China News Service, September 2nd. Tang Wenhong, Director of the Free Trade Zone and Port Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said today that in August 2019, there will be six pilot free trade zones in Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hebei, Yunnan, and Heilongjiang, and the Shanghai pilot free trade zone. The Lingang New Area was established and operated.

Up to now, the average implementation rate of the 713 pilot reform tasks identified in the overall plan is close to 80%.

　　The Ministry of Commerce held a special press conference on the first anniversary of the construction of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Lingang New Area of ​​the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone on the 2nd to introduce the relevant situation and answer reporters’ questions.

　　Tang Wenhong introduced at the meeting that in August 2019, six pilot free trade zones in Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hebei, Yunnan, and Heilongjiang, and the Lingang New Area of ​​Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone were established and operated.

Over the past year, remarkable results have been achieved in the construction of various regions.

Up to now, the average implementation rate of the 713 pilot reform tasks identified in the overall plan is close to 80%.

The establishment goal of strengthening reform and exploration in a larger scope, in a broader field and at a deeper level has been initially achieved, which has better served the strategic layout of my country's comprehensive opening up.

　　He pointed out that the construction effectiveness mainly reflects the following aspects.

First, the Lingang New Area system is advancing at a new high starting point.

The Lingang New Area is deployed in accordance with the overall plan, and strives to promote convenient investment and operation, free entry and exit of goods, convenient capital flow, highly open transportation, free practice of personnel, rapid information connection, continuous optimization of the business environment, accelerated construction of open platforms, and gradual financial service functions Perfect, an open institutional framework has taken shape.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that the Yangshan Port Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the only special comprehensive bonded zone in the country, has been closed for operation, and has established a “first-line” route for release in the zone, no account books in the zone, and “second-line” import and export unilateral declarations. New model of supervision.

Innovative services such as the first domestic cross-customs zone international transfer and consolidation, and the first domestic global consolidation procurement of goods entering the zone without filing procedures have successively landed.

　　Second, the differentiated system innovation is impressive.

Around the strategic positioning, all regions make full use of the advantages of location and resource endowment to carry out differentiated exploration.

Shandong supports the establishment of the Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute to promote innovation in the R&D system and mechanism. Less than a year after its establishment, 87 high-level innovation teams have been gathered, 64 scientific research institutions have been established, more than 200 cutting-edge technological achievements have been transformed and researched, and social investment has driven more than 200 100 million yuan.

Hebei Xiong'an Area is based on the establishment of a financial innovation pioneer zone, and actively explores the regulatory "sandbox mechanism". The financial technology regulatory innovation pilot program has progressed smoothly. At present, it has included five innovative applications such as the online supply chain financial system and the corporate credit evaluation management platform.

Guangxi, Yunnan, and Heilongjiang, as my country’s first pilot free trade zones along the border, actively promoted border opening through reforms and innovations, such as Guangxi’s realization of fully-informed and intelligent customs clearance at border land ports, and Yunnan’s innovative development of "cross-border e-commerce + border mutual market" , Heilongjiang builds a cross-border integrated logistics hub, etc., radiating and driving the development of border areas.

　　The third is the industrial chain system innovation to promote industry clustering.

Localities have strengthened institutional innovation around the modern industrial system, accelerating the gathering of various innovative resources and key elements, giving full play to the role of stabilizing and strengthening the industrial supply chain.

For example, the Lingang New Area has accelerated the layout of the cutting-edge technology industry chain. More than 40 integrated circuit companies have landed, and the total investment of biomedical companies has exceeded 10 billion yuan. Currently, it is actively connecting key industrial projects and speeding up the assembly, service, and guarantee of large aircraft. Industry chain companies gather; Jiangsu gives full play to the advantages of the biopharmaceutical industry, focuses on innovations in the field of biomedicine, such as talent flow mutual recognition, product clearance and import, and industrial chain coordination, etc., and continuously solves the difficulties and obstacles that restrict the development of the biomedical industry. A number of major scientific and technological innovation institutions and first-class biomedical companies have been established.

　　Fourth, institutional innovation has led to continuous optimization of the business environment.

Over the past year, the concepts of system innovation and open development have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people everywhere. Local governments have changed from "I want to change" to "I want to change." The awareness of actively grasping reform and development and the sense of urgency and mission of open innovation have been strengthened. The business environment is continuously optimized.

Seven provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have delegated a total of about 1,200 provincial-level administrative powers to the pilot free trade zones.

Hebei Caofeidian area innovated the maritime static business handling model, implemented centralized office and intensive handling of 39 businesses that are responsible for different agencies; changed the 17 business handling model from series to parallel to achieve simultaneous acceptance and simultaneous review.

The Suifenhe district in Heilongjiang has formulated and published a list of 100 high-frequency items "at most one run" and 566 "do not ask for help" list.

　　Tang Wenhong said that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to promote the construction of high-quality pilot free trade zones, promote greater autonomy in reform and opening up, and form more targeted, effective and integrated system innovations. Achievements, promote deeper reforms, implement a higher level of opening up, and walk in the forefront in exploring the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the mutual promotion of the domestic and international double cycles, and create a new height for reform and opening up.