On June 9, the "High-quality Development Research Tour" Guangdong-themed interview activity organized by the Central Propaganda Department was launched in Guangzhou. During the 6-day Guangdong-themed interview event, an interview team composed of central, provincial and municipal key news media went to various places in Guangdong, entered the hot front line of Guangdong's high-quality development, and recorded the wonderful stories of Guangdong's high-quality development with heart.
At the briefing meeting on Guangdong theme interviews, Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Reform Office, Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources, Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce and other departments introduced Guangdong's high-quality development Overall situation.
He Jun, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, said at the meeting that business work, as an important part of economic work, plays an important role in smoothing the domestic cycle and connecting domestic and international double cycles, and is responsible for promoting Chinese-style modernization. Great responsibility and mission. Guangdong has a deep grasp of the new requirements of the era of "three new and one high", comprehensively plans the construction plan for the high-quality development of trade in the province, and is driven by ten high-quality trade development projects to promote the high-quality development of business to be at the forefront of the country.
In the past five years, the scale of Guangdong's foreign trade has expanded from 6.8 trillion yuan in 2017 to 8.3 trillion yuan in 2022, with an average annual growth of 4%, accounting for 1/5 of the country's total, ranking first in the country for 37 consecutive years; the actual use of foreign capital Expanded from 138.4 billion yuan to 181.9 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 5.6%, accounting for 1/7 of the country; social retail sales reached 4 trillion yuan, expanding from 3.7 trillion yuan to 4.5 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 4.2% , ranking first in the country for 40 consecutive years.
He Jun said that in terms of the "five external linkages", Guangdong will focus on its advantages and make up for its shortcomings.
1. Promoting foreign trade to stabilize its scale and adjust its structure
Make every effort to stabilize the basic market of foreign trade, and introduce and implement 8 new measures for stabilizing foreign trade, 5 measures for promoting automobile exports, and implementation plans for building import bases. Under the severe and complicated situation, Guangdong's foreign trade market was generally stable, with exports increasing by 5.4% from January to April. Fully supporting the development of the global market, ASEAN has become the largest trading partner of Guangdong Province, with an annual import and export scale of over 1 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.8% from January to April. Expand and strengthen the import and export of advantageous industries. The annual import and export of high-tech products exceeded 3 trillion yuan, accounting for nearly 40% of the province. The export of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, solar batteries and other popular products increased by 61% from January to April. Make up for the shortcomings of imports, build six major import bases, and create an important global commodity distribution hub. Vigorously develop new formats, realize cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test area covering the whole province, and successfully win national support for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Global Trade Digital Pilot Zone. The scale of new formats has doubled in five years, and the total volume has exceeded 2 trillion yuan , with an average annual growth of about 20%, and the import and export of cross-border e-commerce increased by 1.6 times from January to April.
2. Promote the expansion and stability of foreign investment
Focusing on the real economy and the manufacturing industry, build a large investment promotion pattern, implement the "top leader" project for investment promotion, and introduce a series of policies such as 20 high-quality development of investment promotion and attracting multinational company headquarters. Successfully held brand investment promotion activities such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Global Investment Conference, the Year of Investing in China Guangdong Special Session, the Pearl River Delta and the Guangdong-East-North Economic and Trade Cooperation Investment Promotion Conference, and carried out targeted investment promotion in the Middle East, Japan, South Korea and other places, and reached a total of 1,370 intentional projects. From January to April this year, the actual foreign investment in the manufacturing industry increased by 70%, accounting for 28% of the province, and the actual foreign investment in the high-tech industry increased by 55%, accounting for more than 40%. Landmark large foreign-funded projects have been launched one after another. Over the past five years, more than 250 large-scale projects with an actual investment of more than US$100 million and an actual foreign investment of more than US$80 billion have been implemented. BASF, ExxonMobil and other US$10 billion projects are progressing smoothly.
3. Promoting outsourcing to improve quality and efficiency
To expand and strengthen the service outsourcing industry, the executed amount of service outsourcing will expand from US$18.6 billion in 2017 to US$32.2 billion in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 11.7%, of which the proportion of information technology outsourcing will exceed 40%. Build a high-standard service outsourcing platform, accelerate the construction of a national digital service export base in the central business district of Guangzhou Tianhe, improve the energy level of three national service outsourcing demonstration cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Foshan, and cultivate a total of 8 digital service export bases.
4. Promoting the optimization of foreign economic layout
Actively participating in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", the five-year average annual growth rate of imports and exports to countries and regions along the route is 8.4%, accounting for 27.1% of the province's total. Implement the high-quality implementation of the RCEP action plan, and the average annual growth rate of imports and exports to member countries is 5.3% over the past five years. China Railway Express has set up 8 operating stations across the province and opened to more than 40 countries and regions. In 2022, the number of trains shipped and the value of goods will increase by 1.2 times and 63% respectively. High-quality construction of overseas economic and trade cooperation zones. The seven provincial-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zones will achieve an output value of 3.87 billion US dollars in 2022, driving goods exports of 850 million US dollars.
5. Promote the global talent introduction of foreign intelligence
Adhere to the combination of attracting capital, technology and talents, vigorously attract foreign-funded R&D institutions, support foreign-funded R&D centers to enjoy a package of services such as tax exemption for imported equipment and team entry convenience, and drive overseas outstanding scientific and technological talents to settle in Guangdong. Improve the ecology of talent recruitment in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, build innovation and entrepreneurship platforms such as Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao International Youth Innovation Workshop, Hengqin and Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Valley, build Qin-Macao Cross-border Talent Project, Macao Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Offshore Innovation and Entrepreneurship base for Overseas Talents.
He Jun also said that it is necessary to actively promote the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone to carry out original, differentiated and systematic reforms and innovations in investment, trade, finance, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation and other fields. Up to now, a total of 696 institutional innovation achievements have been formed, and 216 reform and innovation experiences have been replicated and promoted throughout the province, 41 of which have been replicated and promoted nationwide; 301 institutional innovation cases have been released, and 7 have been selected as national best practice cases. Successfully approved a number of key policies such as FT account, Guangzhou Futures Exchange, and tax rebate at the port of departure. Set up 13 joint development zones, copy and promote 62 reform and innovation experiences.
"Next, we will focus on the primary task of high-quality development and the strategic task of building a new development pattern, and make a good combination of the 'five external linkages', accelerate the construction of a strong trade province, drive the high-level opening up of Guangdong in the new era, and strive for Guangdong is at the forefront in promoting Chinese-style modernization and provides strong support." He Jun said.
