In 2022, the import and export volume of Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone will exceed 10 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 10.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 162.5%, ranking 90th among the 145 comprehensive bonded zones with import and export performance in the country, jumping 17 places; imported grain For the first time, it broke through the one million ton mark, reaching 1.0465 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 35.79%, ranking first among the ports in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The mighty spring breeze is rising, and it is time to forge ahead. In 2023, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone will take "simultaneous advancement of the four modernizations, deep integration of urban and rural areas, and 'one body with two wings'" as the specific path, highlighting its advantages, making precise efforts, and striving to be the "vanguard" in economic construction. Make every effort to build the core area of the port-type national logistics hub city, the demonstration area of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River shipping and trade center, and build the open bridgehead of the southern wing of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing area.
Pay close attention to reform and innovation to create a dynamic new district
From scratch, from demonstration to practice, from "zero start" to "zero breakthrough". In recent years, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has continued to focus on deepening the reform of "decentralization, regulation and service", focusing on key areas such as "customs, maritime affairs, finance, taxation and government services", continuously deepening reform and innovation, and creating a first-class business environment. Luzhou Zhonghai Grain and Oil Industry Co., Ltd. is an imported grain processing enterprise. Its raw materials are imported soybeans, which are mainly transferred from the bonded warehouse at Zhenjiang Port to the bonded warehouse of Luzhou factory through river-sea combined transport. The company needs to feed 60,000 tons of materials per month, but the maximum storage capacity of the bonded warehouse that has been built is only 45,000 tons. Since the transportation time on the river takes 15 to 20 days, and in accordance with the "Operational Regulations for the Administration of Bonded Warehouses and Stored Goods by the Customs" According to regulatory requirements, the transshipment volume cannot exceed the remaining capacity of the enterprise's bonded warehouse, resulting in warehouse inventory that cannot meet production needs, thus forcing the enterprise to reduce daily output or stop production for materials. Aware of the difficulties faced by enterprises, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone and Luzhou Customs have taken the lead in the country to innovate and implement the bonded circular warehouse capacity supervision model for imported grain under the premise of controllable risks. In handling bonded transfer of imported grains, the logistics of the river transportation section during the transfer process of bonded warehouses in different places (Zhenjiang-Luzhou) is regarded as storage in revolving warehouses, realizing the linkage expansion of "recycling warehouses + physical warehouses in river transportation". "This innovative measure has reduced our capital investment in new physical warehouses by more than 50 million yuan and reduced operating costs by more than 10 million yuan per year, ensuring efficient and continuous supply of corporate orders and raw materials, and fully releasing the company's production efficiency." Luzhou Zhonghai Grain and Oil Industry Co., Ltd. deputy general manager Tu Yahong said.
This is just a microcosm of deepening reform and innovation and optimizing the business environment in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone. Up to now, 439 innovative achievements have been launched in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone, 7 of which have been promoted or praised nationwide, 27 of which have been promoted in the whole province, and 99 of which have been promoted in the whole city. The efficiency of export customs clearance is leading in the country. As a member of the decision-making advisory committee of the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone, Zhang Wei, vice president, researcher, and doctoral supervisor of the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, gave affirmation and suggestions for the reform and innovation achievements of the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone. She said that based on its own industry and location conditions, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has launched a series of fruitful reform and innovation achievements, exploring new ways and new experiences for inland areas to comprehensively deepen reform and expand opening up. The next step is to focus on the demands of industrial development, strengthen system integration reform, and promote institutional innovation to improve quality and efficiency. Pay close attention to platform construction and create a new open area In recent years, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has focused on the strategic positioning of Luzhou as a port-type national logistics hub city, continued to strengthen the hub, develop industries, and promote openness, and accelerated the release of the superimposed advantages of the six national open platforms. As the first staff of Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Lai Lei has witnessed the earth-shaking changes in Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone. "On December 20, 2019, the Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone was established with the approval of the State Council. When I first came to work in the park, there were still a lot of open space and not many companies settled in." Lai Lei said, "Now the comprehensive bonded zone is full of factories, advanced materials, Competitive industries such as grain, oil, food and international trade are booming. Among them, CITIC Construction's 1.5 million tons of imported grain deep processing project, Xinkangyi's 50,000 tons of pre-coating film and substrate production line project have been completed and put into trial production. " It took two years to hand over the "Double Breaking Hundred" report card, thanks to the full integration of open platform resources, open channel resources, industrial chain resources inside and outside the zone, and strategies at all levels in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone (Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone) Planning resources and realizing a strong alliance. At 4:30 p.m. on February 24, a China-Europe freight train carrying Luzhou Laojiao baijiu products slowly departed from the Luzhou Port wharf, bound for Russia. This is the first time that Luzhou China Railway Express transports wine products, which will help Lujiu to enter the international stage and further develop the international market. Since the opening of the Luzhou China-Europe Railway Express, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has given full play to the advantages of "water, road, rail and air" multimodal transportation, combined with the opening of the Luzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the Cross-border E-commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zone, and the designated supervision site for imported grain. The superimposed advantages of the platform connect the resources along the "Belt and Road" in series, promote the interconnection of open channels, open platforms, and open industries, and accelerate the formation of a new situation in which channels and platforms drive industrial agglomeration. This kind of open cooperation has made innovative progress in the past year. On May 11 last year, Sichuan Kunzhi Sports Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which opened for only two months, loaded and shipped the first batch of more than 230 "Made in Luzhou" bicycles in the Yutang Intelligent Terminal Industrial Park in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone. , exported to Kunzhi’s cross-border e-commerce standard warehouse in Russia in the mode of B2B export overseas warehouse (9810). The first batch of locally produced "Made in Luzhou" products officially went overseas through cross-border e-commerce, marking another breakthrough in the development of the cross-border e-commerce industry in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone.
Pay close attention to industrial agglomeration and create a new development area
Benefiting from the dividends released by the open environment, open platform and transportation location advantages, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has formed the development trend of three major industrial clusters, namely advanced materials, grain, oil and food, and international trade. On March 6, the reporter saw at the construction site of Hesheng Silicon's annual output of 40,000 tons of high-end lithium battery copper foil project that the building of the project has been capped, and the machine installation and commissioning has entered the final sprint period. The project has a total investment of 2 billion yuan, covers an area of about 110 mu, and has newly built 14 copper foil production lines with 4.5 to 9 micron technology and more than 120 main production equipment. When the project is fully put into production, in addition to providing battery anode materials for Ningde Times, BYD and other companies, the products can also be used in 3C digital products, solar photovoltaic, energy storage projects, etc., which can achieve an annual output value of 3.5 billion yuan and annual profits and taxes. 150 million yuan, solving the employment of more than 800 people. "The department really worked hard, and everyone worked together. The project was completed much earlier than the initial estimated completion time, which increased our confidence in development!" Zhang Zhiliang, director of the General Office of Sichuan Risheng Copper Foil Technology Co., Ltd., sighed. In fact, this project is a successful case of recruiting large and strong companies based on the "chain owner" of Hesheng Silicon in the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone. Since 2022, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone has not only focused on attracting landing, but also on construction services, and timely organized a special team to promote the construction of the high-end lithium battery copper foil project of Hoshin Group with an annual output of 40,000 tons. At the same time, actively coordinate relevant municipal departments to complete project administrative approval, construction permits, land delisting and other work. "It took us only half a month from contact negotiation to formal signing of this project, and we entered the site for construction on the day of signing." The relevant person in charge of the Management Committee of the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone said that during the project construction process, there are special personnel who stay on site every day to ensure smooth roads and adequate supply of water, electricity and other infrastructure. On the one hand, the relevant departments have created good conditions to speed up the construction of the project; on the other hand, the company is also working hard to catch up with the progress: more than 500 workers do not work on holidays and work in 24-hour shifts. A series of efficient service concepts have injected strong development vitality into the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone.
Start running at the beginning, and sprint at the beginning. In 2023, the South Sichuan Port Area of the Free Trade Zone will closely follow the city's work theme of "industrial breakthroughs, open cooperation", and go all out to promote economic and construction projects to promote development. The southern wing of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle is an open bridgehead, contributing more opening forces to the overall economic and social development of the city.
