On November 11, the press conference on the achievements of the second anniversary of the high-tech block in Hefei area of China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone was held. At the meeting, the "Several Policies of Hefei Hi tech Zone to Support the Construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Promote the Development of" Double Self linkage "(referred to as" Ten Policies of Double Self linkage "for short) was officially released. Ten institutional innovation policies were introduced from three aspects: supporting the construction of the pilot free trade zone, encouraging the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and optimizing the business environment of the pilot free trade zone, which is the first institutional policy at the block level of Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone.
In September 2020, the high-tech block in Hefei area of China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone was unveiled. At present, 90% of the pilot tasks of the overall plan of Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone have been implemented in high-tech blocks. Of the 278 system innovation achievements in China, 222 related to high-tech blocks have been implemented; 65 system innovation cases were formed, 23 were copied and promoted at the provincial level, 3 were selected as one of the top ten cases of system innovation for the second anniversary of Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone, and the one-stop service system for international talents of "One Network" was listed by the State Council as the "best practice cases" for comprehensively deepening the innovative development of service trade.
It is reported that the "Double Free and Ten Rules" will focus on the three key tasks of empowerment, institutional innovation and pilot tasks of the pilot free trade zone, and increase the efforts to streamline administration and delegate power to the pilot free trade zone. The pilot free trade zone can exercise some provincial and municipal authorities; Encourage the pilot free trade zone to carry out institutional innovation, and give a certain amount of funds to support the pilot zone empowerment for the national and provincial implementation units of institutional innovation achievements; Support the pilot task of the pilot free trade zone in the block, and commend it.
In terms of encouraging the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, we supported the equity investment reform of industrialization funds. This policy has been included in the first batch of replication and promotion pilot experience of Anhui Free Trade Zone. We will encourage new state-owned research and development institutions to list job related scientific and technological achievements separately, and support that job related scientific and technological achievements will no longer be included in the conventional state-owned asset management system. Support new R&D institutions of different natures to carry out equity incentive. While giving equity incentive to scientific research teams or technology inventors, give certain equity incentive to technical management teams. We will implement the implementation plan for the construction of the "University of Science and Technology Silicon Valley" and support the transformation of scientific and technological achievements funded by the surplus funds of horizontal projects.
In terms of further optimizing the business environment, the High tech Zone shall formulate measures to facilitate the identification of high tech enterprises and the listing compliance certification. The High tech Zone may organize the review of high tech enterprises by itself and file with the provincial certification authority; When submitting listing related materials, enterprises are allowed to use the Credit Information Report to replace the administrative compliance certificate in relevant fields. Strengthen international talent services. For high-level overseas talents settling down, a one-time 5-year work permit will be granted. Open the APEC business travel card service express train, and the block can directly recommend and report to the card handling enterprises. Increase financial support, encourage all kinds of financial institutions to actively strive for headquarters empowerment, carry out financial innovation in the zone, launch more scientific and technological financial products that meet the industrial needs of the high-tech zone, and provide discount support.
In addition, the meeting also released the Action Plan for High Quality Implementation of RCEP in Hefei Hi tech Zone. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) is the largest free trade agreement in the world. In 2021, the total import and export volume of Hefei Hi tech Zone and RCEP countries will reach 1.62 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.9%. According to the newly released action plan, Hefei High tech Zone will focus on the construction of "scientific innovation and free trade", and strive to achieve an annual import and export scale of 3.5 billion dollars to RCEP countries by 2025, accounting for 40% of the total import and export of the zone; The annual investment in RCEP countries reached 200 million US dollars, further improving the comprehensive service functions of international trade, international investment, international talents, etc.
Lv Bo, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of Hefei Hi tech Zone, said that, in the next step, Hefei Hi tech Zone will adhere to the international vision and forward-looking thinking, play a good combination of "double self linkage", polish the golden card of "science and innovation free trade", and explore around the freedom of technology transformation, investment and trade, scene application, and factor flow.
