On the morning of April 13, General Secretary Xi Jinping listened to the work report of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government after visiting the exhibition on comprehensively deepening reform and opening up in Hainan and the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. The realm and the historical responsibility of "success must have me" have made Hainan Free Trade Port a beautiful business card showing Chinese style.

  Whether it is building a free trade pilot zone or accelerating the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, deployed and promoted this major reform and opening-up initiative, and always pays attention to the construction from the "master blueprint" to the "real picture" progress.

It is a nursery, not a bonsai

  A good seed can sow hope; a new seedling can grow into a big tree.

  Hainan, an experimental field for reform and opening up with unique advantages.

Four years ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly announced here that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to support the establishment of a pilot free trade zone in Hainan, to support Hainan in gradually exploring and steadily advancing the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics, and to establish a free trade port policy and system.

  In 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port, emphasizing: "We must put system integration and innovation in a prominent position, emancipate our minds, innovate boldly, and launch one when mature, and make steady progress for a long time."

  The general secretary has repeatedly compared the pilot free trade zone to an "experimental field", exhorting "to sow good seeds, cultivate them carefully, manage them carefully, expect a good harvest, and spread the experience of cultivating good seeds."

To plant a nursery instead of a bonsai, in March 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping asked when he participated in the deliberation of the Shanghai delegation.

  Eight months after the establishment of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shanghai for inspection and asked carefully about the innovative measures that had been introduced, paying special attention to whether these measures could be replicated and promoted.

  In the comprehensive service hall of Waigaoqiao, a reform attracted the attention of the general secretary: the establishment of enterprises was shortened from 29 working days to 4 working days.

The general secretary said, "It's more convenient and more efficient."

  Today, the achievements of this system have been promoted nationwide and have been continuously upgraded.

Now, 4 days is too "slow". Many places across the country have realized the establishment of "second approval", "one window access" and "one web access", and the market vitality is constantly bursting.

  Try boldly, boldly, and change yourself.

As of July 2021, the Pilot Free Trade Zone has launched 278 institutional innovations at the national level.

As the construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone continues to deepen, more institutional innovations that can be replicated and promoted will better serve the overall situation of national reform and opening up.

It is a new highland for reform and opening up, not a policy depression

  "We must adhere to the leadership of the party, adhere to the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, connect with international high-level economic and trade rules, promote the free and convenient flow of production factors, and build a free trade port with high quality and high standards." Hainan shoulders a new mission, and the general secretary put forward a clear request.

  Giving pilot free trade zones greater autonomy in reform and exploring the construction of free trade ports is not to turn these areas into "policy depressions" that are waiting to be sold, but to build "new highlands for reform and opening up in the new era."

  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has successively deployed and established 21 free trade pilot zones, forming a pilot pattern covering east, west, north, south, and middle.

In the Shenzhen Qianhai Shekou Area of ​​the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone, the general secretary urged Shenzhen to "play a greater role in jointly building the 'Belt and Road', promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and participating in high-level international cooperation"; In the East Lake High-tech Zone in the Wuhan area of ​​​​the pilot trade zone, the general secretary inspected the innovation and development of enterprises on the spot; for the Beijing Pilot Free Trade Zone, the general secretary requested that "the main features of scientific and technological innovation, the opening of the service industry, and the digital economy" "build a synergy between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei." A high-level open platform for development”…

  Marketization, rule of law, and international business environment are formed here, innovative, integrated, and differentiated reform explorations are unveiled here, and new industries, new formats, and new models are gathered here. The new highland of reform and opening up with better and stronger radiation effect is gradually becoming a model and leader of my country's high-quality development.

It is a vast ocean, not a small lake or a small river

  "If China's economy wants to develop, it must dare to swim in the vast ocean of the world market. If it never dares to go to the sea to experience the wind and rain and see the world, one day, it will drown in the sea. Therefore, China is bravely marching towards In the process, we have choked on water, encountered whirlpools, encountered wind and waves, but we learned to swim while swimming. This is the right strategic choice.” The general secretary’s vivid analogy is meaningful.

  "It is necessary to focus on the implementation of high-level opening to the outside world, make full use of both domestic and international markets and resources, and actively promote institutional innovation in line with high-standard international economic and trade rules, and plan and promote the high-quality development of free trade pilot zones with greater efforts." 2021 In July 2008, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the 20th meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Deepening Reform and emphasized.

  Play the first move well and play the active battle well.

"China will conduct a high-level opening-up stress test in the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port."

Only by actively pressurizing, strengthening the muscles and bones, and fighting against the wind and waves, can we calmly respond to risks and challenges, withstand the stormy waves, and ensure that China's economic giant can go a long way.

  At present, global protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, and economic globalization is encountering even greater headwinds and back waves.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly, "It is impossible and inconsistent with the historical trend to let the ocean of the world economy return to isolated small lakes and small rivers."

  During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, my country newly approved the establishment of 17 free trade pilot zones, and explored the construction of a free trade port in Hainan that represents "the highest level of openness in the world today". The bigger the opening, the clearer attitude of my country's all-round opening to the world is fully demonstrated.

  "China's determination to expand high-level opening-up will not change, its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and its determination to promote economic globalization towards a more open, inclusive, inclusive, balanced, and win-win direction will not change." General Secretary Xi Jinping's remarks are powerful.

  Coordinator: Cui Shixin

  Written by: Xu Qing

  Curated by: Du Shanze

  Image source: Xinhua News Agency (Photo: Xie Huanchi, Visual: Lai Xiangdong, Bi Xiaoyang)