceled the Spring Festival holiday and returned all staff. At the same time, measures have been introduced in terms of guaranteeing rapid customs clearance of materials, extending the customs processing period, simplifying customs handling matters, and reducing the impact of the epidemic, etc., to help key industries and enterprises cope with the difficulties in production, operation, import and export caused by the epidemic, and promote the steady development of foreign trade.
"The customs has helped us a lot during the epidemic, and the inspection of imported goods was faster than expected," said the head of the production department of Dongfang Desen Energy Co., Ltd. Not long ago, the company imported more than 2,600 tons of liquefied petroleum gas from Brunei. At the Dongfang Basuo Port hazardous chemicals terminal, the customs department completed the on-site inspection in just one hour.
In Yangpu Economic Development Zone, which accounts for more than 40% of Hainan ’s total foreign trade import and export volume, improve the customs clearance efficiency of imported raw materials for production and support foreign trade companies to resume work and resume production. At present, 53 enterprises above the designated size in the development zone have resumed work and resumed production, and the rate of return to work has reached 87%.