In late autumn of another year, the great ship of reform set sail again.
On October 31, the China (Zhejiang) Free Trade Pilot Zone Jinyi Area (Jinyi New District Block) Construction Work Conference was held. At the meeting, it was announced that the Jinyi New District (Jindong District) Block Leading Group was officially was established and issued business licenses to the first batch of companies settling in the area. This means that the entire Jinyi New Area has entered "free trade zone time."
In fact, the clarion call for hard-working construction has already sounded in the hot land of Jinyi New District.
In late October, the "Loongson Zhongke" test line began trial operation in Jinyi New District. In the later period, it will undertake more than half of the nationwide sealing and testing business of "Loongson Zhongke"; National and local joint engineering research on the Internet domain name system The Central Network Basic Research Center was unveiled in Jinyi New District. This means that more and more electronic products will be stamped with the mark of “Intelligent Manufacturing in Jinyi New District”. When walking into the construction site of the second phase of the Jinyi Comprehensive Free Zone, there are many tower cranes and rumbling machines. It is a scene in full swing. The race is against time for the acceptance of the project before the end of the year.
On September 24, the Zhejiang Free Trade Pilot Zone expansion area (Ningbo area, Hangzhou area, Jinyi area) was officially launched, and 9.8 square kilometers of Jinyi New Area was successfully included in the expansion area. This is another major development opportunity for the district after it was approved as a provincial new district in May. In the future, Jinyi New District will focus on the three major functional positions of building intelligent manufacturing, hub economy, and new trade zone, strive to create "one city, two centers, one port, one place, and one platform", and deliver high-scoring reports for the construction of free trade areas. Efforts will be made to build the Jinyi New Area of ??the Free Trade Zone into a new highland for reform and opening up.
Opening up a new development pattern
The free trade zone is a comprehensive reform zone that integrates opening up and innovation in investment, trade, finance, science and technology and other fields. It is a benchmark for international operating rules. , a stress test area to shape an international, convenient, and legalized business environment. It is a pilot area to comprehensively improve government governance, change traditional administrative concepts, and significantly improve administrative efficiency. It is a new fulcrum, new support, and new development of reform and opening up. Motivation, new energy.
The implementation area of ??the Jinyi New Area of ??the Free Trade Pilot Zone is 9.8 square kilometers (including 1.26 square kilometers of the comprehensive bonded area). The functional layout is intelligent manufacturing, new trade, and hub economic function zones, mainly relying on the Yiwu Pilot Zone Key cooperation functional platforms, Jinmanhu urban functional platforms, Jinhua scientific and technological innovation functional platforms, and multimodal transport hub ports in central Zhejiang are actively building national-level production service logistics hubs and building international logistics hubs integrating production, processing, and logistics services. economic zone. Focusing on strategic emerging industries, digital economy, information technology, etc., we will lay out industries such as independent innovation of information technology, network economy, science and technology incubation, cross-border e-commerce, smart logistics, and new materials.
"That's awesome! This is the biggest policy red envelope, the biggest development opportunity, and the biggest open platform that the country has given us in Jinyi New District." After learning the news, business owners and citizens in Jinyi New District were all excited Very encouraged.
By 2025, the Jinyi New Area of ??the Pilot Free Trade Zone will take the lead in exploring and forming a new development pattern, with a GDP growth rate that is 2 percentage points higher than the average of the province and Jinhua City, and strive to create a new era of reform and opening up. High ground, becoming a leading area for institutional innovation, a pioneer area and a growth pole for high-quality development of the development economy.
A new international trade center area will be basically built. The growth rate of total foreign trade import and export and total actual utilization of foreign investment is more than 3 percentage points higher than the average of the province and the city, and the cross-border RMB settlement amount has reached 10 billion yuan. The amount of contracted foreign capital and the amount of actual utilized foreign capital have increased by more than 50%.
Basically build a three-dimensional and diversified inland international logistics hub port. In 2025, the number of China-Europe freight trains will strive to exceed 800 TEUs, and the express delivery business volume will strive to exceed 1 billion pieces.
Basically build an intelligent manufacturing demonstration base. The number of new patent applications and new patent authorizations both increased by more than 50%; the number of high-tech enterprises increased by 12, and the main business income of high-tech enterprises increased by more than 50%.
Promote development in an all-round way
Joining the "circle of friends" of the free trade pilot zone and creating a new highland for reform and opening up, Jinyi New District has been given new impetus and connotation.
As an experimental field for my country's reform and opening up, the free trade zone has formed a total of 260 institutional innovation achievements for the past seven years and has been replicated and promoted nationwide. Relevant data show that from January to May 2020, the country's 18 free trade pilot zones actually used 60.25 billion yuan in foreign investment, achieving 17% of the country's foreign investment in less than four thousandths of the country's land area.
"Next, we will benchmark the first-class and advanced projects and comprehensively promote the construction of the Jinyi New District of the free trade zone in the whole region." said the main person in charge of the Jinyi New District Party Working Committee and Jindong District Committee.
Jinyi New District will firmly shoulder the strategic mission of opening up at a higher level, regard the construction of the free trade zone as the most important strategic fulcrum for a new round of high-quality development and opening up, and focus on "laying the foundation in one year, With the goal of achieving results in two years and experience in three years, we will raise the bar, benchmark against the best, and strive to deliver a high-scoring report on the construction of the free trade zone.
Seize the "big nose" of institutional innovation, continuously improve the level of openness, actively promote the pilot liberalization and facilitation of trade, investment, capital, transportation, and personnel entry and exit, and promote a higher level of new two-way openness. pattern.
Raise the "surfing sail" of project construction and continuously promote industrial upgrading. Focusing closely on the positioning of intelligent manufacturing, new trade, and hub economic functional zones, we strive to build an international logistics hub port economic zone integrating production, processing, and logistics services.
Make good factors to drive the "first move", constantly gather development momentum, aim at the long-term goal of the free trade zone construction, optimize the factor supply system, and transfer the resource elements of land, capital, innovation, and policies to the free trade zone gather.
Dare to go into the "deep water zone" of government reform, constantly optimize the business ecology, create a transparent and efficient government ecology, a fair and just competition ecology, an honest and trustworthy market ecology, and establish a reporting mechanism for negative examples of the business ecology. Explore and implement the reform of "no veto power at government service windows" and build a new government service model with the least approval, the simplest process, and the highest efficiency.
Aiming at a comprehensive "game of chess" across the entire region, strengthening regional linkage, block linkage, and regional-port linkage, replicating, promoting and applying the results of the free trade zone, and continuously releasing the dividends of the free trade zone reform. From the "three levels" of systematic planning including the 9.8 square kilometers of the free trade pilot zone, the entire 661 square kilometers of the new area, and cross-regional collaboration, we will promote the coordinated innovative development of points, lines, and surfaces of major industrial platforms within the Jinyi New Area.
Strengthen the strategic cooperation between Jinyi Comprehensive Free Zone and open platforms inside and outside the province such as Ningbo Zhoushan Port and Ningbo Free Trade Zone; launch comprehensive strategic cooperation with Yiwu, accelerate the advancement of Jinyi integrated development strategy, and highlight the cooperation with Yiwu Differentiated development; realizing the integration of port services in Jinyi Comprehensive Free Zone and Zhejiang Zhejiang Highway, Rail and Water Intermodal Transport Port.
Jinyi New District
Multiple efforts to solve the problem
The inclusion of Jinyi New District into the Free Trade Zone has given Jinyi New District a higher platform and greater space. This is a new beginning.
At present, Jinyi New District is taking the construction of the free trade zone as the "No. 1 project" for the development of the whole district, showing the speed and efficiency of the free trade zone, and solving key tasks, policy problems, and industries. We will work against the clock and work hard for 60 days to ensure a "good start" in the three major battles to increase efficiency.
Fight hard in key tasks, plan deep and practical top-level designs, strengthen the implementation of policies to achieve results, and do a good job in the series of activities of "Free Trade Set Sail, Chasing Dreams in New Districts" to let cadres, enterprises, and society have a deep understanding of free trade District construction.
Fight the tough battle against policy problems, focus on proactive innovation internally, strive for expansion of power and empowerment externally, carry out benchmarking learning externally, do what is right in advance, do what is capable in advance, and leave no stone unturned Make sure that innovative results are implemented and take effect.
Fight the battle to increase industrial efficiency, speed up the promotion of a number of iconic industrial projects and basic supporting projects, speed up the construction of regional medical centers and new international education zones, speed up the planning of a number of leading major projects, and increase quality with high quality. Quantity drives stock.
The main person in charge of Jinyi New District Party Working Committee and Jindong District Committee said that the construction of the free trade zone is the common responsibility of the entire district and will be promoted with a heart-to-mind and arm-to-finger attitude. Efficient operation gathers strong momentum for the construction of the free trade zone. Implement the party's overall leadership throughout the entire process of free trade zone construction, mobilize the power and wisdom of the entire region, further strengthen organizational leadership, capacity improvement, policy support, supervision and evaluation, publicity and guidance, and comprehensively carry out the "I am for the free trade zone" "Contribution to the Free Trade Zone" theme activity, strive to create a strong atmosphere of "everyone is a builder", build synergy with a high degree of consistency, and solidly implement all work in the free trade zone.
From a provincial urban new district to a free trade pilot zone, Jinyi New District is pursuing its dreams all the way. In the future, with the construction of the free trade zone, Jinyi New District will continue to ride the wind and waves and forge ahead.
Editor-in-chief on duty: Du Yufeng