China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone Sany Science City Project, Electronic Material Industry Supporting and High end Daily Chemical Product R&D and Production base Project, and Songe New Energy Product R&D and Manufacturing Project... On November 29, the demonstration of high-level opening and high-quality development achievements and major project signing activities in Changsha area of China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone were held in Changsha. 15 major projects were signed centrally, with a total investment of 50.65 billion yuan.
"Our contracted project will invest 600 million yuan in the first three years and 3 billion yuan in the next five years, mainly for high-voltage motors and other products." Sun Guozhong, president of Songer Auto Parts (China) Co., Ltd. and CEO of Songer Auto Electric System Co., Ltd., introduced that the development of Changsha area in the Free Trade Zone benefited from the unique geographical advantages, convenient transportation, and preferential conditions and policies for investment attraction. A series of precise policy support and constantly optimized business environment have injected vitality and confidence into enterprises, and also enabled a large number of talents to return to Changsha from coastal areas.
A number of institutional innovation achievements form the "Changsha Experience"
Cui Weijie, vice president of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, said when releasing the second batch of system innovation achievements in the Changsha area of the Free Trade Zone via video, Changsha area closely follows the development strategic positioning and aims at the needs of market subjects, forming the "Changsha experience" of system innovation in the Free Trade Zone. In 2022, there will be 33 institutional innovations in Changsha, including trade facilitation, twice the national average; Among them, 10 system innovation achievements are the first in China, which is 3 times the national average. The research institute made statistics on the number of institutional innovations in each provincial capital city area selected in the national pilot free trade zone's institutional innovation achievement report. Excluding four municipalities directly under the Central Government and Hainan Province, Changsha ranked first among the provincial capital cities.
It is reported that Changsha District has made breakthroughs in advanced manufacturing, Sino African economic and trade development, high-end modern service industry, agricultural seed industry and other fields, meeting the overall requirements of the country to promote high-level institutional opening, and has achieved remarkable results. For example, we innovated and implemented the standardized export model of second-hand equipment of construction machinery. The whole process trial order has been exported to 14 countries, with a total amount of 134 million yuan, which has boosted the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry; We have innovated a new mechanism for local currency settlement trade with Africa, set up two trading platforms in China and specific African countries, hedged imports and exports according to the principle of overall balance, and received and paid cross-border without funds, breaking through the traditional mode of barter trade explored in other pilot free trade zones. In the agricultural seed industry, "standardization+digitalization" will be formed to promote the quality and efficiency of modern agriculture, reduce transaction and circulation costs, and open up a new mode of integrated development.
The "Changsha experience" is commendable. Changsha District is committed to replicating and promoting the achievements of system innovation, focusing on practicality and effectiveness, and effectively solving the practical problems in the development process. Since the mechanism of dynamic monitoring of business environment to optimize the service of market players has been put into operation in the area, the number of enterprises in the pilot block has increased by about 1500 in only half a year through data collection and sharing, dynamic linkage monitoring and rapid feedback response.
Strive to achieve 500 billion yuan in import and export by 2026
On November 29, Changsha officially released the Development Plan for Changsha Area of China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, which closely followed the implementation of the promotion strategy of the pilot free trade zone and focused on four key tasks of "building an advanced manufacturing industry opening system, building a modern service industry opening system, building a pilot area for in-depth economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa, and building a high-level pattern of opening to the outside world", It is committed to the formation of two demonstration guides, namely, "the national demonstration of realizing the global circulation mode of high-end equipment and the national demonstration of realizing the deep economic and trade cooperation mode between China and Africa", and around the essential characteristics of openness and innovation, it clarifies the tasks and pillars for the medium - and long-term development of Changsha. By 2026, the total economic volume and the level of opening up in Changsha will have leapt significantly, and reached an advanced level in the construction of the national provincial capital pilot free trade zone. The volume of import and export trade will reach five times that of the first statistical year, striving to achieve 500 billion yuan.
The above plan points out that in terms of advanced manufacturing industry, Changsha will take the lead in introducing the new model of "financial leasing+high-end equipment export", explore new breakthroughs in the export of second-hand equipment of construction machinery, deeply participate in international industrial division and cooperation, and comprehensively enhance the global influence of Changsha's high-end equipment manufacturing industry; In the field of modern service industry, the airport economy will be highlighted, the channels for opening up to the outside world will be expanded in an all-round way, and the modern service industry opening system with strong radiation and driving effect will be built; Focusing on economic and trade cooperation with Africa, it will strengthen local currency settlement trade with Africa, enhance the influence of China Africa Economic and Trade Fair, build a "one-stop" service platform for Africa, and become a pilot area for in-depth economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa.
The open development of the district cannot be separated from the construction of an open platform. On November 8, the first national research and evaluation base for non-technical trade measures and the first national research and evaluation base for technical trade measures of plant extract products landed in Changsha area at the same time; On November 11, the "CCPIT (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone Service Center" and the "CCPIT Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone (Changsha) Economic and Trade Friction Warning Point" were set up in the Changsha Comprehensive Service Center, and open platforms came in droves.
In order to promote coordinated and coordinated development, the work of the "four links" (city internal link, district internal link, provincial internal link, provincial inter provincial link) in Changsha District has been accelerated. Xiangjiang New Area and Jinxia Economic Development Zone are applying for the construction of a coordinated and coordinated free trade zone; 42 projects have been introduced for the "same flight project"; In addition, this area is exploring cooperation with Yueyang, Chenzhou and other areas, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Huaihua and Hainan Free Trade Port in terms of policies, platforms, channels and projects.
The data reflect the development achievements. Statistics show that since its approval in 2020, the Changsha area of the Free Trade Zone has achieved a total import and export volume of 220.9 billion yuan; 14000 new enterprises; 174 new projects were introduced with a total investment of 253.5 billion yuan; The import and export volume to Africa was 7.28 billion yuan, up 273.3% year on year; The export volume of market procurement trade was 7.86 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 65.5%.
