Qingdao actively applies to become a pilot free trade zone The bonded port area is being upgraded

On the morning of the 17th, the 2015 China-South Korea FTA "Finance +" Summit Forum, jointly sponsored by the Korea Economic News Agency, Peninsula Metropolis Daily and the Qingdao Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, was held in Qingdao, and the business elites of the two countries gathered in the island city to talk about the development of China and South Korea. This forum was held before the China-South Korea FTA officially entered into force, which is of practical significance and epochal significance. On the same day, the forum adopted the form of keynote speeches and roundtable forums, focusing on finance, industry 4.0, real estate, cultural tourism, etc., and comprehensively expounded the development opportunities and cooperation prospects of China and South Korea in the FTA era.

On December 20, the China-South Korea FTA will be officially implemented and usher in the first step of tariff concessions, which will be a landmark event in the history of China-South Korea economic and trade relations. The era of zero tariffs between China and South Korea is coming. In such a historical period, the holding of the 2015 China-South Korea FTA "Finance +" Summit Forum is of great significance.

In his speech, South Korean Congressman Kim Yong-ko said that the ROK hopes to reach a feasible, constructive, tangible and win-win cooperation intention through this forum. "I've heard that there are a lot of good companies in China that want to be listed on the Korean stock market. I hope that the focus of this meeting will be presented to the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea for discussion. He said that this project will also become a real "financial +" project after the opening of the China-South Korea FTA.

Gu Tianshu, president of the Korea-China Economic People's Association, said in his speech that after the door of China-South Korea FTA is opened, there are a large number of businesses that can be excavated, and both countries have their own advantages, and in the future, they can strengthen exchanges and cooperation in finance, life, medical treatment, tourism, trading, culture and art, high-tech industries, etc. This forum can also be combined with strong and strong, and this forum can explore a variety of forums in the future, specifically to explore the direction of cooperation and cooperation programs in a certain field.

Lee Shou-chun, South Korea's consul general in Qingdao, said that there are more than 5,000 South Korean companies in Shandong Province, which is the home of China's largest Korean enterprise, and the size of the transaction between South Korea and Shandong is about 32.5 billion US dollars. The China-South Korea FTA Financial + Summit Forum will surely promote the maintenance of better development relations between South Korea and Shandong and promote greater cooperation.

Zhi Yingmin, general manager of Peninsula Metropolis Daily, said in his speech that the forum will continue to be held in the future, and it will be better and better. Shandong is an important position for Sino-South Korean exchanges, and in the future, the financial, scientific and technological and cultural exchanges between China and South Korea should look at Shandong, and the focus of Shandong should be Qingdao. Therefore, it is the consensus of everyone that the China-South Korea FTA Financial Forum will permanently settle in Qingdao. He said that the next step will be to join hands with the Qingdao Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Korea Economic News Agency to promote cooperation and exchanges between China and South Korea, so that the forum will continue to go on.

On the same day, a signing ceremony was also held at the forum, and China and south Korea signed agreements on three matters. Shibei District Investment Promotion Bureau signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Qingdao Maker Win Management Consulting Co., Ltd. and Busan United Holding Company of South Korea; Peninsula Metropolitan Newspaper signed a media strategy agreement with The Korea Economic News Agency; Signed a contract with the Youth Overseas Entrepreneurship Park. The forum also initiated the establishment of an elite club of Chinese and Korean entrepreneurs, and strived to facilitate the exchange of Chinese and Korean enterprises. In addition, in the four dialogues, Chinese and Korean entrepreneurs collided with the spark of exchanges, which was still unfinished.

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Borrowing the East Wind, Qingdao Bonded Port Area wants to upgrade

As the bridgehead of Qingdao's foreign trade cooperation, Qingdao Bonded Port Area reached a precise cooperation intention with the Korean enterprises participating in the forum. "Many Korean companies are very interested in settling in the Qingdao Bonded Port Area, among them, Han Zhanyou, general manager of the Korean Comprehensive Brand Sales Outlet Company, considered introducing Korean commercial real estate projects in the bonded port area after in-depth docking with the Qingdao Bonded Port Area." He Yu, director of the office of the Qingdao Bonded Port Area Cultural and Trade Base, said that if the project takes shape, the price of Korean goods purchased in the Qingdao Bonded Port Area in the future will be almost no different from that in South Korea.

According to him, in the past, the Qingdao bonded port area was dominated by traditional industries, such as cotton, rubber and other bulk commodities. Under the guidance of the national fta grand strategy, the next step Qingdao will actively apply to become the third batch of free trade pilot zones after Shanghai, Fujian, Tianjin and Guangdong, in order to impact becoming the fifth free trade pilot zone in the country, Qingdao Bonded Port Area is building four major platforms such as import commodity platform, cross-border e-commerce platform, import automobile platform, and cultural trade platform to achieve industrial upgrading.

"China Connect" supports makers from both countries

As a doctor at Peking University and president of the Korea Alumni Association of Peking University, Gu Tianshu, president of the Korea-China Economic Association, who can speak fluently and Chinese, is undoubtedly the focus of the forum. He believes that the signing of the China-South Korea FTA is of historic significance to both China and South Korea. "South Korea's population is only more than 50 million, the Chinese is 28 times that of South Korea, for South Korea, this is a 28 times the domestic demand market, South Korean companies have great expectations for the development of the Chinese market." On the other hand, in the past 30 years of China's reform and opening up, the economy has developed rapidly, but there has also been an imbalance in industrial development, and the signing of the China-South Korea FTA has played a major role in reducing the industrial gap in China. "Gu Tianshu said." Taking Shandong and Qingdao as an example, in the past, most of South Korea's investment in Qingdao was low-cost manufacturing such as handicrafts and toys, and after the signing of the China-South Korea FTA, South Korea's relatively developed agriculture, environment, robotics, and culture industries will bring more valuable experience to Qingdao. Gu Tianshu said.

For the wave of mass entrepreneurship and innovation that has emerged in China, Gu Tianshu said that this strategy coincides with South Korea. "After the signing of the China-South Korea FTA, the exchanges between the two countries in entrepreneurship will also increase, of which South Korea's innovation in the fields of electronics, culture, biology and other fields is relatively advanced, which will bring great help to Chinese makers in these fields."

Jinan New Material Industrial Park issued an invitation

The 2015 China-Korea FTA "Finance +" Summit Forum not only attracted the participation of local enterprises in Qingdao, but also attracted the attention of other cities. Liu Chuanli, deputy director of the Management Committee of Jinan New Material Industrial Park, made a keynote speech on "Industry 4.0" at the forum.

At present, the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province and the Jinan Municipal People's Government have identified the Jinan New Material Industrial Park as the jinan Sino-Korean industrial cooperation pilot demonstration zone, which is mainly the introduction of new materials, new energy, biomedicine, electronic information, high-end equipment manufacturing and other industries. At present, the demonstration zone is actively exploring cooperation models to create a development platform that integrates the work, life and entertainment of Korean enterprises. Taking advantage of the China-South Korea FTA Financial Cooperation Forum, he sincerely invited Korean friends to Jinan New Material Industrial Park to jointly seek the construction and development of China-South Korea Industrial Park projects, believing that Jinan New Material Industrial Park will become an investment treasure for Korean enterprises.

The Shandong Expressway paves the way for Sino-South Korean cooperation

Qingdao West Coast New Area has now set up a China-South Korea Trade Cooperation Zone, and after the official entry into force of the China-South Korea FTA, the West Coast New Area will also accelerate the pace of cooperation with South Korea. The Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway and the government-planned cross-sea subway, which Shandong High-speed Group raised 60 billion yuan to build, have started construction in the West Coast New Area. Zhang Haoting, general manager of Shandong High-speed City Construction Investment Co., Ltd., said: "The goal of the development of the West Coast New Area is to recreate a new Qingdao, which requires the support of a large number of infrastructure construction projects, which is a huge market for Korean companies. At the same time, a large number of Korean companies have come to the West Coast New Area for development, which can also benefit the real estate market in the West Coast New Area. ”

According to reports, the currently completed Shandong Expressway West Coast Center is the only 5a-level building group in the West Coast New Area, advocating ecological space and green office at the same time, it is also the first cloud business office building group on the West Coast, integrating multiple management systems to achieve big data information sharing. "I believe that more Korean companies will settle in this new high-end office building in the future." Zhang Haoting said, "In addition, after the completion of the Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway currently under construction on the Shandong Expressway, it will only take 59 minutes for Qingdao to travel to and from Jinan, which will enable Sino-South Korean cooperation not only to be maintained in coastal cities, but also to the hinterland of Shandong Province." ”