China News Service, April 8. According to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, the creation of the "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot zone (hereinafter referred to as the "pioneer zone") is a major decision-making arrangement made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. In October last year, after the State Council approved the establishment of a pilot zone in Shanghai, the Ministry of Commerce worked with Shanghai to strengthen organization and implementation. Overall, the construction of the pilot zone got off to a good start, and the pilot tasks were successfully implemented. Some work has achieved initial results and is moving forward to the long-term. The replication and promotion in the triangle area has laid a good foundation for achieving the goals set in the plan.
1. Connecting with high-standard international economic and trade rules
Five institutional-based opening-up explorations took the lead in implementing and bearing fruit. Expand international data services. The International Board of Shanghai Data Exchange has listed a number of high-quality and exploratory data products, including global patent information, business information, import and export data and other cross-border data products. Open up the "one-time declaration, bilateral customs clearance" service model. Under the framework of the Asia-Pacific Electronic Demonstration Port Network (APMEN) mechanism, Yitong International and Singapore have launched a pilot cross-border mutual assistance customs clearance project, built a trade logistics compliance data channel, and generated declaration data that meets the customs clearance requirements of China and Singapore. Accelerate the construction of a batch of paperless trade infrastructure, support the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) initiated and established by COSCO Shipping, and realize paperless delivery of blockchain electronic bills of lading. Yitong International Company became the service operator of the Pan-European Online Public Procurement Platform (Peppol), completed the construction of the main function of the cross-border electronic invoice interoperability platform, and successfully completed the first invoice verification test between Shanghai and Singapore enterprises. Establish a data sharing channel. The Shanghai Cross-Border Public Service Platform cooperates with the World Electronic Trade Platform (eWTP) to build a data sharing mechanism for the Shanghai-Thailand Eastern Economic Corridor Free Trade Zone to explore the interconnection of cross-border e-commerce transactions and logistics information exported to Thailand. Promote cross-border RMB settlement, promote the pilot of digital RMB bilateral model, and implement cross-border settlement in five scenarios including oil and gas trade, free trade account, bulk commodities, service trade and travel consumption. Among them, oil and gas trade and free trade account settlement are the first in the country. Pilot.
2. Main body cultivation takes precedence
The pilot zone has been built in stages as an important carrier of "two regions, two alliances and one pavilion" to attract and serve domestic and foreign business entities. The “two areas” are to build a central functional area and a radiating leading area in Pudong and Hongqiao respectively. Pudong New Area released a construction plan, proactively aligned with international high-standard economic and trade rules, piloted opening up measures in the e-commerce field, planned to build 3-5 "Silk Road E-commerce" characteristic parks, and introduced more than 200 high-quality "Silk Road E-commerce" enterprise. Hongqiao International Central Business District amplifies the radiation effect of the CIIE, builds a "Silk Road e-commerce" service system, strengthens the "platform + park" model, develops the "Silk Road e-commerce" live broadcast economy, and builds "Silk Road e-commerce" partners A new highland for China’s trade. The “two alliances” are the “Silk Road E-commerce” overseas warehouse service alliance and the “Silk Road Cloud Products” alliance. The Overseas Warehouse Alliance includes 14 first batch members including Sinotrans, and has launched the "Silk Road E-commerce" overseas warehouse electronic map to sort out the overseas warehouse layout of member units and provide query functions. The first batch of members of the "Silk Road Cloud Products" alliance includes 20 trade promotion agencies and enterprises such as the Singapore Enterprise Center, and will hold activities such as "Silk Road Cloud Products" themed promotions, special product promotion meetings, and matchmaking meetings. "One Pavilion" is the national pavilion of the "Silk Road E-commerce" partner countries. 25 "Silk Road E-commerce" national pavilions have been established, covering 21 partner countries. The integration of exhibition and sales promotes high-quality products from partner countries to enter the Chinese market.
3. Institutional cooperation takes precedence
The “Silk Road E-commerce” cooperative training center was established. Integrate resources from universities, industry associations, platform companies, etc., focus on developing e-commerce training courses, forming a team of training teachers, undertaking international cooperation projects in training and training, and cultivating cross-border e-commerce and digital business talents for "Silk Road E-commerce" partner countries . Carry out the “Silk Road Premium Products” consumption promotion activity. In conjunction with the fourth "November Live Streaming Month" CIIE E-commerce Consumption Day and the Silk Road Cloud Products E-commerce Festival and the "2024 Shanghai Online New Year Shopping Festival", the theme days for New Zealand, Chile, Pakistan and other countries were held to establish the "Silk Road Cloud Products" "The alliance will introduce more partner country specialty products, catering and delicacies, tourism lines, and local culture into the country. Improve the level of the "Silk Road E-commerce" display and trading platform. Hongqiao Pinhui proposes to organize and carry out no less than 12 "Silk Road E-commerce" national cultural exchanges, business docking, product exhibitions and other activities every year, build 3-5 online national pavilions, and train 100 "foreign anchors." Greenland Global Commodity Trading Port proposes to set up entrepreneurial guidance funds, launch a "Silk Road E-commerce" goods market, launch hundreds of live broadcasts, and hold more than 50 procurement docking, export investment, cultural exchange and other economic, trade and cultural promotion activities throughout the year.
4. Promote regional cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta
According to the regional cooperation arrangement for the construction of the pilot zone, on March 1, the electronic port operating units of three provinces and one city, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui Electronic Port Network Operation Centers, jointly signed a digital technology application cooperation agreement, which will rely on the Asia-Pacific Demonstration Electronic Port Network (APMEN ) international cooperation mechanism, giving full play to the platform advantages of Hongqiao International Central Business District, using cloud computing, blockchain, big data and other technologies to promote cross-border mutual assistance in customs clearance, cross-border electronic invoice interoperability and cross-border commodity traceability pilot projects in the Yangtze River Delta region Some of the results achieved by the pilot zone have enabled high-quality integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta through digitalization.
In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will join forces with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government to continue to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, build a combination of system opening, subject cultivation, and deepening cooperation to create a new highland for international cooperation in the digital economy. Strive to form a number of institutional opening-up results with a demonstration and leading role by the end of the year, gather a number of internationally competitive e-commerce business entities, create a number of regional carriers with unique characteristics, and build a number of public services that promote the common development of partner countries platform to promote high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road”.