On April 21, 2015, China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as "Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone"), the first pilot free trade zone in northern China approved by the State Council, was officially launched. In the past eight years since its listing, the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone has deepened systematic and integrated institutional innovation, and made new progress and breakthroughs in various tasks. On April 28, the Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference, inviting Yang Bing, vice mayor of Tianjin and director of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone Management Committee, to attend and deliver a speech. Tianjin Free Trade Zone Management Committee, Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Comrades in charge of Tianjin Customs and the Tianjin Branch of the People's Bank of China introduced the relevant situation and answered questions from reporters.
Yang Bing, deputy mayor of Tianjin and director of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone Management Committee, pointed out in his speech that the establishment of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone is the kind concern and ardent expectation of the Party Central Committee for Tianjin. Historical opportunities and development opportunities for quality development.
Over the past eight years, the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone has made bold breakthroughs, bold experiments, and independent reforms. Through the combination of innovation and practice, the combination of cutting-edge and characteristics, and the unity of obedience and service, it has become a "test field" for system and mechanism innovation. , the "growth pole" of industrial agglomeration, and the "new highland" of expanding opening up. Focusing on key areas such as investment, trade, finance, and transformation of government functions, carry out in-depth pilot reforms. Relying on the advantages of factor resources, we will take advantage of both domestic and international markets and resources to lead the development of new industries and new models. Promote coordination in areas such as the policy systems of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, strengthen trade exchanges with countries along the "Belt and Road", and better serve the overall strategic layout of opening up. At present, Tianjin is deeply implementing the "Ten Actions" to promote the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China into action, concreteness, and practice. Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone will continue to expand the breadth and depth of institutional innovation, and carry out cross-regional, cross-department, and cross-field collaborative innovation. Benchmark international high-standard economic and trade rules, optimize the structure of foreign capital utilization, and accelerate the cultivation and growth of new momentum for foreign trade. Deepen the reform of the administrative system, introduce measures to facilitate cross-border talent, and attract capital, talent, technology and other factors to gather. Promote the opening up of rules, regulations, management, standards and other systems, promote the institutional innovation of "five freedoms, one safe and orderly flow" and realize the high-quality development of the free trade pilot zone.
Institutional innovation in the Pilot Free Trade Zone promotes industrial development, and cross-border trade facilitation improves quality and efficiency. Sun Jiannan, Director of the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, said: The Municipal Bureau of Commerce has given full play to the overall coordination role of the Office of the Leading Group of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, promoted industrial development through institutional innovation, and achieved remarkable results in promoting high-level opening up. In 2022, the foreign trade import and export volume of Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone will exceed 290 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%; the actual use of foreign capital will exceed 2.2 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%. Up to now, the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone has implemented a total of 581 institutional innovation measures, and replicated and promoted 38 pilot experiences and practical cases across the country. A total of 118 items were copied and promoted in five batches of reform pilot experience, and 7 innovative practice cases. The role of the high-level opening-up platform of the Pilot Free Trade Zone is more obvious.
One is to promote the accelerated development of advantageous industries through free trade innovation. The construction of the bonded maintenance innovation demonstration zone was accelerated, and a new model of aviation "bonded maintenance + financial leasing" was explored, and the country's first bonded maintenance pilot project for shield machines was implemented. The industry scale exceeds 100 billion, and parallel imported cars have become a characteristic business card of policy and system innovation in Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone. The multiplied development of cross-border e-commerce has formed 3 cross-border e-commerce demonstration parks, 7 cross-border e-commerce innovation pilot areas, and achieved full coverage of ports for 6 business models, accelerating the creation of the best closed-loop ecological circle of the entire industrial chain in the northern region .
The second is to actively promote cross-border trade facilitation to improve quality and efficiency. Actively explore and innovate around the simplification of document handling and other aspects, improve China (Tianjin)'s "single window" for international trade, and realize 819 service functions in 22 categories. Plan to build a "China-Singapore Demonstration Platform for Customs Clearance Data Services for International Trade", and promote the construction of a "single window" customs clearance logistics collaborative service platform for Beijing-Tianjin international trade. In 2022, the overall customs clearance time of Tianjin Port will be 0.57 hours for exports and 34.3 hours for imports, ranking first and fourth in major coastal provinces and cities across the country respectively.
The third is to superimpose platform advantages to build a new pattern of development. Since the implementation of the comprehensive pilot project of expanding and opening up the service industry in 2021, 116 pilot tasks have been fully rolled out, and the implementation rate has reached more than 86%. Driven by the pilot program, the city's service industry has shown rapid growth. In 2022, the added value of the service industry will account for 61.3% of the city's GDP. This year, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce will work together with all departments and regions of the city, based on industrial advantages, focus on demand-oriented and problem-oriented, cultivate the innovation ecology, cultivate innovation achievements, fully promote the upgrading strategy of the pilot free trade zone, and promote the system of the pilot free trade zone Innovation to a new level.
The high-quality development trend of the pilot free trade zone continued to consolidate. Zhao Qianmiao, member of the Standing Committee of the Binhai New Area District Committee, deputy head of the district, and full-time deputy director of the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone Management Committee released relevant information: the construction of a free trade pilot zone is a comprehensive deepening of reform and expansion of opening up by the Party Central Committee and the State Council under the new situation It is also an important mission and strategic task entrusted to Tianjin. Since its establishment eight years ago, the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone has resolutely shouldered the mission and responsibility of "testing the system for the country and seeking development for the region", actively carried out pioneering and differentiated reforms and innovations, and fully demonstrated the role of the experimental field of reform and opening up. By the end of 2022, there will be 82,000 market entities of various types, three times more than before the establishment of the Pilot Free Trade Zone. Nearly 4,000 foreign-invested enterprises of various types will be introduced, with a registered capital of nearly one trillion yuan. Tax revenue will increase from 35.4 billion yuan in 2015. It will increase to 51.2 billion yuan in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of over 5%, contributing to the city's innovation-driven, transformation and upgrading, and high-quality economic development.
