The "China (Shaanxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone Further Deepening Reform and Opening-up Plan" proposes to establish an innovation and entrepreneurship base for international students, encourage outstanding international students to innovate and start businesses in Shaanxi, and create an internationally influential Shaanxi study abroad brand.
Yingyong is a foreign student from Congo (Brazzaville). He started his business and registered Shaanxi Junrui Chengtian Culture Media Co., Ltd. in the Free Trade Xintiandi, Fengdong New City Functional Zone of Shaanxi Pilot Free Trade Zone, mainly engaged in advertising agency and production business. Use the live broadcast and e-commerce platform to promote the integration of cultural exchanges between China and Africa. On October 10 last year, Yingyong obtained the Entrepreneurship Work Permit for Foreign Talents jointly issued by Shaanxi Science and Technology Department, Xi'an Science and Technology Bureau, and Xixian New District Science and Technology Bureau in Fengdong Free Trade Functional Zone. This is Fengdong New City's first foreign talent entrepreneurship work permit in the province after it continuously optimizes the innovation and entrepreneurship service model for foreign talents.
Free Trade Xintiandi as a pilot park, and has continuously optimized the innovation and entrepreneurship service model for foreign talents by optimizing the innovation and entrepreneurship system, providing first-class service guarantees, and improving the supervision mechanism for entrepreneurial projects. It is a highland for foreign talents from countries along the Belt and Road, and it has made useful explorations in serving the new pattern of Shaanxi's opening up to the outside world.
On the basis of summarizing the pilot experience of the Fengdong Free Trade Functional Zone, with the strong support of the provincial and municipal departments at all levels, the Fengdong New City Free Trade Office, together with the science and technology department of the Xixian New District, explored, improved, formulated and issued the "Xishian The New Area’s Work Plan on Carrying out the Pilot Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Foreign Talents in the Pilot Free Trade Zone” and “Detailed Implementation Rules for Supporting the Pilot Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Foreign Talents in the Xixian New Area in the Free Trade Zone (Provisional)” review from the perspective of pilot areas, entrepreneurial carriers, and entrepreneurial projects Systematic rules and regulations have been carried out in terms of management, certificate processing, and evaluation and supervision, forming a closed loop of innovation and entrepreneurship services and supervision for foreign talents, and fully opening a new chapter in building Fengdong Free Trade Zone into a highland for international talents.
Bravely venture into the deep-water area of reform and crack down on weak points in the system
According to previous policy requirements, foreign students working in China need to obtain a bachelor’s degree or above, major counterparts, and have more than 2 years of work experience before they can apply for work and residence permits. However, in actual operation, foreign talents who start businesses in China lack corresponding employment entities, and lack of perfect rules and regulations in the process of handling relevant permits, which greatly restricts foreign talents, especially foreign students, from carrying out innovative and entrepreneurial activities.
With the promulgation of the system, for foreign talents who meet the entrepreneurial conditions such as age, educational background, and industrial development direction, those who carry out the pilot innovation and entrepreneurship of foreign talents in the Xixian New Area Free Trade Zone are not restricted by majors, working years, etc. Entrepreneurship service carriers are the main body. After the initial review and departmental joint review procedures, and after the procedures for entrepreneurial work permits and residence permits (marked with "startup"), entrepreneurial work can be carried out on the entrepreneurial service carriers.
The optimization of this system has stimulated the enthusiasm of foreign talents for innovation and entrepreneurship, and will play a positive role in improving the degree of regional openness and the concentration of international talents, and promoting the construction of Xi'an Science and Technology Innovation Center.
Point-to-point entrepreneurial support, full-service guarantee
Fengdong New City Functional Zone realizes the organic connection between the talent chain and the industrial chain by building a service platform for international education cooperation, international education dual entrepreneurship and employment, and international talent introduction. An entrepreneurial service system for foreign students that covers the entire process of account opening, business visa processing, and policy interpretation.
In addition, in combination with the regional industrial positioning, focusing on the group of overseas students in Shaanxi and the needs of entrepreneurship, we have launched a series of promotional tours for open classes for innovation and entrepreneurship in colleges and universities, and set up "Silk Road Air Classrooms" for Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries to provide employment and entrepreneurship for foreign talents. Serve. At the same time, pay attention to the operation of foreign talent start-up companies, and provide precise guidance in terms of finance, legal affairs, social security and medical care.
Up to now, the Fengdong New City Functional Area has provided innovation and entrepreneurship services for more than 200 foreign talents from Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and other countries. Full-process services such as policy consultation and legal assistance; jointly with Northwest University, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an International Studies University and other colleges and universities to hold a number of double-entrepreneurship open class tour promotion activities, attracting more than 500 foreign students to participate, nearly 100 foreign students International students spontaneously went to Fengdong Free Trade Xintiandi Science and Technology Innovation Complex to visit and inspect the park's entrepreneurship, residence and policy environment.
Build an entrepreneurial supervision mechanism and build a safe development barrier
Establish a whole-process assessment and evaluation mechanism for foreign talents' entrepreneurship with the method of "one project, one file". Fengdong New City Functional Area strengthens the daily supervision and evaluation of entrepreneurial projects through the formulation of assessment tasks and objectives, and conducts a review of entrepreneurial projects every six months in terms of their own development space, operation status, and manpower. Carry out assessments and assessments in terms of resources, technological achievements, etc., and use the assessment results as an important basis for the continuous implementation of entrepreneurial projects, the processing of work permits and residence permits, and the declaration of incentive policies. In addition, for entrepreneurial projects and entrepreneurs that may endanger national security, violate laws and regulations, and debt disputes, etc., implement a commitment notification system in advance, and form a joint supervision working group with foreign experts, national security, public security, and industry authorities. Inspection, telephone inquiry and other ways to carry out supervision from time to time. At present, there has not been an incident of foreign talents illegally staying in Fengdong New City for employment and entrepreneurship, which has affected national security.
In the future, the Fengdong Free Trade Functional Zone will continue to explore new business service models for foreign talents, and provide more high-quality, convenient, and Efficient services help foreign talents stay in Shaanxi to start businesses, and create a talent ecology of "near joy coming far".
