On the morning of the 30th, the Shandong Provincial People's Government Information Office held a press conference. At the press conference, Shandong Vice Governor Ren Airong mentioned that in order to better promote the construction of the free trade pilot zone, the plan has subdivided the three areas of the free trade pilot zone and clarified the functional positioning. So, what are the characteristics of these three major areas and how to develop differentiatedly? At the press conference, the mayors of Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai respectively introduced the future development plans of the three major areas.
Jinan: 162 innovative measures Accelerate the construction of science and technology innovation center
According to the "Plan", Jinan area has an implementation scope of 37.99 square kilometers. It mainly leverages the advantages of the provincial capital, focusing on scientific and technological innovation and intellectual property protection, medical and medical innovation and development, industrial financial innovation and talent support. Focus on developing industries such as artificial intelligence, industrial finance, medical and health care, cultural industries, and information technology, carry out comprehensive pilot experiments for the new open economic system, and build important regional economic centers, logistics centers and science and technology innovation centers in the country.
Jinan Mayor Sun Shutao introduced that at present, in addition to the 85 innovative measures involved in the provincial "Overall Plan" involving Jinan, Jinan has added 77 independent innovation measures, totaling 162.
"As an important part of the China (Shandong) Free Trade Pilot Zone, we will give full play to the advantages of Jinan, highlight the characteristics of Quancheng, open our hands and feet to boldly break through, boldly try, and make independent reforms, and actively implement misaligned coordinated development with Qingdao and Yantai areas." Sun Shutao said.
Jinan area is the most active economic, scientific and technological innovation resources, and the highest industrial level. It will give full play to the important role of existing platform parks in gathering industries, forming scale, and gathering advantages, and carry out targeted investment promotion in key industrial fields such as artificial intelligence, medical health care, cultural industry, information technology, and chip manufacturing.
Relying on the Jinan Supercomputer Center in the area, Jinan will accelerate the construction of the fastest supercomputer in the country. By 2025, it can achieve a computing speed of 10 billion times per second, which is more than 5 times faster than the current world's fastest supercomputer computing speed. In order to strongly empower our province's "Top Ten Industries" such as , high-end equipment, modern oceans, and "Top Ten Ten Billion-level Industries" such as Jinan Quantum Technology and Biomedicine. It will rapidly develop into a group of emerging industry clusters with international competitiveness. By 2022, it will serve more than 20,000 enterprises and drive output value of more than one trillion yuan. Accelerate the construction of a complete vehicle import port so that the people can truly enjoy more high-quality, low-cost and convenient overseas goods and services.
In terms of platform construction and results transformation, Jinan will make every effort to build an international valley of science and technology innovation, build high-standard science and technology functional areas such as the Qilu Science and Technology Innovation Corridor and the core area of the High-tech Zone, and accelerate the creation of a "Science and Technology Innovation Valley" that leads internationally and has world influence in the fields of quantum technology, information technology, integrated circuits, life sciences, medical and health care.
Jinan is building the first national-level human capital industrial park, creating a "talent value" evaluation platform with international authority and credibility, realizing that "intellectual property can be used as a valuation, achievement transformation can be estimated, and talent teams have value", and building Jinan into a global agglomeration highland and allocation hub for resource elements such as talents, capital, and technology.
In addition, relying on the International Financial City, we will take the lead in expanding the cross-border use of the RMB, promoting the facilitation of cross-border investment and financing, promoting the clustering and development of equity funds, and strengthening financial security prevention, and accelerate the construction of an important regional financial center in the country. We will explore expanding the cross-border use of the RMB to promote the export of the RMB through capital projects; support qualified multinational companies to carry out cross-border RMB fund pool business. At the same time, accelerate process reengineering and institutional innovation to create a first-class business environment with international competitiveness and attractiveness.
Qingdao: Focus on developing five major industries and build an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia
Qingdao area with an implementation scope of 52 square kilometers. It mainly focuses on advantages in striving for the ocean, deepen reforms in the areas of China-Japan-South Korea economic cooperation and investment, optimize the trade structure, and explore financial innovation.Focus on developing industries such as modern oceans, international trade, shipping logistics, modern finance, and advanced manufacturing, build an international shipping hub in Northeast Asia, an important innovation center on the eastern coast, and a demonstration zone for marine economic development, and help Qingdao build an important central city on my country's coastal areas.
Qingdao City Mayor Meng Fanli introduced that in the "Overall Plan" approved by the State Council, the Qingdao area has the largest area in the Shandong Free Trade Pilot Zone and undertakes the most pilot tasks. The development focus of Qingdao area is in five major industries, including modern ocean, international trade, shipping and logistics, modern finance, advanced manufacturing, etc.
Meng Fanli mentioned that international trade is Qingdao's traditional advantage. Qingdao has the second largest foreign trade port in the country. In 2018, it achieved a trade volume of 532.1 billion yuan in goods, ranking ninth among cities in the country, accounting for 27.6% of the province. Service trade is also developing rapidly, and currently ranks eighth in the country's 31 demonstration cities. After the approval of the Free Trade Pilot Zone, Qingdao will focus on innovation in international trade, adjust the structure, and increase the total volume in terms of international trade. Promote trade liberalization and facilitation, increase the proportion of service trade in international trade, increase the proportion of general trade in goods trade, and increase the proportion of high-tech industrial products and high-quality consumer goods in general trade. By 2022, the number of enterprises in Qingdao will not be less than 30,000; the import and export volume will double compared with 2018 to US$30 billion.
In terms of marine economy, on the basis of comprehensive efforts, we will highlight several key industries such as marine equipment, marine aquatic product processing, marine biomedicine, etc., focusing not only on the total scale, but also on quality and efficiency, consolidating the industrial foundation for marine economic development, and building an international marine industry city.
In terms of shipping and logistics, in the next step, Qingdao will accelerate the construction of an international shipping hub with Northeast Asia as the focus, build an international shipping center, expand the radiation range, give full play to Qingdao's role in the construction of the "Belt and Road" New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor and maritime cooperation, serve Central and Western Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, effectively connect Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, and better play the radiation role of the shipping hub to domestic and foreign countries.
In modern finance, Qingdao has the only comprehensive reform pilot zone for wealth management finance in my country. The next step will be to accelerate the introduction of foreign financial institutions, vigorously promote cross-border investment and financing, expand the scope of cross-border use of the RMB, and support multinational companies to carry out cross-border RMB fund pool business.
In terms of advanced manufacturing, Qingdao has always been a city known for its real economy and manufacturing. It has a complete range of products and a strong manufacturing foundation, but it also faces the challenge of accelerating the transformation of new and old kinetic energy and further improving scale and quality.
Yantai: Focus on deepening China-Japan-South Korea regional economic cooperation
Yantai area, with an implementation scope of 29.99 square kilometers. It mainly leverages the advantages of important port cities in the Bohai Rim region and national innovative pilot cities, focusing on deepening China-Japan-South Korea regional economic cooperation, trade transformation and upgrading, and financial openness and innovation, and developing the marine economy with high quality. Focus on developing high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, new generation information technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, biomedicine and productive services, and build a pilot zone for China-South Korea trade and investment cooperation, a marine intelligent manufacturing base, a national scientific and technological achievement and international technology transfer and transformation demonstration zone.
"The establishment of the Yantai area of Shandong Free Trade Pilot Zone is another major opening-up opportunity that Yantai has ushered in since it was approved by the first batch of coastal open cities in 1984." said Chen Fei, mayor of Yantai City . Yantai will adhere to the "four focus" of institutional innovation, scientific and technological innovation, transformation of new and old kinetic energy, and high-quality development, and create a cluster area for intelligent manufacturing with high standards, a pilot area for Sino-Japanese and South Korea cooperation, a demonstration area for marine economy, a pilot area for scientific and technological achievements transformation, and a model area for modern service industry.
In deepening China-Japan-Korea regional cooperation, Yantai has a natural location advantage. Yantai is adjacent to Japan and South Korea, and has a solid foundation laid by long-term exchanges. Chen Fei mentioned that at present, there are 5,090 Japanese-Korean-funded projects invested in Yantai. In 2018, Yantai completed imports and exports to South Korea and Japan of 49.6 billion yuan and 41.7 billion yuan, respectively, accounting for more than 1/5 of the province.
is about the cooperation between Japan and South Korea. The next step will focus on three aspects: industrial cooperation, economic and trade cooperation, and science and technology finance cooperation.The Yantai area is superimposed on the national-level China-Korea (Yantai) industrial park. Yantai will take the improvement of the coordinated development mechanism of China-Korea "two countries and two parks" as a starting point to carry out China-Korea standardization cooperation, promote mutual recognition of standards and compatibility of standards systems, and promote industrial upgrading and product quality improvement. Accelerate the construction of China-Japan-Japan-Korean industrial parks, promote the establishment of China-Japan-Korean multinational industrial alliances, and promote the complementary advantages of China-Japan-Korean transnational technology chain, industrial chain and service chain. In terms of science and technology financial cooperation, we will hold the China-Japan and China-Korea High-tech Development Forum, strengthen the incubation and incubation of innovation and entrepreneurship between China-Japan and South Korea, and build a platform for transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements with characteristics in China-Japan and South Korea. Explore the development of RMB overseas fund business and encourage foreign exchanges, including Japan and South Korea, to set up offices in the Yantai area.
In addition, Yantai is a major manufacturing market, with the total output value of industrial enterprises above scale exceeding 1 trillion yuan. In the next step, the Yantai area will focus on this development advantage, make good use of the innovation system of the free trade zone, and continuously improve the leading level of manufacturing development. In terms of maritime management, Yantai's sea area accounts for 1/6 of Shandong Province, and the coastline accounts for nearly 1/3 of the province's long coastline. It has a good foundation in the marine industry and broad prospects for marine economic development. Especially in the Yantai area, the Yantai area has great potential to innovate maritime services and develop the marine economy.
"Marine equipment has always been the advantage of Yantai." Chen Fei said. Chen Fei mentioned that from January to July this year, the orders of major marine equipment companies in Yantai were full. The next step will be to explore the overall design of marine equipment, financial leasing, global bonded maintenance and remanufacturing and system integration services, and build a city with the entire industrial chain of marine high-end equipment manufacturing.
Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point Reporter Zhang Yuyan
