(Economic Observation) The establishment of a high-level opening of the free trade port policy system has achieved results
China News Service, Haikou, April 12 (Reporter Wang Ziqian) A special press conference on the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port was held on the 12th, introducing in detail the progress of the establishment of policies and systems.
In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency after the meeting, experts pointed out that with the implementation of relevant policies and systems and the improvement of the development environment, the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port has achieved a smooth start and high-level opening up has achieved results.
The high-level opening of Hainan Free Trade Port is reflected in trade, investment, talent flow, and financial innovation.
Up to now, the Free Trade Port has issued a list of "one negative and two positives", a negative list of foreign investment access, a catalog of encouraged industries, and special measures to relax market access have been announced.
Zhang Yansheng, chief researcher of the China International Economic Exchange Center, said that Hainan Free Trade Port has made very rapid construction progress around key tasks and explored new high-quality development models in a highly open environment.
The results of the development of the free trade port can be seen through the figures: since the release of the "Overall Plan for the Construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port", more than 120,000 talents have been introduced. Last year, the number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises in Hainan Province reached 1,005, close to the three in 2019. Times.
"Although it is in the stage of laying the foundation, the geographical advantages, location advantages, and resource advantages have been significantly improved." said Chi Fulin, director of the China (Hainan) Reform and Development Research Institute and the Research Institute of Free Trade Ports with Chinese Characteristics. The construction results show that its opening strategy is attracting widespread attention from domestic and foreign talents and investors.
The implementation process of the free trade port policy is the process of Hainan's economic transformation and upgrading.
Yu Tao, director of the Hainan Free Trade Port Research Center of the China South China Sea Research Institute, said that Hainan has basically got rid of the real estate-based investment-driven model, and is building an industrial system with the characteristics of a free trade port through the “dual engine” of consumption and investment. The leading role of the company will become stronger and stronger.
Zhang Yansheng pointed out that Hainan’s high-level opening is not only to speed up market opening through zero-tariff policies and relaxation of industry market access, but also to improve the business environment and system integration and innovation to open a new way of system opening.
"According to Hainan's resource endowment, construction should be carried out from the perspective of a'service trade free port'." said Zhang Yong, deputy director of the Shanghai Finance and Development Laboratory and chief expert and dean of the Silk Road Research Institute (Haikou). Service trade has great room for development.
From the perspective of commercial presence, Hainan’s access expansion in financial services and other fields will be further expanded; from the perspective of the flow of natural persons, there is institutional support for foreign professionals to directly participate in innovation and entrepreneurship in Hainan; from the perspective of cross-border delivery, Hainan has already provided digital services Such cross-border delivery provides important infrastructure conditions.
The construction of Hainan Free Trade Port must have a higher vision and strive to cultivate new advantages for participating in international cooperation and competition under the new situation.
Since the epidemic, one of the most important changes in Chinese consumption has been the return of overseas consumption. Hainan has clearly played the three cards of tax-free shopping, medical care, and education to accelerate this trend.
Zhang Yong pointed out that the "three backflows" have made Hainan a window, allowing domestic residents to enjoy the world's most advanced medical services, tax-free economy and higher education through the Hainan Free Trade Port, as well as allowing overseas residents to experience Chinese culture and enjoy China. dividend.
In the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, customs closure is an important node.
The province has clearly strived to complete various preparations for customs closure by the end of 2024.
At present, the Yangpu Free Trade Port Zone has implemented the import and export management system of "first-line" liberalization and "second-line" control, which is a stress test for the island's customs closure.
During the interview, Huang Shengqiang, dean of the School of Customs and Public Administration of Shanghai Customs College, stated that the preparations for the island-wide customs closure operation involve port layout and infrastructure construction, port supervision departments’ institutions and establishment adjustments, anti-smuggling system construction, tax reforms, etc. , Hainan will expand the “first-line” and “second-line” management policies to other special customs supervision areas on the island as soon as possible, so as to achieve the greatest facilitation of the flow of people and logistics on the basis of good management.
Faced with the advent of world changes, China is gradually forming a new development pattern with a domestic cycle as the main body and mutual promotion of domestic and international double cycles. The growing Hainan Free Trade Port will also play a unique role.
Zhang Yansheng believes that after the new crown epidemic, there may be a trend of eastward shift of demand, eastward supply, eastward innovation, service eastward shift, capital shift eastward shift, currency and financial cooperation shift eastward in the world after the new crown epidemic. 1. Singapore has formed a "three-legged" free trade port group, forming a differentiated and complementary free trade port function.
Chi Fulin predicted that as the ties between China and ASEAN become closer, the Hainan Free Trade Port may become an important meeting point connecting the two markets of China and ASEAN. The field has become a regional base for the market.” (End)