On March 31, the Information Office of the Provincial Government held a press conference, and the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Free Trade Office introduced the six-year construction of the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone. Over the past 6 years, the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone has centered on institutional innovation, and based on the basic requirements of replicability and promotion, has formed 725 innovative cases in multiple fields such as investment reform, trade supervision, cultural exchanges, industrial development, financial innovation, and channel construction. , of which 33 institutional innovations were replicated and promoted nationwide, and 83 were replicated and promoted throughout the province, making important contributions to the high-quality development of the province.
Adhere to institutional innovation and continuously release reform dividends. The Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone has accelerated the exploration of characteristic and differentiated reforms around the construction of the China-Europe Railway Express Xi'an Assembly Center and the Airport Economic Demonstration Zone, and implemented a number of innovative measures such as the merger of manifests and the opening of aviation rights; deepening cross-regional and cross-departmental Integrated innovation, "Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone Constructs the "Belt and Road" Transnational Agriculture Whole Chain Development System and Focuses on Guaranteeing Food Security" and other reform achievements have been replicated and promoted across the country; promote breakthroughs and innovations in new formats and models, and explore and summarize new developments in service-oriented manufacturing. Innovative experiences such as the model and "two ends outside" bonded maintenance have been replicated and promoted across the country.
The business environment has been optimized, and the vitality of the market has accelerated. Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on the entry, construction, operation, and exit of business entities to carry out reforms and innovations throughout the life cycle, deepen the reform of "separation of certificates and licenses", and continuously improve government service efficiency; accelerate the construction of "Belt and Road" international commercial legal service demonstration To build China (Shaanxi) Intellectual Property Protection Center, further promote the construction of free trade under the rule of law; continuously optimize the environment for talent development, continue to optimize the work permit and process for foreigners to come to China; improve the effectiveness of financial services for the real economy, and gather various financial institutions in the zone 326. By the end of 2022, there will be 152,000 newly established business entities in the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone, including 96,700 newly established enterprises and 934 foreign-funded enterprises.
Improving the level of investment and trade liberalization and facilitation has become an important support for stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment. By the end of 2022, the total import and export of goods in the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone has reached 1.65 trillion yuan, accounting for 71.6% of the province's total import and export of goods during the same period on average. In 2022, the actual utilization of foreign capital in the Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone will be US$564 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.8%. The regular operation of the China-Europe Railway Express Chang'an has expanded to 17 international trunk lines. In 2022, the number of Chang'an trains will reach 4,639, and the three core indicators of operating volume, freight volume, and heavy container rate rank first in the country.
Focus on the construction of "three free trades" and continuously improve the level of characteristic development. The Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone strengthens the "Silk Road Free Trade", optimizes the "Science and Technology Innovation Free Trade", strengthens the "Agricultural Free Trade", continues to deepen international production capacity cooperation, and establishes the Silk Road University Alliance and the "Belt and Road" Vocational Education Alliance , joined the Yellow River Basin Pilot Free Trade Zone Alliance; established 8 offshore innovation centers, 4 overseas technology service stations, and 10 overseas R&D centers around the world, exported more than 3,000 items of technology, and achieved technology exports of 5.6 billion US dollars.