Xinhua News Agency, Haikou, July 1st title: Hainan Free Trade Port "Full Moon": Policy to accelerate the gathering of supporting enterprises and talents
China News Agency reporter Wang Ziqian Zhang Qianyi
June just passed was a "high-light moment" in Hainan. Since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" ("Overall Plan" for short) on June 1, the Hainan Free Trade Port has officially entered the construction stage. Within a month, the specific policies in the "Overall Plan" continued to land, and Hainan attracted global attention.
Supporting rules for landing and linkage
One month after the publication of the "Overall Plan", from the State Council to various ministries and commissions, from the Hainan provincial level to the key parks, a joint effort has been made to promote the construction of a free trade port.
At the Beijing level, following the implementation of three legal adjustments in April, the State Council adjusted and applied five administrative regulations on Hainan; various ministries and commissions have successively announced measures for the supervision of the Yangpu Bonded Port Area, the new taxation policy for the Pilot Free Trade Port Pilot Area, and the Hainan Pilot Opening The seven navigation rights, the new policy of tax-free shopping on outlying islands and other policies.
Liu Feng, director of the Research Center for Free Trade Ports with Chinese Characteristics at Hainan Normal University, said in an interview that the introduction of preferential tax policies and the new policy of island tax exemption are in line with the expectations of the free trade port, and use facts to show the world that China will open the door wider.
At the Hainan level, we will promote the implementation of the "Overall Plan" with a view to achieving early gains from the construction of a free trade port. The reporter learned from the Hainan Provincial Party Committee's Deep Reform Office (Free Trade Office) that Hainan will break down the free trade port construction tasks from 2020 to 2024 and will strictly supervise the implementation of various departments.
The Yangpu Bonded Port Area is the pioneer area of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and was the first to try out the “first-line liberalization and second-line control” entry-exit management system. Staff member Yao Jun told reporters that the bonded port area is currently perfecting inspection facilities such as warehouse inspection, information-assisted supervision platforms, and fences.
"Hainan Free Trade Port has a good start." Yu Tao, director of the Hainan Free Trade Port Research Center of the China South China Sea Research Institute, suggested that Hainan should seize the "time window" and issue a list of "one negative and three positive", a negative list of cross-border service trade, and encouragement as soon as possible. Industrial catalogues and other specific rules with gold content policies, and detailed risk prevention and control measures.
Global companies pay attention and look forward to in-depth participation
"June 2 is the busiest day. I have to be interrupted four times for lunch, and my voice is dumb." The Hainan Global Investment Service Hotline, which was officially opened in April this year, was particularly "hot" in June. Hainan International Economic Development Bureau Huang Ying, the Commissioner of the Liaison Office, told reporters that there were more than 2,000 electrical connections across the board that month, which was several times that of the previous one.
Behind the hotline is the concern of global companies for Hainan Free Trade Port. Huang Ying said that consulting companies are concentrated in import and export trade, medical and pharmaceutical, Internet, advanced manufacturing and other fields, which are in line with Hainan’s industrial development. Enterprises understand Hainan’s preferential tax policies, zero tariffs, and financial convenience. Enterprise consulting has continued to follow up, and there are nearly 100 key intentional companies."
In the context of the epidemic situation, Hainan and overseas investors have been connected online. In the "cloud" negotiations between Hainan International Economic Development Bureau and Swiss Richemont Group, the world's second largest luxury goods group, Richemont Group was more interested in investing in Hainan and establishing brand flagship stores. "China's consumer market has great potential and is very optimistic about the development prospects of Hainan Free Trade Port." Relevant person in charge of Richemont Group said that it will cooperate with Hainan to promote consumption in luxury goods and other fields.
Hainan strives to improve the business environment. Chen Quan, the principal person in charge of the Haikou International Investment Promotion Bureau, introduced that Haikou provides enterprises with a full industry chain service, allowing investors to enjoy full-services from early negotiations, setting up companies, and landing projects, allowing enterprises to carry out "package-style" investments.
Talent settled in Hainan looking forward to blooming stage
The demand for talent in the construction of a free trade port is self-evident. Continue to carry out global recruitment, relax the restrictions for college graduates to settle, and exempt some high-end talents from partial taxes... Hainan has introduced a intensive policy to introduce foreign talents on the one hand and support local talents on the other. According to media reports, as of mid-June, Hainan’s new round of global recruitment for free trade ports has received nearly 130,000 resumes, including more than 9,000 resumes for foreign talents and international students.
Zhou Shixing, Dean of the Film and Television School of Haikou University of Economics, is an imported talent. According to the development trend of Hainan's film and television industry, he plans to open a film and television art department and a film and television e-commerce department. He plans to recruit the first batch of students this year. Zhou Shixing said that as a "natural studio" in the future of Hainan's film and television field, the college will introduce high-quality film and television industry institutions to train more applied talents.
During the graduation season this year, many foreign students studying in Hainan stayed. Cao Zhixiang, a fresh graduate of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hainan Normal University, has joined a middle school in Haikou. He is determined to develop in Hainan. , Participants." (End)