China News Service, Zhoushan, September 24 (Reporter Lin Bo) Since its inception in April 2017, the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the “Zhejiang Free Trade Zone”) has achieved the “two Level jump".
As the first free trade zone in the country to achieve expansion, the layout of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone after the "two-level jump" has also become the focus of attention from all walks of life.
"We will continue to focus on reforms in the bulk commodity industry such as oil and gas, improve the global allocation of bulk commodities, and make greater contributions to safeguarding national energy security and improving the right to speak in bulk commodity pricing." As the earliest original area of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, In an interview with reporters, Hu Chaolin, deputy director of the Policy and Regulation Bureau of Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, said that on the basis of combining its own characteristics and advantages, Zhoushan will strengthen the linkage with the expansion zone, "combining Zhoushan's marine economic characteristics, continue to consolidate the original advantageous industries."
After more than three years of listing, we have explored and formed 123 system innovations
Xin'ao LNG receiving center in Zhoushan.
Photo by Lin Bo
On April 1, 2017, the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone was formally established and the scope of implementation was in Zhoushan.
From China's first national-level new district with the theme of marine economy to the Zhoushan River-Sea Combined Transport Service Center, Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is another national strategy to land in the city.
Hu Chaolin said that since its inception, the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has boldly experimented, boldly entered, and independently reformed, promoted the facilitation and liberalization of commodity investment and trade with the entire oil and gas industry chain as the core, and accelerated the construction of "one center, three bases and one demonstration zone". A path of reform and innovation of “generating oil without any means” and “gathering gas for development” has effectively played the leading role of the province’s reform and opening up.
From the entire oil and gas industry chain to the entire oil and gas industry chain, looking back on the development of the past three years, Hu Chaolin said bluntly that the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has achieved many facilitation measures in the field of trade and investment in terms of national oil and gas system reform and market operation. According to the international energy consumption structure, it is slowly changing. For example, in the "gas" area, the first phase of ENN LNG receiving center has been completed and has a receiving capacity of 3 million tons."
Statistics show that in the past three years since its listing, the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has explored and formed 123 institutional innovations in the entire oil and gas industry chain, business environment, and financial innovation, giving full play to the pioneering role of reform and innovation.
"In the past three years since its listing, it is obvious that the industrial foundation of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is becoming more and more perfect, trading companies are more concentrated, and the oil and gas policy represented by bonded fuel oil has also made great breakthroughs." Wang Rulang, assistant to the general manager of Zhejiang International Oil and Gas Trading Center, an important undertaking body for the construction of “Trading Center”, said that the most obvious feeling as a company since the establishment is that the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is "taking off". The agglomeration effect is getting stronger and stronger."
Today, more than 6000 oil and gas companies have been registered in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone.
"Two-level jump" in Zhejiang Free Trade Zone continues to strengthen the entire oil and gas industry chain
Zhoushan International Grain and Oil Industrial Park.
Photo by Lin Bo
According to the newly released "China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone Expansion Plan", the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone will add Ningbo, Hangzhou, and Jinyi areas to the approximately 120 square kilometers originally located in Zhoushan.
"What needs to be explained is that after expanding to the'five functional positioning', this work of our oil and gas industry chain will continue to be strengthened, and its scope will be further expanded on the original basis, and strength will not be weakened. "Zhu Congjiu, deputy governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 21st.
It’s worth noting that in March this year, the State Council approved the "Measures to Support the Opening and Development of the Oil and Gas Industry Chain in the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone", focusing on the development needs of the oil and gas industry in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone. Strategic investors, accelerating the transformation and upgrading of the petrochemical and refining industry, and other 11 areas proposed 26 specific support measures.
Driven by this policy, in the first half of this year, 15 major economic indicators, including foreign trade import and export volume, oil product trade volume, and newly registered enterprises in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, achieved "more than half of the time and more than half of the progress."
"We will continue to do a good job in the implementation of this document, and further pilot the reform of the national oil and gas system, and implement more liberal and facilitation measures in the field of trade and investment." Hu Chaolin said that Zhoushan will continue to focus on the entire oil and gas industry chain and continue to release The momentum of economic development is to create a number of landmark projects for the "important windows" of the island landscape.
Combining the characteristics of the marine economy for regional linkage
So, how to cooperate with the new expansion area?
Hu Chaolin's answer is to combine the characteristics of Zhoushan's marine economy.
"Strengthen the linkage with other expansion zones, replicate our experience and complement the advantages of other expansion zones." Hu Chaolin said that as the earliest original area of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, Zhoushan will seize the opportunity to empower the expansion zone , Fully promote the release of policy dividends.
Hu Chaolin took the integrated development of Ningbo and Zhou as an example, "We will implement the strategic deployment of the integration of Ningbo and Zhou, work with Ningbo to build a global commodity allocation base, give full play to the advantages of the refining and chemical production capacity of the two places, and build a trillion-level green petrochemical industry cluster. "
In terms of the digital economy, Hu Chaolin said that if the digital economy is purely developed, it is definitely not comparable to Hangzhou, but combining local characteristics is a win-win prospect. "Our maritime services are basically still carried out in accordance with traditional trade. Then we will think about it. Superimpose with the digital economy and build a service platform for Shanghai affairs by taking advantage of Hangzhou's digital economy."
In Wang Rulang's view, the "expansion" of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is, to a certain extent, a supplement to the industrial development of the Free Trade Zone. "This is an adjustment of resource integration and complementary advantages."
Wang Rulang explained that after the expansion, the functional positioning of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone will be further broadened-in addition to the current construction of the entire oil and gas industry chain, it will expand into digital economy, advanced manufacturing, international shipping and logistics, and new international trade. Take our oil and gas trading center as an example. We have been planning to build a digital exchange. The expansion will also provide a broader space for our corporate development."
Hu Chaolin said that as the first region to undertake the implementation of the free trade zone strategy, Zhoushan will work with Ningbo, Hangzhou and Jinyi areas to jointly promote the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone to achieve a new round of high-quality development and strive to be in the forefront of the national free trade zone.
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