On the morning of December 16, the Conference on Promoting the Construction of China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone with High Quality was held in Hangzhou.
On the morning of the 16th, the conference on promoting the construction of the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone with high quality was held in Hangzhou, and Yuan Jiajun, secretary of the provincial party committee and head of the leading group of the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, emphasizing the need to deeply study and implement the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the general tone of the work of seeking progress in a stable manner, adhere to the concept of system, focus on high-quality development, competitiveness improvement, modernization first and common prosperity demonstration, and take digital reform as the traction. Guided by serving the national strategy and institutional opening up as the key, we will strive to build a commodity resource allocation base with oil and gas as the core, a new international trade center, an international shipping and logistics hub, a digital economy development demonstration zone and an advanced manufacturing agglomeration area, and make greater efforts to promote the high-quality development of the pilot free trade zone, and strive to be the vanguard of a new round of high-level reform and opening up.
Wang Hao, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, acting governor and head of the leading group of the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone, presided over the meeting, Ge Huijun, chairman of the provincial CPPCC committee, and provincial leaders Chen Yijun, Liang Liming, Gao Gaofu and Lu Shan attended the meeting. At the meeting, Zhu Congjiu read out the best institutional innovation case document of the 2021 China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The person in charge of the Provincial Department of Commerce reported on the results of the first anniversary of the expansion of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone and the next step of the work plan, and the digital reform of the Pilot Free Trade Zone. The heads of Zhoushan, Ningbo, Hangzhou and Jinhua reported on the work of their respective areas at the sub-venue, and the heads of Hangzhou Customs reported at the main venue in Hangzhou.
In his speech, Yuan Jiajun fully affirmed the work since the empowerment and expansion of the pilot free trade zone, handed over an excellent answer sheet, and also pointed out the deficiencies and gaps. He stressed that the pilot free trade zone, as the region with the highest level of reform and opening up in our province, is a key node linking domestic and international double circulation. We must accurately grasp the new goals and new requirements of the construction of the pilot free trade zone, adhere to the national strategy of serving, adhere to the advanced benchmarking, adhere to integrated innovation, grasp the new connotation of development, shoulder the new responsibility of development, and open up a new realm of development.
Yuan Jiajun stressed that it is necessary to further benchmark the two phased goals of 2025 and 2035 specified in the "Expansion Plan", build an annual target system for the construction of the pilot free trade zone, and promote transformative practice, breakthrough progress and landmark results. He clarified the overall goal of the construction of the pilot free trade zone in our province in 2022 from the "five major functional positioning" of commodity resource allocation, new international trade, international shipping and logistics, digital economy development, advanced manufacturing, etc., and asked Zhoushan area, Ningbo area, Hangzhou area and Jinyi area to study and determine the goal of "jumping and being able to get enough" in accordance with the overall goal and their respective functional positioning, and to be resolute and strive to be the first in the construction of the province's pilot free trade zone to create more major landmark achievements.
Yuan Jiajun stressed: It is necessary to focus on the requirements of next year's goals, tightly twist and pull together major reforms, major projects, major platforms, and major policies throughout the body, grasp the outline and lead the way, and integrate breakthroughs. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of bulk commodity storage and transportation bases, highlight the guidance of major projects, do a good job in planning and preparation, and actively strive for national policy support. It is necessary to accelerate the innovation and development of the whole oil and gas industry chain, continue to promote the construction of international petrochemical bases, improve the level of oil trade liberalization, accelerate the internationalization of oil and gas trading, and continuously improve international maritime service capabilities. It is necessary to accelerate the linkage development of the "four ports", strengthen the "hard-core" strength of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, accelerate the construction of the open channel of Yi Yongzhou, innovate and develop smart logistics services, and accelerate the innovative development of air transport business. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of advanced manufacturing agglomeration areas, implement the leading enterprise chain stabilization project, vigorously promote key core technology research, build a geese array of enterprise echelons, and forward-looking layout of a number of future industries. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of digital free trade zones, promote the healthy development of the digital economy, strengthen platform construction, optimize the digital ecology, and strengthen regulatory innovation. It is necessary to accelerate the construction of major industrial projects, increase the intensity of project attraction, iteratively improve the list of major projects, and strengthen the construction of high-energy platforms. It is necessary to accelerate the exploration of a higher level of institutional innovation, benchmark the highest international standards, copy and promote the domestic advanced, benchmark the first-class business environment, and promote institutional reshaping.
Yuan Jiajun stressed that it is necessary to strengthen the leadership of the party, and the principal responsible persons of various localities and departments should personally grasp the construction of the pilot free trade zone, pay attention to seeking major issues, strengthening reforms, and reconnecting, and do a good job in superimposing the policies of the central provinces and cities. It is necessary to further strengthen the system concept, use systematic methods, improve the institutional mechanisms for efficient coordination and consistent implementation, especially the efficient coordination mechanism, the factor guarantee mechanism, and the mechanism of striving for excellence, improve the statistical system system, and promote the formation of more high-quality landmark results.
The meeting was held in the form of a video conference, and each districted city set up a sub-venue. The heads of relevant departments directly under the provincial government, and the main responsible persons of some provincial and ministerial enterprises, private enterprises and research institutions attended the meeting at the main venue in Hangzhou.