Open up and cooperate to draw new pictures. On September 25, 2021, with the sound of a whistle, the df75297 China Europe train loaded with goods set out from Taiyuan Zhongding logistics park to Central Asia. This is the 500th China Europe train in our province. One belt, one road and 12 cities and 27 City, has been opened up since 2017.
In 2021, our province will accelerate the pace of financing and opening-up and achieve a good start of high-level opening-up. As an inland province, our province promotes high-quality development in an all-round way, adheres to opening-up as the only way, deeply integrates into major national strategies, speeds up the construction of open platforms such as ports, dry ports, development zones and comprehensive bonded zones, actively applies for the construction of pilot free trade zones and pilot innovation and development of service trade, makes every effort to create a "three noes" and "three can" business environment and strive to create a hot land for investment, The level of the open economy has improved significantly and the development momentum is strong.
Rapid growth of foreign trade
The situation of competing for the first place is strong
This is a hard won foreign trade report card: in 2021, the import and export scale of the province's goods trade broke the 200 billion yuan mark for the first time, reaching a record high. From January to November, the import and export volume of goods trade in our province reached 204.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 58.1%, 36.1 percentage points higher than the national growth rate, ranking the third in the country.
Behind the shining achievements is the unremitting pursuit of Shanxi people to set goals, strive for advancement and be determined to catch up with and surpass. Focusing on leading enterprises and open platforms, our province continues to implement the five major projects of "cultivation of foreign trade subjects, improvement of new forms of foreign trade, transformation and upgrading of foreign trade, development of international market and giving full play to the functions of opening platforms", so as to promote the sustained and rapid growth of foreign trade in the province.
In the past two years, cross-border e-commerce is undoubtedly a "dark horse" and has become an important force in stabilizing foreign trade. According to the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Department of Commerce, "in 2020, the total import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce in the province was about 200 million yuan, while in the first half of 2021, it reached more than 3 billion yuan, with a very rapid development momentum." In April 2021, Huayuan inland port cross-border e-commerce Industrial Park located in Wusu comprehensive insurance zone opened a new cross-border e-commerce retail model of "front store and back warehouse", which opened a "window of opportunity" for Shanxi to buy all over the world and collected tens of thousands of imported goods from more than 60 countries and regions around the world.
Seize the development opportunity of second-hand car export. On June 30, 2021, the first batch of 10 used tractors exported to Mongolia by Shanxi Dayu Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. with a total amount of 306000 yuan were successfully declared. This is the first batch of second-hand cars exported from Taiyuan since Taiyuan became a national pilot city for second-hand car export business in December 2020, marking the full opening of Shanxi's second-hand car export business.
Deeply integrate into the global industrial chain and promote the development of processing trade. In September 2021, in the list of the first batch of national processing trade industrial parks published by the Ministry of Commerce, Taiyuan National Processing Trade Industrial Park ranked among them, becoming one of the first batch of 13 national processing trade industrial parks in China, adding a "national character" signboard to our province. This has provided strong support for our province to continuously improve the attraction and influence of regional investment attraction, boost the high-quality development of trade and build a new development pattern of service.
Looking back on 2021, our province issued an action plan for high-quality and high-speed development of foreign trade, vigorously cultivated new subjects of foreign trade, and created a national foreign trade transformation and upgrading base. Taiyuan was approved as a national processing trade Industrial Park, the bonded maintenance outside Foxconn district was approved, the construction of Taiyuan and Datong cross-border e-commerce comprehensive test zones was progressing smoothly, and Datong air port passed the provincial pre acceptance, Taiyuan San Francisco and other four international freight routes have been opened, Taiyuan International Mail Exchange Bureau has expanded and upgraded, and has achieved trade exchanges with 188 countries and regions around the world, supporting the rapid growth of the province's foreign trade.
Using foreign capital to improve quality
Steady progress was made in foreign cooperation
In 2021, our province issued the implementation opinions on further improving the utilization of foreign capital in key areas, as well as the incentive policies to encourage foreign direct investment, and increased the incentives for foreign headquarters or functional institutions, "six new" industrial projects and investment promotion intermediaries. Establish a scheduling account for 223 foreign direct investment projects, strengthen the attraction of large foreign-funded projects, and tap the potential of foreign-funded enterprises. From January to November 2021, 115 foreign-funded enterprises were newly registered in the province, with a year-on-year increase of 17.4%; According to the Ministry of Commerce, the actually utilized foreign capital was US $240 million, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%.
The utilization of foreign capital increased steadily, the main body of foreign capital increased continuously, the main sources of foreign capital remained stable, the leading role of key enterprises was obvious, and the growth of foreign investment in service industry was obvious... Among the actual utilization of foreign capital according to the caliber of the Ministry of Commerce, the service industry increased by 43.36% year-on-year, including information transmission, software and information technology services, leasing and business services The growth rate of scientific research and technical service industry is prominent. The leading enterprises in the field of information technology play an obvious leading role, forming leading enterprises represented by Baidu cloud computing and Datong Qinhuai data information technology company.
Do everything possible to promote the use of foreign capital. As the host of the 12th central China investment and Trade Expo, our province takes advantage of this influential platform to actively organize seminars for foreign-invested enterprises, activities of multinational corporations in Central China and press conferences on the investment prospects of multinational corporations, tap the potential of foreign-funded enterprises, build bridges for project units, development zones and production departments, and promote communication, exchange and cooperation with multinational corporations.
A higher level of opening up will enhance Shanxi's attraction to foreign investment. China Australia coalbed methane energy Co., Ltd. is a foreign-funded energy enterprise engaged in the integration of tight gas and coalbed methane exploration and development. The relevant person in charge of the company said, "As a foreign-funded enterprise engaged in unconventional natural gas development in Shanxi for a long time, we deeply feel the strength and determination of Shanxi's reform and opening up and optimizing the business environment. We firmly believe that Shanxi's opening to the outside world will develop in depth, and the business environment and policies to attract foreign investment will be more optimized."
In 2021, one belt, one Road Economic and trade cooperation was launched in our province, organizing and promoting activities, strengthening major project tracking services, and guiding enterprises to do well in overseas epidemic prevention and control and safety risk prevention. From January to November, the foreign direct investment of enterprises in our province was 230 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 41.1%; The turnover of foreign contracted projects was US $1.42 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, and the growth rate was among the highest in China.
With one belt, one road initiative, Shanxi construction investment group has vigorously guided the two strategic directions of "overseas and overseas", and has been vigorously expanding overseas markets. At present, it has set up representative offices in more than 50 countries and regions in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Although the current situation of epidemic prevention and control is still grim, Shanxi overseas projects have achieved the synchronous promotion of epidemic prevention and control and production construction, showing the responsibility of state-owned enterprises.
As an important carrier of Shanxi culture and Tourism Group's overseas sector, Mauritius Shanxi Africa economic and trade cooperation zone is in a critical period of construction and development and investment attraction. In January 2021, the China Mauritius free trade agreement officially came into force, which is a once-in-a-lifetime historical opportunity for China Mauritius enterprises and Shanxi Africa cooperation zone. One belt, one road, will be one belt, one road, and the other is the "one belt" road, the official said. The future Shanxi cooperation zone will give full play to its unique advantages in the "one belt and one way" node, and strive to become a fulcrum for the "one belt and one road", highland for opening to the outside world, and a resort for recreation and recreation.
Step firmly into the world
Openness and cooperation are full of vitality
"We sincerely welcome more friends to enter, understand and join hands with Shanxi. We sincerely welcome excellent enterprises and talents at home and abroad to settle in Shanxi, take root and start businesses, and share the historical opportunities of Shanxi's reform and development. We will try our best to provide all-round and whole process help and services."
Step firmly and integrate into the world. Looking back on 2021, we can always hear such a familiar voice in every investment promotion in other provinces. Along the Huangpu River, the coast of the South China Sea and the Yellow River, Shanxi people who are thirsty for talents and look forward to cooperation go out again and again. Through a series of activities such as product exhibition, industrial docking, project negotiation and exhibition, they can fully show the new achievements of transformation and development, new investment environment, new development advantages and new image of openness.
At the first China International Consumer Goods Expo, our province formed a Shanxi trading group with the participation of the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Department of culture and tourism, Shanxi comprehensive reform demonstration zone, Huayuan International Dry Port Group and 11 cities. The trade group includes 27 exhibitors and 97 purchasers. Our province has actively held exhibitions, on-site negotiations, investment attraction, investigation and docking and other activities, and achieved positive results in publicizing the image of Shanxi, promoting investment projects and promoting the development of Shanxi and Hainan.
At an appointment with Beijing, Shanxi appeared at the 2021 China International Trade in services Fair as the theme Province, and carefully organized 38 enterprises, relevant departments and bureaus, industry organizations, colleges and universities, and representatives of some cities to form a Shanxi trading group. Exhibitors involved in biomedicine, construction, transportation, electronic information, cultural creativity, cultural products, intelligent manufacturing and other seven sectors. A series of activities such as the promotion and docking meeting for the coordinated development of Shanxi Beijing service industry, the cultural and tourism promotion of "ancient Chinese civilization · good scenery of Shanxi" and the exhibition of Shanxi intangible cultural heritage refreshed the audience's understanding of Shanxi.
On the Bank of Huangpu River, with the help of the platform of the fourth China International Fair, Shanxi Trading Group expanded procurement transactions, enriched investment promotion supporting facilities, activated people to people exchanges and expanded opening-up cooperation. 15 trading groups, more than 6000 participants and more than 20 supporting activities showed the new image of the transformation, opening-up and development of our province in an all-round way. 128 purchase intention orders were signed during the exhibition, with an order amount of US $610 million. 80 investment projects were signed, with a total investment of 64.87 billion yuan. At the same time, Shanxi Trading Group focused on precise docking and visited 51 advantageous enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta.
To go out, please come in and let the world listen to the voice of Shanxi. Under the blue sky and white clouds, Jinyang Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center is dressed to welcome guests from all over the world. From May 21 to 23, 2021, the 12th central China investment and Trade Expo was successfully held in Shanxi. More than 1000 exhibitors from home and abroad gathered in Shanxi, 16 provinces, autonomous regions and cities and 883 enterprises from 15 countries. The number of multinational corporations was the highest in the past. Trade fairs, order fairs and new product launches have yielded fruitful results.
The continuous expansion of opening-up has activated the surging spring tide of Shanxi's development. Adhering to the unchanged determination and accelerating the pace of financing and opening up, opening up Shanxi will surely write a new chapter in promoting high-quality development in an all-round way.
