China News Service, Fuzhou, February 4 (Reporter Long Min) The new opportunity signed by the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) will lead Fujian and ASEAN to further "speed up" economic and trade cooperation.

　　Fujian is an important starting point of the "Maritime Silk Road", and friendly exchanges with ASEAN countries have a long history.

Fujian has 15.8 million overseas Chinese living in 188 countries and regions in the world, of which Southeast Asia accounts for 87% and is the main settlement of Fujianese folks.

　　Last year, Fujian’s foreign trade was severely impacted by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, facing difficulties and growing steadily, setting a record high.

Among them, trading partners are more diversified, with double-digit growth in imports and exports to ASEAN.

According to Fuzhou Customs, in 2020, Fujian Province’s import and export to ASEAN was 283.1 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8% year-on-year. ASEAN is Fujian’s largest trading partner.

　　At the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, RCEP will inject new impetus into the exchange and cooperation between Fujian and ASEAN into a wider range and higher level.

At the just-concluded two sessions of Fujian Province, when the Governor of Fujian Province Wang Ning made a government work report, he proposed in-depth implementation of iconic projects such as "Silk Road Shipping" and "Silk Road Flying", actively connecting with the China-EU Investment Agreement and RCEP achievements, and continuing to expand. Circle of friends".

　　RCEP has become an important opportunity for expansion and development throughout Fujian.

Fuzhou Mayor You Mengjun pointed out that to strengthen the research and application of the policies, rules and standards of RCEP member countries, support enterprises to explore the "sea silk" market, give full play to the advantages of overseas Chinese, and attract more countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" Funds, talents, technology and resources are gathered in Fuzhou.

Quanzhou Mayor Wang Yongli said that he would seize the opportunity for the signing of the RCEP agreement and strive to increase the Quanzhou Free Trade Zone to explore the pioneering trials in petrochemical, stone and other bulk commodity trading and manufacturing bonded R&D.

　　Fujian will make good use of RCEP rules to expand two-way trade with ASEAN.

The relevant person in charge of the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce said that they will seize the important opportunities brought by the agreement tariff reduction arrangements and the rules of origin to help companies inquire about preferential tariffs on imported and exported goods. There will be member states and related products with high tax differentials. As the focus of market expansion, plan the optimization and adjustment of the supply chain in advance; help companies grasp the rules of origin as soon as possible; promote the innovation and development of service trade in the fields of finance, air transportation, tourism, digital, research and development, culture and education, intellectual property, and continue to expand two-way trade , To create a new growth point for foreign trade.

　　Cross-border e-commerce will become a new growth point for Fujian and ASEAN to expand two-way trade.

Fujian will strengthen cooperation with e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia in its main markets to promote Fujian-made brands to go overseas.

Encourage all major cross-border chain ends to allocate and allocate warehouses to form a three-dimensional integrated three-dimensional cross-border logistics network of "merchant direct mail-domestic warehouse distribution-overseas warehouse distribution".

Guide professional institutions and business associations to cultivate and incubate cross-border e-commerce sellers, and expand the scale of emerging markets in Southeast Asia and other countries.

In November last year, the Fujian Quanzhou Distribution Center of Lazada Group, a leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, announced the official opening of positions.

Weichen, general manager of Lazada Group's cross-border business, said that the advantages of Quanzhou's multi-industry cluster will be further utilized to help Fujian merchants to accelerate the expansion of the Southeast Asian market.

　　Facing the new opportunities of RCEP, Fujian will also combine the new industrial system to plan and generate a number of high-quality foreign-funded projects around key areas, lock a number of leading foreign industry companies and core technology supporting enterprises, and strive to have a presence in modern service industries and advanced manufacturing industries. More foreign investment projects are the first to land in Fujian.

　　To expand economic and trade cooperation, Fujian and ASEAN have added new platforms this year.

According to the recently signed China-Indonesia "Two Countries Double Parks" project cooperation memorandum, Fuzhou Fuqing Yuanhong Investment Zone was designated as a Chinese cooperation park, and Indonesia's Bintan Industrial Park, Averna Industrial Park and Batang Industrial Park became Indonesian partners. The cooperation park will focus on key industries such as marine economy, food manufacturing, building materials, energy economy, aviation operation and maintenance services, and electronics, and build an international cooperation platform for industrial chain supply chain and investment and trade featuring industrial interconnection, facility interoperability, and mutual policy. Green channel.

　　Currently, there are 21 Indonesian investment companies in the Fuqing Yuanhong Investment Zone.

Lin Youhua, Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Fuqing Functional Zone in Fuzhou New Area, introduced that he will seize the double opportunity of the RCEP signing, continue to do a good job of follow-up and advancement, and build the China-Indonesia "Two Countries Double Park" project into a connector between the two industries.

The overseas Chinese enterprise Rongqiao Group stated that it will give full play to the advantages of overseas Chinese enterprises, actively integrate into the “Belt and Road” construction through effective international cooperation and industrial layout, and contribute to the promotion of Sino-foreign economic and trade cooperation.

　　Professor Dai Yongwu from the School of Economics and Management of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University pointed out in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the official signing of RCEP will have a significant impact on Fujian, which has a relatively high degree of economic export.

It is necessary to seize the new opportunities of RCEP and deal with the challenges, and strive to give full play to the comprehensive effects of RCEP to help Fujian to promote high-quality development in all aspects, so that RCEP can truly benefit enterprises and people.

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