China News Service, Ningbo, September 23 (Reporter Li Dian) With the recent expansion of the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "Zhejiang Free Trade Zone") to 119.5 square kilometers, it was included in the Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Jinan areas. What will the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone bring to the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone with the addition of Ningbo, the largest area in the three areas of Yi area?

　　According to the "Notice on Printing and Distributing the Overall Plan for the Beijing, Hunan, and Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zones and the Expansion of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone" issued by the State Council, the Ningbo area covers an area of ​​46 square kilometers and is responsible for the construction of links between internal and external, multimodal transportation, and radiation A powerful, chain-clustered international shipping hub, to create an internationally influential oil and gas resource allocation center, an international supply chain innovation center, a global new material science and technology innovation center, and a high-quality development demonstration area for intelligent manufacturing.

　　Zhu Congjiu, Deputy Governor of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, said that the expansion of the zone will make better use of the advantages of Ningbo Zhoushan Port as the world’s largest port in terms of cargo throughput. This will enable Ningbo and Zhoushan to effectively coordinate their bulk resource advantages such as oil and gas and promote Zhejiang. The free trade zone further strengthens the chain to the entire chain of transportation, trade, trading, and finance, and promotes the liberalization of investment and trade in strategic resources such as oil products, natural gas, and other bulk commodities.

　　In the Ningbo area, the planned area of ​​Daxie Development Zone is 20.4 square kilometers, which will play a role as a new force.

The relevant person in charge of the Daxie Development Zone Management Committee stated that its goal is to build a pilot demonstration area with convenient investment and trade, complete supporting functions, fair and efficient supervision, and prominent radiation driving effect by improving the ability to allocate oil and gas resources; to improve petrochemical production and research With hard-core strength, we will conduct joint research on production, learning, and research with scientific research institutes, focus on breaking through the industrial application of core technologies, accelerate the development of high-performance materials business, and build China's leading new chemical material application development center and world-class material innovation center.

Ningbo Zhoushan Port.

Photo by Zhou Yuliang

　　At present, other areas in Ningbo area have also initially formed their own characteristic industrial advantages.

For example, Ningbo Meishan Comprehensive Bonded Zone focuses on port business, supplemented by automobile import, cross-border e-commerce, etc. It is a key area of ​​Zhejiang Province’s opening up to the outside world, pilot trials and functional innovation; Ningbo Beilun Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone is committed to building a R&D and design center , New digital industry center, bonded service trade center, etc.; Ningbo Free Trade Zone has made efforts in cross-border e-commerce, logistics distribution and other fields, forming a computer industry group, semiconductor optoelectronic industry group, precision machinery industry group, etc., becoming an important import and export in East China Logistics distribution center.

　　At the same time, this expansion also requires functional departments to do more.

Ningbo Customs undertakes the task of innovating the management system and foreign trade supervision model of the area.

"We will combine the characteristics of ports and international logistics to realize the informatization and facilitation of customs supervision." Chen Kaiyan, deputy director of the Free Trade Zone and Special Area Supervision Section of Ningbo Customs Free Trade Office, said, while exploring customs management systems and Innovate the regulatory model to support the rooted development of emerging industries in Ningbo.

　　"The core of the free trade zone lies in the freedom of trade. This expansion is a major benefit for Ningbo's opening up to a higher level. We will also help the construction of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone in terms of exploring system innovation." Director of Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce Zhang Yan looked forward like this.

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