Shanghai is the progressive realization of free trade to be "closer".
China free trade area with the new trends. An insider told the China economic weekly ":" in early November, national development and Reform Commission, State Development Research Center, joint research, mainly in Shanghai in Shanghai Pudong development free trade zone to the situation on the ground, its main purpose is to accelerate the pace of construction of tradecentre search system, a breakthrough on the tax system. ”
"The central to the investigation of a free trade zone of Shanghai, the issues addressed have a lot of ' dry ' (policy breakthroughs), related to customs, taxation and other departments. "The National Federation of Deputy Chairman, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Xinkui Wang told the China economic weekly".
Premier changed one word
An insider told reporters that the origin of this research. In 2009, China Productivity Center Association has drawn up a Convention on the establishment of the Pudong China free trade area envisaged in article, reported to the premier. Premier Wen's great concern, personally written instructions to "free trade area" to "free trade zone", and invites the national development and Reform Commission and other relevant departments and organizations, research, contributed to the research in November.
Why is there such a difference between "a word?" under the WTO's interpretation, the so-called "free trade zone", refers to two or more sovereign States or separate customs territories by signing agreements, most-favoured-nation treatment in the WTO, on the basis of further opening its market to each other to phase out the vast majority of cargo tariff and non-tariff barriers, improve services and investment market access conditions, forming trade and investment liberalization of a specific region.
In fact, in the construction of a free trade zone, Pudong, is not part of the "sovereign States or separate customs territories" of the agreement, but rather sovereignty and domestic trade liberalization. The so-called free trade zone (FreeTradeZone), means in a particular country or territory established by special preferential tax and regulatory policies of small blocks a specific area, similar to the World Customs Organization (WCO), the predecessor of the Customs Cooperation Council explained in the "free zone".
Early in 2008, the Department of Commerce, Customs has been issued with regard to the specification for the "free trade zone," the letter (' international letter] [Gordon 15, 2008).
Shanghai Municipal People's Government Development Research Center week Zhenhua told the China economic weekly ": the" central to Shanghai on ' free trade zone, Shanghai has the opportunity to further substantive ' preferential tax ' and ' special supervisory policy ', from the present situation, the future might be available in the ' first try ' policy more than elsewhere. ”
Four running out of "free trade zone"
At the end of 2003, the then Cheng siwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee had proposed the development of the national tax differentiation, propose pilot successful free trade zone to take the international logistics industry-based free trade zone (Park), the transformation does not have conditions to export processing zone or zone.
An insider told reporters that after 2005, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Chengdu, Chongqing region to the Department of State and ministries on the free trade zone transition to free trade (Park) area, ready to Hong Kong. Since 2008, the national development and Reform Commission, the State Council had occasions to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin and other places for topics of research.
An accompanying national development and Reform Commission, State Development Research Center to Shanghai investigation of sources told the China economic weekly ": Although the bonded areas around the country are in bid to become the first batch of" free trade zone ", but judging from the present situation, in early November of Shanghai research will accelerate.
It is understood that in order to promote the development of a comprehensive free trade zone, Shanghai, customs, inspection and quarantine, foreign exchange and other government departments in the near future will be launched groundbreaking of support policies and measures. Currently, inclusive Yangshan bonded port, Waigaoqiao Free trade zone (including the Waigaoqiao bonded logistics park) and the comprehensive bonded area in Pudong airport Shanghai comprehensive bonded area, has become the largest free trade zone. In the present policy design, future of the region most likely to be the lead in exploring the building has a free trade zone feature of customs special supervision zone (that is, in the regulatory area completely reproduced Hong Kong free port policy, do not set any barriers to trade, speedy customs, trade and services in kind are also not required to pay taxes).
Shanghai comprehensive bonded area Commission trade development director Chen, Shanghai comprehensive bonded area to the traditional concept of comprehensive bonded area there are some differences. And national customs number 99 special supervision zone Shanghai comprehensive bonded area than is actually in the original three bonded together, the "three" was with Takahashi, Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong airport, Yangshan Harbor. This means that the comprehensive bonded area to the sea, road and air to lobby for the "three-zone" linkage in Hong Kong. This in the free trade zone in the process of transformation of obvious advantages.
In fact, get a free trade zone feature of customs special supervision area will greatly enhance Shanghai in trade facilitation. Shanghai Municipal Government, the city Commerce Committee officer Sandy hailin told the China economic weekly ":" Trade Centre building involves many aspects, one of the most important content is the trade facilitation, which is an important breakthrough of the hand and. ”
Shanghai "competition policy in three areas"
However, judging from the present situation, want to obtain similar Shanghai Hong Kong full free trade policies, there are many policy barriers. It is reported that Shanghai is the progressive realization of free trade to be "closer", and "three", to the central to policy sought some international free trade area of the prevailing practice, turn towards full free trade zone.
"And the construction of Shanghai to promote international financial, shipping center needs to state that, in the promotion of International Trade Center building
Policy breakthroughs, Shanghai main needs and the State Council and relevant ministries of communication and coordination, or approval can be implemented. "Shanghai development and Reform Commission, Deputy Director, urban development and Xiao Lin Yuan told the China economic weekly".According to the China economic weekly "understand that Shanghai is just three aspects of the policy of State and related breakthroughs and ministries to communicate, i.e. promoting trade facilitation (involving customs, taxation, etc.); port trade, offshore free trade, services, trade changes (concerning offshore finance pilot); Shanghai forge shopping Heaven (with tax), etc.
For the three policy aspirations, Xiao Lin said: Shanghai should establish a global shipping resource configuration and control features of international offshore trading centre, including the formation of adaptation offshore trade development framework, the joint development of offshore business and offshore banking. In the port trade should draw on our experience with Singapore advanced, play Shanghai radiation ability of the Yangtze River Delta.
Xiao Lin is also of the view that should enable Shanghai become internationally competitive and international influence of international cargo. For example, tax-free goods shopping areas or shops, active leads the international market trends, creative citizenry's brand and business, comprehensive optimizer shopping environment, consumption environment. However, these are still in need of Central Government and manpower and policy support.
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