China News Service, Haikou, September 9th (Reporter Wang Ziqian) In early September, an intercontinental promotion conference was held online: Hainan International Economic Development Bureau promoted investment opportunities in the free trade port to many economic and trade institutions in Belgium.
Michel Kempeneers, Overseas Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director of the General Administration of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Promotion of Wallonia, Belgium, said that the export-oriented enterprises in Wallonia are in line with the import-oriented development direction of Hainan Free Trade Port. , The two sides have great room for cooperation.
Since the release of the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" on June 1, Hainan International Economic Development Bureau has organized such an online promotion every few days to dozens of reports in the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and the United States. Chambers of commerce and enterprises in various countries conduct policy interpretation and online investment promotion.
The current global economic and trade activities are sluggish, and the Hainan Free Trade Port is bucking the market to attract foreign investment.
According to data provided by the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, in the first seven months of this year, the province’s newly established foreign-funded enterprises increased by over 50% year-on-year, and the actual use of foreign capital increased by nearly 20% year-on-year.
Among them, in July alone, 86 foreign-funded enterprises were established in Hainan Province, an increase of 230.77% year-on-year.
In the hundred days since the Hainan Free Trade Port was built, the Hainan Global Investment Service Hotline 4008-413-413 has been extremely busy.
Since its opening, the hotline has received more than 4,000 consultation calls from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. Foreign investors mainly focus on import and export trade, the Internet, healthcare, finance, advanced manufacturing and other fields.
After tracking and docking, more than 100 projects have been successfully implemented.
The "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" clarifies that market access will be greatly relaxed and prohibitions and restrictions on foreign investment will be significantly reduced.
Chen Guan, general manager of Hainan Smart Matrix Technology Co., Ltd., is a Canadian investor.
He said that Hainan implements the pre-entry national treatment + a negative list management system dedicated to the free trade port for foreign investment to promote the free and convenient flow of cross-border capital, so that foreign investment has a predictable investment environment.
In July, Chen Guan expanded the company's business scope from Internet technology to the establishment of financial investment information platform business. "We must first deploy in the free trade port. I believe that more financial industry investment areas will be opened to foreign capital."
Zhao Jinping, former director of the Foreign Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that Hainan’s use of foreign capital has achieved substantial growth, reflecting the good expectations of foreign investors for the construction of a free trade port, and also showing that Hainan’s progress in improving the business environment is widely recognized.
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Hainan increased institutional innovation and continued to improve its business environment.
The "Single Window" of Hainan International Investment was officially launched on August 13, providing enterprises with 179 online services such as registration, alteration, and cancellation, realizing that enterprises can start up at most once and can be completed within two days at the earliest.
Rong Yansong, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, said that 977 companies have handled 1996 investment-related businesses through the platform.
"International investment'single window' online submission of information saves companies a lot of time and cost." Ma Jia, deputy general manager of Haili (Hainan) Enterprise Development Promotion Center Co., Ltd., said that companies have clearly felt the speed of the free trade port.
This foreign-funded enterprise entering the "Window of Global Trade" project in Haikou not only has rental discounts, but also enjoys a "one-stop" service to obtain business support, and the company has a good momentum of development.
According to Zhao Jinping’s analysis, Hainan’s next step in attracting foreign investment is to make full use of the favorable conditions for participating in the international cycle, and gradually shift from single project investment to industry chain and supply chain investment, while providing a better industry and service supporting system. .
SAP (Si Aipu), headquartered in Germany, is negotiating to advance digital projects in Yangpu Economic Development Zone.
Zhou Yan, senior director of SAP (China) Co., Ltd., said that Yangpu, as the first key park to implement the free trade port policy, will attract a large number of Chinese and foreign companies to settle in, forming an industrial chain cluster effect. "This will be very important for SAP. Great development opportunities".
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