At the special press conference on the construction of the "two districts" in Beijing held on February 10, 2022, the relevant responsible persons of various departments in Beijing focused on the phased results of finance and talents.
The construction of the "two zones", that is, the construction of a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the national service industry and a free trade pilot zone. Liu Meiying, member of the party group of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, press spokesperson, full-time deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the National Service Industry Expansion and Opening-up Comprehensive Demonstration Zone, said that Beijing has completed more than 200 reform and innovation tasks involved in the two plans, with a completion rate of more than 90%. At present, the comprehensive opening up layout of Beijing's service industry, led by seven groups of three areas and supported by key parks such as scientific and technological innovation areas, international business service areas, high-end industrial areas, and international industrial parks, is accelerating.
Liu Meiying introduced that the construction of Beijing's "two districts" and the construction of the global digital economy benchmark city promote each other, and are currently building the first trade digital innovation service platform - trade digital empowerment center, and at the same time, it is also taking the lead in exploring digital trade statistical measurement methods in the country. In addition, after the listing of the Beijing International Big Data Exchange, it has successively launched the country's first new trading model, data trading guide, encryption trading platform and data trading alliance, continuing to take the lead in the construction of the data element market, accelerating the establishment of an international digital economy intermediary industry system, and accelerating the process of value-based data element resources.
Wang Ying, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, introduced that Beijing has become the first choice for Chinese and foreign-funded financial institutions to land and expand their business, and a number of landmark heavyweight institutions such as the first wholly foreign-owned insurance asset management company, the first foreign-owned holding securities company, the third pillar national pension insurance company, the fifth national asset management company, and the second national personal credit reporting agency have landed in Beijing, and a total of 45 Chinese and foreign financial institutions will be landed in 2021.
According to the data, in 2021, Beijing's financial industry achieved an added value of 760.37 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5% year-on-year, accounting for 18.9% of the regional GDP, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the international financial center cities; the financial industry achieved local general public budget revenue and local tax revenue accounted for more than one-fifth; the number of legal person financial institutions was more than 900, and the total amount of financial assets exceeded 180 trillion yuan, continuing to maintain the highest proportion in the economic structure and the largest pull on economic growth. The most obvious contribution to fiscal revenue is the largest industry.
Last year, the construction of Beijing's financial "two districts" ran out of acceleration. 94 102 tasks in the financial field landed, 92% were completed, 52 supporting policies were introduced, 3 national replication and promotion of innovation practice cases were formed, and the open innovation achievements represented by the "six batches" were formed, that is, a number of landmark heavyweight institutions accelerated the landing, a number of innovative financial market platforms optimized layout, a number of pioneering cross-border financial services and products were launched first, a number of leading open qualifications achieved breakthroughs, a number of high-quality financial technology pilot projects landed, and a number of exemplary business environment policies were implemented. It not only promotes the development of financial innovation and opening up in the capital, but also contributes to the "Beijing experience" for the opening up and reform of the national financial industry.
Shanxi Economic Daily reporter Liu Yefei weng Jian reported in Beijing