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According to "Shanghai Release" news, on February 29, the State Council Information Office held a press conference and invited Sun Yuning, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, and Hua Yuan, deputy mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government to introduce the "Overall Construction of Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone" Regarding the plan, Wang Honglin, head of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance, Gong Yao, head of the Border Inspection Management Department of the National Immigration Administration, Chen Zhenchong, director of the Free Trade Department of the General Administration of Customs, and Zhu Min, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission, attended the press conference and A reporter asked.
Sun Yuning, deputy director of the General Administration of Customs:
In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and support the construction of Shanghai's "Five Centers", the General Administration of Customs and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, together with relevant departments, actively explore the construction of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone, learn from international experience, and combine domestic In fact, policy integration innovation has been carried out, and the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone" has been studied and compiled. Recently, the State Council has approved this "Overall Plan".
The establishment of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone will help further promote the implementation of the free trade pilot zone improvement strategy and help Shanghai become a vanguard of national reform and opening up and a forerunner of innovative development; it will help serve the national strategy of more proactive opening up and enrich the open economy. Development carrier; conducive to serving the construction of a new development pattern and creating a domestic and international dual-circulation strategic link.
The "Overall Plan" covers five aspects, namely overall requirements, core functions, management measures, risk prevention and control, and guarantee mechanisms. The main content can be summarized as "three threes".
The first is 3 positioning. The core positioning of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone is, firstly, a new platform to facilitate international business exchanges, secondly, a new carrier for the gathering of service resource elements, and thirdly, a new node to promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.
The second is the 3 core functions. Mainly to facilitate international business exchanges, serve high-end international exhibition activities, and improve the quality of training services.
The third is to take three aspects of management measures. They are to facilitate the entry and exit of people, facilitate the management of luggage and items, and implement efficient management of cargo.
The above three aspects are our three positionings, three core functions and three specific management measures.
In addition, it is clarified in the "Master Plan" that the international business cooperation zone will be constructed in accordance with the principles of overall planning, step-by-step implementation, and as quickly as possible. At the same time, the International Business Cooperation Zone implements closed management and strengthens risk prevention and control. Guarantee mechanisms such as strengthening legal protection and implementing work responsibilities have been established.
In the next step, we will work with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and relevant departments to effectively organize and implement the development positioning, development goals and key tasks specified in the "Master Plan", and at the same time strengthen tracking and evaluation to effectively promote the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone construction and development.
Hua Yuan, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government:
The construction of the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone is an important mission assigned to Shanghai by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is an important carrier to serve the construction of a new development pattern and strive to promote high-level opening up to the outside world. It is also an important carrier to further enhance the level of Shanghai's "Five Centers" and international competition. An important starting point for strength. In the next step, we will focus on the following three aspects to implement the "Overall Plan".
The first is to amplify the effect of policy integration and create a new highland for institutional openness. The business cooperation zone is one of the most open areas in the world based on the comprehensive bonded area, customs supervision area and port limited area management system, and superimposes policies and measures to facilitate the cross-border movement of people in specific closed areas and business services. We will adhere to the goals of more open policies, more convenient entry and exit, and better services. Starting from regional positioning and conditions, combined with the institutional innovation results of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, we will take the lead in testing and gaining experience in reforming system integration, collaboration and efficiency. , continuously optimize the facilitation measures of the business cooperation zone, promote the integrated development of trade in goods and trade in services, and further promote institutional opening up.
The second is to create platform carrier functions to assist the construction of the "five centers". We will focus on core functions such as business exchanges, international exhibitions, and international training, and focus on facilitating the exchange of international business personnel, build high-standard infrastructure, provide high-quality comprehensive services, enhance the attraction of international personnel and resource elements, and encourage And attract headquarters enterprises, multinational companies and international institutions to carry out cross-border business activities, hold international brand exhibitions, organize international training and exchanges in the zone, and promote the innovative development of offshore trade, service trade and digital trade. At the same time, we will give full play to the advantages of the expansion of the international transportation gateway hub and the incremental resources of domestic and foreign passengers brought by the construction of the fourth phase of Shanghai East Railway Station and Pudong International Airport in the Oriental Hub, better gather global factors, allocate global resources, and further smooth the economic cycle. Achieve reasonable flow and efficient allocation of resource elements and support the construction of Shanghai's "Five Centers".
The third is to play a radiating and leading role to promote regional coordinated and high-quality development. The Business Cooperation Zone is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River Delta International Transportation Hub and the National Coastal Corridor. With the support and guidance of relevant national departments, we will give full play to the immigration management department clearly stated in the "Overall Plan" to support the business cooperation zone's comprehensive management agency registration. With a valid invitation, overseas personnel entering the zone from Pudong International Airport on international (regional) flights do not need to verify entry permits such as Chinese visas. They only have convenient conditions for international travel document verification and can stay for 30 days to engage in business activities in the zone. The policy of applying for extension according to needs focuses on providing international business passenger services, continuously optimizing management and service processes, improving service efficiency and corporate perception, and providing a new platform for international business exchanges and cooperation for the development of open economic development in the Yangtze River Delta region and the country. Promote the in-depth integration of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road Initiative", deepen the promotion of high-level collaborative opening, and strive to become a new engine that smoothes my country's economic cycle and a new hub that connects domestic and international dual cycles.
In the next step, Shanghai will, with the support and guidance of the General Administration of Customs and various national departments, further strengthen organizational leadership, improve mechanisms, clarify division of labor, implement responsibilities, do a good job in the planning, construction, management and operation of business cooperation zones, and solidly promote the construction and development of business cooperation zones .
Hot questions and answers
China Central Radio and Television Station:
Currently, there are some special types of management areas both internationally and domestically, corresponding to different policy and system designs. This time, in order to support Shanghai in accelerating the construction of the "Five Centers", the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone was established. What kind of connections does it have with these existing special types of areas? What is the overall design concept?
Sun Yuning:
In order to meet the needs of opening up to the outside world, our country has established some different types of special areas. I think everyone can have an understanding of the relationship between the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone and other special areas, what kind of positioning it has, and what kind of functions it has.
First of all, in order to implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, completely and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, strive to promote the high-quality development of our country's economy, and better leverage Shanghai's advantages in opening up, the Shanghai Oriental Hub for International Business Cooperation was established This is an important measure for my country to implement a more proactive opening-up strategy under the new situation.
In the process of building the international business cooperation zone, especially in the system design, we focused on two aspects. First, benchmarking against international standards, we studied the development of some similar regions in relevant countries and learned from their advanced experiences and practices in terms of facilitation measures, including business layout. Second, based on the country, the policy functions of various special areas in the country have been systematically sorted out and studied, and combined with the functional positioning of international business cooperation zones, policies and measures that can be used for reference have been formed. Therefore, the Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone is a brand-new area. It is not a simple copy of a certain type of special area in our country, but a reference, integration and innovation of various international and domestic regional functions. The Shanghai Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone mainly relies on the international aviation hub and aims to promote international business exchanges. On the basis of the comprehensive bonded area, customs supervision area, and port limited area management system, it has superimposed policies and measures to facilitate entry and exit personnel. The system of "liberalizing the first line and controlling the second line" will be expanded from goods to natural persons, bringing together global factors and resources, and implementing a new platform for higher-level opening up to the outside world.
We will work with relevant departments to introduce detailed supporting measures. At the same time, we will do a good job in the implementation and implementation of the plan, and effectively support Shanghai to explore first, accumulate experience, and expand opening up.
Voice of China, China Central Radio and Television Station:
The "Overall Plan" proposes to create a highly convenient international business exchange carrier, better connect domestic and international markets, and make better use of both domestic and international resources. May I ask what technical conditions and advantages Shanghai has in building a business cooperation zone in this regard?
Huayuan:
As you all know, as the forefront of my country's reform and opening up and an international metropolis with deep global links, we feel that Shanghai has "three hass" to implement this system well. First, there are locational advantages. Second, there is the guarantee of institutional innovation. Third, there is support from market demand.
First, it has an international transportation hub and the ability to gather resources and elements. As we all know, the location of this business cooperation zone is close to Pudong International Airport and Shanghai East Railway Station. Pudong International Airport is my country's international aviation gateway hub, with an annual passenger throughput of more than 70 million, of which international passengers account for approximately 50%. In 2028, the T3 terminal of Pudong International Airport will be put into use, and the number of passengers guaranteed will reach 130 million in the next step. The designed annual passenger flow of Shanghai East Railway Station will also reach 60 million. It will be completed and opened to traffic in 2027, becoming a core hub serving the Yangtze River Delta region and an important functional node of the national coastal corridor. Therefore, from the perspective of Pudong Airport and Shanghai East Railway Station, which is what we now call the Eastern Hub, it will bring about the need for the convergence and exchange of various elements, and will also be able to better support the business cooperation zone to gather global elements to configure the world. resource.
Second, multiple regional opening-up policies are superimposed and have the conditions for institutional innovation. The area where the business cooperation zone is located is located in Pudong New Area, which is also the location of the country's first free trade pilot zone. In 2019, with the support of the central government, we established the Lingang New Area. At present, Pudong New Area is making every effort to promote the construction of a leading area for socialist modernization and has achieved a large number of institutional innovation results in an open economy. This time, the business cooperation zone has the functions of a comprehensive bonded area, a customs supervision area and a restricted port area, and has the advantages of integrating and innovating the facilitation management system. Furthermore, we will give full play to the legislative authority of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress in Pudong New Area, which can provide a good legal support for our institutional opening and reform and innovation. The business cooperation zone will also give full play to the advantages of policy integration and legal protection to create a new carrier for opening up with outstanding functions and high convenience.
Third, the open economy has a high level of energy and meets the needs of international business activities. Shanghai currently has a total of 75,000 foreign-funded enterprises, 58,000 foreign trade entities, 956 foreign-funded enterprise headquarters, and 561 foreign-funded R&D centers. Its port trade volume exceeds 3% of the world's total. The number of foreigners entering and exiting through Shanghai's ports is also the largest in the country. first place. The Yangtze River Delta region is also one of the most economically open and economically active regions in my country. Foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises have a large number of cross-border exchange needs for business negotiations, conferences and exhibitions, and international training. In addition, everyone knows that Shanghai will hold the Import Expo every year. The current role of the Import Expo in the four aspects of international procurement, investment promotion, cultural exchanges, and open cooperation is becoming increasingly prominent. Shanghai has also created 60 "6 Days + 365 days" is a year-round display trading platform. We feel that the establishment of the business cooperation zone will better meet these international exchange needs and create a platform carrier that links the Yangtze River Delta, serves the country, and radiates around the world.
Macau Monthly:
In addition to the visa-free entry policy, what kind of humanized services and facilitation guarantees will Shanghai provide to foreigners?
Zhu Min, Director of Shanghai Municipal Commerce Commission:
We will learn from the best practices of similar regions at home and abroad, and combine it with the actual situation of business cooperation zones to provide overseas personnel with innovative, diversified, convenient and efficient world-class service guarantees. In terms of arrival and departure, in addition to the convenient entry procedures mentioned above, we will also set up a dedicated transportation channel with Pudong International Airport and use special vehicle connections to provide pick-up and drop-off services for overseas people. Pudong International Airport will set up multi-lingual signage to the business cooperation zone. It takes about 20 minutes for international passengers to take the shuttle bus from the far end of the terminal to the business cooperation zone. After the completion of the T3 terminal, the fastest time is only about 10 minutes. minute. Checked baggage will be delivered directly to the arrival hall of the Joint Inspection Building in the Business Cooperation Zone, and can be directly delivered to a hotel room in the Cooperation Zone according to passenger needs. International passengers departing from the country can check in directly at the joint inspection building.
In terms of business activities, the business cooperation zone will build world-class functional venues and facilities such as exhibitions, conferences, and trainings, which will not only meet the needs of large-scale exhibitions and conferences, but also provide professional, small-scale, and customized services. The business cooperation zone will be equipped with a certain amount of office space to serve the needs of professional services such as accounting, finance, and consulting. It will also provide mobile offices, temporary offices, and joint office spaces for all parties. We will also build a "6-day + 365-day" display and trading platform to achieve linkage with the China International Import Expo. Advanced network, transportation, energy and other infrastructure will be deployed in the zone to provide good facilities for business activities. In addition, for overseas personnel who need to enter the country after business activities, the port visa agency can provide port visa services in the zone to achieve a seamless connection between entry and entry services.
In terms of supporting services, the business cooperation zone will highlight internationalization, diversity, and experiential features and provide high-quality service experience. The area will provide various types of commercial, catering, leisure, cultural and sports venues and facilities, not only providing convenient services for business people, but also providing leisure places for accompanying people. The business cooperation zone will support overseas bank cards, mobile payment, cash payment and other methods to provide convenient payment services and consumption experience. Overseas people who leave the country after shopping in the zone can go through departure tax refund procedures in accordance with regulations. The medical conditions in the area are also in line with international standards and meet the needs for basic medical treatment and health services. In the planning and construction of the business cooperation zone, we will further take market demand as the guide, optimize the configuration of software and hardware facilities, continuously improve the level of convenient services, and create a world-class business exchange environment that is both close and enjoyable.
China News Service:
The business cooperation zone is a new platform and area for exchanges between people at home and abroad. What specific measures has the National Immigration Administration taken to facilitate the entry and exit of people?
Gong Yao, head of the Border Inspection and Management Department of the National Immigration Administration:
Convenient entry and exit for people is also a common concern. In order to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, and better leverage the advantages of Shanghai's opening up to the outside world, the National Immigration Administration has centered on the development positioning of the Shanghai Oriental Hub Business Cooperation Zone, focused on core functional planning, and relied on Pudong Airport International Aviation Hub conditions, innovating system designs and policy measures that highly facilitate the entry and exit of people, helping to create a new carrier for higher-level opening up to the outside world, and a new area for higher-level international exchanges. In terms of facilitating the entry and exit of people at home and abroad into the business cooperation zone:
First, overseas personnel do not need a Chinese visa to enter the zone from Pudong International Airport by taking international or regional flights. The immigration management department only conducts international travel document verification based on a valid invitation registered with the comprehensive management agency of the business cooperation zone.
Second, overseas personnel in the international side entry zone who carry out business activities in the zone can stay for 30 days and can apply for an extension as needed.
Third, overseas personnel in the international side-entry zone can apply for port visas in the zone to facilitate business inspections and other activities in the country. The immigration management department will provide corresponding conveniences in accordance with the law.
Fourth, domestic personnel entering the zone are subject to permit management, and the immigration management department, together with customs and other units, will make every effort to ensure the needs of domestic personnel entering the zone for exchanges and exchanges.
In the next step, the National Immigration Administration will proactively coordinate with relevant Shanghai and national authorities to follow the clear development goals of the overall plan, focus on convenience and efficiency, advance the implementation of key tasks in a solid and orderly manner, and fully support the high-standard construction of the business cooperation zone. High quality development.
Science and Technology Daily:
The business cooperation zone takes international business exchanges as its core function. Can you introduce its functions in detail? What role can it play in the future?
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Chen Zhenchong, Director of the Free Trade Department of the General Administration of Customs:
Director Sun just talked about the three core functions of the International Business Cooperation Zone, and I will introduce them in detail below.
First, it facilitates international business exchanges. Meet the needs of overseas personnel for short-term business activities and provide convenience for them to carry out business meetings, business negotiations and other activities. Encourage headquarters enterprises, multinational companies and international institutions to carry out cross-border business activities.
The second is to serve high-end international exhibition activities. Domestic enterprises are encouraged to strengthen cooperation with internationally renowned exhibition companies, overseas professional exhibition organizations, international exhibition industry associations, etc., and hold internationally renowned brand exhibitions and economic and trade exhibitions in the zone. Foreign institutions are allowed to independently organize foreign-related economic and technological exhibitions in the zone except for titles with words such as "China", "China", "National" and "National".
The third is to improve the quality of training services. Domestic and foreign universities, research institutions, multinational companies, industry associations, etc. are encouraged to carry out international training activities in the zone. Encourage the development of professional training services such as large-scale medical equipment operation and aviation simulation flight in the zone.
Focusing on the above three core functions, the overall plan also proposes to improve the basic supporting facilities of the region and provide high-quality services for domestic and foreign personnel in business, leisure, medical, payment, etc., such as improving foreign currency exchange facilities. In the process of studying the "Overall Plan" , visited the People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. As for optimizing the foreign exchange payment environment, the host just said that payment by foreigners in the country has also been a hot topic recently and has received a lot of attention, so we proposed to expand the coverage of point-of-sale terminals (POS machines). Mayor Cai Cai also mentioned just now that the International Business Cooperation Zone has also made explorations in improving the payment experience for overseas personnel, which is a good experience. The General Administration of Customs will work with relevant departments and Shanghai Municipality to actively promote the realization of various functions of the International Business Cooperation Zone, and with the actual construction and development, continue to enrich and expand the functions of the International Business Cooperation Zone according to the needs of the next development.
The role that the International Business Cooperation Zone can play in the future is specifically reflected in three positionings. First, it will become a new platform to facilitate international business exchanges and provide efficient and convenient services for domestic and foreign business people to carry out exchanges and cooperation. The second is to become a new carrier for the aggregation of service resource elements. Exhibitions, training and other formats will be carried out in the zone to promote the exchange of goods and information flows, better gather global elements, allocate global resources, and effectively serve to build a new development pattern. The third is to become a new node in promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, deeply implement the regional coordinated development strategy, provide a platform carrier for international business exchanges for various enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta and even the country, and effectively promote the high-quality development of the Chinese economy.
21st Century Economic Report:
The "Master Plan" clarifies the development positioning and functions of the business cooperation zone. Based on the functional positioning, what specific arrangements does the Ministry of Finance have in designing the tax system?
Wang Honglin, head of the Tariff Department of the Ministry of Finance:
The establishment of a business cooperation zone is an innovative move that completely, accurately and comprehensively implements the new development concept and promotes high-level opening up to the outside world, and is of great significance. The Ministry of Finance resolutely implements the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and actively supports the construction of business cooperation zones. Focusing on the development goals and functional positioning of business cooperation zones, the Ministry of Finance focuses on the implementation of efficient management of goods and convenient management of luggage and items, and studies appropriate supporting tax policies. , the business cooperation zone can superimpose some tax exemption policies on the import of goods and personnel facilitation measures on the basis of the existing tax policies of the comprehensive bonded zone, involving tax exemptions, bonds, tax refunds and other tax policies, mainly including the following five aspects:
The first is to grant tax-free policy to some overseas goods entering the zone. In order to support the construction and development of the business cooperation zone, list management is implemented for the import of infrastructure materials required for the construction of the business cooperation zone and equipment and instruments required for operation. Import duties and import link taxes are exempted after approval according to the procedures. Products outside the list are levied according to regulations. Tax. The list of duty-free goods will be studied and determined based on the actual situation of the business cooperation zone to meet the needs of construction and operation and release policy dividends.
The second is to implement a bonded policy for qualified overseas goods entering the zone. Unless otherwise provided by laws, regulations and policies, other goods entering the zone from abroad will be bonded.
The third is to implement tax rebates for some goods entering the zone from outside the domestic zone, and implement classified management for goods entering the zone from outside the domestic zone. The infrastructure materials required for the construction of the business cooperation zone and the equipment and instruments required for operation must comply with the regulations for entering the comprehensive bonded zone. If there are no tax refund conditions, tax refunds can be made in accordance with the current Comprehensive Bonded Zone policies. At the same time, the policy stipulates that other goods purchased from within the zone and outside the zone will be taxed according to regulations, and the current excess tax refund policy can be applied.
Fourth, consumption within the zone is taxed according to regulations. The policy design focuses on risk prevention and control. For supporting commercial service enterprises in the zone, goods imported from abroad (including bonded goods purchased in the zone) must pay import duties and import link taxes before selling them in the zone, and pay domestic link taxes.
The fifth is to facilitate the entry and exit of people. It will provide full convenience for overseas personnel to bring a reasonable amount of luggage and items for their own use into the business cooperation zone. Overseas personnel can handle departure tax refund and other procedures for outbound luggage and items in advance in the zone. The tax policy of the Business Cooperation Zone is rich in content, wide in coverage, and highly innovative. From the perspective of policy content, it can not only apply the current policies of the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, but also provide more goods tax exemption and other policies that are in line with the development direction of the Business Cooperation Zone; from the perspective of the beneficiaries , including business entities such as commercial service enterprises, as well as personnel entering and exiting the business cooperation zone; from the perspective of product scope, it includes not only the infrastructure materials required for the construction of the business cooperation zone, but also the equipment and instruments required for the operation of the business cooperation zone wait. The implementation of the above-mentioned tax policies will provide strong support for the construction and development of business cooperation zones, help enhance the linkage effect of two domestic and international markets and two resources, and better leverage Shanghai's advantages in opening up to the outside world.
In the next step, the Ministry of Finance will, in accordance with the goals and tasks specified in the overall plan, promptly promote the implementation of tax policies to achieve results, support the construction and development of business cooperation zones, and help Shanghai become the vanguard of national reform and opening up and the forerunner of innovative development.
Phoenix Television:
The "Overall Plan" proposes to establish and improve a system of risk prevention and control measures. What specific arrangements and measures does the business cooperation zone have in terms of risk prevention and control? What is the intended goal?
Sun Yuning:
The construction of risk prevention and control system is an important part of our overall plan for the International Business Cooperation Zone. The people, companies, and businesses in the business cooperation zone are diverse. The International Business Cooperation Zone brings together a large number of overseas personnel and domestic business people, including practitioners. It should be said that this puts forward higher requirements for efficient management. During the design process of the "Master Plan", we adhered to convenience and safety, adhered to bottom-line thinking, firmly grasped the principle of "only when we can control it, can we relax it", and established and improved the risk prevention and control system of the International Business Cooperation Zone, mainly adopting three measures: measures, specifically:
First, implement closed management. The International Business Cooperation Zone implements closed management and is connected to Pudong International Airport through a closed channel. After foreigners get off the plane, they enter the international business cooperation area through a closed loop. Domestic business personnel, managers, and service employees enter and leave the area through their own dedicated channels, and goods enter and exit the area through dedicated checkpoints. At the same time, it is stipulated that vehicles from outside the area are not allowed to enter the area, except for vehicles with specific purposes.
Second, insist on technological empowerment. Increase the use of new technologies and use intelligent means to focus on strengthening risk prevention and control at regional borders, and then on the supervision of luggage and items of people entering and leaving the area on the domestic side to improve supervision efficiency. At present, customs across the country are making every effort to promote the construction of smart customs. We will incorporate the supervision model of the customs in international business cooperation zones as an important application scenario of smart customs construction into the construction of smart customs and make overall planning and advancement.
Third, strengthen collaboration and efficiency. Establish a working mechanism for information sharing and collaborative management among various departments. Especially during the supervision process, we must coordinate the supervision resources of each department, design the supervision process in an integrated manner, and achieve "one-time inspection" through the sharing of work sites and equipment to facilitate personnel entry and exit. .
We will focus on the functional positioning of the business cooperation zone, strengthen collaboration, coordinate facilitation and risk prevention and control measures, and ensure that it can be managed and liberalized.
Zhonghong.com:
The "Master Plan" mentions that by 2030, the business cooperation zone will achieve functional goals such as aggregation of innovative elements and leading professional service capabilities. What aspects will the business cooperation zone focus on in developing professional service capabilities? What specific measures are in place?
Zhu Min:
The Business Cooperation Zone is an integrated optimization of policies and measures related to my country's opening-up areas, especially the organic combination of measures to facilitate trade in goods and trade in services in special areas. It will actively promote the integration of the professional service industry into the global innovation network and improve the level of development. effect.
First of all, the "Overall Plan" clearly proposes functions such as business exchanges, international exhibitions, and international training, which will enhance the internationalization level of professional services in related fields. For example, in terms of international conferences and exhibitions, we will make good use of relevant policies for foreign institutions to independently organize or co-organize foreign-related economic and technological exhibitions, build or renovate world-class conference facilities and supporting high-end hotels and related service facilities in the area, and attract internationally renowned brand exhibitions and Economic and trade exhibition organizers conduct business in the zone. For another example, in terms of international training, we will organically combine the tax-free policy for self-use equipment in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone and the license-free policy for imported goods from abroad with the business cooperation zone's convenient policy for overseas personnel to enter the zone to attract aviation, cutting-edge medicine and other related training Imported equipment and instruments required for activities will be brought into the zone, and support will be provided to flexibly organize overseas teachers or students to participate in training activities in the zone to promote the development of related service fields.
Second, the comprehensive bonded zone supervision policy shall be implemented with reference to the import and export goods business of professional service enterprises. For example, for professional services such as bonded display and storage of cultural artworks carried out in business cooperation zones, the art registration procedures will be simplified. For another example, enterprises in the zone can import professional equipment and carry out outsourcing services such as software testing. In addition, the business cooperation zone will also promote the development of professional services in cross-border financial leasing, cross-border e-commerce and other related fields based on actual conditions.
Third, the business cooperation zone will also provide practice convenience for professional service talents. The Business Cooperation Zone allows overseas professionals with nationally recognized overseas professional qualifications to provide professional services in accordance with regulations. In addition, the Pudong New Area Comprehensive Reform Pilot Implementation Plan also clearly focuses on high-tech, professional services and other fields, and formulates Hong Kong, Macao and international professional services in accordance with national authorization. Qualification Certificate Recognition List. We will give full play to the superimposed advantages of talent policies in the professional service field of the business cooperation zone, encourage the development of accounting, finance, arbitration, consulting, testing and other professional services in the zone, and provide convenience for high-level talents to enter the zone to provide professional services. The business cooperation zone will further focus on the service needs of professionals in offshore trade, service trade, and digital trade, and provide communication convenience and employment support for relevant professionals.
The Paper:
The business cooperation zone has the function of facilitating the entry and exit of overseas personnel, and also superimposes the comprehensive bonded zone policy. What considerations does the business cooperation zone take in terms of luggage and cargo management? What specific facilitation institutional measures are there?
Chen Zhenchong:
Director Sun has just introduced that after the establishment of the International Business Cooperation Zone, the people and businesses in the zone will be diversified. In the future, a large number of domestic and foreign personnel will enter and exit the zone to carry out related business activities. For the customs, it involves personnel and their carrying Management of luggage items. At the same time, the International Business Cooperation Zone Pilot Zone was established in part of the Pudong Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and some companies are already operating. And with the arrival of international exhibition, training and supporting business service companies, more goods will enter and exit the area. In order to coordinate convenience and efficiency, we have researched and designed a separate line supervision system mainly from two aspects: luggage items and cargo management.
In terms of luggage and item management, the customs controls luggage items carried by people entering and exiting the zone according to the international side, that is, entering the business cooperation zone from abroad. We call it "basically liberalized." Domestic supervision is implemented in accordance with the principle of "strict control".
The first is to liberalize the "front line" to the maximum extent and allow foreign personnel to enter the area freely. Just now, Director Gong of the National Immigration Bureau also introduced measures to facilitate people entering and leaving the area. For customs, health inspections will only be carried out at the designated location at the first international port of arrival. Full convenience will be provided to overseas personnel entering the zone who carry a reasonable amount of luggage and items for their own use. Director Wang of the Ministry of Finance also said just now that in the next step, the items brought by overseas personnel into the area will be more loosely managed than those for general immigrants. Customs only carries out safe access supervision of luggage items. In addition, some animal and plant products that are carried, such as fruits and meat products, are also subject to control from the perspective of national biosecurity. In other words, health quarantine and animal and plant quarantine safety are subject to customs control. After completing business activities, overseas personnel can go through customs declaration, inspection and other procedures for outbound luggage and items in advance in the zone, further shortening the departure time.
The second is to effectively manage the "second line". When domestic personnel enter the zone from the country, they may bring some things in and take them out due to business talks and training. Therefore, we propose that the luggage items that are intended to be taken out of the zone, especially those with high value, When entering the zone, you must go through registration procedures at the customs. If you do not register, you may be subject to import management. In addition, when domestic personnel return to the country from the zone, they are not allowed to carry duty-free items brought into the zone by overseas personnel out of the zone. In other words, the customs provides some more convenient policies and measures for the luggage items brought by foreigners. If you stay in the zone for a relatively long time, such as accommodation, the items you can bring are wider than the general entry limit. But if these things are to be transferred to domestic business personnel, the current regulations are strict. After operating for a period of time in the future, if there is a need, we will discuss with several departments next. At present, from the perspective of risk prevention and control, we will be stricter at the beginning.
In terms of cargo management, Director Wang of the Ministry of Finance also said just now that management should be based on the comprehensive bonded zone policy. In the "front line", goods entering and leaving the business cooperation zone and overseas enjoy tax-free and bonded policies, and no license management is implemented. Within the International Business Cooperation Zone, bonded goods can be freely circulated. In the "second line", goods entering and exiting the International Business Cooperation Zone and within and outside the zone must, in principle, go through relevant procedures in accordance with import and export regulations. For example, if you can enjoy export tax rebates when entering the zone, you must follow the export customs declaration and can handle it with relevant documents. Export tax rebate. Among them, supporting commercial service enterprises in the International Business Cooperation Zone will enter the zone using the checkpoint registration mode for goods purchased from domestic sources, which means no customs declaration is required. If the refund policy applies here, it should be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations.
In the next step, the General Administration of Customs will issue a specific customs supervision plan. At the same time, based on the operation and development needs of the International Business Cooperation Zone, it will work with relevant departments to further explore and improve measures to facilitate the entry and exit of domestic and foreign personnel and goods into the zone.
China Business News:
The "Master Plan" requires that the construction of the business cooperation zone be advanced in an orderly manner in accordance with the principles of overall planning, step-by-step implementation, and as quickly as possible. What are Shanghai's next considerations for the planning, construction, management and operation of business cooperation zones? Is there a specific timetable?
Huayuan:
Now that the "Overall Plan" has been publicly released, the most important thing next is to seize the time to implement it. In the next step, Shanghai will intensively promote planning and construction with the support of relevant national departments. At present, Shanghai has established the main body for the construction and operation of the Oriental Hub International Business Cooperation Zone, and will also establish relevant comprehensive management agencies in the near future, which is also a requirement in the "Master Plan". Mainly from three aspects to speed up the progress.
First, focus on the functional positioning of the international business cooperation zone and do a good job in relevant planning and construction work. We adhere to the integration of "station city", the integration of planning and construction, and the integration of operation and management, focusing on the three major functions and supporting service functions, with overall planning and step-by-step implementation. We have initially formed a conceptual plan for the business cooperation zone. In the next step, we will promptly launch the international collection of urban design proposals, striving to demonstrate the concepts of openness, inclusiveness, humanistic affinity, and oriental elegance, and ensure high-level, high-quality planning and construction of a world-class city. Business cooperation area.
The second is to focus on maximizing convenience and do a good job in process optimization. The convenient entry and exit of international personnel is one of the biggest features of the International Business Cooperation Zone. We will continue to optimize the service process and set up a connecting channel between the business cooperation zone and Pudong International Airport, which is directly accessible by airport bus. Through digital empowerment, we will optimize the issuance, delivery and use of invitation documents for overseas personnel to enter the zone, and provide convenient access management services for international and domestic personnel. In addition, for activities involving a large number of people, such as exhibitions, training, etc., the comprehensive management agency will work with relevant departments to provide resource support and do a good job in overall coordination to ensure smooth operation. We will also formulate specific management measures with the support of relevant national departments to maximize convenience.
The third is to focus on first-class quality and do a good job in construction management. The business cooperation zone will make extensive use of new technologies, new processes, new concepts, and new materials to achieve digitalization, intelligence, greenness, and low carbon. In terms of spatial layout, in accordance with the ideas of large space, strong composite, and flexibility, the ground and underground spaces are fully utilized to fully utilize the role of the fifth facade and improve the energy efficiency of unit space utilization. Consider using electric smart shuttle buses for public transportation to form an intra-regional transportation system that combines smart buses and walking. In addition, we will also proactively lay out digital infrastructure to enhance business activities and life service experience.
In terms of specific timetable, the "Overall Plan" has been clarified. By the end of 2025, we will rely on the current basic conditions of the advance start-up area to build conference and exhibition, training, hotels, services and other related functional facilities. At the same time, we will also speed up the construction of supporting facilities to realize the closed operation of the advance start-up area. By 2028, the entire area will be closed and the construction of the entire pilot start-up area will be completed. By 2030, the business cooperation zone will be fully completed, and the energy level of regional functional radiation will be further improved, forming a good linkage effect with the 7 square kilometers of the Eastern Hub. In the next step, we will seize the time and promote regional planning, construction and operation management with high quality in accordance with the time points specified in the "Master Plan".