In the past ten years, 21 pilot free trade zones and Hainan Free Trade Port have been established across the country——

  China's opening up of new highlands "blooms more" (Rui Finance and Economics)

  Our reporter Wang Junling "People's Daily Overseas Edition" (Page 03, April 20, 2022)

  "Building Hainan Free Trade Port into a beautiful business card showing Chinese style" "Promoting the construction of a free trade port is a complex and systematic project, and we must be well prepared for long-term struggles" "We must focus on eliminating the shortcomings of various systems and mechanisms, Form a pattern of opening up to the outside world in a wider range, wider field, and deeper level"... General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his inspection in Hainan not only pointed out the direction for accelerating the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and Free Trade Pilot Zone in the new era, but also It once demonstrated the firm determination of "China's opening door will not be closed, but will only open wider".

  Since the official establishment of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone on September 29, 2013, 21 Pilot Free Trade Zones and Hainan Free Trade Port have been established across the country, forming a pilot pattern covering east, west, north, south, and China.

Opening up new highlands to "bloom in more places" will inject positive energy into the high-quality development of China's economy and the recovery of the world economy.

  Find the right position, work for a long time

  Hainan is the largest special economic zone in China and has the unique advantage of implementing comprehensively deepening reforms and experimenting with the highest level of opening-up policy.

  On April 13, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Hainan Province and the establishment of a special economic zone, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to support the establishment of a free trade pilot zone in the whole island of Hainan, and support Hainan to gradually explore and steadily promote the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. , establish a free trade port policy and institutional system step by step and in stages.

  Four years later, Hainan handed over a gratifying answer sheet.

  Looking at the total economic output, from 2018 to 2021, Hainan's regional GDP will increase by 6.5% annually, local general public budget revenue will increase by 8.1%, and total retail sales of consumer goods will increase by 9.6%.

In 2021, the growth rate of major economic indicators will historically be at the forefront of the country.

Among them, the total import and export value of Hainan's trade in goods in 2021 will be 147.68 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 36.3 percentage points faster than the national.

  Looking at the quality of development, the added value of the "3+1" modern industries led by tourism, modern service industries, high-tech industries and tropical high-efficiency agriculture will account for 70% of the added value. Cultivation and development, high-tech enterprises have maintained a growth rate of more than 40% for four consecutive years.

At the same time, Hainan's unit GDP energy consumption and land use have dropped by an average of 4.4% and 10% respectively in the past five years.

  Looking at the results of the exploration, the "first-line" liberalization, the "second-line" control pilots have been carried out in an orderly manner, the processing value-added tax exemption, the "China Yangpu Port" port of registry and other policies have released dividends, "two 15%" income tax, three The "zero tariff" list and the policy of exempting tariffs for processing value-added 30% (inclusive) or more have been implemented in an orderly manner... In the past four years, the Hainan Free Trade Port has implemented more than 150 policies, and the "four beams and eight pillars" policy framework has basically been established.

  "The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council successively issued the "Guiding Opinions on Supporting Hainan's Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening-up" and the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port", and the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress formulated and promulgated the "Hainan Free Trade Port Law of the People's Republic of China", which is a new era for Hainan Reform, opening up and development provide fundamental principles and historical opportunities," said Li Yufei, a spokesman for the Hainan Provincial Party Committee's Deep Reform Office.

  Explore boldly

  The construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port is progressing steadily, and the other 21 free trade pilot zones have also innovated their ideas, gathered strength, highlighted their characteristics, increased their advantages, and made bold experiments, bold attempts, and independent reforms, and they are exploring within their respective scopes.

  ——Some directly attack the pain points and difficulties of enterprises.

Li Na, deputy general manager of Zhejiang Haigang International Trade Co., Ltd., said that in the past, if the company received an order from the Ningbo port area, it needed to run both sides of Ningbo Customs and Zhoushan Customs. .

After the implementation of the policy of cross-customs direct supply of marine bonded fuel oil in Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone, relevant departments will implement paperless office, and enterprises can apply online on the same day, and all approval processes can be completed within a few hours.

"Now, our bonded oil business is getting bigger and bigger!" Li Na said.

  ——Some outstanding characteristic professional services.

Not long ago, the Standing Committee of the 15th Beijing Municipal People's Congress passed the "Regulations on the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone", which will come into force on May 1, 2022.

The new regulations encourage the development of advantageous industries such as medical and health care, professional services, educational services, cultural tourism, and aviation services in the Beijing Pilot Free Trade Zone. At the same time, it proposes to optimize the customs clearance and approval process for urgently needed drugs and medical devices.

"With the establishment of the country's first wholly foreign-owned currency brokerage company, the first wholly foreign-owned insurance asset management company, and the Asia-Pacific headquarters of the world's top innovative drug R&D company, the Beijing Pilot Free Trade Zone has contributed 7‰ of the city's area. Nearly 30% of the increase in foreign-funded enterprises and 12% of the city's trade volume." said the relevant person in charge of the Beijing "Two Districts" Office.

  ——Some open up cross-border logistics channels.

Chengdu Shuangliu Airport has opened 131 international (regional) routes; Chengdu International Railway Port has connected 69 overseas cities and 25 domestic cities; Luzhou Port's "departure port + dry port" policy has been linked together... Over the past five years, Sichuan Free Trade The pilot area closely follows its own positioning, pays attention to the superposition of "airside, railway, and riverside" advantages, forming a strong integrated development trend of "transportation, trade and production", extending to Europe in the west, ASEAN in the south, Japan and South Korea in the east, and Mongolia and Russia in the north. Promote opening up to a higher level.

"Up to now, the import and export trade volume between Chengdu and Chongqing has exceeded 700 billion yuan through the China-Europe train." The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Qingbaijiang Railway Port Area of ​​the Sichuan Pilot Free Trade Zone revealed.

  "The area of ​​the FTZ is small, but it accounts for 18.5% of the country's foreign capital utilization and 17.3% of the country's imports and exports," said Wang Shouwen, vice minister of commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations.

  Open development, higher quality

  Promoting opening up through reform and reform through opening up. In the final analysis, we must grasp the new development stage, implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and form a higher-level dynamic balance in which demand drives supply and supply creates demand, and ultimately promotes high-quality economic development. .

  Open development is a larger "circle of friends".

Since its establishment, Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone has made bold explorations in economic cooperation and people-to-people and cultural exchanges along the “Belt and Road”.

According to Leng Yanxun, deputy director of the Office of the Management Committee of Xixian New District, Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone, Xixian New District has continued to deepen the linkage of many national-level pilot demonstrations such as free trade, service trade, and airport economic demonstration zones, and has cultivated 194 reforms. Innovation results.

Among them, a number of reform and innovation achievements in the fields of "One Belt and One Road" language service and big data, digital exchange and cooperation of cultural relics along the "One Belt and One Road", a new model of cooperation in characteristic cultural industries, and "Internet + cultural relics education" have been replicated and promoted nationwide.

  Open development is a higher "gold content".

"In the original research and development of new drugs, we could only choose the registered reagents and drugs, and the project design, research and development direction, and material selection were all limited. The company's research and development department has always hoped to directly import this erythromycin derivative as an inhibitor for new drug research and development. The relevant person in charge of the Supply Chain Management Department of WuXi AppTec said that the pilot of the Shanghai Customs biopharmaceutical "white list" system has solved the urgent needs of enterprises and brought more convenience to pharmaceutical R&D and innovation.

  Open development is a more beautiful nature.

"Hainan has drawn a red line in the central mountainous area, 'circling' about 1/7 of the land area into the national park reserve." Liu Qiang, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Forestry Bureau, said that the farmers in the mountains moved out and the small hydropower station retreated. The electronic fence is erected, although it "sacrifices" short-term GDP, it guards a huge "ecological ark".

In the past five years, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 in cities (towns) in Hainan has remained below 20 micrograms per cubic meter, and has remained at 13 micrograms per cubic meter for the past two consecutive years, which is the best level on record.

At the same time, the high-quality ratio of surface water remains above 90%, and will increase to 92.2% in 2021, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from 2016.

  Cui Fan, a professor at the School of International Business and Economics at the University of International Business and Economics, said that after a lapse of four years, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again visited Hainan and delivered an important speech, which pointed out the direction for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port and various pilot free trade zones.

"This year is a critical year for the preparations for the island-wide customs closure operation of the Hainan Free Trade Port. Hainan's first trial at a higher starting point will help drive more open new highlands to thrive and eventually become the leader of China's reform and opening up in the new era. sheep."