On August 31, 2019, the Caofeidian Area of China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as "Caofeidian Area") was officially listed, with an approved area of 33.48 square kilometers, focusing on the development of international bulk commodity trade, port and shipping services, energy storage and distribution, Four leading industries of high-end equipment manufacturing. As the central area of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, an important node of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and the forefront of Hebei's coastal opening, the Caofeidian area is striving to build a leading area for economic cooperation in Northeast Asia and a demonstration area for economic innovation near the port. In the past two years, the area has accumulatively added 3,365 new market entities, including 96 foreign-invested enterprises, completed contracted use of foreign capital of 857 million US dollars, actual use of foreign capital of 171 million US dollars, and realized import and export volume of 48.506 billion yuan, respectively 489 million yuan before listing. Times, 12 times, 3.15 times, 91.58 times, 8.38 times, completed the transformation from "experimental field" to "new highland".
Institutional innovation blossoms at multiple points
"A few days ago, the Caofeidian District Market Supervision Bureau issued a certificate of exemption from compulsory product certification (3C exemption) for our company, involving 5 products such as imported printers and copiers. We can obtain 3C exemption without going to the supervision department. Applying for a certificate and enjoying the convenience of paperless declaration is really time-saving, worry-free and labor-saving!" Xiong Mei, deputy general manager of Tangshan Caofeidian Yingmei Technology Co., Ltd. said happily. As an industrial transfer project in Beijing, Yingmei Technology has 70% of its business for global exports. As early as 2016, it took a fancy to the advantages of Caofeidian's deep-water port and moved here. With the establishment of Caofeidian area, it has also enjoyed more and more free trade zones. policy dividends.
According to Liu Yonggui, director of the Market Supervision Bureau of Caofeidian District, Caofeidian District implements a new model of "electronic + commitment system" exempt from 3C certification, and realizes paperless 3C exemption application throughout the process, which greatly improves the efficiency of the process and provides support for enterprises in the epidemic prevention and control situation. Provide a solid guarantee for normal production. Up to now, the bureau has issued 3C exemption certificates for 128 products through online approval.
This is just a microcosm of the Caofeidian area's commitment to the decentralization of provincial and municipal authority and the strengthening of institutional innovation. In the past two years, the Caofeidian area has adhered to the principle of "boldly breaking out, boldly experimenting, and making independent reforms". At present, 193 pilot reform experiences have been promoted and implemented, 35 cases of independent innovation have been formed, and 11 items have been replicated and promoted in Hebei.
Today, the new model of "one-window acceptance, classified approval, and one-window delivery" is indiscriminate in all areas of government services, which shortens the time for business start-up to one working day, and "running once at most" accounts for 91.5%. The number of finalized cases reached 600 to 800; the new "five-step minimalist" approval model for the right to use sea areas reduced 9 steps in the approval of sea use for projects, and the approval time limit was reduced from the original 140 working days to 73 working days, improving The "'big data +' ship traffic intelligent service system" has increased the number of ships entering and leaving the port by 22% year-on-year, the cargo handling volume under safety supervision has increased by 16% year-on-year, and the direct economic loss of accidents has decreased by 54.2% year-on-year... More and more The better business environment makes this area a development highland that gathers momentum from all directions. At present, 620 projects have been signed in total in the area, with a total investment of 76.099 billion yuan. Among them, there are 15 projects of the world's top 500, China's top 500, and China's top 500 private enterprises, and 24 projects for the transfer of Beijing-Tianjin enterprises.
Industrial agglomeration investment highland
China Railway Sixteenth Bureau Group Caofeidian Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. is located in the Sino-Japanese Ecological Park of Caofeidian Industrial Zone. Walking into the 6,500-square-meter shield tunneling workshop of the company, a shield machine with a diameter of 6.6 meters and a length of 90 meters is lying in the workshop like a giant dragon, which is particularly eye-catching. Another shield machine with a diameter of 9 meters has entered the site. Remanufacturing is in progress. According to Wu Binhua, deputy general manager and chief engineer of Caofeidian Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. of China Railway 16th Bureau Group, the company’s annual remanufacturing capacity of 16 shield machines in advance can reach 20 shield machines, tunnels, pipe corridors, etc. 228 sets of construction equipment.
It is understood that the company mainly focuses on high-end tunnel construction products such as shield machines and shield machine post-support and remanufacturing, comprehensive pipe gallery construction equipment, and gantry cranes. Through independent research and development, technology introduction and business cooperation, it has mastered independent knowledge The product technology and key manufacturing technology of property rights. At present, 11 patents have been authorized, and it is the largest shield machine production base of China Railway Construction in North China and Northeast China.
Moving from Miyun, Beijing to Caofeidian, the policy dividends and broad development space of the free trade zone have given the company new development momentum. It is understood that the company is actively preparing to apply for high-tech enterprise certification. With the expansion of the industrial scale, the second phase will be launched in due course. By then, the output value of a shield machine will reach more than 30 million yuan. In less than a year, the company has made great contributions to Caofeidian's development of high-end equipment manufacturing and remanufacturing while expanding and strengthening the machinery manufacturing sector.
Since the establishment of the free trade zone, the Caofeidian area has vigorously developed the high-end equipment manufacturing industry, and has completed the "Caofeidian imported High-end Equipment Remanufacturing Industry Demonstration Park Development Plan 2021-2025 (First Draft)". More than 30 high-end equipment manufacturing companies such as Huadian and BBMG have settled in the area, Beijing Bawei Boiler has been relocated, Beijing municipal projects have started construction, and BAIC's new energy special vehicle project has signed a contract.
In addition, in terms of developing international bulk commodity transactions, the area has released 475 issues of the China Electricity Coal Purchase Price Index (CECI) Caofeidian Index and 374 issues of the Iron Ore Caofeidian Price Index, and the "Hebei Free Trade Zone Bulk Commodity Trading Center" has officially settled down The Caofeidian area opened on August 4 this year. In terms of energy storage and distribution, the Xintian LNG receiving station and the export pipeline project, which has the largest loading and unloading capacity in the Bohai Rim region, have started construction. The 10 bonded storage tanks in the Caofeidian crude oil commercial storage tank area have been approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange to carry out bonded delivery business, realizing tax revenue of 1,700 ten thousand yuan. In terms of port and shipping services, 72 ships for domestic and foreign trade were registered, and the first direct supply business in the international ship bonded parts zone was realized. The Hebei Provincial Shipping Association relocated the area, and the city code CFZ was officially approved by the International Air Transport Association. The area has the function of an airport port and promoted The construction of multimodal transport centers was accelerated.
The vitality of reform and opening up
At 13:40 on August 19, a foreign trade ship named "Treze" loaded with 39,824.6 tons of steel billets imported from Russia and slowly docked at the wharf of Caofeidian Comprehensive Bonded Zone. The person in charge of the Comprehensive Bonded Zone Port Affairs Co., Ltd. said that despite the impact of the epidemic, the port throughput in 2020 has doubled compared with 2019, and the throughput from January to July this year was 5.3541 million tons. After the establishment of the Free Trade Zone, the relevant joint inspection departments issued various preferential policies, enterprises gathered in the bonded area, logistics business increased, and the port became increasingly busy. At present, the bonded port, the Free Trade Zone, and the Comprehensive Bonded Area have formed a new model of "positive interaction".
