reply Improving the Business Environment Hainan has made solid progress in building a free trade port

Recently, Batsuo Port in Dongfang city, Hainan province released a batch of imported production equipment through customs clearance -- the first batch of goods in Dongfang to enjoy the "zero tariff" policy of self-used production equipment in the free trade port. As the hainan Free Trade Port policy continues to expand its testing scope, solid steps have been taken in the island-wide lockdown operation that is being fully launched.The Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port proposes to build a special customs supervision area with international competitiveness and influence. The island-wide customs closure operation is a systematic project of milestone significance in the construction of Hainan FREE trade port, and a symbol of the comprehensive realization of the cargo import and export management system of "first-line liberalization, second-line control and freedom within the island".Hainan takes the island-wide customs closure operation as a key task, and has set up a special team to promote the island-wide customs closure preparation work headed by the provincial governor. A consultation mechanism has been established with the General Administration of Customs. Fifty-eight customs closure operation projects have been sorted out in the first batch, and the tasks have been divided into quarterly and monthly tasks to ensure full implementation.Hainan formulated the first batch of 15 regulations on free trade ports and continued to improve its business environment. In 2021, there will be 497,700 new market entities in the province. At present, 55.6 percent of government affairs are examined and approved without meeting in person; 30 interconnected matters involving multiple departments are notified once, with one set of materials, one set of applications, and one set of procedures; and 1,038 government affairs are handled across provincial boundaries. Hainan Finance Group Co., Ltd. and the Hainan Free Trade Port Construction Investment Fund have been officially established to leverage more social capital to support the construction of the free trade port.To date, Hainan has successfully issued China's first negative list for cross-border trade in services and the shortest negative list for foreign investment access in China. The pilot system of "first-line liberalization and second-line control" has been extended to the two comprehensive bonded zones in Haikou. Since the Hainan Free Trade Port Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated on June 10 last year, more than 150 policies have been implemented, including special measures to ease market access, measures to liberalize and facilitate trade, and guidelines on financial reform and opening up.In particular, Yangpu Economic Development Zone, as a "model" of Hainan FREE Trade Port, has turned the implementation of various policies of the free trade port into its own development advantages. Last year, 23,000 new market players were added, an increase of over 85% year on year, and 43 enterprises were promoted to obtain the "zero tariff" qualification. Since the free trade Port "International port of Registry" policy was issued, the number of international ships in Yangpu Port has reached 30; Last year, the gross output of the development zone increased by 34% year-on-year, and its revenue exceeded 500 billion yuan, leading the 11 key parks in the province.The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has commissioned an expert evaluation team to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the first 58 customs closure projects in Hainan. Among them, haikou Meilan Airport opened port inspection facilities and "second-line port", Meilan Airport International Express Mail supervision center, Haikou Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone supervision facilities, air mail express supervision center and other identified key projects have been started construction.In addition, This year hainan will focus on 8 "first-tier ports", 10 "second-tier ports" and 64 non-customs comprehensive law enforcement points to accelerate infrastructure construction in an all-round way.