Solving problems and optimizing process Yangpu actively builds roof of the world with high quality and development in Hainan.

CCTV News:Since its launch in 2018, the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port has gone through five years. This year, Hainan Province has fully started preparations for the island’s customs clearance operation. At present, the first batch of 25 stress testing projects are in full swing. Today (July 7), the "High-quality Development Research Bank", let us follow the reporter into the model room for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port — — Yangpu Economic Development Zone, take a look at what changes are being brought here by the preparations for the island’s closure?　

The reporter’s interview in Yangpu began with a door-to-door investigation following the special class of enterprise work of Yangpu Bonded Port Development Bureau. Less than a month after the enterprise was put into production, it encountered the embarrassment of temporarily stopping production.

Person in charge of the enterprise:In the process of tariff operation, we encounter some problems, especially the problem of tax refund for raw materials entering and leaving the area.

The person in charge of the enterprise told the reporter that the reason why Yangpu was chosen was that it was optimistic about the dividend of the policy. However, because the enterprise just landed and did not know enough about the customs declaration procedures, the enterprise failed to enjoy the preferential tax refund policy when purchasing accessories.

Reporter:Production stopped just after it was put into production. Is there any loophole in the policy?

Zhang Hongguang, Director of Development Bureau of Hainan Yangpu Bonded Port Area:Because it is the first time for him to put into production here, and it is also the first time to apply the policy of duty-free processing value-added, some problems can only be revealed through gradual experience.　

In Zhang Hongguang’s view, the tax rebate problem encountered by enterprises is a very important one of the 25 stress tests being conducted by the government. The other 24 projects also include bonded maintenance of enterprises with two ends outside, simplifying the import license management of mechanical and electrical products, and expanding the scope of acceptance of third-party inspection of import and export commodities. The results of the stress test directly affect the success or failure of the island’s closure operation before 2025.

Zhang Hongguang, Director of Development Bureau of Hainan Yangpu Bonded Port Area:I welcome this big exam with them. We hope that they will ask more questions and leave us more homework, because the more homework we do, the more we will know what the problem is, and then we can get good grades in the exam.　

In 2007, China’s fourth bonded port area — — The establishment of Yangpu Bonded Port Area in Yangpu Economic Development Zone, although its area is only 2.26 square kilometers, marks a new step for Yangpu’s opening to the outside world.

In June 2020, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" was released, and Yangpu was given five unique free trade port policies, taking on the heavy responsibility of being the pioneer and demonstration area of the free trade port.

A number of reform policies and innovation systems were first launched in Yangpu — — The port of registry of "China Yangpu Port" signed the first Certificate of Ship Nationality here; "Zero tariff" raw and auxiliary materials import completes the first business here; Foreign trade ships with the same ship fill the first bonded oil here; China’s first "zero tariff" imported transport ship was cleared here.

A series of preferential policies attract enterprises to rush to Yangpu. By the end of June this year, there were more than 4,800 registered enterprises in the bonded port area alone. By 2025, the preferential policies and advanced practices of the bonded port area will be extended to the entire Yangpu Economic Development Zone of 114 square kilometers, and the coverage will be expanded by 50 times.

CCTV reporter Zheng Liankai:The fence behind me is Yangpu Bonded Port Area, which was established in 2007, with an area of only 2.26 square kilometers. In the future, with the completion of the operation project of Yangpu Port, the preferential policies enjoyed by enterprises in the region will be expanded to the whole Yangpu Port Development Zone and even the whole island of Hainan, and a more intelligent and efficient port supervision system will replace these fences.

At Xiaochantan Wharf in Yangpu, the construction site of the free trade port closure operation project is busy, and it is expected to be completed and put into use at the end of September. According to the standard of "first-line liberalization and second-line management", the import and export procedures of goods throughout the island can be handled here in the future. In other words, overseas goods and goods in the free trade port can freely enter and exit here without customs supervision, while goods entering and leaving the free trade port need to be subject to routine supervision.

According to the design scheme, the facilities and equipment of the first-line port and the second-line port can share resources, and the customs clearance process can be completed through different streamlines.

Zhang Hongguang, Director of Development Bureau of Hainan Yangpu Bonded Port Area:The red one is the streamline of the first line, and the green one is the streamline of the second line. They are not crossed. If inspection is needed, they can share this inspection platform. The ultimate goal of doing this is to ensure that the first line can be truly liberalized and the second line can be truly controlled.

Government and enterprise join hands to solve problems and optimize the process

Yangpu Economic Development Zone is a "model room" in the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. For the local government, the construction of free trade port is a blue ocean, and there is no mature experience to follow. For the enterprises stationed here, it is also crossing the river by feeling the stones. With the closing operation approaching, how do the government and enterprises undertake the task of stress testing and join hands to "cross the road"?

Auska Grain and Oil, located in the Bonded Port Area of Yangpu Economic Development Zone, is the first large-scale entity enterprise introduced here after the release of the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port in 2020. When the reporter first came here, the operation team was having a weekly meeting.

Although the operation of the enterprise is gradually on the right track, the initial landing is not easy. Three years ago, the 208 mu of land where the factory was located was still a wasteland full of shrubs and stones. During the construction period, the high temperature and rainy climate brought great difficulty to the project promotion. However, it is under such conditions that this enterprise has proposed to create the fastest speed for the establishment of a free trade port.

Zhang Hui, Chairman of Hainan Aosika International Grain and Oil Co., Ltd.:Because the year 2025 is very close, it is necessary to carry out the stress test of the detailed policy after the factory is built. The earlier it is, the better it will be for the future stress test, so it is not to seize the fastest speed of the construction of the free trade port, no, it is to seize the stress test time of the free trade port.

Unfavorable natural conditions did not stop the progress of the project. With the help of the government, enterprises worked overtime to catch up with the construction period, and it took only half a year for the factory to start and complete, which was three quarters less than the conventional time. Although the factory has been built, Zhang Hui and her colleagues are facing greater challenges.

According to the original customs declaration system, grain and oil products have to pay 9% tariff when they leave the customs declaration area, while according to Yangpu’s latest policy, raw materials can be exempted from tariff if their value-added after processing exceeds 30%. The policy is favorable, but because of the initial operation, the data systems of customs and other departments are incompatible with the public service platform of Hainan Free Trade Port to a certain extent, and the customs declaration has been unsuccessful. In order not to delay the delivery time and cause breach of contract, many departments came to the enterprise together to study the customs clearance and exit strategy on the spot, debug the system and go through the formalities.

Zhang Hui, Chairman of Hainan Aosika International Grain and Oil Co., Ltd.:It was very difficult at that time, but the customs moved me. They said that the system was a system, and we helped you lift the pole manually to solve it. I couldn’t satisfy one department’s overtime work, and I couldn’t satisfy one department. I added other departments, which moved me badly at that time, because we had a large volume, and we had to go out more than 1000 tons and many cars every day.

When encountering problems, solve them. Multi-department collaborative office, so that enterprises feel the determination and sincerity of the development of free trade port. On the second floor of this enterprise, there are four conference rooms of different sizes from the beginning. At the beginning of operation and production, these conference rooms will welcome different government workers every day.

Zhang Hui, Chairman of Hainan Aosika International Grain and Oil Co., Ltd.:The production license we proposed should be handled in advance, and our director (Market Supervision Administration) said, "If you dare to take responsibility and take the initiative, I can allow you to handle the production license first, but I will come to check and accept it before you put into production. If you don’t meet the requirements, I will take back your production license."

In the process of constantly solving problems, these pioneering enterprises are also the first to feel the brand-new policy of the free trade port. Zhang Hui’s company enjoyed the zero-tariff policy of imported equipment for its own use when it was built, and became the first enterprise in China to enjoy the tariff-free policy of processing value-added after it was put into production. Because of preferential policies and considerate services, more and more domestic and foreign enterprises have settled in this hot land.

Reporter:It just feels like a group of people who want to do things get together.

Zhang Hui, Chairman of Hainan Aosika International Grain and Oil Co., Ltd.:There is a kind of enthusiasm that can be accomplished. Actually, I am over 60 years old and retired before, but for the sake of free trade port, I said I would like to work for another 20 years.

The government’s service spirit of "shop assistant" injects confidence into enterprises

Attracted by the free trade port policy, over the past three years, more and more enterprises have invested in the bonded port area of Yangpu Economic Development Zone. The number of enterprises in the park has increased from more than 160 to more than 4,800 at present. Now, the scope of choice of enterprises is spreading from the bonded port area to the whole Yangpu Economic Development Zone. Many business leaders told reporters that the confidence of enterprises to develop here comes from the constantly improving business environment in the local area.

Song Liwu, Enterprise Service Commissioner:At the beginning of the year, we learned that the annual output value of the enterprise is about 100 million yuan, but the middle of the year has passed, and we actually have only more than 30 million yuan. I want to know what the main reason is.

Person in charge of the enterprise, Ran Dongsheng:If the coil belongs to the trial run stage, the output value will be raised after the formal production of the coil.

Now, the government workers in Yangpu Economic Development Zone have turned door-to-door service into the norm. In order to co-ordinate resources and fully build a model room of Hainan Free Trade Port, in 2021, the decision on the integrated development of Danzhou City and Yangpu Economic Development Zone officially landed. In April last year, Danzhou moved the Science, Technology and Industrial Information Development Bureau from the city to Yangpu Economic Development Zone, 60 kilometers away. In the same month, the first business environment construction bureau in Hainan Province was established here. At the end of May last year, Danzhou City also officially introduced the enterprise service specialist system, so that enterprises can have specific docking people when they encounter problems.

Liu Tong, Director of Danzhou Science and Technology and Industrial Information Development Bureau and Chief Service Commissioner:We told the enterprise service specialist that no matter what problems the enterprise has, you will accept all the orders. For example, children go to school, such as accommodation for new employees, production, transportation, logistics, import and export customs clearance, etc., first of all, let enterprises feel that there are government departments serving him.

The improvement of the business environment has an intuitive feeling for everyone who comes to Danzhou Yangpu to start a business. Since the beginning of this year, Danzhou has reorganized and optimized the launch of 93 "one thing at a time" items to achieve online processing; A total of 51 convenience service stations have been built throughout the city, and 102 high-frequency government service items such as "notarization of motor vehicle driver’s license" and "notarization of academic qualifications (degrees)" have been realized. At the same time, we will promote the handheld, online and one-time administration of government services.

Wang Jian, General Manager of Yangpudong Fang Yuhong Building Materials Co., Ltd.:(All kinds of services) enable us to put into production quickly, make our enterprises feel the spirit of "shop assistant" of the local government, and also inject confidence into our foreign enterprises to operate in the local area.

Zhang Liang, Deputy Director of Danzhou Business Environment Construction Bureau:In the aspect of administrative examination and approval reform, the Business Environment Bureau has transferred more than 900 items of examination and approval since its establishment, simplifying the process and shortening the time limit. In the aspect of surface restoration of the business environment, the municipal leaders have taken the lead and conducted special research, and concentrated on solving a number of legacy problems with long time span and high complexity.　

Nowadays, with the deepening of "model room", the content of government service enterprises is also being adjusted. From receiving all the orders to providing accurate and in-depth services to key issues. At the same time, with the increase of enterprises, in order to solve the problem that the number of service personnel is small and the energy can’t keep up, the local government upgraded the enterprise service Commissioner to the industrial service Commissioner.

Liu Tong, Chief Service Commissioner of Danzhou Science and Technology and Industrial Information Development Bureau:An industrial service specialist can comprehensively serve the whole industry with several other service specialists, and classify the problems.

What foreign investors and employed people are willing to leave behind is not only the constantly improving business environment, but also the feeling of quietly changing experience in their lives.

Zhang Hui, Chairman of Hainan Aosika International Grain and Oil Co., Ltd.:You see, we have everything we need now. The bike-sharing, the gymnasium, the reading room, the library, the cinema and the matching apartments for talents have all come out.

The team of "studying abroad" has grown and chosen talents from all over the world to use.

Cities are wonderful because of people. While building a model room of Hainan Free Trade Port, Yangpu also extends an olive branch to the global elites. Lin Guangming is an urban planner recruited by Yangpu from Singapore. Government departments employ foreigners to lead urban planning, which is also rare in the country. Lin Guangming laughed and called himself a "school of studying abroad", that is, a person who stayed in Yangpu. What changes are taking place in Yangpu in his eyes? What kind of city will Yangpu be in the future? Keep looking.

In Yangpu, Lin Guangming’s office hangs the famous brand of the chief planner. In June, 2020, the policy of free trade port landed in Hainan. At that time, Lin Guangming was still a government official of the Ministry of National Development, and had worked in the field of urban planning and design for 15 years, during which he had cooperated with China government departments. Entrusted, he began to look for a city planner for Yangpu. Unexpectedly, I became the final candidate.

Lin Guangming, Chief Planner of Yangpu Economic Development Zone Management Committee:Planners are in love with the land and have feelings. Practically speaking, every piece of land has life, so that is to say, it can carry something. As planners, we will basically have a feeling when we set foot on that piece of land.

I decided to set foot on this land because Yangpu people gave him the main planning work of this city. This is a trust and a heavy responsibility. It was also in that year that her beloved daughter was just born, and in the age of no doubt, he took his family across the ocean to find a dream.

Now, the child is three years old, and he has also completed the planning and design of a series of major projects, such as the land space planning of Yangpu Economic Development Zone, the strategic planning of the development around Xinyingwan, and the design and renovation of Yangpu Exhibition Hall.

In May 2022, after the promulgation of Danzhou Yangpu Integrated Development Plan, seven towns and villages in Danzhou City, which are close to Xinying Bay, were included in the Danyang Integrated Development Planning Area. As can be seen from these two pictures, this new development planning area is very close to Singapore in terms of area and shape, which further inspired Lin Guangming’s creative inspiration. He went into the rural areas and fishing ports of Danzhou and translated the design concepts accumulated in Singapore for many years here.

Lin Guangming, Chief Planner of Yangpu Economic Development Zone Management Committee:Why do I come here, hoping that this place will have great potential in the future. This is the old Kela Wharf in Singapore, and then it has been updated to become a tourist destination with 12 million tourists a year. Our New English Bay is very imaginative, and we can do this function in the future.　

People gather because of the city, and the city prospers because of people. In Yangpu, not only international talents like Lin Guangming can enjoy high salary and welfare, but also preferential policies for senior technicians are constantly landing. Full-time junior college and senior workers in key employers can also enjoy a housing subsidy of 1,600 yuan/month.

In 2022, the number of permanent residents in Yangpu increased by 10% compared with the previous year. Since the beginning of this year, another 3,500 distinguished talents have received big gift packages from the government. Like Lin Guangming, the team of "studying abroad" is growing stronger and stronger, and he has a bolder design for Yangpu in the future.

Lin Guangming, Chief Planner of Yangpu Economic Development Zone Management Committee:Combined with the conditions of some policies for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, this city can achieve low housing prices, no traffic jams and no crowded space. We hope that the population will be more than 300,000 from now on, and the population will reach one million or even more in the future.

To build a new city with a population of one million, Lin Guangming has made a long-term plan for the integrated development zone of Yun Yang with the shape of a germ. In the next 15 years, this 770-square-kilometer land will be divided into seven industrial zones, including wind power equipment, green petrochemicals, new materials, high-end manufacturing, intellectual innovation products, healthy food and port and shipping logistics, with an estimated total economic output of over 300 billion yuan, making it a high-quality development roof of the world in Hainan after Haikou and Sanya.