As a strategic outlet for accelerated development, the magnetic field effect of the Qingdao area of China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone is rapidly releasing. The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce that since its listing on August 31, 2019, the Qingdao Area of the Free Trade Zone has focused on 106 reform pilot tasks, and all work has been speeded up in an all-round way. As of the end of last year, there were 1,851 newly registered market players in the area within four months, including 64 foreign-funded enterprises; 78 industrial projects under construction or to be constructed, with a total investment of 86.9 billion yuan.
Since its launch, the Qingdao area has continued to promote the planning and construction of industrial carriers, and has carried out precise investment promotion around five major industries including modern ocean, international trade, shipping logistics, modern finance, and advanced manufacturing, attracting Chinese and foreign companies in trade, innovation, and emerging business types. gather. At present, a batch of large projects including the China-Japan Life and Health Center with a total investment of 3 billion yuan, Qingdao Port and Trade Center, and Jiudingfeng Trade Building have started intensively; An important carrier for the cultivation of new business forms and the development of marine characteristic industries. In addition, the international cooperation and exchange center, international trade center, international shipping center, international financial center, industrial and commercial center, and science and technology innovation center planned and constructed in the Qingdao area are fully operational, and jointly undertake the registration of enterprises in the area to settle in and work, giving full play to the radiation and driving role of the pilot free trade zone . Among them, the Qingdao International Economic Cooperation Zone continues to promote the construction of biomedicine, artificial intelligence, integrated circuits and other sectors. Many platforms in the zone, such as the German Enterprise Center, the International Cooperation Innovation Center, and the Sino-German Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship base, are available for newly registered companies to use.
At the same time, the Qingdao area insists on institutional innovation as the core, and promotes coordinated reforms in multiple fields. In terms of the implementation of enterprises and projects, the Qingdao area took the lead in launching the intelligent registration system for enterprise registration. Enterprise registration has entered the era of "second approval", "simplified approval", "non-face-to-face approval (service)", and deepening the reform of "one-time approval" and other measures. . The Intellectual Property Circuit Court and the Dispute Litigation and Mediation Center have also been established in the area to realize the "integration of civil, administrative and criminal trials" of intellectual property cases. An Intellectual Property Arbitration Court has been established, and 70 scholars and experts from Germany, Britain, the United States and other countries form a team of arbitrators to provide professional arbitration for intellectual property dispute cases. In the financial field, the Municipal Local Financial Supervision Bureau and the Qingdao Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau have issued special policies to support the innovative development of financial institutions in the Qingdao area. At present, Bank of Qingdao has innovated the low-cost financing business model of China-Singapore currency swap. Bank of China Qingdao West Coast New District has opened the first RMB NRA account in the district for an overseas fund company of a well-known domestic investment company, which is used for its investment in domestic listed companies. Equity investment fund settlement. In terms of the shipping industry, the Municipal Maritime Safety Administration has innovated the supervision model, comprehensively implemented measures such as "reducing certificates for the convenience of the people" for international sailing ships entering and leaving the port, the international ship registration system in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and open classification inspections.
In terms of promoting trade transformation and upgrading, the West Coast New Area Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) was closed for operation and landed the first cross-border e-commerce bonded import business. The Qingdao area strives for the qualification of importing crude oil for non-state trade, accelerates the gathering of domestic and foreign crude oil traders to carry out spot trading of crude oil, and carries out offshore, onshore and entrepot trade of crude oil. To explore the pilot project of futures bonded delivery, the country's first TSR 20 futures bonded delivery goods generated a futures bonded standard warehouse receipt in December last year. Pilot warehousing goods are classified and supervised according to their status. The international transit and consolidation business has been tested and operated, and 51 international transit and consolidation operations have been carried out in countries such as the United States, Japan, and India. The efficiency of cargo customs clearance has been greatly improved. Competitive operating environment for unpacking and LCL.
According to statistics from the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in the first 10 months of last year, the Qianwan Bonded Port Area in the Qingdao Area achieved a total foreign trade import and export volume of 84.215 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23%. At present, there are 6 rubber delivery warehouses in the Bonded Port Area, driving 1 As of November, natural rubber imports increased by 23.1% year-on-year. There are 5 new domestic lines and 1 international line for container sea-rail combined transport lines in the area, bringing the total number to 46; 4 new inland ports, reaching 14. (Reporter Geng Tingting Lu Bo)