China News Agency, Fuzhou, November 9th (Reporter Long Min) At the 5th China International Import Expo (referred to as the "CIIE") being held in Shanghai, Fujian Province and its various cities organized a delegation to attend the meeting. Round of opening-up policy interpretation and project promotion conferences, key projects "cloud signing", participation in procurement and other activities to promote export procurement transactions, vigorously attract investment.

The data picture shows a cargo ship loading containers at Jiangyin Port in Fuzhou, Fujian.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Bin

　　Seizing the "import opportunities" has become a microcosm of Fujian's promotion of high-level opening to the outside world.

Chen Ansheng, a first-level inspector of the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that with the help of the platform of the China International Import Expo, Fujian will promote cooperation in key projects and expand the import of high-quality goods and services.

　　As one of the earliest provinces in China to implement the policy of opening to the outside world, Fujian has become a gathering place for foreign investment with advantages such as good location, good policy environment, good economic foundation and good business environment.

Opening up and prosperity in Fujian, how can this big open province be "better than better"?

　　At present, Fujian is accelerating the construction of a strategic channel connecting the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the central and western regions, and the construction of the core area of ​​the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" and the BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Innovation Base is deepening. In fact, the location advantage is more unique.

Huang Maoxing, vice president of the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Fujian will usher in new opportunities with the long-term positive development of China's economy, and will surely usher in greater development space in the deep integration into the new development pattern.

　　In Longyan City, Fujian Province, Wuping County is located at the junction of western Fujian, eastern Guangdong and southern Jiangxi, and is gradually integrated into the "half-day economic circle" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

In October of this year, Longyan launched the first direct train to Guangzhou, bringing the two places closer together.

Li Kaidong, director of the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Wuping County, said that the unique location advantage has accelerated Wuping to undertake industrial transfer or industrial spillovers from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. More than 90% of the new display companies settled in Wuping are from the Greater Bay Area.

　　At present, the Free Trade Pilot Zone, the "Sea Silk" Core Zone, the National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, the National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, and the Fuzhou New District are superimposed, making Fujian the place with the most and most concentrated preferential policies. As one of the provinces, it has also laid a solid foundation for Fujian to promote the sharing of institutional opening opportunities by all parties.

　　Six days ago, Jinjiang City, Quanzhou was approved as a national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zone.

Hu Hui, president of the Jinjiang Cross-border E-commerce Association, said that Jinjiang's real economy is active, with 2 industrial clusters with an output value exceeding 100 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) and 5 industrial clusters with an output value exceeding 10 billion yuan; with this "golden word" Signboard”, I believe that the majority of enterprises will make good use of favorable policies to strengthen innovation and promote imports.

　　At this year's CIIE, Fujian explained the new round of opening-up policies to domestic and foreign businessmen, and released a series of favorable policies to deepen opening up in wider areas, deeper levels, and higher levels, including increasing land for foreign investment projects in manufacturing, etc. Factor guarantee and service guarantee, the highest reward of 15 million yuan for the world's top 500 and Taiwan's top 100 enterprise projects (excluding real estate and financial industries) has actually reached a certain scale.

　　In an interview, several heads of multinational companies pointed out that Fujian's favorable policies for production factors such as capital and land have provided "stable happiness" for enterprises to invest and develop in Fujian.

　　In the national business environment evaluation organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, Xiamen and Fuzhou were rated as benchmark cities for business environment, and Fujian's business environment improved from 12th in the country ten years ago to 4th.

Moreover, the "single window" of China (Fujian) international trade has been continuously upgraded, and the declaration time of import and export goods only takes 5 minutes to 10 minutes; Xiamen, Fuzhou and other 6 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones have realized the convenience of customs clearance and tax declaration.

　　Not only is the business environment better, but Fujian's economic foundation is also stronger.

In the past ten years, Fujian's GDP has reached 3 trillion yuan in a row, reaching 4.88 trillion yuan in 2021, rising from the 11th place in the country to the 8th place.

In the first three quarters of this year, Fujian's GDP was 3,779.371 billion yuan, ranking seventh in the country; the growth rate was 5.2%, ranking second in the country, leading the coastal provinces and cities, and ranking first among the top 15 economic aggregates.

　　The output value of 21 industrial clusters exceeds 100 billion yuan, the world's largest new energy battery industry base and R&D innovation center are rising, and the digital economy, marine economy, green economy, and cultural tourism economy are growing... Stable, but also to lay a solid foundation and expand space for Fujian's open development.

　　Zhong Muda, deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Commerce, said that Fujian should strive to create a "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot zone and a national service trade innovation and development demonstration zone, accelerate the implementation of the pilot free trade zone upgrading strategy, and create a high-level opening to the outside world.

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