Basic introduction Chinese name: Guangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone was established1May 1992 13 Location: East Guangzhou Operation Time:1May 1993 Functional Park, Function and Target, Functional Zoning, Implementation Steps, Floor Area Ratio, Institutions and Functions, Preferential Policies, Functional Park Guangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone is divided into Computer Industry City. There are customs declaration building, special wharf, bonded warehouse, general workshop, open yard, exhibition hall, customs inspection field and other facilities in the area. Industries encouraged by Guangzhou Free Trade Zone: international trade, bonded logistics, processing and manufacturing. Functions and Objectives Guangzhou Free Trade Zone mainly develops international entrepot trade, export processing, bonded warehousing, commodity display, as well as transportation, finance and insurance, information consultation, commercial retail and other related businesses. Its development goal is to build a highly open comprehensive free trade zone, which is in line with international practices and the world market, to realize the freedom of goods, funds and personnel to enter and leave and the freedom of investment and trade, and to become a commodity distribution center in neighboring countries and regions. Functional zoning Guangzhou Free Trade Zone The land in Guangzhou Free Trade Zone is mainly divided into warehousing, commercial trade, export processing, docks and public services. There are docks, warehouses and industrial land in the east, covering an area of 360 thousand square meters, which is suitable for building multi-storey and high-rise warehouses and freight terminals; The southern part is commercial and commercial building land, covering an area of 300,000 square meters. It is suitable for building multi-storey and high-rise buildings for trade, finance, commodity exhibition and other industries, as well as community management centers, entertainment facilities, restaurants and so on. The central and western regions are industrial land for warehouse storage, covering an area of 280,000 square meters. Suitable for building multi-storey warehouses and factories, engaged in high-tech, export processing and simple commercial processing. The planned land for Guangzhou Free Trade Zone is divided into Phase I and Phase II, and Baoying Bridge connects Phase I and Phase II. Among them, the first phase mainly develops commercial trade, warehousing, exhibitions, simple commercial processing, docks and public services; The second phase is mainly used to develop high-tech industries such as electronic information manufacturing and plan to build a computer industry city. Implementation steps in the first stage: initial operation stage (1993- 1994). The main tasks at this stage are: to complete the construction of customs isolation facilities and "seven connections and one leveling" infrastructure in the whole region, and some public and commercial buildings such as warehouses, office buildings, commodity trading exhibition streets and temporary docks have been completed and put into use, forming a high-standard investment and business environment; The construction of storage areas and financial and trade areas has been fully rolled out; Open up domestic and foreign investment channels and introduce projects on a large scale; The main policies are put in place, and the relationship between internal and external institutions is basically straightened out; Establish a centralized, streamlined, efficient and clean administrative system; The service system has basically taken shape, providing comprehensive and high-quality services for the whole region. The second stage: functional development stage (1995- 1996). The main tasks at this stage are: continue to complete the construction of some warehouses and office buildings, so that most planned construction projects can be completed; Give full play to the function of international trade and commodity window, and form an important feature of Guangzhou Free Trade Zone; Other functions began to play, forming a basic framework; A number of tangible professional markets such as automobiles, means of production, high-grade daily necessities, electronic products, gold and silver jewelry have been established and operated, with international and standardized management level; The operation of management institutions tends to be mature, and the main policies are determined by legislation. The third stage: the function promotion stage (1997-). The main task at this stage is to improve various functions, so that the overall function of the bonded area can be brought into play; Expand the geographical area of the bonded area through combination. At this stage, the whole region is prosperous, domestic and foreign merchants gather, the scale of commodity distribution is large, and the economic benefits are remarkable. A highly open comprehensive free trade zone in line with international standards has emerged in Huangpu Port Area, which constitutes an important part of Guangzhou's international metropolis and one of the important symbols of Guangzhou's economic internationalization. The plot ratio of land use is 3- 10 for office buildings, 2.00-3.00 for multi-storey standard workshops, 2.00 for storage and 0.5- 1.5 for special industrial workshops. Institutions and functions The establishment of Guangzhou Free Trade Zone management institutions includes three main levels: Guangzhou Free Trade Zone Leading Group, Guangzhou Free Trade Zone Management Committee, Customs and other relevant state administrative departments stationed in the zone. Leading Group of Guangzhou Free Trade Zone: the mayor is the leader, the deputy leader is the deputy mayor in charge of foreign economic work, the leader of the Municipal Party Committee and the leader of the Free Trade Zone Management Committee, and the members are the main leaders of the Municipal Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Huangpu Customs and Guangzhou Port Authority. The leading group is responsible for the leadership of the bonded area, making decisions on major issues in the bonded area, and coordinating the working relationship between the bonded area and the relevant municipal administrative departments. Guangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone Management Committee: According to the Administrative Measures of Guangzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone (Trial), it is the dispatched office of Guangzhou people and is responsible for the unified management of the administrative affairs of the Pilot Free Trade Zone. Its main responsibilities are: 1. To formulate and revise the master plan of the bonded area and organize its implementation after approval by the municipal government; 2. Formulate and issue detailed rules for the implementation of bonded area management; 3. To examine and approve the investment projects in the bonded area and the establishment, merger and cancellation of various enterprises and institutions in the bonded area in accordance with the prescribed licensing authority; 4. Manage the administrative work of the bonded area, such as capital construction, finance and taxation, industrial and commercial administration, labor and personnel, land and real estate, transportation, environmental protection, fire protection and public utilities; 5. Manage and supervise economic activities such as foreign trade and entrepot trade in the bonded area; 6. Coordinate the work of customs, industry and commerce, taxation, foreign exchange management and other departments in the bonded area; 7. Manage public utilities and facilities in the bonded area; 8. Exercise other functions and powers granted by the municipal government; According to this function and the actual development needs of the bonded area, the Guangzhou Bonded Area Management Committee temporarily set up four functional departments of the Economic Development Bureau, which mainly perform economic management functions such as planning, statistics, foreign trade, project approval, import and export materials approval, price, enterprise management, investment services, and organization of attracting investment. Public Bureau: It mainly exercises the management functions of land and real estate management, municipal management, capital construction management, environmental protection and other social undertakings. Finance and Taxation Bureau: It mainly exercises the functions of financial budget and final accounts, fund management, financial management and tax management in the bonded area. Office: It mainly performs the functions of secretary, public relations, publicity, supervision, auditing, overseas Chinese affairs, Taiwan Province affairs, social and cultural management, labor and personnel, wages, foreign affairs, security, policy research, legal system, agency logistics services, and supervision of personnel and vehicles entering and leaving the bonded area. In order to strengthen the service function, the CMC has set up a number of intermediary service agencies, including audit firms, accounting firms, law firms, financial consulting companies, talent exchange service centers, information centers and development research centers. Institution: In view of the characteristics of customs supervision of the bonded area, the institutions in the bonded area are mainly set up by the customs, and it is planned to set up Guangzhou Bonded Area Customs. According to the actual needs of the development of the bonded area, other accreditation bodies shall be established. In the early stage of development, some necessary departments, such as industrial and commercial administration, police station, etc., can be co-located with the existing institutions in Guangzhou Development Zone, with two signboards and a set of people. Preferential policies (1) Companies, enterprises, other economic organizations or individuals inside and outside China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) are allowed to invest or set up trade, warehousing, export processing, transportation enterprises, finance, exhibition institutions and other approved enterprises or institutions in the bonded area. (2) Goods brought into the bonded area from abroad and transported overseas from the bonded area shall be exempted from import and export duties, import and export licenses and import and export declaration procedures. (3) In the bonded area, goods can flow freely. (4) Goods transported from the bonded area to the non-bonded area are regarded as imported goods; Goods transported from non-bonded areas into bonded areas are regarded as exports, and export tax refund procedures can be handled according to regulations. (five), allowing enterprises in the region to entrust enterprises outside the region to process export products; Enterprises in the bonded area are free to process goods other than the national export quotas. (6) For the imported goods displayed in the bonded area, the customs shall supervise them as bonded goods, and the procedures are more convenient. (seven) except for the goods prohibited by the state from being imported, the warehousing enterprises in the bonded area are allowed to store domestically needed goods in the bonded area according to changes in the international and domestic markets; There is no hard and fast rule on the storage period of transportation and warehousing goods. (8) For productive foreign-invested enterprises engaged in processing and export in the bonded area, the enterprise income tax may be levied at a reduced rate of 15%. (nine) the foreign exchange income earned by enterprises in the bonded area can be retained in cash for turnover. The operating income of investors from various countries, the wages of foreign employees and other legitimate income shall be remitted abroad freely after going through the tax payment formalities according to regulations. Allow foreign currency to be priced, settled and circulated in the region. Guangzhou Free Trade Zone Management Committee independently exercises the administrative authority entrusted by the city. Any investor who wants to set up an enterprise in the bonded area can go through the necessary registration procedures conveniently and quickly.