The historical journey is magnificent, and the tide of the times is surging.
listen, shining sound. June is again, and the tide of reform is surging in the shore of the Yellow Sea.
In June 2018, President Xi Jinping announced at the SCO Qingdao Summit: The Chinese government supports the construction of China- Shanghai Cooperation Organization local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone in Qingdao. Qingdao has been given the "national responsibility" to build the SCO demonstration zone, followed closely by the Central Committee for Deep Reform, the State Council, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Shandong Provincial People's Government. The idea will be implemented and quickly launched the "Guideline Manual" and "Operation Guide" to anchor the direction for the construction of the demonstration zone. "Hold a meeting well and revitalize a city" and "create a new platform for international cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative", the "clang" of development is inspiring.
see, the responsibility of the city. Since the construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone started, Qingdao has kept its instructions in mind and bravely shouldered its mission, used openness to gather the " SCO strength", and gathered the city's efforts to promote the construction of "four centers" of international logistics, modern trade, two-way investment cooperation, and business, tourism and cultural exchange development. The demonstration zone is changing with each passing day and moving forward, and another "national responsibility" - the SCO Economic and Trade College is "moving forward with the wind" and creating the future.
"Start in one year, set off in two years, and become a trend in three years". The demonstration zone has been created from nothing, opened up new situations, and achieved remarkable results. The concept proposed by the General Secretary has become a vivid practice on the land of Qingdao.
sets off again, towards a better future! Since the beginning of this year, the provincial and municipal party congresses have put forward earnest hopes and instructions for the construction of the SCO demonstration zone, and the construction of the demonstration zone has ushered in greater historical opportunities and great momentum.
On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the SCO Demonstration Zone and the nearly three anniversary of its launch, a greater goal is also brewing -
looks to the future, and the demonstration zone will focus on the four aspects of "being solid, doing well, being beautiful, and making a sound", and strive for practical results, and build it into a pilot zone for innovation in two-way investment and trade systems between relevant local governments in the SCO, a gathering area for enterprises to start businesses and start businesses, and a pilot zone for local economic and trade cooperation in the "Belt and Road" to lead and drive the province to expand opening up to the outside world and create a new highland for opening up to the outside world in the new era.
01 The "momentum" of the SCO:
live up to the will and become a full-scale trend
The long Silk Road has been passed down for generations. The hour hand is turned back, and the mark is shining.
"Looking at the present and learning about the past", more than two thousand years ago, the ancient Silk Road connected China, which thousands of miles apart, with Ancient Roman , "the messengers look at each other on the road, and business travel is endless." Times have changed and years have changed, and the Silk Road has been rejuvenated. China’s initiative to jointly build the “Belt and Road” has been transformed from concepts to practice, and has promoted my country to sign cooperation documents on jointly building the “Belt and Road” with 149 countries and 32 international organizations. China's opportunities benefit the world.
Four years ago, on June 9 and 10, a landmark international event was held in Qingdao, and the SCO "makes" in Qingdao. The Silk Road comes from the depths of history and extends from here to a bright future. Qingdao, which takes openness as its greatest development advantage, was instantly activated to connect the north and south and connect the east and west.
SCO Demonstration Zone Signboard
On July 24, 2019, the Central Committee for Deep Reform reviewed and approved the overall plan for the construction of the demonstration zone; on September 20, 2019, the State Council approved the overall plan for the construction of the demonstration zone; on October 20 of the same year, the Ministry of Commerce and the Shandong Provincial People's Government jointly issued the overall plan for the construction of the demonstration zone. At this point, the construction program of the demonstration zone has been settled, and the construction of the demonstration zone has opened a new chapter.
The realization of dreams has gathered into the outstanding report card of the SCO Demonstration Zone. In June again, the sea is blue and the grand event is missed again. Adhering to the spirit of the Silk Road and through the past four years of solid efforts, the development of the SCO Demonstration Zone has lived up to its instructions and time.
China-Europe Express has become the most shining "business card" on the SCO stage. The "five ports linkage" of sea, land, air, railway and postal, an international logistics channel covering the province, radiating along the Yellow River, traversing across Eurasian , and connecting Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN has been formed. 25 international and domestic train routes are regularly launched, reaching 20 countries and 49 cities along the SCO and the "Belt and Road" route, and the logistics hub is upgraded.
trade cooperation has achieved gratifying results.The demonstration zone introduced and cultivated 10 trade platforms such as the SCO Cross-border Trade Service Center and 4 cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Chuanhua (SCO) Hemaotong, and completed the first cross-border barter trade customs clearance test in the province; successfully held the 2021 SCO Expo, 3 international organizations such as the SCO Secretariat, and 76 envoys to China from 30 countries attended the meeting... The trade volume between the demonstration zone and the SCO countries increased from 850 million yuan in 2019 to 4 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of nearly 5 times.
Many "new star" companies and leading projects are also "breaking out" here. Induce external connections within the demonstration zone, use investment to promote attracting, explore the establishment of a new industrial chain investment model with leading enterprises such as , pass on logistics , and CIMC Cold Chain as the "chain owners", and promote upstream and downstream supporting enterprises to accelerate agglomeration, coordinated linkage, and organic complementarity.
Since 2020, a total of 52 projects with a total investment of 176.5 billion yuan, including Shanghai Electric Wind Power Equipment Industrial Park, CIMC Global Cold Chain High-tech Industry Platform, have been introduced, and 20 new SCO element projects have been added. The two-way investment with the SCO countries reached US$22.68 million, 56 times that of 2020, accounting for 63.9% of Qingdao .
02 The "best" of SCO:
Dare to be the first, bravely create "first"
Dare to be the first in the world, bravely climb.
Construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone is a major political task assigned by the General Secretary to Shandong and Qingdao. The demonstration zone is not a "deep water zone" of reform, but an "unman's zone" of innovation. Since the start of construction, the SCO Demonstration Zone has bravely entered the "unmanned zone" and has blazed a new path in the SCO local economic and trade cooperation, creating many "national firsts".
Shanghai Demonstration Zone Management Committee Building
National first special train of fresh fresh vegetables Eurasian freight train was issued from the SCO Demonstration Zone, setting an example for the country. On the morning of May 22 last year, the "Qilu" Eurasian freight train departed from the multimodal transport center of the demonstration zone. The train had 50 vehicles and 100 standard boxes of , full of frozen and fresh agricultural products such as green cauliflower , green asparagus, and the goods were worth about 1 million US dollars. It departed through Manzhouli Port and arrived in Moscow, Russia in about 15 days.
The first national certificate of origin for South Korea RCEP was issued in the SCO demonstration zone, providing reference for such businesses in other cities. On February 1 this year, the " Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement " (RCEP) came into effect in South Korea. Just after midnight that day, in the Customs Certificate of Origin Review and Signing Center located in the SCO Demonstration Zone, the customs officer issued the RCEP Certificate of Origin for a batch of jeans exported to South Korea by Qingdao Qili Jiarong Garment Co., Ltd. This is the first RCEP certificate of origin for South Korea issued by Shandong Province in the country after RCEP came into effect on South Korea, significantly improving the level of cross-border trade facilitation. Shandong Port Credit, which has settled in the demonstration zone in
, has become the first domestic futures company approved for establishment in the country since 1997, filling the gap in Qingdao's legal person futures business format; the first specialized certificate of origin review center with the characteristics of serving economic and trade cooperation between SCO member countries was unveiled, based in Qingdao and carrying out pre-enterprise-related services such as tariff policy consultation and pre-examination of origin for the whole province; the first batch of exchange and cooperation bases of the SCO Legal Service Committee in the country have established legal service guarantee work standards...
From "first-seeking" to "first-seeking demonstration", in the struggle, the SCO Demonstration Zone adheres to innovation-driven and demonstration leadership, and the international paradigm has gradually emerged, constantly from "daring to break out" to "good creation", and strives to build a leading and demonstration site for global SCO local economic and trade cooperation.
On the afternoon of February 18, 2022, the first China-Europe Express (Qilu No. 2) Qingdao, China-Mannheim, Germany, first two-way launch
"We continuously strengthen the integration of reform and innovation system, explore more high-level, high-efficiency, replicable and popularizable development models, and better play a demonstration and leading role in the new pattern of opening up across the country, the province and the city. This is an inherent requirement for the construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone." Li Gang, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and executive deputy director of the Management Committee of the SCO Demonstration Zone, said in an interview.
has created many "firsts in the country". This is the result of the SCO Demonstration Zone's continuous promotion of institutional reform, fully demonstrating the meticulous layout of top-level design and the surging momentum of actual innovation. "Boldly try, boldly break through, and make changes independently", and at the same time, "copyable and popularizable", the SCO Demonstration Zone has always locked the "core password" of 's high-quality development of on "institutional innovation".
SCO Demonstration Zone has established an expert advisory committee, bravely taking the " self-revolution ", launching the "SCO" institutional innovation brand, and pioneering 35 SCO characteristic reform and innovation measures, including " credit SCO ", cross-border barter trade, etc. From carrying out the "one-order" pilot program of multimodal transport, exploring new models of credit financing, and then relying on the China-SCO Technology Transfer Center to build the SCO National Science and Technology Innovation Highland, the institutional innovation achievements of the SCO Demonstration Zone have gradually expanded and gradually expanded.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the SCO last year, the then Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Vladimir Norov highly praised the development of the demonstration zone. He said that the international logistics center, modern trade center, two-way investment cooperation center and business travel cultural exchange center established by the SCO Demonstration Zone have created conditions and built platforms for promoting exchanges and cooperation among SCO member states, and actively connected with the "Belt and Road" initiative, promoting economic and social development of countries along the route.
03 The "core" of SCO:
top grid coordination, gathering the efforts of the whole province and the city to promote the
SCO Demonstration Zone adheres to the "top grid tactics" and fights the "first battlefield". More and more factor resources gather SCO and innovate the SCO. At present, there are 40 projects under construction in the core area of the demonstration zone with a total investment of 49.4 billion yuan. Among them, 18 projects such as Pulin New Materials with a total investment of 23.7 billion yuan will be put into production within the year. 20 projects with a total investment of 16.2 billion yuan, including the SCO Technology Innovation Complex, will be started within the year. Behind this is inseparable from the "heart service" of the demonstration zone, and by optimizing the business environment, promoting the construction of projects, releases tremendous momentum. The "four-level guarantees" such as the cooperation mechanism between the Ministry and the Provincial Department are the "strongest support" for the high-quality growth of the demonstration zone.
—Relying on the cooperation mechanism between the ministries and the provinces, we will promote the resolution of relevant matters at the top-level design, policy empowerment, innovation pilot projects, etc. through the convening of joint meetings between the ministries and the provinces;
—Relying on the provincial promotion mechanism, we will gather platform resources of relevant provincial departments to promote the SCO demonstration zone to deeply integrate into the integration of the Jiaodong economic circle and the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River basin;
—Relying on the linkage of Qingdao, we will gather the working forces of relevant departments, districts, cities, and functional areas, and will The core area is built into a concentrated display area for the city's achievements in deepening cooperation with the SCO countries, and is the main carrier area for landmark major projects and leading reform measures;
The SCO corridor of the SCO specialty commodity museum displays special foods, wines and handicrafts
—Relying on the "four ones" mechanism guarantee of Jiaozhou , highlighting de-administrative and de-development zone-based development, realizing "integrated administrative operation, integrated cadre use, integrated assessment and evaluation, and integrated government services", realizing pressure and burden reduction, lightweight construction, and accelerating the vertical rise of the demonstration zone.
The 12th Party Congress of Shandong Province proposed to accelerate the creation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up, and clearly proposed to accelerate the construction of the "four centers" of the SCO Demonstration Zone.
The 13th Party Congress of Qingdao City also anchored new goals for the SCO Demonstration Zone, pointing out that it is necessary to promote the high-quality development of the SCO Demonstration Zone, implement the working mechanism of "one core leading, all-area linkage", enhance the "4 centers" functions, and promote the construction of a new platform for international cooperation in the "Belt and Road".
The leading group for promoting the construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone held many meetings and emphasized that it is necessary to gather the efforts of the whole province and the city to accelerate the construction of the demonstration zone. The construction of the demonstration zone will be like a tiger with wings and a firm step.
04 The "Hebei" of the SCO:
worked hard to achieve "real and beautiful sound"
"Five colors are shining, complement each other; the eight-tone ensemble is finally harmonious and peaceful."
Looking forward to the future, China's determination to expand high-level opening up will not change, and its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change. As we embark on a new journey, the SCO Demonstration Zone must shoulder greater responsibilities and show greater achievements.
The main leaders of the Management Committee of the SCO Demonstration Zone stated that they will work hard to help the demonstration zone "be practical, good, beautiful and famous". Give full play to the breakthrough demonstration role of the core area, accelerate the main battlefield of project construction, the main window of opening up to the outside world, and the main force of international cooperation, and promote new breakthroughs in the construction of a new platform for international cooperation in the "Belt and Road".
focuses on "making practical" and strives to achieve new breakthroughs in the "four centers".The demonstration zone will rely on its unique location advantages to connect and couple domestic and foreign production capacity and markets, and comprehensively improve the energy level of the "four centers". For example, in terms of the two-way investment cooperation center, we will accelerate the construction of science and technology innovation carriers, improve the efficiency of incubation and transformation, promote the aggregation and development of advantageous projects, implement ten major projects such as "SCO" in the industrial chain, and promote the coordinated linkage and organic complementarity of relevant enterprises in the industrial chain in the demonstration zone, so as to achieve "linking points into chains and gathering chain into networks".
Focusing on "doing a good job", actively explores new models of economic and trade cooperation. The demonstration zone will make every effort to build Qingdao International Energy Trading Center and build an international energy cooperation and service platform for the "Belt and Road"; accelerate the construction of the Ruyi Lake Commercial Complex, and open the SCO Demonstration Zone Exhibition Hall; establish a SCO local economic and trade cooperation comprehensive service platform to create a full-cycle service complex integrating international channels, financial services, logistics services; deepen the brand connotation of the "SCO" system innovation system, and build a "SCO characteristic" open institutional innovation system that is in line with international advanced rules.
The prototype of the Ruyi Lake Commercial Complex Project has begun to appear
Focusing on "beautiful" and accelerate the construction of the SCO new urban area. The SCO Demonstration Zone will rely on the advantages of natural intersection of rivers, lakes and seas in the core area to further improve functional layout, optimize spatial forms, highlight the characteristics of SCO, build a high-quality planning system with full coverage, multi-plan integration, green and low-carbon, launch the construction of smart cities in the SCO Demonstration Zone, and promote industrial and ecological coupling interaction.
focuses on "making a sound", and strives to create a new window for international cooperation. Focus on "cultivating talents" for the SCO country, "setting a stage" for multilateral economic and trade cooperation, deepen the construction of the SCO Institute of Economics and Trade, rely on the college to establish the SCO Development Research Institute, and carry out strategic research, country research, industrial research and policy research. Explore the establishment of a new mechanism for cooperation between friendly cities, carry out the "Go to Friendly City, Cooperation and Win-win" activities on a regular basis, strive to achieve friendly cities or cities with friendly cooperative relations among all SCO member states, and be more proactive in telling the "SCO story" well, and expand the international influence of the demonstration zone.
"Where you accumulate strength, you will be defeated; if you do all wisdom, you will be accomplished."
The current SCO demonstration zone has become one of the hot spots for entrepreneurship with high openness and strong economic vitality in China. The core area of the demonstration zone is located in Jiaozhou City , which has formulated the development strategy of "SCO Source, Airside Support, Jiaozhou Bottom Support, and Full-region Linkage", systematically plan and coordinate the entire region, and jointly create a modern SCO new area with an international, modern, dynamic and ecological style.
Looking to the future, the SCO Demonstration Zone needs to work hard and move forward bravely, create a new engine of opening up to the outside world at a higher level, contribute to Qingdao's construction of a socialist modern international metropolis in the new era, and help Shandong create a new highland for opening up to the outside world.
Author | Xi Fuchun
