In early winter, on the bayside of Yantai West Port Area, a giant ship full of cargo sets sail, and many workers beside the numerous loading and unloading bridges are looking forward to it.
"Here we come, we come!" A staff member raised his voice, causing a smile to appear on the face of Park Yanmi, an engineer at the Hyundai Motor R&D Center. "Every time I see a vehicle coming, I am really happy. In the past, there were no more than two imported R&D test vehicles at a time, and the storage time could not exceed 6 months, and the deposit was also high. Now the number can be determined according to actual needs, and the storage time can be relaxed to 2. In 2019, it was allowed to use the tariff guarantee insurance policy as a guarantee, which not only provided us with convenience, but also greatly improved the company's testing and research and development capabilities, and also saved a lot of money, all thanks to the good policies of the free trade zone." Park Yanmei said .
The Yantai area of the China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone, which has brought policy dividends to the Hyundai Motor R&D Center, has solved one problem after another in transnational trade since it was approved in 2019. Every time a company encounters difficulties, it only needs to put the difficulties first Time feedback to the area management committee and the customs department will be resolved in a timely manner, and this has also become the "customs clearance secret word" for enterprises in the Yantai area.
"By taking the lead in implementing a new model of supervision of imported test vehicles in China, the problem of limited import quantity and domestic storage time of test vehicles that plagued Hyundai Motor and Linglong Tire has been solved. This model has also been promoted in the province as a case of free trade innovation. Last year alone, the imported test vehicles of Hyundai Motor R&D Center increased by 50% year-on-year, benefiting a large number of upstream and downstream enterprises in the auto industry, and providing institutional convenience for more foreign-funded automobile R&D centers to enter China." Zhang Lei, deputy director of Yantai Customs According to the introduction, the blocking point of enterprise development is the focus of reform. Under the escort of policy exploration and "pilot first trial" in the pilot free trade zone, a series of "first brand names" have blossomed in Yantai area.
On September 24, 2020, Yantai Bonded Port Area was approved to transform and upgrade to Yantai Comprehensive Bonded Area and officially closed for operation, becoming one of the first comprehensive bonded areas in the country to complete the transformation and upgrading from a bonded port area. On April 20 this year, the comprehensive designated supervision site in the bonded area was accepted by the General Administration of Customs. Five special inspection warehouses were set up in the site, with a total area of 3,000 square meters, and it is estimated that more than 10,000 tons of imported goods will be imported annually.
Bai Mingzhong, general manager of Haihua International Logistics Co., Ltd. in Yantai Comprehensive Free Trade Zone, told reporters: "After the comprehensive designated supervision site passes the inspection, foreign high-quality products can go directly to Yantai, greatly reducing transportation costs and time, and improving product quality. We can also operate three major products, the company expects to import about 300 million yuan a year.”
The establishment of the Comprehensive Bonded Zone not only brings convenience to imports, but on this basis, the Yantai Area also launched the province’s first invoice bonded display transaction business, supporting the multi-mode, three-dimensional and rapid purchase and export of “sea, rail, and air” in the Yantai market. With development, the province's first market procurement business exported by China-Europe Railway Express and air freight has landed in Yantai.
"In the past two years since the establishment of the Yantai Area, whether it is optimizing the supply of policies or providing precise services to enterprises, it has brought tangible benefits to enterprises. In the next step, we will take advantage of the major strategic opportunities of RCEP implementation and follow the principle of "one enterprise, one policy" According to the principle, we can solve the "pain points" and "difficulties" in the import and export customs clearance of enterprises in a targeted manner, so that enterprises here can more easily narrow the distance with the world." Zhang Lei said. (Reporter Liu Jie, correspondent Wang Cong, Zhu Yasen, Liu Shaoning)
