Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, May 2 (Reporter Wang Jinghuai) As a high-level open platform for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone has established the financial leasing industry as a "golden signboard" since its establishment five years ago. The Tianjin Free Trade Zone recently announced that as of March this year, its cross-border leasing business accounted for more than 80% of the country.
In April 2015, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone was officially listed. Its strategic positioning is to strive to become a high-level opening-up platform for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, a national reform and opening-up pioneer zone and a system innovation test field, and a high-level free trade park facing the world.
In this direction, in the past five years, the financial leasing industry has become the "golden signboard" of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone. Among them, aircraft leasing and ship leasing business occupy an important position in the country. The data shows that as of March this year, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone Dongjiang area completed the leasing business of 1,609 aircraft, 121 aircraft engines, 194 international ships, and 22 offshore structures, and leased assets of aircraft, ships, and offshore equipment With a total of about 94.552 billion US dollars, cross-border leasing business accounts for more than 80% of the country.
The relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone introduced that one out of every three Chinese civil aviation aircraft in service was leased through the Dongjiang area of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone. Now it has become a world-renowned gathering place for financial leasing business.