On October 11, the Information Office of the Municipal Government held the first press conference on the theme of "Promoting High-quality Development", and Liu Ping, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government, introduced the relevant information of the "Several Measures to Support the Construction of a New Platform for International Trade Center in Hongqiao International Central Business District". Zhang Jie, Deputy Director of the Municipal Commission of Commerce, Zhang Bin, Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Hongqiao International Central Business District, Chen Yanfeng, Deputy Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Xu Jin, Deputy Director of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, and Ye Jian, Deputy Director of Shanghai Customs, attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters. Let's take a look at the transcript↓
——Hot Questions and Answers——
By building a platform, improving policies, and agglomerating services, we will continue to optimize the service environment for enterprises to "go global".
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China Central Radio and Television: How can the business district rely on the advantages of professional service industry resources to build a bridgehead to support enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta to "go global"?
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Zhang Bin: The Hongqiao International Central Business District focuses on core functions such as commerce, convention and exhibition, transportation, and science and technology innovation, and promotes the acceleration of the agglomeration of high-end professional service industries. More and more enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta have chosen to base themselves in Hongqiao and deploy globally, and the business district continues to optimize the service environment for enterprises to "go global" by building platforms, improving policies, and agglomerating services.
First, build a "going out" service platform to help enterprises "go to sea in an orderly manner". The platform has brought together more than 70 professional service organizations, launched 10 types of services such as foreign-related law, ODI services, finance, etc., and held more than 70 activities, such as the "Shanghai-Hong Kong Professional Service Providers Matchmaking Meeting" jointly organized by the Management Committee, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to promote cooperation and exchanges between Shanghai and Hong Kong professional service providers. Recently, the Yangtze River Delta "Belt and Road" High-quality Development Promotion Association officially settled in the business district, providing internationalization, facilitation and high-level strong support for enterprises in the region to participate in the "Belt and Road" construction.
Second, increase policy support for the professional service industry to help enterprises "effectively go to sea". The business district has issued a special policy of "going global" to support local professional service institutions to improve their ability and level of transnational services through mergers and acquisitions, absorption and merger, joint ventures, and self-construction. Support will be given to key projects that have financing and insurance needs, such as interest discounts and fees. Promote the "professional service voucher" to go out, clarify the mechanism of redemption registration, redemption application, supervision and inspection, etc., and encourage enterprises to make good use of professional service resources.
Third, promote the quality and upgrading of the professional service industry and help enterprises "go overseas in compliance". At present, Hongqiao Legal District has gathered 100 legal and pan-legal service institutions. Since the inauguration of the Overseas Rights Protection Assistance Base in May, an intellectual property expert advisory group and the first batch of expert think tanks have been set up to provide advanced services and professional support for enterprises in terms of overseas layout of intellectual property, risk early warning, dispute response, and talent training. The business district will also actively introduce well-known and professional service capabilities of brand comprehensive and brand specialized legal service institutions, establish data intellectual property registration service stations, and provide data intellectual property registration, consulting and other services for enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta.
Fourth, grasp the opportunity of digital and green transformation to help enterprises "go green to the sea". Relying on the advantageous industries in the business district, we will support industries such as green energy, life and health, and fashion consumption to open up the international market. At the same time, the Management Committee, in conjunction with the Market Supervision Bureau, will promote the agglomeration of inspection, testing and certification accreditation services, and vigorously introduce a number of well-known ESG-related professional service institutions at home and abroad to settle down, provide enterprises with one-stop services such as green testing and certification, and launch the ESG service brand of the business district.
In the next step, the business district will continue to improve the policy service system, with the Hongqiao Overseas Development Service Center as the main position, and accelerate the construction of a bridgehead for service enterprises to "go global".
Give full play to the distinctive characteristics and advantages of Hongqiao International Central Business District, and continue to promote the high-quality development of new international trade
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Guangming Daily: The development of new international trade is an important part of the construction of Shanghai International Trade Center, how will the Municipal Commission of Commerce give full play to the advantages of Hongqiao International Central Business District and promote the high-quality development of new international trade such as Shanghai's service trade and cross-border e-commerce?
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Zhang Jie: New international trade such as trade in services and cross-border e-commerce is an important part of international trade, and it is also an important area of international economic and trade cooperation. The development of a new type of international trade is an inevitable requirement for the mainland to expand its high-level opening up to the outside world and cultivate new momentum for the development of foreign trade, and it is also a key part of Shanghai's construction of an international trade center. Hongqiao International Central Business District is an important carrier to promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, enhance the level of opening up of the mainland, and enhance the new advantages of international competition and cooperation.
The first is to build a "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot area and a radiation leading area. Hongqiao International Central Business District has formulated and implemented the city's first "Silk Road E-commerce" cooperation pilot zone implementation document. Up to now, the business district has successfully linked the resources of 26 "Silk Road E-commerce" bilateral partner countries, and has set up a total of 22 "Silk Road E-commerce" national pavilions; Build a "Silk Road E-commerce" digital technology application center, and replicate and promote the achievements of cross-border electronic invoices, electronic bills of lading, cross-border traceability and other institutional opening-up to the Yangtze River Delta region; Launched the online platform of Hongqiao International Coffee Port, launched the "Silk Road E-commerce" Good Things Market, and held 35 e-commerce live broadcasts and 20 economic and trade promotion activities. In the next step, the Municipal Commission of Commerce will continue to support the business district to connect with international high-standard economic and trade rules, increase the promotion of institutional opening achievements, and form more application scenarios and cases; We will encourage more Belt and Road countries to set up national pavilions that integrate commodity, tourism and cultural displays, and hold "Silk Road E-commerce" national cultural exchanges, business matchmaking, commodity exhibitions and other activities, so as to create a window for the co-construction countries to carry out commercial and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges in China.
The second is to build a high-quality national export base for professional and characteristic services. With the joint approval of the Ministry of Commerce and other 7 departments, the West Hongqiao Base of China's Beidou Industrial Technology Innovation has established the first batch of characteristic service export bases in the field of geographic information services. West Hongqiao base is the first Beidou industrial park put into operation in China, the base enterprises closely follow the pace of the Beidou system covering the world, the products are widely used in transportation, marine fisheries, surveying and mapping geographic information and other industries, the products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions, the average annual compound growth rate of geographic information service exports in the past three years reached 47.8%. In the next step, the Municipal Commission of Commerce will support the West Hongqiao Base to accelerate the development of new models and new formats of geographic information services; Cultivate a group of integrated geographic information service providers in the middle and high end of the global value chain, continuously expand the scale of service exports, and build the base into a benchmark for the spatial information industry with international influence.
The third is to deepen the construction of cross-border e-commerce demonstration parks. Relying on the advantages of the Hongqiao Business District Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) and the permanent location of the CIIE, the Hongqiao International Central Business District has become an important agglomeration area for the development of cross-border e-commerce imports in the city. In the next step, the Municipal Commission of Commerce will vigorously promote the construction of two municipal-level cross-border e-commerce demonstration parks, the Hongqiao Import Commodities Exhibition and Trading Center and the Changning Airport Economic Demonstration Zone; Build an online new economic platform with the theme of imports, and build Hongqiao Pinhui Live Broadcast Base into a "Shanghai Live Broadcast E-commerce Base"; At the same time, it will give full play to the advantages of Hongqiao Airport in linking with the Yangtze River Delta, tap the capacity and potential of Hongqiao Airport, improve the 9610 cross-border e-commerce import and export supervision system of Hongqiao Airport, and enhance the cross-border e-commerce service capacity of Hongqiao Airport.
Further expand the functions of "6 days + 365 days" transaction service platforms such as Hongqiao Pinhui, and better promote the construction of a new platform for the international trade center of Hongqiao International Central Business District
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Xinhua News Agency: The CIIE is about to open, and the "Several Measures" also proposes to better undertake the relevant spillover effects of the Expo, how will the next step be to better build the "6 days + 365 days" trading service platform of the Shanghai trading group and promote the construction of a new platform for the Hongqiao International Trade Center?
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Since the first CIIE, a total of more than 350,000 kinds (pieces) of CIIE exhibits have been introduced, with an import value of 451.3 billion yuan, covering technical equipment, consumer goods, food and agricultural products, medical equipment, automobiles and other major exhibition areas of the Expo, and have become an important channel for CIIE exhibits to enter the Chinese market.
Hongqiao Import Commodities Exhibition and Trading Center (Hongqiao Pinhui), as the city's "6 days + 365 days" perennial exhibition and trading main platform, docked more than 600 exhibitors from 120 countries and regions around the world, and provided display and trading for 85,000 kinds of commodities.
In the next step, the relevant departments of the city will focus on optimizing the function of the platform, improving the industrial system, optimizing service support, and further expanding the functions of the "6 days + 365 days" transaction service platforms such as Hongqiao Pinhui, so as to better promote the construction of the new platform of the international trade center of Hongqiao International Central Business District.
The first is to deepen the display of transaction connotation. Promote Hongqiao Pinhui and other platforms to strengthen the synergy and linkage and resource docking and sharing with the CIIE and the "Digital CIIE", rely on the construction of digital trading platforms, expand the platform's functional modes such as "front store + back warehouse, display + transaction, wholesale + retail, online + offline", help introduce more CIIE brands and high-quality products, lead the innovative format of "curated retail", and form a new consumption highland.
The second is to enhance visibility and influence. Organize the platform to actively participate in various pre-exhibition and in-exhibition docking activities, and carry out bonded exhibitions, international exchanges, industrial investment, cultural communication and other activities; Support the platform to participate in consumption promotion and new product release activities such as the "55 Shopping Festival", "Shanghai Summer International Consumption Season", "Import Shopping Festival" and "National Commodity Culture Colorful Month", so as to enhance regional business vitality and platform influence.
The third is to strengthen the comprehensive service function. While expanding the import of high-quality products with international characteristics, the platform will provide comprehensive services such as policy consultation, import and export agency, transaction payment, logistics and warehousing, display and promotion, media publicity, and business docking for foreign products to enter the domestic market, extend the trade promotion function, promote the transformation of exhibits into commodities and exhibitors into investors, and continuously amplify the spillover effect of the Expo.
Actively support the business district to create a Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Linkage Innovation Zone, and accelerate the formation of a vivid situation of east-west linkage and two wings flying together
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Shanghai TV: The plan mentions supporting the business district to create a linkage innovation zone in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, what are the follow-up work considerations, and what are the specific aspects of the linkage between the two sides?
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Chen Yanfeng: The establishment of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Linkage Innovation Zone is an innovative measure launched by Shanghai to deepen high-level reform and opening up this year, and the purpose is to accurately replicate and promote the good policies, good experiences and good practices explored and formed in the Pilot Free Trade Zone to other key development areas. Hongqiao International Central Business District is the core area of the national strategy of Hongqiao International Open Hub, with an important geographical location, distinctive characteristics of opening-up, rich trade formats and diversified business entities, especially in the development of export-oriented economy, and Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone has a natural linkage foundation and cooperation space.
The Municipal Development and Reform Commission actively supports the business district to create the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Linkage Innovation Zone, accelerates the formation of a vivid situation of east-west linkage and two wings flying together, and realizes cross-regional industrial synergy, innovation synergy, and open synergy, specifically focusing on the "three developments":
The first is to promote the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce. Taking the opportunity of the special customs supervision area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Hongqiao International Central Business District to build the "Silk Road E-commerce" central functional area and the radiation leading area respectively, we will further expand the product categories of cross-border e-commerce and continuously improve the level of supervision around the personalized needs of cross-border e-commerce business development. Support cross-border e-commerce enterprises in the business district to carry out business models such as trade distribution and entrepot trade by relying on the special customs supervision area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, and continue to optimize and improve the cross-border e-commerce ecological chain, industrial chain and supply chain system.
The second is to support the diversified development of the "bonded +" new business format. Support enterprises in the business district to connect with relevant enterprises in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone and other comprehensive bonded zones, and cooperate in the bonded maintenance business of domestic and foreign products; Enterprises in the business district are encouraged to set up R&D and design centers in the special customs supervision area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, and deepen the exploration of new paths for global R&D and innovation.
The third is to promote the innovative development of trade in services. Support enterprises in the business district to access platforms such as Waigaoqiao's "Offshore Connect" to effectively solve the problem of authenticity verification of offshore trade; We will give full play to the leading role of the cross-border data service center in the Lingang Special Area, provide data export assessment services for enterprises with actual needs in the business district, and efficiently develop global digital trade business; On the basis of establishing a cross-border technology trading service mechanism, we will support the business district to link with the Shanghai Technology Exchange International Trading Center to provide one-stop services for cross-border technology trade in line with international standards.
Taking the establishment of the "Silk Road E-commerce" Cooperation Pilot Zone as an opportunity to improve the facilitation level of cross-border e-commerce at Shanghai port
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Xinmin Evening News: As the regulatory department for cross-border e-commerce import and export business at Shanghai port, how can Shanghai Customs better support the development of cross-border e-commerce in Hongqiao Business District?
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Ye Jian: In recent years, the cross-border e-commerce import and export business of Shanghai port has developed a good momentum. In particular, in terms of exports, the volume of business has grown rapidly. In the first nine months of this year, Shanghai's cross-border e-commerce retail export declaration list was 379 million, a year-on-year increase of more than 20%. In October last year, the State Council approved the "Plan on the Establishment of a "Silk Road E-commerce" Cooperation Pilot Zone in Shanghai, which is the first "Silk Road E-commerce" Cooperation Pilot Zone in China. Since the beginning of this year, Shanghai Customs has actively taken the establishment of the "Silk Road E-commerce" Cooperation Pilot Zone as an opportunity to improve the facilitation level of cross-border e-commerce at Shanghai port. This also includes taking various measures to support the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce in the Hongqiao Business District.
The first is to optimize the regulatory process. Shanghai Customs has further promoted the construction of smart customs and the action of "strengthening the country through smart customs", and actively supported cross-border e-commerce enterprises to handle export customs declaration procedures in the form of "list verification and summary statistics", so as to further simplify the customs declaration process; In January this year, the bonded logistics center (Type B) in Shanghai's Hongqiao Business District launched a trial trial of the electronic payment function for cross-border e-commerce retail import taxes, allowing more data to run and enterprises to run less errands. At the same time, it actively adapts to the characteristics of the cross-border e-commerce industry model, strives to open up safe, efficient and fast cross-border e-commerce retail return channels, and launches innovative measures for the declaration of import returns and export goods in a consolidated general order, effectively reducing the logistics costs of e-commerce enterprises and further optimizing the business environment at the port.
The second is to improve the business structure. Since the beginning of this year, the 1210 bonded e-commerce business in the bonded logistics center (Type B) in Shanghai Hongqiao Business District has developed a good momentum, with a total of 8,082,100 cross-border e-commerce goods imported in the first nine months, a year-on-year increase of more than two percent. According to the arrangement of the "Several Measures to Support the Construction of a New Platform for International Trade Center in Hongqiao International Central Business District", cross-border e-commerce 9610 import and export business will be carried out at Hongqiao International Airport, and at the same time, relying on the pilot project of cross-border e-commerce 9610 export business launched in Waigaoqiao Port, Hongqiao Business District and Shanghai Port will be further supported to strengthen the linkage, and a new pattern of cross-border e-commerce business with direct purchase and bonded complementarity, air and sea transportation will be formed in Hongqiao Business District.
The third is to strengthen the radiation drive. Shanghai Customs further leveraged the advantages of Shanghai International Shipping Center and took the lead in establishing the Yangtze River Delta cross-border e-commerce export commodity transit model, which will also be extended and applied at Hongqiao International Airport in the future. In close cooperation with the Municipal Commission of Commerce and the Shanghai cross-border e-commerce public service platform, we have established an early warning, monitoring and information notification mechanism for cross-border e-commerce declaration data to escort the efficient operation of e-commerce enterprises in Hongqiao Business District. Support e-commerce enterprises in Hongqiao Business District, give full play to the advantages of Shanghai port hub, enhance the radiation energy level for the Yangtze River Delta region, and improve the scale of cross-border e-commerce business at Shanghai port.
In the next step, Shanghai Customs will take the opportunity of the release of 33 measures to support the construction of a new platform for international trade center in Hongqiao International Central Business District and the implementation of the Action Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Cross-border E-commerce in Shanghai (2023-2025), together with relevant local government departments, to stabilize foreign trade and optimize the environment, and continue to accelerate the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce in Hongqiao Business District.
Explore and implement leading, pioneering and integrated market supervision reform and innovation measures in the business district, and do a good job in the implementation of relevant functional platforms and relevant policy support
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Interface Finance Associated Press: It is understood that in a number of measures taken by the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau to support the construction of an international business center in Hongqiao International Central Business District, a lot of innovative policies and measures have been proposed.
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Xu Jin: For a long time, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Hongqiao Business District Management Committee have maintained close cooperation to explore and implement leading, pioneering and integrated market supervision reform and innovation measures in the business district, and do a good job in the implementation of relevant functional platforms and related policy support. The "Several Measures to Support the Construction of a New Platform for International Trade Center in Hongqiao International Central Business District" launched this time focuses on two policy measures related to matters related to market supervision.
The first is to establish a coordination mechanism for special food registration and filing guidance services, amplify the spillover effect of the Expo, and support the exhibition exhibits to enter the Chinese market faster. In response to the service needs of the import registration review and approval of special foods such as infant formula milk powder, formula food for special medical purposes, health food, etc., our bureau has established a special food registration and filing guidance service cooperation mechanism with Hongqiao Business District to further strengthen the guidance service for the registration and filing of special foods for enterprises in Hongqiao International Central Business District, and do a good job in the publicity and implementation of the latest registration and filing policies for special foods.
For example, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau promotes the implementation of the "6+180+365" service guarantee model for imported special foods participating in the Expo, and "6" is mainly for the implementation of a 6-day temporary permit during the exhibition for unregistered imported special foods participating in the Expo; "180" mainly refers to the establishment of an extension area in a special customs supervision area or a bonded logistics center (Class B) after the end of the CIIE to continue the extension service of exhibits, and for products that have obtained a temporary license for 6 days, the display can be extended for 180 days; "365" is mainly to cooperate with the State Administration for Market Regulation to give priority to the implementation of overseas on-site verification of imported special foods that have obtained temporary licenses, speed up the review and approval of import registration, and realize 365 days of convenient supply in the domestic market.
According to the practice of previous CIIEs, good results have been achieved, and more than 10 exhibitors have given priority to obtain registration certificates. The Municipal Market Supervision Bureau will continue to implement a series of CIIE support policies such as temporary licensing, extension, and priority overseas verification of import registration for special food exhibitors, so as to further amplify the spillover effect of the CIIE and promote the "transformation of exhibits into commodities".
The second is to create a one-stop and international exhibition and exchange agglomeration area for "Shanghai brand", expand the publicity channels of "Shanghai brand" certification and "top grade" logo, and promote the linkage between exhibition and trade and industry. At present, more than 160 enterprises have held a valid "Shanghai brand" certification, involving more than 200 products and services, covering the city's high-end equipment, advanced materials, traditional manufacturing, industrial services, people's livelihood consumption, social governance and other fields, initially forming a brand agglomeration effect. Our bureau and the Hongqiao Business District Management Committee jointly promote the construction of the Shanghai Brand International Exchange and Exhibition Center in Hongqiao Pinhui, regularly carry out various forms of brand interaction activities such as product roadshows, innovation salons, cultural exchanges, etc., to create a one-stop and international exhibition and exchange agglomeration area for "Shanghai Brand", and provide a convenient service platform for curatorial business, cross-border new retail, experiential consumption, live broadcast operation and other business expansion business for "Shanghai Brand" certified enterprises, so as to further enhance the international and domestic awareness and influence of high-quality products and services.
In addition, this year, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District Management Committee signed the "Cooperation Agreement on Jointly Building an Institutional Open Highland", and jointly launched 9 cooperation items to help Hongqiao Business District play a leading role in the high-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. The Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, together with the Hongqiao Business District Management Committee, supports more food enterprises to superimpose the food production function of the headquarters R&D center, and for some small-scale and pilot-scale products in the market, we can quickly test the water to see how the market welcomes, so as to accelerate the process of product R&D innovation and product marketization, realize "one site and two uses", and help food enterprises to go upstairs.
Focusing on the problems fed back by enterprise visits and surveys, a number of facilitation measures have been launched in terms of serving talents
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Wen Wei Po: We all know that talent is the first resource, and the construction of the new platform of the International Trade Center is inseparable from the support of talents. What are the facilitation measures in Hongqiao International CBD in terms of serving business talents?
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Zhang Bin: As one of the key development areas for the construction of high-level talent highlands in Shanghai, Hongqiao International Central Business District vigorously attracts professional, international and innovative talents. Since the beginning of this year, focusing on the problems of enterprise visits and research feedback, together with the Municipal Talent Bureau, the Municipal Public Security Exit and Entry Administration Bureau and other departments, a number of facilitation measures have been launched in serving talents.
First, further support the international development of talents. Relying on platforms such as the Hongqiao International Talent Service Center, we will apply for APEC business travel cards and talent endorsements for qualified enterprises, senior managers and talents of enterprises and institutions. Give full play to the function of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Overseas Talent Direct Connection Platform (Hongqiao) to facilitate visas, residence, permanent residence, work, entrepreneurship and life supporting services for foreign talents.
Second, further facilitate the international exchange of talents. For foreign talents who need to travel back and forth multiple times due to business and trade in the business district, they can be renewed for a valid business visa for multiple entries after entering the country. Foreigners who have been invited by the business district to come to China to engage in economic and trade activities and who fail to apply for visas abroad in time and need to enter the country urgently can be provided with entry and stay facilities. To share an example, in the past two months, there have been more delegations from Europe, America and Southeast Asia, and Hongqiao International Central Business District has carried out full exchanges with the United States Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, the Australia Chamber of Commerce, the Ireland Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, the Sweden Chamber of Commerce, and the Germany Chamber of Commerce, listened to their suggestions, and attracted more economic and trade exchanges and economic and trade talents, these measures have played an important role.
Third, to participate in the exhibition activities to give customs clearance convenience. Foreign talents recommended by the management committee of the business district to participate in key exhibitions, conferences and activities in the business district shall be granted visa and customs clearance facilitation by the exit and entry administration department and the border inspection department with the invitation letter and other relevant materials. In addition, at the recent 2024 Yangtze River Delta Talent Development Forum and Hongqiao Talent Innovation and Development Conference, Hongqiao International Central Business District launched a number of policies and measures to support talent innovation and development, focusing on a total of 22 policies in 6 aspects, including domestic and foreign talent introduction, talent innovation and entrepreneurship, talent internationalization services, high-quality talent ecology, encouraging professional talent introduction, and livable and workable environment. These policy measures will provide an important boost for the construction of a new platform for the International Trade Center and the construction of a high-level talent highland in Hongqiao.
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