In the Hainan Free Trade Port, which is under construction, what other industries will be developed in the future?
The National Development and Reform Commission has just announced the "Catalogue of Industries Encouraged by Hainan Free Trade Port (2020, Draft for Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comment") which gives the answer.
On September 1, the "Draft for Comments" published on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission showed that in order to implement the requirements of the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port", to accelerate the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, this catalog was formulated in accordance with the actual conditions of Hainan.
The catalog consists of two parts: one is the encouraged industries in the national existing industry catalog; the second is the newly-added encouraged industries in the Hainan Free Trade Port.
A reporter from China Business News noted that the “newly encouraged industries in Hainan Free Trade Port” are divided into 14 categories, namely: agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail, and transportation. , Storage and postal industry, accommodation and catering industry, information transmission, software and information technology service industry, financial industry, leasing and business service industry, scientific research and technical service industry, water conservancy, environment and public facilities management industry, education, health and Social work, culture, sports and entertainment industry.
These fourteen major industries involve hundreds of types of industrial projects.
For example, the manufacturing industry includes yacht and cruise ship research and development, manufacturing, repair and maintenance and supporting industries, biomass material research and development and application, teaching aids and teaching equipment development and production, environmental protection coatings for construction and marine protection, marine renewable energy equipment research and development and manufacturing, Aerospace related products, aerospace biomedicine, aerospace medical research and application, and new energy vehicle manufacturing.
When talking about the manufacturing industry, an official from the relevant department of the Hainan Provincial Government told the CBN reporter that the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port will vigorously develop high-end manufacturing in the future.
The wholesale and retail industry includes bulk commodity trade (excluding commodities subject to quota management by the state), new offshore international trade, seed industry international trade, and auction company construction and operation.
Among them, the CBN reporter learned that among the ten pilot projects identified by the Hainan Provincial Government, one of them is to pilot the development of new offshore international trade.
Information transmission, software and information technology service industries include 5G and 6G technology development and commercial applications, quantum information technology development and applications, general or high-end general-purpose processors, memories and operating systems, databases, biochips and related data acquisition and processing Equipment development and manufacturing, network and data security technology product development and application, network and data security services, etc.
Regarding databases, Dong Xuegeng, director of the Hainan Provincial Big Data Administration Bureau, previously stated that accelerating the exploration of system integration and innovation in the field of big data and rapidly improving the province’s informatization and big data construction and service capabilities will become the basic work of building a free trade port. It will be a strategic and forward-looking job.
In an interview with a reporter from China Business News, the founder of Houlang Technology, Dong Han, said that they have already made practical explorations in Hainan in terms of supply chain finance and blockchain + industry application solutions, and expressed positive optimism about Hainan's adoption of data technology + block Emerging technologies such as chains empower entities, improve business efficiency, and promote industrial digitization.
The financial industry includes financial intermediary services such as personal credit investigation, corporate credit investigation, credit rating, credit enhancement, cross-border investment and financing two-way open service system construction, international energy, shipping, bulk commodities, property rights, equity and other international spot trading venues, international Construction of spot clearing houses and international intellectual property exchanges, spot (including warehouse receipts), insurance policies, prices (indexes) and related over-the-counter derivatives transactions, financing, clearing (settlement), settlement (settlement), risk management , Information services and other related businesses.
It is worth noting that in the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port", there are relatively many chapters involving the financial industry, and the content is also very important.
A reporter from China Business News learned that the financial industry of Hainan Free Trade Port is currently advancing four major development strategies at full speed: one is a cross-border investment and financing strategy; the other is a comprehensive opening strategy; the third is a high-level internationalization strategy; and the fourth is finance. Science and technology innovation strategy.
The "Draft for Solicitation of Comments" stated that this catalog is applicable to enterprises producing and operating in the Hainan Free Trade Port, among which foreign-invested enterprises shall be implemented in accordance with the Catalog of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment.
Author: Lin Chun Ting