In Shenzhen, the east wind blows strongly in April. Walking into daqianhai, it was a vigorous scene.
At the site of Qianhai comprehensive transportation hub project under construction, excavators are digging earth and rock; In Qianhai comprehensive bonded area, there are an endless stream of vehicles loaded with goods; Mawan port, carrying large containers made in Shenzhen to the world; The high-end office buildings in guiwan business district are full of gold-collar, white-collar and it talents
Qianhai, a “piece of white paper”, drew the most beautiful picture. This core engine of the most concentrated and the essence is dynamic and surging.
Huang Xiaopeng, deputy director of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of comprehensive deepening of reform and opening-up, said that the comprehensive deepening of reform and opening-up of Qianhai district is entrusted by the executive director of Shenzhen Qianhai district. Implementing the requirements of the plan, Qianhai is focusing on institutional innovation, taking the lead in making breakthroughs in the innovative development of modern service industry, scientific and technological development, system and mechanism innovation, and creating a world-class business environment, accelerating the formation of a number of replicable and popularized innovative achievements, continuing to deepen and expand Qianhai model, maintaining a vibrant development trend, and striving to take a new road to catch up with the examination.
Shenzhen Hong Kong cooperation is booming
“The development of Qianhai, which is becoming more and more open, is becoming more and more standardized and standardized.” Sun Lecheng, partner of KPMG intelligent innovation space, told reporters that Qianhai has continuously carried out institutional innovation, expanded opening to the outside world, continuously improved its development level, and the aggregation effect is becoming more and more obvious, attracting more and more Hong Kong and Macao enterprises and international talents to develop here.
“Since entering Qianhai Shimao building last year, KPMG intelligent innovation space has made use of Qianhai preferential policies and good business environment to increase independent research and development, help enterprises with digital transformation, deeply participate in the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area, and double their business.” He particularly mentioned that, especially after the release of the plan on September 6 last year, Qianhai has greater development space and stronger attraction.
Like KPMG intelligent innovation space, more and more Hong Kong enterprises and international enterprises are optimistic about Qianhai.
At Qianhai Shenzhen Hong Kong youth dream workshop, Hong Wei, a Hong Kong entrepreneur who has long enjoyed the dividends of reform and opening up, told the reporter with deep feeling that Shenzhen is the “entrepreneurial” city, and Qianhai is the preferred place for Hong Kong and Macao youth to start businesses in the mainland.
From “road sign to the left” to “Hong Kong Style Tea Restaurant”, Qianhai has “Hong Kong flavor” everywhere. A large number of innovative and entrepreneurial young people in Hong Kong cultivated and supported by DreamWorks have long regarded this place as their “new home”, and more and more young people in Hong Kong choose to pursue their dreams. As of the first quarter of this year, DreamWorks has incubated 578, including 314 Hong Kong teams.
Qianhai is becoming a highland of Hong Kong, Macao and international talents. In terms of deepening the liberalization of service trade with Hong Kong and Macao, Qianhai has realized that 16 categories of professionals such as Hong Kong and Macao tax agents can practice only by filing. In terms of high-level participation in international cooperation, Qianhai international talent port has been put into use, providing 451 one-stop services for international talents.
Cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong is booming. In 2021, the number of local Hong Kong funded enterprises in Qianhai cooperation zone increased by 156% year-on-year, and the actual use of Hong Kong capital accounted for 93.8% of the actual use of foreign capital in Qianhai. Improve the cooperation and exchange mechanism with Hong Kong, and cooperate with 11 industrial and commercial associations such as the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the Federation of industry and Commerce in all regions of Hong Kong. Support Hong Kong funded enterprises to expand their development space, introduce policies on industrial agglomeration and financial industry, and implement 1.2 times the general support standard for Hong Kong enterprises.
Relying on Hong Kong, serving the mainland and facing the world. At present, Qianhai has gathered a large number of well-known Hong Kong enterprises, including the Bank of East Asia and the Hong Kong stock exchange, and has become one of the regions with the highest relevance and closest cooperation with Hong Kong.
Prominent position of opening-up portal hub
The actual use of foreign capital was US $1.368 billion, a sharp increase of 108% year-on-year; Qianhai comprehensive protection zone achieved foreign trade import and export of 44.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 55.5%
Wang Jinxia, deputy director of Qianhai administration, told reporters that this group of bright data is the report card handed over by Qianhai in the first quarter of this year, reflecting the full resilience of Qianhai economy, the function of China’s international “double cycle” and the prominent position of China’s opening-up portal hub.
Qianhai comprehensive free trade zone, cars come and go. The Shenzhen cross-border trade logistics supervision center in the park is busy. More than one million cross-border e-commerce parcels are shipped to Hong Kong and around the world after customs clearance.
Cross border e-commerce has long become a “gold lettered signboard” of Qianhai. The relevant person in charge of Qianhai administration said that the full business format of cross-border e-commerce was implemented here, realizing the whole chain development of “purchase exhibition sale return” of cross-border e-commerce.
New business forms and drive large industries. Tmall global, shrimp skin, Aoji and other industry leaders settled in Qianhai, driving the steady development of thousands of upstream and downstream e-commerce, logistics and freight forwarding enterprises, with a cumulative export package of more than 1 billion and a value of nearly 60 billion yuan. At the same time, more than 80 upstream and downstream high-quality enterprises of electronic components such as Sinotrans, western data and Hisilicon chips are gathered here, and the industrial chain and supply chain can realize the orderly linkage development of “a game of chess”.
The new form of foreign trade represented by Qianhai cross-border e-commerce bucked the trend and gradually became a new driving force to promote the development of Shenzhen’s foreign trade and stabilize the international industrial chain supply chain. The high value-added “made in Shenzhen” is exported to the international market and stabilize the basic market of foreign trade.
The level of trade facilitation in Qianhai was further improved. Qianhai will launch the one belt, one road trade combination hub, and the Belarus white Industrial Park, and so on, to build a free trade innovation alliance in special economic zones. Shenzhen Customs took the lead in building a “combined port in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area”, with more than 10 combined port routes. The import and export logistics duration was reduced from the past 5-7 days to 2 days, saving more than 30% of enterprise logistics costs; Mawan smart port officially opened, becoming the first 5g smart port in Dawan district.
More importantly, Qianhai cooperation zone has implemented the plan, accelerated the construction of a high-level portal hub for opening to the outside world, continuously enhanced the function of Qianhai’s financial opening window and improved the opening level of legal affairs.
Qianhai expanded the opening of the financial industry to the outside world. The first batch of domestic and foreign currency integrated bank account pilot projects in China and the first batch of “cross-border financial link” business in Dawan district were implemented in Qianhai. Qianhai Shenzhen Hong Kong International Financial City signed 177 financial institutions, of which Hong Kong funded foreign capital accounted for 30%. Qianhai Shenzhen Hong Kong International Legal Affairs zone was opened, and Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Dawan International Arbitration Center was established.
Promote connectivity in Dawan District
Major projects have progressed steadily. In recent days, the shield tunneling of the right line of Mawan sea crossing channel in Qianhai has exceeded the 1000 meter mark. The shield section of the right line of the largest underwater shield tunnel under construction in China has been completed by about 50%, and it is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
As the first large-diameter cross sea shield tunnel in Shenzhen, the road network structure outside Qianhai will be improved after completion; The port dredging freight traffic linking Nanshan port area takes into account the passenger traffic connecting Mawan, Chiwan area and Dachan Bay, so as to realize the separation of passengers and goods and transit in Qianhai area.
This is an epitome of Qianhai’s promotion of infrastructure interconnection in Dawan district and the construction of a new urban center.
From the vantage point of Qianhai center of excellence, the construction of Qianhai’s major infrastructure is advancing in an orderly manner. At present, with the Shenzhen Airport Co.Ltd(000089) satellite hall put into use, a new layout of “three terminal areas, three runways and one satellite hall” has been formed, the construction of Shenzhen Dalian intercity and Guangzhou Dongguan Shenzhen intercity ( Shenzhen Airport Co.Ltd(000089) – Qianhai section) has been started one after another, the Shenzhen China corridor and three runways of the airport have been accelerated… The construction of the new urban center of Qianhai has reached a new level.
According to the plan, as a coastal water city, Qianhai after the expansion has 1 International Airport, 2 railway stations, 7 ports and docks, 6 open ports, 1 intercity rail line, 7 urban rail lines and 4 expressways.
This year’s Shenzhen government work report has proposed that Qianhai should build a high level city, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, the Internet plus, the future technology city, the exhibition Ocean City and Shekou International Ocean City. Build a big data platform for cross-border trade and a bond platform for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan district; Build an international commercial dispute resolution center, an international legal service center and an insurance service center.
The wind is hanging a sail. At present, taking the opportunity of “expanding the area”, Qianhai adheres to the principle of “intensive cultivation and fine carving”, creates a “bridgehead” for Hong Kong to integrate into the overall situation of national development, comprehensively deepens Qianhai’s reform and opening up with institutional innovation as the core, and strives to create new and greater miracles.
