China News Service, Zhengzhou, December 29 (Reporter Liu Peng) An official of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce said on the afternoon of the 28th that Henan will hold a provincial opening-up conference in the first half of next year; there are 2,362 foreign-funded enterprises in the province, which will stimulate direct employment. 446,000 people.
On the same day, the Propaganda Department of the Henan Provincial Party Committee held a press conference to introduce the province's implementation of the institutional opening strategy.
"The scale of the open economy continues to expand, the effectiveness of open platform carriers continues to increase, the role of the pilot free trade zone for reform and innovation has become more prominent, and the driving force and influence of opening up are increasing." At the press conference, Ma Jian, director of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce, said Summarize the achievements of Henan's opening to the outside world in recent years.
He said that from January to November this year, Henan Province’s imports and exports amounted to 718.53 billion yuan, an increase of 24.7%. It is expected to exceed the 800 billion yuan mark for the whole year and achieve a historic leap; the province’s actual absorption of foreign capital was US$19.21 billion, an increase of 4.2%. The actual funds from other provinces were 980.01 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%.
Ma Jian also pointed out that Henan still has an open economic structure and poor quality, insufficient number and energy level effects of open platforms, low industrial investment service levels, project scale and quality to be improved, low level of international exchanges and cooperation, and business development. The environment needs to be further improved and other issues.
He said that Henan will continue to play the role of the pilot free trade zone for institutional opening up, continue to expand open cooperation space, continue to promote high-quality and innovative development of investment promotion, continue to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade and economics, and continue to create first-class marketization. The rule of law, an international business environment and other aspects, promote opening up.
According to reports, in the first half of 2022, Henan will hold a provincial opening-up conference at an appropriate time.
The use of foreign capital is an important part of China's opening up and building a new open economic system.
Sun Jinglin, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce, said at the press conference that there are 2,362 foreign-funded enterprises in the province, which have directly employed 446,000 people.
The number of foreign-funded enterprises in Henan is less than one-thousandth of the actual enterprises in the province, contributing nearly 1/2 of the province’s imports and exports and 1/10 of the tax revenue.
He revealed that Henan is actively strengthening the construction of investment promotion project platforms to guide more foreign investment in advanced manufacturing, high-tech, energy conservation and environmental protection and other fields.
Taking specific countries and regions as the targets of cooperation, cultivate and create a number of international cooperation industrial parks with prominent main functions, strong innovation capabilities, and relatively concentrated sources of foreign capital.
In addition, making good use of the opportunity of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), Henan will continue to successfully host the China Henan International Investment and Trade Fair and the Global Cross-border E-Commerce Conference, and deepen the cooperation with a higher level, wider field and larger scope. Economic and trade cooperation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries, as well as Japan and South Korea.
In order to create a market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international business environment, Henan officials have compiled the "Guidelines for Foreign Investment in Henan" and established a sound foreign investment service system to strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investment.
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