Since the beginning of this year, Hainan has held 4 key project contract signing activities, with a total of 242 contracted projects, with an agreed investment amount of more than 114 billion yuan, including many major foreign investment projects.
Data shows that Hainan’s actual utilization of foreign capital is growing rapidly, reaching US$950 million in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 623.61%, ranking first in the country. As of mid-July, there were 979 newly established foreign-invested enterprises in Hainan this year, an increase of 3.84 times year-on-year, which is close to the number of the entire year last year.
These are closely related to Hainan's continuous expansion of opening up and the acceleration of the establishment of a legal, international, and convenient business environment. Chen Xi, director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Commerce, pointed out that since the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" was released, more than 140 policies have been introduced one after another.
-In terms of trade, 28 policies and measures to promote the free and convenient trade of the Hainan Free Trade Port have been introduced, and Hainan will be used as a pilot for comprehensively deepening the innovative development of service trade.
——In terms of investment, formulate a comprehensive pilot program to support the expansion of Hainan's service industry; formulate 22 special measures to relax market access, covering five major areas such as medical care, finance, and culture; introduce and implement Hainan Free Trade Port's foreign investment access negative In the list, only 27 restrictive measures are retained, and more open arrangements have been made in the fields of mining and automobile manufacturing.
——In terms of open platform construction, the first China International Consumer Goods Fair was successfully held, attracting 1,505 companies from 70 countries and regions to participate, and 2,628 participating brands, of which the number of foreign brands and the exhibition area accounted for 52% respectively And 70%.
A series of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation measures have been implemented one after another, and the “four beams and eight pillars” of the free trade port’s trade and investment policy system have been initially established, allowing foreign-funded enterprises to enjoy the policy dividends of the free trade port, and also bring improvements in the structure of Hainan’s foreign investment. Continuously optimize.
In early August, the foreign-funded design company Xianen Environmental Art (Hainan) Co., Ltd. formally signed a contract to enter the International Design Port of Jiangdong New Area, Haikou. It will focus its efforts in professional fields such as space scenes, art and technology, brand image, and promote the advantages of domestic and foreign first-class design industries. Resources gather in an international design port.
"The reason why we chose to register in Haikou Jiangdong New Area and enter the international design port is because we are optimistic about the development potential and prospects of Jiangdong New Area as a free trade port centralized display area. At the same time, we look forward to communicating and cooperating with more top design institutions here. , The collision creates more sparks.” Wang Renfei, head of Xianen Environmental Art (Hainan) Co., Ltd., said that the company only took a few days to complete the series of work such as business establishment, license collection, office location selection, etc., without meeting for approval. The service made him feel the "Jiangdong Speed".
In fact, as Hainan’s leading and advantageous industries, the service industry accounts for more than 60% of the share, contributing 95.8% to Hainan’s economic growth, and more global high-quality resources are accelerating the convergence. Statistics show that in the first half of this year, Hainan's modern service industry actually used foreign capital of US$860 million, accounting for 90% of the province's total.
The opening up of Hainan's service industry is still ushering in more benefits. On July 26, the "Special Administrative Measures for Cross-border Service Trade in Hainan Free Trade Port (Negative List) (2021 Edition)" was officially released, which is also the first negative list announced by my country in the field of cross-border service trade. The list has made high-level opening arrangements in professional services, transportation, finance and other fields, and made opening arrangements around Hainan's characteristic industries such as tourism, modern service industries, and high-tech industries.
