China News Service, June 4th, according to the Ministry of Commerce's website, the Ministry of Commerce has recently issued a notice on measures to support the accelerated development of the China (Hubei) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the notice). A total of 24 measures were announced, proposing to give play to the innovation and leading role of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, support the construction of the Wuhan Cross-border E-Commerce Comprehensive Pilot Zone, and actively cultivate cross-border e-commerce and other new trade formats and models.
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The notice stated that in order to deeply implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the overall promotion of the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic situation and economic and social development, it will adhere to the importation of external prevention and internal prevention of rebound, and play the role of comprehensively deepening the reform of the free trade pilot zone and expanding the opening of the test field. To stimulate the vitality of market players, enhance the development of new kinetic energy, promote the resumption of production and business, and resume business, the Ministry of Commerce proposed to support the China (Hubei) Free Trade Pilot Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Hubei Free Trade Pilot Zone) under the premise of normalized epidemic prevention and control ) Several measures to accelerate development. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
One is to improve the quality of trade development. Support the establishment of a national foreign trade transformation and upgrading base in Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone, and give play to the role of the base in demonstrating the high-quality development of foreign trade.
We will give full play to the leading role of innovation in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, support the construction of a comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce in Wuhan, and actively foster new trade formats and models for cross-border e-commerce.
Give full play to the system innovation advantages of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and support Wuhan, Xiangyang, and Yichang to carry out cross-border e-commerce retail import pilots.
Support the innovative development of service trade in the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone. Support Wuhan to take the free trade zone as the core, further deepen the pilot development of service trade innovation and development, improve the management system, expand the opening to the outside world, improve the promotion mechanism, and innovate the policy system, etc., to build a high ground for service trade development. Support Xiangyang District and Yichang District to learn from the experience and typical case practices of service trade innovation and development, and promote the accelerated development of service trade.
Support Xiangyang and Yichang to take the free trade zone as the core, give full play to the advantages of the free trade zone system and the advantages of opening up to the outside world, vigorously undertake service outsourcing services such as information technology, biomedical research and development, management consulting, engineering design, and actively create a model city of service outsourcing in China .
Support the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce's Trade Friction Workstation in Hubei, actively carry out trade friction warning and legal services related to enterprises in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to conduct trade adjustment assistance as appropriate.
The second is to optimize the business environment. Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to establish and improve the investment promotion working mechanism, encourage the formulation of foreign investment promotion policies within the legal authority, innovate investment promotion methods, and enhance the level of investment promotion specialization and marketization.
Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to establish and improve a foreign investment service system, compile guidelines for foreign investment, provide foreign investors and foreign-invested enterprises with laws, regulations, policy measures and other consultations, strengthen foreign investment tracking services, and promptly resolve foreign investment project promotion and foreign-funded enterprise resumption Difficulties and problems in the process of resumption of production, promote the implementation of key foreign investment projects.
Support the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to use modern information technology to carry out trade and investment promotion activities such as "cloud display", "cloud docking" and "cloud negotiation". Utilize online channels such as China Investment Guide Net and the Ministry of Commerce's investment project information database to assist the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone in its promotion and promotion.
Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to establish and improve a complaint mechanism for foreign-invested enterprises, and strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investment.
Guiding the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to effectively integrate the pre- and post-admission management measures for foreign investment, implement a fair competition review system, and achieve equal access to relevant industries, fields, and businesses by various market entities according to law.
Support the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to further improve the investment convenience of multinational companies, and encourage multinational companies to set up global or regional headquarters in Hubei.
Relying on platforms such as the Overseas Business Complaint Service Center of the Chinese Enterprises of the Ministry of Commerce, it actively provides information services such as policy information, market environment, and risk warning for enterprises in the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The third is to improve the market operation mechanism. Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to vigorously promote the development of new digital business models and formats, explore the establishment of reverse customization (C2M) industrial bases, encourage the deep integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, and help the digital transformation of SMEs.
Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to carry out the construction and application of e-commerce big data, strengthen the analysis of e-commerce operations, improve the e-commerce statistical monitoring analysis and public service system, and regularly provide Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone with online retail-related data monitored by the commercial big data platform and information.
Guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to promote the construction of traceability systems for edible agricultural products, food and other important products and the construction of the import and export traceability system in the field of cross-border e-commerce retail.
Support Wuhan area and Xiangyang area to actively carry out supply chain innovation and application pilots, and improve the supply chain system of strategic emerging industries such as new-generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, and new energy vehicles.
Give full play to the system innovation advantages of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and guide Wuhan to carry out the cultivation and construction of an international consumption center city.
Strengthen the guidance for the construction of commercial credit in the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone, and support the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to build high-standard commercial integrity demonstration areas.
Fourth, deepen international economic and trade cooperation. Use bilateral trade and economic cooperation mechanisms and China International Import Expo, China-Nordic Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum and other exhibitions and forum platforms to play the role of foreign business organizations and support the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to carry out international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchanges and open cooperation related work .
Support and guide the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to actively attract investment in Taiwan’s high-end manufacturing and modern service industries, and deepen economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau.
Support the development of China-Europe Trains (Wuhan), promote the economic and trade cooperation between Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone and countries along China-Europe Trains, and coordinate and solve the difficulties encountered in the operation of China-Europe Trains. Give full play to the role of foreign business organizations, assist the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone with foreign industry organizations, banlie platform companies, foreign trade companies and other docking cooperation, expand economic and trade exchanges with relevant countries, and enrich China-Europe trains to return to the source of supply.
Fifth, strengthen organizational guarantees. Together with Hubei Province and relevant departments, the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone will be promoted to promote the implementation of pilot tasks, support the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to further promote the replication and promotion of institutional innovations, and carry out in-depth differentiation around strategic positioning.
Continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Hubei cadres, combined with the construction needs of the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone and the actual situation of the cadre team of the Ministry of Commerce, support cadres from the Hubei Pilot Free Trade Zone to the Ministry of Commerce for short-term learning and exchanges. Support the development of special trainings on industrial policies, investment promotion and practical operations.