promotes ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin, and the nine provinces (regions) in the Yellow River basin have made another big move. From August 22 to 24, the Yellow River Basin was hosted by Shandong Provincial People's Government and co-sponsored by Shanxi Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Henan Province, Sichuan Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region People's Government The Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance Launch and Opening-up High-Quality Development Conference was held in Jinan, Shandong. The conference deeply aligned the national strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, and deeply discussed how the free trade pilot zone empowers high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. As a large economic and open province and the only outlet to the sea in the Yellow River Basin, Shandong has taken advantage of its location and industrial advantages in recent years to shoulder its major mission of "taking the lead in promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin" and has used its own We have taken advantage of the innovation advantages of national high-level open platforms such as the China Trade Pilot Zone and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Demonstration Zone, and actively built an important host site for high-quality economic development in the Yellow River Basin, achieving remarkable results. According to reports, on the third anniversary of the establishment of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Construction of the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Zone Alliance will bring new opportunities in various aspects such as institutional innovation, logistics and transportation, and industrial cooperation to various economic functional zones in Shandong. It will also Promoting closer cooperation and exchanges among provinces and regions along the Yellow River, jointly discussing development measures, jointly building major projects, and sharing rich resources will help create large-scale and characteristic cross-regional industrial clusters, further promote the development of an open economy in the Yellow River Basin, and build advantages A regional coordinated development pattern that is complementary, has its own characteristics, and is co-constructed and shared.
The same frequency resonance paints a harmonious picture of high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. data shows that since the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially established on September 29, 2013, 21 pilot free trade zones and Hainan Free Trade Zone have been established across the country. The trade port has formed a pilot pattern covering east, west, north, south and middle. The new highland of opening up will "bloom in more places" and inject positive energy into the high-quality development of China's economy and the recovery of the world economy. Serving major regional strategies and regional coordinated development strategies, and optimizing regional economic layout are the proper meanings of the construction of the free trade pilot zone. Data show that the nine provinces (regions) along the Yellow River have a total area of 1.3 million square kilometers, a total population of 420 million, a regional GDP of 28.7 trillion yuan, and a total import and export volume of 5.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 13.5%, 29.8%, and 25.1% of the country respectively. % and 14.3%. Each province (region) has its own characteristics and advantages. The Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance involves 12 free trade areas and 15 economic function zones in 9 provinces (regions) along the Yellow River, with superior resource endowments and huge market potential. In recent years, using its own resources and platform advantages, 9 provinces (regions) along the Yellow River are carrying out joint cooperation and innovation in public credit evaluation, administrative approval services, intellectual property protection , logistics and transportation services, etc., to serve the functional role of major national strategies Continuously strengthening, the Yellow River Basin Pilot Free Trade Zone Alliance "led" by Shandong is a typical example. In the future, the nine provinces (regions) along the Yellow River will also carry out more useful attempts in mutual learning of innovative measures, platform sharing and co-construction, and cross-regional industrial cooperation to help further advance the Yellow River national strategy. Lightning News reporters found that the formation of the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance has been brewing for a long time in the nine provinces (regions) along the Yellow River. Take Shandong as an example. The government work report of the seventh session of the 13th Shandong Provincial People's Congress, which opened in January 2022, pointed out that the open carrier platform must be strengthened. Strengthen the systematic and integrated system innovation of the free trade pilot zone, build the free trade zone linkage innovation zone, prepare to establish the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Zone Alliance, and include it in the 100 major events to be done in Shandong in 2022. Under the epidemic, the importance of foreign trade is self-evident. Since the beginning of this year, many unexpected changes at home and abroad have increased the pressure and challenges for stabilizing foreign trade. Shandong is actively doing a good job in "multiplication", taking the lead in establishing the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance, promoting the three areas of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone and 17 development zones to carry out joint innovation around characteristic industries, and promoting the stability and improvement of foreign trade. It is a perfect coincidence The time is right for the situation. Fu Baozong, director and researcher of the Industrial Office of the China Institute of Macroeconomic Research, said that the establishment of the Yellow River Basin Pilot Free Trade Zone Alliance has built a public platform to promote high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin and built a regional collaboration mechanism, which will undoubtedly help In order to better leverage the comparative advantages among provinces (regions) in the Yellow River Basin and strengthen regional Complementary cooperation in different areas forms an overall development synergy; for Shandong, it is also a responsibility and responsibility, which can encourage Shandong to develop its own strengths and avoid weaknesses, further improve its internal strength, and continuously improve its economic scale and competitiveness. At the same time, it can also provide Shandong with Strengthening regional cooperation and expanding the inland hinterland will bring important opportunities. This will help Shandong make greater contributions to the development of the Yellow River Ecological Economic Zone and even the whole country.
Demonstrate responsibility and inject new impetus into the construction of the Free Trade Pilot Zone along the Yellow River The construction of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone is an important mission entrusted to Shandong by the country in the new era to promote reform, opening up, and high-quality development. Three years since its approval, the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone has taken the initiative to shoulder the mission of “testing the system for the country and seeking development for the local area”. It has always adhered to the core of institutional innovation, boldly tried and boldly entered into, and the construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone has begun in an all-round way. potential. From the construction work of the three areas of Jinan, Qingdao , and Yantai , we can deeply feel the remarkable results of their innovation-Jinan area has implemented investment facilitation, trade facilitation, cross-border capital flow facilitation, and foreign personnel exchanges. The five major measures of facilitation and business environment facilitation will focus on promoting the upgrading of opening up to the outside world. Cumulative import and export has reached 164.3 billion yuan, and the actual use of foreign investment is 2.67 billion US dollars. With less than 0.4% of the city's land, it has contributed 34% of the city's import and export volume and 36% of the utilized foreign investment.
Qingdao Area takes institutional innovation as its core to promote the integrated and innovative development of shipping trade finance and advanced manufacturing . Today, its 106 national pilot tasks have resulted in 226 institutional innovation achievements, of which 4 have been promoted nationwide, 7 have been registered with national ministries and commissions, and 29 have been replicated and promoted throughout the province. It has been rated as one of the "Top Ten Most Investment Value Parks in China" "Top Ten Parks for High-Quality Development, Reform and Innovation in 2021".
In the Yantai area, "Multiple parties work together to build a 'big conservation' pattern of marine biological resources" has become the only institutional innovation achievement in the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone selected as a national "best practice case". "Shandong Hainan focuses on the 'blue seed industry' The practice of "collaboratively cultivating high-quality marine aquatic germplasm resources" was promoted in the briefing of the inter-ministerial joint meeting of the State Council, and the "new bonded processing model of imported bulk wine" was listed among the "Top Ten Cases" of China Free Trade Pilot Zone system innovation.
The wind starts at the end of Qingping, and the waves form between gentle waves. In 2021, the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone achieved import and export of 384.33 billion yuan, and the actual use of foreign investment was 2.56 billion US dollars, an increase of 39.4% and 38.1% respectively, which were 9.9 and 19.1 percentage points higher than the national free trade pilot zones, accounting for 10,000th of the province's total. With an area of 7.6%, it has created 11.9% of the province’s actual foreign investment and 13.1% of its import and export. It can be said that the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone has become a key strategic support for Shandong to create a new highland for opening up to the outside world. But for Shandong, this is not enough. On the occasion of the third anniversary of the approval of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone, based on the overall situation of the country, focusing on "what the country needs us to do and what we can do for the country", proactive thinking, proactive planning, proactive innovation, and proactive responsibilities, Shandong took the lead in proposing the establishment of the Yellow River River Basin Free Trade Trial The initiative of the Pilot Zone Alliance aims to continuously enhance the endogenous power of the development of the Yellow River Basin through open cooperation, form a synergistic force for development, better serve the implementation of major national regional strategies, and at the same time inject new impetus into the construction of the Free Trade Pilot Zone along the Yellow River. , driving the formation of a large integrated market. It is worth mentioning that while proposing the establishment of the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance, Shandong has also started with details, proposing a series of suggestions and measures such as establishing an alliance working mechanism, determining cooperation priorities, and formulating services for the alliance to promote enterprise development. , to help give full play to the institutional innovation advantages of the free trade pilot zone, coordinate all aspects of resources, and empower high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. As soon as the initiative was put forward, it received strong support from the Ministry of Commerce and positive responses from the provinces (regions) along the Yellow River. The path to benefit always goes with the times.The establishment of the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance will further create a highland for regional open development in Shandong, and the development opportunities it brings are also obvious. For example, institutional innovation will be more powerful. Mainly by deepening innovation collaboration in key areas, vigorously replicating and promoting innovation results, and establishing think tank cooperation alliances, we will give full play to the innovative advantages of the free trade system to test the country, test sail for development, and test pressure for opening up. For example, logistics and transportation will be smoother. By promoting the construction of major transportation infrastructure such as high-speed railways, highways, ports, and airports, we will accelerate the construction of a modern circulation system and form a large channel, hub, and network along the Huangdahai Sea. For example, the space for industrial cooperation will be broader. The alliance will promote closer cooperation and exchanges among the provinces (districts) along the Yellow River, discuss development initiatives, jointly build major projects, share rich resources, and help create large-scale and distinctive cross-regional industrial clusters. According to Jia Yongfei, director of the Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Think Tank Center, Shandong continues to strengthen cooperation among provinces and regions along the Yellow River in terms of technological innovation, industrial cooperation, trade circulation, and regional coordination, which means new things for Shandong. Development opportunities will help promote the flow of resource elements, build more scientific research platforms, reach more consensuses, promote more projects, and accelerate the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and domestic and international dual cycles mutually reinforcing each other. At the same time, Shandong has also integrated its experience and practices in building pilot zones and developing the economy into the cooperation of the Yellow River Basin Free Trade Pilot Zone Alliance, making Shandong's contribution to promoting high-quality economic and social development in the nine provinces (regions). From this point of view, the Yellow River Pilot Free Trade Zone Alliance serves as a powerful starting point to promote the economic integration development of the Yellow River Basin. While fully embodying Shandong's role in serving and integrating into national strategies, it also provides a broad hinterland for Shandong to create a new highland for opening up to the outside world. It provides new support for Shandong’s economic and social development. (Source: Lightning News reporters He Xiaofei and Yang Yujin)
