On the morning of August 30, the Shandong Provincial Government held a press conference to introduce the establishment of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone. Vice Governor Ren Airong, Jinan Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Sun Shutao, Qingdao Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Meng Fanli, Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone Work Leading Group Office Director and Provincial Department of Commerce Zhang Deping, Yantai Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Mayor Chen Fei Attend the press conference.
Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone proposes 112 tasks and measures
Ren Airong said that the "Overall Plan" approved by the State Council clearly states that the implementation scope of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone is 119.98 square kilometers, covering three areas of Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai. The strategic positioning of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone is: take system innovation as the core, take replicability and promotion as the basic requirements, fully implement the requirements of the central government on enhancing innovation in economic and social development, transforming the mode of economic development, and building a marine power, and accelerate the development of old and new Continue to transform kinetic energy, develop marine economy, and form a new highland for opening up to the outside world.
Ren Airong said that Shandong will adhere to system innovation as the core, highlighting the goal of exploring new paths and accumulating new experience for comprehensively deepening reform and expanding opening up. The plan puts forward 112 tasks and measures, mainly including business environment innovation, investment and trade facilitation innovation, financial open innovation, technological innovation, marine economic development innovation, and regional cooperation model innovation among China, Japan and South Korea. Persist in serving and integrating into major national strategies, and highlight the role of pilot free trade zones in leading development. The plan plans a series of important measures: First, implement the innovation-driven development strategy in depth, and strive to build the free trade pilot zone into a pioneer zone for the transformation of old and new growth drivers. The second is to adhere to the overall planning of land and sea, accelerate the construction of a maritime power, and strive to build the free trade pilot zone into a leading zone of marine economy. The third is to better serve the overall strategic layout of opening up to the outside world, and strive to build the pilot free trade zone into a demonstration zone for the "Belt and Road" construction. In order to better promote the construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, the plan subdivides the functions of the three areas of the Pilot Free Trade Zone and clarifies the functional positioning. By encouraging the three districts to try boldly, boldly, and create independently, and actively carry out comparative experiments and complementary experiments, a good situation of catching up with each other and promoting each other has been formed.
According to Ren Airong, the implementation area in Jinan area is 37.99 square kilometers. Mainly to give full play to the advantages of the provincial capital, focusing on technological innovation and intellectual property protection, pharmaceutical and medical innovation and development, industrial financial innovation and talent support. Focus on the development of artificial intelligence, industrial finance, medical care, cultural industry, information technology and other industries, carry out comprehensive pilot experiments on the new open economic system, and build an important regional economic center, logistics center, and technological innovation center in the country. Qingdao area, the implementation area is 52 square kilometers. It is mainly to focus on the advantages of the sea, deepen the regional economic cooperation and investment reforms among China, Japan and South Korea, optimize the trade structure, and explore financial innovation. Focus on the development of modern ocean, international trade, shipping logistics, modern finance, advanced manufacturing and other industries, build an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, an important innovation center on the eastern coast, and a demonstration zone for marine economic development, and help Qingdao build an important central city along the coast of my country. The Yantai area covers an area of 29.99 square kilometers. The main purpose is to give full play to the advantages of important port cities in the Bohai Rim region and national innovative pilot cities, focus on deepening regional economic cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea, trade transformation and upgrading, and financial opening and innovation, and develop the marine economy with high quality. Focus on the development of high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, next-generation information technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, biomedicine and producer services, and create a pioneer zone for China-Korea trade and investment cooperation, a marine intelligent manufacturing base, a demonstration zone for national scientific and technological achievements and international technology transfer and transformation .
Jinan area launched 162 innovative measures
Sun Shutao said in answer to the reporter's question that as an important part of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Jinan area will conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the central government and the province, give full play to Jinan's advantages, highlight the characteristics of Quancheng, and open up its hands and feet to boldly venture, boldly try, and independently Reform, take the initiative to implement dislocation and coordinated development with the Qingdao and Yantai areas, earnestly shoulder the historical mission of "testing the system for the country, building a platform for opening up, and seeking development for the local area", and strive to build the Jinan area into a new highland for system innovation and opening up to the outside world A new highland, a demonstration and leading area for the conversion of old and new kinetic energy.
Sun Shutao said that based on its own location advantages, resource endowments, industrial characteristics, and the staged characteristics of economic and social development, especially the characteristics of the current economic system, Jinan has set the core positioning and development goals of the area with institutional innovation as the core task. We will carry out comprehensive practice in the fields of trade, investment, finance, and administrative services, strive to build a new open economic system, make every effort to create a first-class business environment ruled by law and internationalization, and strive to form more pilot reforms that can be replicated and promoted based on experience, the Jinan area has truly been built into a pioneer area of reform and opening up and a high-yield field of system innovation.
