reply What happened to the fifth batch of FREE trade zones this year?

Speaking of stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan recently said that pilot free trade zones will be further promoted and differentiated exploration will be actively carried out so as to produce more institutional innovations that can be copied and promoted.In August 2019, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hebei, Yunnan and Heilongjiang became the fifth batch of pilot free trade zones, expanding the number of pilot free trade zones to 18. Different from the previous batch of PILOT FREE trade zones, the fifth batch has been undertaking the task of "differentiation exploration" since its establishment. By August this year, the fifth batch of pilot free trade zones will have been in operation for one year. On the whole, the six pilot free trade zones have, on the one hand, actively learned from the experience of previous pilot zones, and on the other hand, actively explored in combination with their location characteristics, and produced another batch of results of opening-up, injecting new impetus into local economic and social development and Even China's wider opening-up.Nesting attract phoenix, open out of accelerationPilot free Trade Zones (PILOT free trade Zones) are a form of opening up in which sovereign states or regions carve out specific areas in the form of "internal and external customs" to facilitate cross-border trade and investment. Over the past year since the establishment of the fifth batch of FREE trade zones, many achievements have been made.From Caoqiao station of Beijing Metro Line 10, it takes only 20 minutes to reach Beijing Daxing International Airport. Relying on this phoenix-like new airport, The Daxing Airport area of China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone has ushered in the reform opportunity and become a new experimental field for the opening up of North China.Beijing Leyi International Electronic Commerce Co., LTD. Is a standard foreign invested enterprise. On July 8, the company successfully handled the foreign exchange sale and payment business of goods trade in the Beijing branch of Agricultural Bank of China, which was the first cross-border financial business of the Free trade zone in Beijing. Through cross-border facilitation services, a process that would have taken a week was completed in just one day."Daxing FREE Trade Zone has the unique advantages of free trade zone, comprehensive free trade zone and Beijing's policy of expanding the opening up of service industry. It will have greater space for policy innovation in industrial development and talent attraction, and become a policy integrated innovation plateau for reform and development. We have clarified the industrial planning and control detailed planning of the FREE trade zone to provide support and basis for regional investment." Shen Jianmin, director of the Daxing Airport Area (Beijing Daxing) office of hebei Free Trade Zone, said.The opening brought by the FREE trade Zone can be seen and felt.Not long ago, "Dialogue with Shandong -- Japan · Shandong Industrial Cooperation and Exchange Meeting" was held in Jinan Free Trade Zone of Shandong province. Jinan Central Hospital and Toray Corporation of Japan signed a framework agreement on introducing advanced dialysis technology and dialysis system and jointly building a high-level international dialysis center.It is understood that the Sino-Japanese International Medical Science and Technology Park where the project is located is an important link in the establishment of the vertical ecological system of the biomedical industry in Shandong Free Trade Zone. Through the introduction of high-quality foreign medical resources and the grafting of high-level specialized diagnosis and treatment technology, the international development of the medical industry is promoted. In this process, the jinan central hospital will be the joint medical enterprises, research institutes and other units of colleges and universities professional talents, innovating the mode of international cooperation, promote itself from "treatment of medical institutions" to "development model of medical institution", not only enhance the level of medical services for local residents, but also bring new opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry development."For China and Japan, science and technology exchanges are indispensable, and it is important for both countries to learn from each other and build mutually beneficial relations in the future." "Said Kenshu Okinura, chief researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Development Agency.In Yantai district of Shandong Free Trade Zone, the relevant departments have not only formulated the Implementation Rules for Transnational Examination and Approval Services, so that foreign investors can quickly apply for the business licenses and operating licenses of Yantai Free Trade Zone without going abroad, but also provide all-round considerate services for the resumption of work and production of foreign-funded enterprises. For example, due to the impact of the epidemic, in February this year, many foreign enterprises in the region, such as Star Electronics and Lg Display, were once faced with logistics and recruitment difficulties. To this end, local enterprises contacted the commissioner to "knock on the door", stationed in the plant with careful guidance, developed scientific and reasonable prevention and control programs, coordinated shuttle buses to solve the problem of employees working across the region, and helped the enterprise to quickly and orderly resume work."The state has entrusted Yantai with the experimental task of 'deepening China-Japan-ROK regional cooperation and building a pilot zone for China-ROK trade and investment cooperation', in the hope that Yantai can give full play to this feature and serve the national strategy." Mou Shuqing, director of the Management committee of Yantai District, Shandong Free Trade Zone, said.First try, release enterprise vitalityFrom free trade area in heilongjiang province pilot "according to give priority to, promise card", make information more run, make enterprise less running errands, to the free trade zone in jiangsu province over the past year has implemented over 60 province first move across the country, to sum up the experiences of system innovation formed 115 cases, implement efficient approval service to yunnan free trade zone, set up close "24 hours" self-service area... Over the past year, the fifth batch of FREE trade zones has made full use of their capabilities and taken the lead in trials, constantly releasing the vitality of enterprises in the zone.On the morning of August 5, Guangxi Pingxiang Customs held AEO advanced certification enterprise certification ceremony for Guangxi Continent International Logistics Co., LTD. The company has become the first customs clearance enterprise to pass AEO advanced certification in Guangxi, and the only customs clearance AEO advanced certification enterprise in Guangxi Pilot Free Trade Zone. It is understood that "AEO" is the English abbreviation of "certified operator", which aims to provide enterprises with corresponding customs clearance convenience through the certification of compliance degree, credit status and safety level, so as to ensure that under the premise of trade security, customs clearance time can be reduced and trade efficiency can be improved. Up to now, China Customs has realized AEO mutual recognition with 42 countries and regions of 15 economies, including Singapore, the Republic of Korea, the European Union and Japan.For Guangxi Continent International Logistics Co., LTD., which is engaged in international freight forwarding, railway international combined transportation and other businesses, obtaining AEO advanced certification will undoubtedly bring great benefits to its further expansion in THE ASEAN market. "The golden sign of CUSTOMS AEO Advanced certification provides great convenience for our company in import and export links, reduces the cost of customs clearance, and also improves the international competitiveness and customer trust. Zhao Runba, the general manager of the company, said happily.According to Zhang Yaofeng, vice director of Pingxiang Customs, Pingxiang Customs will continue to guide and help more high-quality enterprises to pass AEO certification, further reduce customs clearance costs of enterprises and help them seize the opportunities of opening up and development.In Suzhou area of Jiangsu Free Trade Zone, Aliexpress signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation agreement with Suzhou Bureau of Commerce to develop cross-border e-commerce and explore and realize the transformation and upgrading of suzhou's advantageous industries and traditional foreign trade enterprises.Suzhou Vickers is a high-end brand of power tools, operating overseas markets for many years, with a mature offline export system. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the traditional offline channels are blocked, and enterprises begin to realize the urgency of developing cross-border online retail market. Meanwhile, they also believe that e-commerce and online transformation are the future trend. In the first half of this year, Vexcor entered aliexpress and opened new overseas markets in Russia, Brazil and Spain through Aliexpress. In his first three months on aliexpress, Mr Vickers was making $60,000 a month on aliexpress. Recently, Vickers started stocking up on overseas warehouses again."Currently, 50 percent of aliexpress's products cannot be rolled out through offline channels. With the help of free trade zone and Aliexpress, we can get the latest first-hand customer information, which is convenient for planning the products that users really need. Meanwhile, we can have more autonomy in product selection and pricing, and we are not limited to offline merchants. In this efficient business environment, we believe that as long as the product can meet the needs of users, there will be no shortage of market. Vickers e-commerce director Ji Jinlu told our reporter said.Differentiated reforms will drive regional developmentThe starting point of opening up is development, and its foothold is still developing. Today, fta construction is becoming a powerful booster for regional economic development.According to Fang Wei, mayor of Lianyungang city, Jiangsu Province, Lianyungang Free Trade Zone in Jiangsu province has optimized and integrated the functional layout of the port, and accelerated the construction of projects such as automobile loading dock, vehicle import infrastructure and cruise supporting facilities. Currently, there are 71 routes from far and near to foreign countries and 11 haihe river combined transport routes, realizing full coverage of the Jianghuai River Basin. At the same time, Lianyungang has also built a comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce to foster new modes and forms of international trade. We will build a One Belt And One Road pilot zone for the open exchange and sharing of Internet data, and smooth the soft channel for economic development of the platform. All these measures have injected new impetus into local development.Kou Jie, deputy director of the Yunnan Department of Commerce, said that the support policies for the yunnan FREE Trade Zone are designed for enterprises and there are many concrete measures. For example, special support can be given to leading and base investment projects with a total investment of more than 1 billion yuan. For another example, newly established trading enterprises that have made outstanding contributions to the local economy within five years from the first income from their main business will be rewarded in a certain proportion. For example, we support private capital and independent third-party service institutions to invest in and set up finance leasing companies in the pilot free Trade Zone...According to Peng Zhiwei, dean of the Department of International Economics and Trade at Nankai University, the smooth operation of the fifth batch of FREE trade zones indicates that China has formed a distribution pattern with the full coverage of the eastern coast (except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), the participation of provinces in the central and western regions, and the distribution stretching from Heilongjiang province in the north to Hainan Province in the south. In addition, we have provided comprehensive support for the One Belt And One Road initiative, the beijing-tianjin-hebei coordinated development initiative, and the Yangtze river economic belt, laying a solid foundation for China to follow the new trend of economic globalization and actively participate in global economic governance."From an objective point of view, the first four FTZS have provided a lot of useful experience for the development of the fifth batch in terms of basic and systematic institutional innovation. There are significant differences among the members of the fifth batch in terms of development level, industrial structure and geographical location. This also means that the construction of these FREE trade zones will focus more on giving full play to local characteristics and advantages, while differentiated reform will be the key content of the construction of the fifth batch of free trade zones." Peng said that the fifth batch of free trade zones combined local characteristics to promote institutional reform, improve the business environment, promote different provinces and regions to complement each other's resources and industrial advantages, and promote the coordinated development of domestic regional economies.Peng said that such expansion and upgrading will help promote the unification of domestic commodity and factor markets among different regions, help multinational companies to find the most suitable resource allocation location in China for their global development strategy, and enhance China's ability to attract and gather high-quality factors of production around the world. "In the future, relevant authorities should give the FTZ more autonomy in reform on the premise of handling the relationship between reform and stability. "Local governments should carry out differentiated pilot reforms in light of their own characteristics and better leverage the role of free trade zones as a new highland for reform and opening up."