In just two years, the Changsha area of China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Changsha area of the Free Trade Zone) has become more and more popular. On November 29, "In depth study and implementation of the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)" Free Trade Changsha Area High level opening and high-quality development achievements exhibition and major project signing activity was held.
Since being approved in 2020, the Changsha area of the Free Trade Zone has accelerated its upgrading. Since its approval, Changsha has achieved a total import and export value of 220.9 billion yuan; The actually utilized foreign capital was 711 million US dollars; 14000 new enterprises; 174 new projects were introduced, with a total investment of 253.5 billion yuan. From January to October 2022, the total import and export volume was 110.68 billion yuan, up 44.9% year on year. The import and export volume to Africa was 7.28 billion yuan, up 273.3% year on year; The export volume of market procurement trade was 7.86 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 65.5%; The actually used foreign capital was 187 million US dollars, up 22.6% year on year; 6616 new enterprises were established, with a year-on-year growth of 73.1%.
Focusing on system innovation, 10 system innovations in Changsha area were selected into the Development Report of China Pilot Free Trade Zone (2022) by the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce. "Intelligent transformation of manufacturing industry" is expected to be included in the seventh batch of national replication and promotion experience. In terms of the export of second-hand equipment of construction machinery, the whole process trial order has been exported to 14 countries, with a total amount of 134 million yuan.
We will pay close attention to industrial development. In terms of investment promotion, from January to October, 89 new projects were introduced with a total investment of 72.885 billion yuan, including 15 "top 500" projects and 4 projects with an investment of more than 5 billion yuan. On November 3, we introduced the high-end modern service industry center project on the "Shanghai Negotiation Week", and visited Weishi Group of Singapore, Fosun Sinopharm, etc. In terms of project construction, there are 88 major projects under construction, including Sany Zhilian heavy truck and engineering machinery expansion, SAIC Volkswagen new energy vehicles, Changsha BYD IGBT, with a total investment of 132 billion yuan, and 44.84 billion yuan has been invested since this year.
We will vigorously pursue open development. The construction of an open platform was promoted. On November 8, the first national research and evaluation base for non-technical trade measures and the first national research and evaluation base for technical trade measures for plant extract products landed in Changsha. On November 11, the "CCPIT (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone Service Center" and "CCPIT Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone (Changsha) Economic and Trade Friction Warning Point" were established in the Changsha Comprehensive Service Center. The construction of an international business exchange zone was promoted. On November 17, a delegation led by the director of Tokushima Shanghai Office came to the zone for investigation. Promote the coordinated development, speed up the work of "four links" (municipal, district, provincial and inter provincial), and Xiangjiang New Area and Jinxia Economic Development Zone are applying for the construction of the collaborative zone of the pilot free trade zone; 42 projects have been introduced for the "same flight project"; It is exploring cooperation with Yueyang, Chenzhou and other districts, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Huaihua and Hainan Free Trade Port in terms of policies, platforms, channels and projects.
