On October 23, the reporter Liu Liangheng from Xinhua News Agency Hunan Branch made a special interview at Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan. Zhu Youhong, Deputy Secretary of Party Working Committee and Director of Management Committee of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan, and Yang Jian, Secretary of Discipline Work Committee of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan and news spokesman detailedly answered the questions of the reporter, and through the Xinhua News Agency, they announced to the state and the world --- "We are confident that valued and backed by the departments at all levels, through hard work and innovation, we will go all out to build export-oriented high-end manufacturing conglomeration area, international logistics area, supporting services model area, reform and innovation pilot area and bonded commodity exhibition and transaction center, build Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan into the national first-class comprehensive bonded zone! Become the regional large platform of opening to the outside world and new driving force for economic development!"
(The interview spot)
Recently, domestic department of Xinhua News Agency organized domestic branches to carry out investigation and research on "present situation of China's investment promotion", the main purpose is to summarize the new highlights, new changes and new experience of each place in investment promotion, investigate and understand the thoughts of local cadres in the face of the new investment promotion situations. Operating for only half a year, Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan has introduced 38 projects and achieved the import and export amount of US$298 million. These achievements enabled Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan to attract the attentions of Xinhua News Agency Hunan Branch, the reporter Liu Liangheng specially came here for interview. From the interpretation on the current situation of investment promotion to the anticipation on the situations of future two years; from the investment willingness of external investors under the pressure of current economic downturn to the innovative actions of the zone serving investment promotion; from the influence of current anti formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and luxuries and strict Party discipline on investment promotion to how to deal with under the big trend of advocating trade liberalization... During more than two hours of interview on that day, Zhu Youhong and Yang Jian detailedly answered the twelve questions asked by the reporter.
(Zhu Youhong, vice secretary of the Working Committee of the Party and director of Management Committee of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan is answering the reporter's queation)
Scientific analysis on investment promotion situation
As to the opinions on current investment promotion situation, Zhu Youhong and Yang Jian thought that current situation is encouraging and worrying, encouraging degree is greater than worrying degree. Despite the adverse factors such as increased economic downturn pressure, weak project investment intention, significant weakening of traditional competitive advantages, gradual weakening of population advantages and that the enterprises at the expense of environment have been gradually suppressed, comprehensive bonded zone competition becomes increasingly fierce, logistics cost and financing cost are higher than that of eastern coastal areas, etc., highly valued and backed by all departments at all levels, there are still many favorable conditions for investment promotion of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan. At the national level, the state has issued the documents of preferential policies, launched “One Belt and One Road” strategy and required the policies of free trade zone to be popularized in mainland; at the provincial level, the province has issued policies on investment promotion and infrastructure construction, etc.; at the municipal level, the city has provided support in terms of land use, procedure handling and investment promotion incentives, etc.
In addition, Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan goes all out to promote the construction of "efficient customs clearance", and it has specially set up the customs clearance service coordination leading group to immediately solve any customs clearance problems encountered by enterprises in the zone, ensuring perfect services; the characteristic that central China is densely populated also provides a broad space for the investment promotion and construction development of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan.
Change ideas to realize multi-channel investment promotion
When answering the question that "What are the main methods of the zone for investment promotion", Yang Jian said, the first is oriented investment promotion, through the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province, Xiangtan Bureau of Commerce and Customs District, find the list of registered enterprises and the enterprises with import and export business, look for potential external investors, realize oriented investment promotion through field visits, telephone contact and other methods. The second is to realize investment promotion through the enterprises in the zone, publicize Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan through chamber of commerce and enterprises in the zone, drive related enterprises and industries to invest in the zone. The third is online investment promotion, through the English and Chinese website of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan, timely publish the preferential policies, major investment promotion activities, platform declaration progress and other situations of the zone, expand investment promotion channels. The fourth is activity promoting investment promotion, hold a series of publicity and promotional activities and invite many enterprises to participate in the activities. It has conducted special publicity for Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan for many times in Shenzhen, Shaoyang, Changsha and other places.
(Yang Jian, secretary of discipline committee and news spokesman is answering the reporter's queation)
Zhu Youhong further pointed out that rational characteristics of current investment promotion are very obvious, be sure to eliminate blind investment promotion, conduct selective investment promotion through industry planning and norms. Firstly, transform from the concept of "attracting big and strong enterprises" to the concept of "simultaneously attracting big and small enterprises", vigorously introduce international processing and international trade enterprises, ensure Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan to keep the steady pace of "walking on two legs". Secondly, give full play to the role of chamber of commerce, enterprises and intermediary agencies in investment promotion. Meanwhile, investment promotion is a system engineering, talent engineering, environmental engineering and people-benefit engineering, based on the key nodes of investment promotion, solve the problems such as "for what", "destination", "source", "object", "method", "organizer", "work after realization", etc.
Innovate in actions to serve investment promotion
As to the question that under the big environment of increased macro-economic downturn pressure and unobvious investment willingness of investors, what are the innovative actions of the zone to attract investment, Zhu Youhong and Yang Jian said that they will make full use of the functional advantages of the area under special customs supervision, continuously innovate in enterprise service concepts and ideas, enable enterprises to be strong and strengthen the zone.
(Liu Liangheng, reporter of Xinhua News Agency Hunan Branch)
The first is to actively construct functional platform. Firstly, Xiangtan Bonded Commodity Exhibition and Transaction Center has begun the construction and is expected to put into operation after the Spring Festival. This project makes use of the replicable innovation policy of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, conducts bonded exhibition and transaction business and gathers the world first-class brand commodities. Secondly, cross-border e-commerce pilot and overseas direct purchase business will be opened. Application documents of cross-border e-commerce pilot have been submitted to the General Administration of Customs, cross-border e-commerce integrated service platform is being built, it has introduced Bubugao Yunhou, USA tong, Happay, Belton and other e-commerce platform enterprises. Thirdly, Highway Port Operation Area has been officially opened, Hong Kong-Xiangtan Through Train and Hunan-Europe Express have been opened, zone and port integration and river-ocean combined transportation have been obstacle-free, application for the inspection platform for imported meat and designated port for imported drugs has been submitted to the provincial government.
The second is to innovate in customs clearance services. Implement the national "efficient customs clearance" construction strategy, replicate the innovative customs, inspection and quarantine measures of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone as soon as possible, promote the construction of customs and inspection cooperation "three ones" and "single window", shorten the goods customs clearance time for enterprises and improve customs clearance efficiency.
The third is to innovate in enterprise supporting services. Further perfect agency system for enterprises, establish special investment promotion service scheme for enterprises, build a whole-process service environment from negotiation, signing contract and registration to late follow-up service for enterprises.
The fourth is to actively strive for provincial and municipal policy support for the enterprises with strong driving role.
The fifth is to innovate in financial services. Actively cooperate with foreign exchange, banks and other financial institutions, strengthen financial innovation, support the international trade enterprises in the comprehensive bonded zone to implement separate accounting system of Renminbi and foreign currency, and replicate external advanced experience in financial innovation, implement chattel mortgage, pledge by warehouse receipts and other financial innovation policies.
Meanwhile, firmly establish the service tenet that "the demands of enterprises are our pursuits, the complaints of enterprises are due to our breaking of promise, the growth of enterprises will strengthen us", strengthen the soft and hard service power.
Conduct investment promotion in accordance with laws and regulations and adhering to bottom line
When answering the question that "is there any influence on investment promotion under the background of anti formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and luxuries and strict Party discipline", Zhu Youhong and Yang Jian firmly said that strict Party discipline will be conducive to sustainable and sound development of economy and investment promotion. Strict Party discipline, strong anti-corruption and creating honest and upright political environment will drive the market economy system to be perfect, reduce the improper intervention of power in economic activities, greatly reduce power rent-seeking space, effectively reduce initial cost and powerfully drive the development of economy and society.
As the functional platform for the development of regional and export-oriented economy, the municipal Party committee and municipal government have great expectations of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan. Since its inception, Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan vigorously promotes the construction of clean and upright style, and it has set up Party committee and mass organizations. It actively carries out integrity and warning education activities to strengthen the honest consciousness of cadres and staff. Meanwhile, investment promotion is a top management commitment, Director of Management Committee is in charge of this work, and the requirements for overall quality of investment promotion personnel are very high.
When answering the question that "During the middle and western region industrial transfer, how to avoid environmental pollution and ecological damage", Zhu Youhong and Yang Jian pointed out that with the implementation of the national policy of "suppressing the second industry and developing the third industry", coastal manpower wage cost is increased, to reduce operating costs, most of the enterprises in eastern region move inland, industrial transfer certainly will result in the transfer of production technology, and the inland environment will be necessarily affected. Although Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan has operated for a short time and needs to attract projects, our tenet of conducting investment promotion in accordance with laws and regulations and adhering to bottom line will not change, the tenet of building a resource-conserving and environment-friendly zone will not change, all the enterprises prohibited by the state and the enterprises with high pollution, high energy consumption and high water consumption are absolutely prohibited entering the zone. Therefore, the development of Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Xiangtan will not cause environmental pollution problems.
