On April 21, 2015, the China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially inaugurated, covering three areas of Fuzhou, Xiamen and Pingtan, becoming the second batch of pilot free trade zones in the country, and an "experiment" focusing on institutional innovation set sail .
Over the past 8 years, the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone has insisted on system innovation as the core, boldly tried and ventured, and steadily promoted various experimental tasks, gradually changing from "experimental field" to "harvesting field", with an area of less than 1/1000 of the province , introducing nearly 30% of new foreign investment in the province, contributing 1/6 of foreign trade import and export volume. According to statistics, 34 innovative achievements of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone have been replicated and promoted nationwide, and 7 pilot experiences have been included in the "Best Practice Cases" of the National Pilot Free Trade Zone; 9 batches of 193 innovative measures have been replicated and promoted across the province; as of In 2022, a total of 124,000 new enterprises will be added in the region, with a registered capital of 2.7 trillion yuan, which is 8 times and 12.2 times that of the pre-listing respectively... An institutional innovation system with Fujian characteristics has been formed in the region, and the dividends of reform and opening up will continue to grow. released on a large scale.
Reform, integration and innovation are blooming everywhere
Comprehensively deepening reform and opening up and serving the new development pattern are the distinctive features and background of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone. As of the end of 2022, most of the key test tasks have been implemented, and a total of 19 batches of 563 innovative measures have been launched and implemented, including 249 national firsts and 114 for Taiwan. Among them, the negative list of foreign investment access in the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone has been reduced to 27 items; the commercial system "one license, one code" and the reform of the project construction approval system have become national reform models; More than 30 innovative Taiwan-funded projects...Reform integration and innovation have now "blossomed everywhere" in the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The reform and innovation ran out of "acceleration", and the business environment in the Fuzhou area of the Fujian Pilot Free Trade Zone has reached a new level: the first in the country to launch the innovative measure of "three certificates in one, one license and one code"; the establishment of a "negative list + pre-access nationals "Treatment" foreign investment management system; implement integrated innovations such as multi-department parallel processing of enterprise registration, "zero delay" and "zero cost" for engraving seals. The start-up time of enterprises is shortened from 15 working days before listing to 3 hours. The "single window" for international trade has been upgraded to version 4.0, and the paperless rate of customs clearance at ports has reached over 99%. The district has effectively transformed the achievements of reform and innovation into new growth drivers - so far, a total of 1,138 foreign-invested enterprises have been introduced, and the actual use of foreign capital is about 1.287 billion U.S. dollars. A number of "Belt and Road" key cooperation projects have been built overseas, and overseas warehouses have been established. Over 110 , ranking first in the country.
