China News Service, Zhoushan, October 18 (Reporter Li Dian) On the vast sea, the first marine fuel oil supply vessel "Runji 1" designed and built by Zhejiang Zhoushan was slowly launched and came to the "rest". Next to a freighter, oil was added...
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From not producing a drop of oil to gathering 7000 oil and gas companies of various types, becoming the most concentrated area of China's oil and gas companies, China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as "Zhejiang Free Trade Zone") has been built into China with a drop of oil. The only high-level open platform centered on the construction of the entire oil and gas industry chain.
A few days ago, the two-day 2020 International Oil and Gas Trade and Maritime Service Summit Forum-World Oil Merchants Conference Special Session was successfully held in Zhoushan.
During the forum, the world's attention was once again focused on this to explore the dangers and opportunities of the development of international oil and gas trade and maritime services.
Zhu Congjiu, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, stated that with the acceleration of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang strives to create an important window for comprehensively displaying the advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics in the new era. There is a strong demand for oil and gas resources and cooperation in the international energy market. The potential is huge.
Based on oneself: seize development opportunities
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At night, from the commanding heights of Yushan Island in Daishan County, Zhoushan City, the green petrochemical base covering an area of 41 square kilometers is brightly lit and busy, like a scene in a science fiction blockbuster, an important link in the entire oil and gas industry chain-trillion The first-class petrochemical industry cluster is gradually taking shape.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has clearly focused on "promoting the facilitation of investment in bulk commodities and trade liberalization with the entire oil and gas industry chain as the core" as the focus of construction, and building oil and gas storage and transportation, processing, trading, supply, and supporting services The whole industry chain of "five in one".
The setting of this goal is not a castle in the air.
China is the world's largest oil importer and second largest oil consumer, and its dependence on crude oil is relatively high.
Yu Bin, director of the Comprehensive Coordination Bureau of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, told reporters that it is particularly necessary to improve the country's bulk commodity allocation capabilities through the accumulation of resources in a certain area.
And Zhoushan, which has many deep-water ports, is located at the confluence of China's eastern coastline and the Yangtze River into the sea. Many international routes pass here, and there is a large demand for oil and gas trade and maritime services.
In March of 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, the State Council will introduce international strategic investors in oil trade and accelerate the promotion of petrochemical refining. 26 specific support measures were proposed in 11 areas including industrial transformation and upgrading.
The "China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone Expansion Plan" approved by the State Council a few days ago also clarified Zhejiang’s strategic positioning of building a bulk commodity resource allocation base centered on oil and gas, and further highlighted the bulk commodity allocation base centered on oil and gas. As a priority, support the development of pilot oil and gas reserve reforms and the construction of an international trade center and distribution center for oil and gas chemicals.
Focusing on the goal of building the entire oil and gas industry chain, Han Jun, the deputy mayor of Zhoushan City and the deputy director of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone Management Committee, said that by starting with bonded marine fuel oil, the annual supply and settlement volume exceeded 4.1 million tons. 6.245 million tons; through opening up the crude oil import and refined oil export channels, the three indicators of Zhoushan's foreign trade import and export from January to August this year contributed 24% to the development of Zhejiang’s foreign trade; explored through the pilot reform of the oil trade distribution system Refined oil wholesale and non-storage business, approval cancellation of crude oil consumption warehouses, and refined oil retail operation rights; through the promotion of cross-border renminbi settlement of oil and gas trade, the cross-border renminbi settlement in Zhejiang Free Trade Zone in 2019 was nearly 100 billion yuan...
Regional linkage: to achieve complementary advantages
A view of Zhejiang Free Trade Zone.
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With the inclusion of Ningbo area, Hangzhou area, and Jinyi area, and relying on multiple national strategies, Zhejiang Free Trade Zone will also realize the exchange of resources, complementary advantages and integrated development of each area through regional linkage.
After the expansion, the functional positioning of the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone will be further broadened, and efforts will be made to build a bulk commodity resource allocation base centered on oil and gas, a new international trade center, an international shipping and logistics hub, a digital economy development demonstration zone, and an advanced manufacturing cluster.
The realization of this goal requires close cooperation between regions.
Taking the integration of Ningbo and Zhou as an example, as early as 2015, Zhejiang fully promoted the integrated development of Ningbo Zhoushan Port.
Li Guanding, the deputy mayor of Ningbo, said that as Ningbo area joins the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, Ningbo can develop in conjunction with Zhoushan and use their respective advantages to create a world-class oil and gas industry chain.
Another example is the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. In December 2019, the "Outline of the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integration Development Plan" issued and implemented by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council proposed to actively promote the construction of an international petroleum storage and transportation base in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.
At present, the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is deeply integrated into the development and integration of the Yangtze River Delta region, strengthening the linkage of the Yangtze River Delta Free Trade Pilot Zone, and exploring the construction of a Zhejiang-Shanghai maritime cooperation demonstration zone.
Launched China’s first internationalized futures product, and opened the "Zhejiang Oil Center Quotation Zone"... Wang Fenghai, deputy secretary and general manager of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, said that Zhejiang Free Trade Zone and Shanghai Futures Exchange will jointly provide entities to manage oil price fluctuation risks. Good service support is the best evidence of complementary regional advantages.
Looking at the world: Promoting win-win cooperation
Zhoushan, Zhejiang, busy maritime business.
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At the moment of great changes unseen in a century, global uncertainties have intensified. How can the construction of the entire oil and gas industry chain lead to a win-win situation?
International dialogue is undoubtedly one of the platforms for strengthening exchanges, docking cooperation, and demonstrating results among industries.
This is also the original intention of the International Oil and Gas Trade and Maritime Service Summit Forum.
Yang Shixu, Senior Vice President of Regional Affairs and Urban Low-Carbon Solutions of bp (British Petroleum) Group and President of China Region, said frankly that the current global energy structure is accelerating the transformation, and this forum is held in Zhoushan at the right time.
Zhoushan Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
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International cooperation requires the building of its own brand.
In the opinion of Liu Zurong, executive director and party secretary of Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales Co., Ltd., it is necessary to accelerate the creation of a brand in China's marine oil supply industry.
While the ship fuel supply industry is improving its fuel supply capacity, it needs to further build its comprehensive service advantages and provide customers with the ability to solve more supporting services.
International cooperation requires a high-quality business environment.
Zhejiang is guided by the "reform at most once" to promote reforms in all fields in all aspects.
At the same time, a large number of supporting facilities are also improving day by day, forming a relatively complete ecological chain of maritime services.
International cooperation requires continuous innovation of the system.
According to Chen Huaqing, deputy director of the Policy and Regulation Bureau of Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, for three years, Zhejiang Free Trade Zone has adhered to the path of pioneering and differentiated reform and exploration, and promoted the facilitation of commodity investment and trade freedom with the entire oil and gas industry chain as the core. Bold explorations were continuously carried out in the field of chemistry, and 123 institutional innovations with high gold content were formed.
Up to now, 28 institutional innovation measures in the Zhejiang Free Trade Zone have been replicated and promoted at the national level.
International cooperation requires an open and win-win industry development ecosystem.
Zhu Congjiu said that in the future, he will fully implement the foreign investment law and business environment regulations, comprehensively strengthen the service guarantee of the project, and provide a full range of high-quality services with first-class policies.
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