Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the General Plan for the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the "General Plan").
The General Plan points out that the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Free Trade Pilot Zone is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and is an important strategic move to further deepen reform in an all-round way, advance high-level opening-up, and promote high-quality development. It is necessary to take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the guide, take the consolidation of the Chinese nation's community consciousness as the main line, implement the strategic orientation given to Inner Mongolia by the Party Central Committee, closely focus on the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, actively serve and integrate into the country's major strategies, implement the upgrading strategy of the Free Trade Pilot Zone, and build the Free Trade Pilot Zone into a new highland of reform and opening-up in the new era. It is necessary to promote the high-quality development of Inner Mongolia's economy, improve the well-being of the people in the border ethnic minority areas, and help build a "Model Autonomous Region" in an all-round way.
The Overall Plan proposes to grant the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free Trade Zone greater autonomy in reform, encourage trials and experiments, and conduct pioneering, integrated, and differentiated explorations in broader areas and at a deeper level. It clarifies 19 reform and innovation measures, including innovating and developing border trade among residents, strengthening the international logistics service function, improving the efficiency of the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, and expanding foreign exchanges in multiple fields. Efforts will be made to build an information exchange center, a transportation and logistics center, a factor and resource allocation center, a scientific and technological innovation center in key fields, and an industrial cooperation center that connect the inside and outside and radiate the surrounding areas, give full play to the role of an important bridgehead for the country's opening up to the north, and strive to build a high-level free trade park with convenient investment and trade, a good innovation ecosystem, the agglomeration of advantageous industries, and active international exchanges.
The General Plan emphasizes the need to uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, establish and practice the correct concept of political achievements, and integrate the construction of a clean and honest Party conduct into the entire process of the free trade pilot zone. It is necessary to firmly establish the overall concept of national security, strengthen supervision, and adhere to the bottom line of safety. It is important to adhere to green development and build a solid ecological security barrier. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region should strengthen organizational leadership, build a lean and efficient management system with clear powers and responsibilities, establish a fair and transparent legal environment, and create a high-quality professional management team. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and relevant departments should form a joint force to ensure the implementation of various reform measures. The inter-ministerial meeting mechanism for the work of the free trade pilot zone should play a coordinating role and urge the implementation of various reform pilot tasks.
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China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone General Plan
The establishment of the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Free Trade Zone) is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and is an important strategic measure to further deepen the reform in an all-round way, promote high-level opening up, and promote high-quality development. In order to build the Free Trade Zone to a high standard and high quality, this plan is formulated.
1. General Requirements
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the successive plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, fully and accurately implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, coordinate development and security, take the consolidation of the Chinese nation's community consciousness as the main line, implement the strategic positioning given to Inner Mongolia by the CPC Central Committee, closely focus on the goals and tasks of the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, actively serve and integrate into the country's major strategies, implement the upgrading strategy of the pilot free trade zone, and build the pilot free trade zone into a new highland of reform and opening-up in the new era. Promote the high-quality development of Inner Mongolia's economy, improve the well-being of the people in the border ethnic minority areas, and help build a "Model Autonomous Region" in an all-round way.
2. Strategic Positioning and Development Objectives
Deeply study and implement the important speeches and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on Inner Mongolia's work, accelerate the implementation of the "five major tasks", take institutional innovation as the core, take replicability and popularizability as the basic requirements, give full play to Inner Mongolia's geographical advantages of "being connected to eight provinces and being close to the imperial capital in the north, and connecting to Russia and Mongolia to reach Europe and Asia", participate in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, strive to build a communication center, a transportation and logistics center, an element resource allocation center, a key field science and technology innovation center and an industry cooperation center that are connected inside and outside, and radiate to the surrounding areas, build a strategic highland for the development and opening up of the border and inland areas and a demonstration area for serving and guaranteeing the high-quality development of the whole country, and create a strategic support for stabilizing the border and consolidating the border, managing the surrounding areas and serving the whole country.
Grant greater autonomy to the pilot free trade zones in reform, encourage pilot projects, and carry out pioneering, integrated, and differentiated explorations in a wider range of fields and at a deeper level. After three to five years of reform and exploration, the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, the significant enhancement of green development momentum, the more perfect functions of the important nodes and channels of the domestic and international double circulation, the significantly improved radiation and driving capabilities to the inside and outside, the continuous improvement of the level of energy and strategic resource security, and the full play of the important bridgehead role of the country to the north. Strive to build a high-level free trade park with convenient investment and trade, a good innovation ecology, a gathering of advantageous industries, and active international exchanges.
3, Location Layout
(1) Scope of implementation
The implementation scope of the pilot free trade zone covers three areas: Hohhot area of 76.28 square kilometers (including Hohhot Comprehensive Bonded Zone of 0.88 square kilometers), Manzhouli area of 25.11 square kilometers (including Manzhouli Comprehensive Bonded Zone of 1.44 square kilometers), and Erenhot area of 18.35 square kilometers. The total area is 119.74 square kilometers.
The development and utilization of the pilot free trade zone shall comply with the relevant laws and regulations on land use, ecological and environmental protection, planning, and shall be in line with the territorial spatial planning and the relevant requirements for saving and intensive use of land.
(2) Functional Division
The Hohhot area focuses on the development of strategic emerging industries such as new energy, new materials, biopharmaceuticals, and new generation information technology, as well as the processing of green agricultural and livestock products and the dairy industry. It actively cultivates modern service industries such as trade logistics, digital economy, science and technology services, exhibitions, and culture and tourism. It aims to create a core hub for the northern opening-up of the country and an innovative agglomeration area for the high-quality development of characteristic industries. The Manzhouli area focuses on the development of characteristic industries such as the landing processing of imported resources, cross-border tourism, cross-border finance, and port services. It aims to create an important window radiating to Northeast Asia and Europe and an important platform for open cooperation among China, Russia, and Mongolia. The Erenhot area focuses on the development of international trade, international logistics, cross-border tourism, and international medical treatment. It aims to create an important hub of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor and a demonstration example of friendly cooperation with neighboring countries.
4. Main Tasks and Measures
(1) Building an important trade node connecting the inside and outside
1. Promote the quality improvement and upgrading of goods trade. Progress the quarantine access for high-quality agricultural and food products from neighboring countries, and expand the import of high-quality agricultural and food products. Accelerate the establishment of inspection, testing, and certification cooperation mechanisms with neighboring countries. Encourage enterprises with conditions to rely on border warehouses to build second-hand car export exhibition and after-sales service centers. Deepen the reform of integration of domestic and foreign trade, build a comprehensive service platform for integration of domestic and foreign trade, and cultivate leading enterprises.
2. Enhance the vitality of the development of trade in services. Innovate the mode of overseas promotion of cultural services, and create characteristic cultural products and service brands. Support the introduction of high-quality international sports events and the development of characteristic sports tourism products. Promote the deep integration of sports projects such as horse racing, wrestling, and archery with cross-border tourism. Research and open characteristic tourist trains, and support and guide social capital to participate in operation. Support the development of information technology, pharmaceutical research and development, and other service outsourcing businesses in the Hohhot area.
3. Innovating the development of border trade. Accelerate the digital transformation and upgrading of the border trade service platform and regulatory system. Implement hierarchical inspection and classified supervision for imported goods of border trade, and promote the customs clearance mode of "entrusted declaration + direct transportation + machine inspection". Explore and optimize the supervision mode of exported goods of border trade.
(2) Enhancing the Quality and Effectiveness of Two-Way Investment Cooperation
4. Further attract and make better use of foreign capital. Pilot allowing foreign-funded enterprises to engage in the development and technological application of human stem cells, gene diagnosis and treatment technologies for product registration and listing and production. Foreign travel agencies registered in the pilot free trade zone are allowed to engage in the business of overseas tourism for destinations other than Taiwan.
5. Deepen the foreign investment and cooperation. Encourage enterprises to carry out foreign investment and cooperation in agricultural and livestock products, energy and resources in the countries along the "Belt and Road". Support enterprises to establish an integrated marketing system of entity display, sales, distribution and after-sales service overseas. Give policy support such as financial services to enterprises to promote and expand exports through material processing and other means. Promote the coordinated development of domestic and foreign parks and build cross-border and cross-regional industrial chains.
(3) Unblocking the international passage to the north
6. Strengthen the functions of international logistics services. Deepen the construction of smart ports in Manzhouli and Erenhot, and support the construction, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of port infrastructure and inspection supporting facilities. Support the Hohhot area in developing airport - adjacent economy, building an international express center, an international airport logistics park, and a regional international postal and express hub. Support Hohhot Shengle International Airport in optimizing the international route network in accordance with the planned direction, carrying out the business of bonded aviation fuel refueling for international flights, and strengthening the air rights support necessary for international route connectivity. Support the expansion of Hohhot Comprehensive Bonded Zone in accordance with procedures when conditions are ripe.
7. Cultivating the power of port economic development. Promoting smart supervision between land ports and customs supervision operation sites. Implementing the "port + unloading site" joint supervision mode for imported copper concentrate. Exploring the joint undertaking of the inspection task for imported medicinal materials with the pharmaceutical inspection institutions in the port location. Exploring the construction of new intelligent cross-border transport channels such as unmanned. Supporting the application of the "green channel" policy for rapid customs clearance of agricultural and sideline products in the Hohhot area. Strengthening the construction of the border inspection rapid channel in the Manzhouli area and the Erenhot area, serving and guaranteeing the rapid customs clearance of foreign nationals who meet the conditions, facilitating personnel exchanges, and promoting the efficient and smooth cross-border freight transport. Supporting the implementation of the "one machine, two screens, one-time inspection" mode for the exit security inspection and customs inspection at the Hohhot aviation port, and actively studying and carrying out the port visa work.
8. Enhance the capacity to ensure cross-border train services. Promote the construction of the Hohhot hub node city for the China-Europe Railway Express and the border ports of Manzhouli and Erenhot on the edge of the land. Develop the "China-Europe Railway Express+" customized train services. Support the addition of a wide-track direct train from Erenhot to Ulanbaatar, and expand the wide-track cargo loading function of the Erenhot railway port. Promote the "one bill of lading" and "one box" multi-modal transport, and explore the establishment of business models and rules standards that meet the characteristics of multi-modal transport development in the border areas.
(4) Building a modern industrial system with distinctive advantages
9. Promote the high-quality and efficient development of animal husbandry and agriculture. Advance the construction of smart pastures, and strengthen the application of intelligent technologies such as environmental control, information monitoring, and disease diagnosis. Introduce high-quality dairy cows, beef cattle, and pigs. Support the construction of a commodity spot trading center for dairy products. Support the construction of a global dairy bacteria germplasm resource bank. Develop ecological animal husbandry and agriculture, promote green food, organic products, and "Meng" word marked certifications, and optimize and improve the traceability mechanism for green agricultural and livestock products. Expand new scenarios for the consumption of modern animal husbandry and agriculture, and promote the deep integration of animal husbandry and agriculture with culture and tourism, education, and other industries.
10. Enhance the development level of the energy and strategic resources industry. In line with the endowment of energy and resources and the development characteristics of the power system, accelerate the construction of a new power system. Improve the policy for the consumption and utilization of green electricity, and promote the coordinated development of the power grid and power generation. Support the Inner Mongolia Power Trading Center to carry out the transaction and certification of green power certificates and international cooperation. Establish and improve the standard system for the recovery and utilization of wind power generation, photovoltaic power generation and other equipment. Accelerate the demonstration and application of green and low-carbon advanced technologies, and promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the energy, equipment, chemical industry and other industries. Support the construction of copper, potassium fertilizer, fluorite and other import resource reserve bases and deep processing bases of non-ferrous metals, liquefied petroleum gas. Support the Hohhot area to develop liquefied petroleum gas processing and fluorine chemical industry.
11. Building a Green Computing Power Security Hub. Promote the construction of the Inner Mongolia hub node of the national integrated computing power network, and support the construction of edge computing power centers in Manzhouli and Erenhot. Explore the construction of a computing power network hub interconnection center to support the convergence of computing power network resources, direct connection of communication networks, and interconnection scheduling of computing power. Support the Hohhot area to carry out training and application of large-scale artificial intelligence models. Support the expansion of green computing power application scenarios in the Hohhot data center cluster. Accelerate the construction of the Inner Mongolia data trading center and build a data trading system. Carry out cross-regional data trading cooperation and explore a price formation mechanism that conforms to the characteristics of data elements. Support the Hohhot area to build a public service platform for digital service export and explore the provision of cross-border computing power services.
12. Enhance the development momentum of the pharmaceutical industry. Accelerate the domestic promotion and "going global" of advantageous animal vaccines such as foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. Support the Erenhot area in carrying out domestic and foreign joint research and development, innovation transformation, and clinical application of advanced medical technologies and drugs. Support the inclusion of eligible ethnic medicines in the national medical insurance drug list. Explore the development of foreign-related commercial medical insurance products. Build a national export base for traditional Chinese medicine services.
(5) Cultivating a first-class innovation and technology ecology
13. Building a source of key field scientific and technological innovation. Support the cultivation and construction of national scientific and technological innovation platforms and bases in the fields of ecological environmental protection, modern agriculture, aerospace, new materials, etc. Research and build a grass industry technology innovation center. Support the national dairy industry technology innovation center to carry out research and development of dairy industry intelligent manufacturing equipment and key technology research. Support the Hohhot area to cooperate with civil aviation research units to carry out low-altitude economy research.
14. Improve the efficiency of transforming and applying scientific and technological achievements. Build platforms for the transformation of agricultural and animal husbandry science and technology achievements, comprehensive science and technology innovation service platforms, and industry intellectual property operation centers to accelerate the industrialization of agricultural and animal husbandry scientific and technological achievements. Support the construction of pilot platforms in the fields of new materials and equipment manufacturing. Explore the establishment of a management mechanism for cross-border scientific research materials with a "positive list + pre-filing" approach, and simplify the import and export procedures for equipment for research purposes and samples (excluding goods and items related to public health and safety).
(6) Deepening all-round cooperation at home and abroad
15. Expand multi-field foreign exchanges. Allow the China-Mongolia Exposition to handle non-security procedures for exhibits in accordance with the law. Strengthen the important ecological security barrier in the north, promote the implementation of projects such as the China-Mongolia Desertification Control Cooperation Center, demonstration base, and sand dust monitoring station. Promote the exchange and sharing of sand dust storm monitoring data, ecological restoration technology in the source area and the route area with Mongolia.
16. Strengthen cooperation with relevant domestic regions. Support the land-sea linkage of Erenhot Port with ports such as Tianjin Port and Tangshan Port, and accelerate the implementation of the "Railway Express" model. Accelerate the resource sharing of Manzhouli Port with ports such as Dalian Port and Qinhuangdao Port. Support the orderly transfer of industries from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area regions. Strengthen cooperation with the Yellow River Basin provinces and regions in the transformation to green development in agriculture, animal husbandry, energy, and other fields, and jointly promote the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.
(7) Building an open platform that integrates elements.
17. Enhance the function of financial services for the real economy. Focusing on the financing needs of scientific and technological research and development in industries such as agricultural and livestock products, energy, and deep processing of strategic resources, promote the linkage and cooperation between commercial banks and venture capital institutions in the technology sector in accordance with market - based and law - based principles, and provide full - process scientific and technological innovation financial services. Support eligible projects in clean energy, ecological and environmental protection, etc. to issue real estate investment trust funds (REITs) in the infrastructure field. Promote the interconnection of cross - border mobile payments between China and Mongolia.
18. Improve the talent service guarantee system. Establish a comprehensive service “one-stop” platform for the entry and exit of personnel, and provide convenient services such as visas, work permits, and residence for foreign high-level talents and technical and skilled personnel. Support the joint construction of innovation platforms such as joint laboratories and academician expert workstations with countries along the “Belt and Road”, and actively introduce outstanding talents.
19. Optimize administrative management functions and processes. Explore deepening the reform of "efficient and convenient service". Promote the rapid pre-examination service for patents in the fields of new energy and high-end equipment manufacturing. Promote the reform of environmental impact assessment approval system, innovate the way of environmental impact assessment, and improve the efficiency of environmental impact assessment. Carry out the classified and hierarchical management of fire protection acceptance and filing of construction projects, and reasonably determine the scope of projects that apply for filing by means of commitment.
5. Safeguard Mechanism
(1) Improve the risk control system. Firmly establish the overall concept of national security, strengthen supervision, adhere to the bottom line of safety, strengthen the monitoring and early warning of various risks, and improve the ability to prevent and control risks and deal with them. Persist in green development, implement the requirements of ecological environment zoning control and environmental impact assessment, and build a solid ecological security barrier. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region should strengthen the main responsibility, effectively identify and prevent and resolve major risks. Relevant departments should strengthen guidance and assessment, and properly respond to risks and challenges in related fields.
(2) Strengthen organization and implementation. It is necessary to uphold and strengthen the overall leadership of the Party, establish and practice the correct concept of political achievements, and integrate the construction of a clean and honest Party conduct throughout the process of the free trade pilot zone. It is necessary to weave a tight system of rules and regulations, enhance rigid constraints, regulate the exercise of power, improve the implementation of systems, and prevent the breeding of corruption issues. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and relevant departments should form a joint force to ensure the implementation of various reform measures. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region should strengthen organizational leadership, build a lean and efficient management system with clear powers and responsibilities; strengthen local legislation, establish a fair, transparent, and complete legal environment; strengthen talent training, and build a high-quality and professional management team; implement the "three distinctions," and encourage bold trials and bold experiments. The inter-ministerial meeting mechanism for the work of the free trade pilot zone should play a good role in overall coordination and supervision, and urge the implementation of various reform pilot tasks.
The Decision of the State Council on Temporarily Adjusting the Implementation of Relevant Administrative Regulations in the Pilot Free Trade Zones applies uniformly to the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone. All reform and policy measures proposed in this plan that involve adjusting the current laws or administrative regulations shall be handled in accordance with the prescribed procedures. Major issues shall be reported to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council in a timely manner.
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