Recently, the opening ceremony of RCEP (Dalian) International Business District and the dialogue on Dalian RCEP development opportunities, sponsored by Dalian Municipal People's Government and undertaken by Dalian Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Dalian Free Trade Zone, were held in Dalian, Liaoning Pilot Free Trade Zone. Relevant leaders from the Port Construction Coordination Department of the Free Trade Zone of the Ministry of Commerce, the International Department of the General Administration of Customs, Lv Kejian, Vice President of the National Japanese Economic Society, and Liu Fugen, Economic Minister of the Korean Embassy in China, delivered speeches in the form of online and offline combination.
The first RCEP (Dalian) International Business District in Northeast China was opened in Dalian, which is also the first "one-stop" service platform for RCEP enterprises in China with the functions of national exhibition, professional services, exchange and interaction, market expansion, trade facilitation, commercial law, etc.
The RCEP (Dalian) International Business District integrates the functions of RCEP enterprise headquarters base, economic and trade promotion center, enterprise service center, etc., gathers foreign invested enterprises from RCEP countries and relevant enterprises that carry out economic and trade exchanges with RCEP countries to settle down, attracts various economic and trade institutions and industry associations from RCEP member countries to set up branches in the Business District, and provides foreign trade enterprises with "one-stop" services such as customs clearance, logistics, finance, and law, Create the "first stop" for RCEP national enterprises to enter the northeast region.
Lv Kejian, on behalf of the National Institute of Japanese Economics, congratulated the opening of RCEP (Dalian) International Business District. He said that over the years, Dalian has continued to provide first-class services to enterprises, the business environment has been constantly improved, and the pace of urban development has been accelerating. The completion and opening of RCEP (Dalian) International Business District has demonstrated the confidence, determination and wisdom of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and the Dalian Municipal Government in studying and implementing the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and in unswervingly promoting high-level opening up. The open Dalian will certainly bring broader development space for enterprises from all countries and add new momentum to China's high-level foreign economic and trade cooperation.
Minister Liu Fugen said that the official opening of the Dalian International Business District will become an important historical moment to promote exchanges and cooperation between South Korea and Dalian. The Korean Embassy in China will also take the RCEP's entry into force as an opportunity to provide more support for Korean enterprises to enter the Chinese market.
The RCEP (Dalian) International Business District focuses on supporting the import and export of automobiles to RCEP countries, introducing enterprises from Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other RCEP countries to participate in the cultivation of the automobile industry chain, and attracting high-end service industries such as research and development, finance, and design related to the automobile industry. RCEP (Dalian) International Business District has also built an automobile industry innovation demonstration park and integrated airline resources. At present, it has achieved full coverage of core ports in RCEP member countries.
