The Ministry of Commerce answers every question： Support Hainan Free Trade Port to develop digital trade, cultural trade and technology trade and expand the opening of service areas.
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On April 26th, the Ministry of Commerce held a special press conference on "Notice on Several Measures to Promote Trade Liberalization and Facilitation in Hainan Free Trade Port".
A few days ago, 20 departments including the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued "Notice on Several Measures to Promote Trade Liberalization and Facilitation in Hainan Free Trade Port"(hereinafter referred to as the" Notice "), 28 policy measures have been clarified from two aspects: trade in goods and trade in services.
Service trade is an important part of trade liberalization and facilitation in Hainan Free Trade Port. What exploration has Hainan carried out in promoting service trade liberalization and facilitation? What are the next considerations of the Ministry of Commerce? In response to the above questions, the reporter of national business daily asked questions from the Ministry of Commerce at the press conference.
Wang Dongtang, Deputy Director of Service Trade Department of Ministry of CommerceIn response to a reporter’s question, he said that the pilot work of innovation and development of service trade began in 2016 and has now reached the third round. Hainan is one of the first pilot areas for innovation and development of service trade in China. Since the pilot, the Ministry of Commerce has actively supported and guided Hainan to actively explore the liberalization and facilitation of service trade, and to carry out pilot projects.
Li Jun, Director of International Service Trade Research Institute of Ministry of Commerce.In an interview with national business daily, he said that the biggest advantage of developing service trade in Hainan is openness. From a global perspective, regions and economies with developed service trade are highly open. Only a high degree of openness can better promote the freedom of factor flow, industrial market access, personnel exchange and data flow, thus promoting the development of modern service trade. "Hainan is the highland of China’s opening to the outside world, and it has the conditions for the development of modern service trade."
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Hainan is one of the first pilot areas for innovative development of service trade in China. Since the pilot, the Ministry of Commerce has actively supported and guided Hainan Province to actively explore the liberalization and facilitation of service trade.
WangdongtangIn response to a reporter’s question from national business daily, he expressed support for Hainan and other pilot areas to fully implement the relevant opening and convenience measures in the overall pilot program. Among them, in accelerating the opening up of the service sector, the first two rounds of pilots mainly explored in key areas such as law and finance, and the new round of pilots focused on launching 26 initiatives in the fields of transportation, education, medical care, finance and professional services, and the opening up efforts were further increased.
"In terms of improving the facilitation of service trade, the first two rounds of pilots have made useful explorations in customs clearance supervision, model innovation, visa facilitation, talent flow, mutual recognition of professional qualifications, etc. The new round of pilots has further proposed 38 facilitation measures in promoting the flow of goods, capital, technology, personnel and data, which is conducive to accelerating the construction of a development environment for liberalization and facilitation of service trade."WangdongtangSay.
On the other hand, actively support Hainan’s differentiated exploration.WangdongtangThe Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, supported Hainan Province in opening up performance venues, relaxing restrictions on new overseas flights and promoting Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, and issued a series of support policies in facilitating the entry, exit and residence of foreign talents, facilitating foreign exchange services and facilitating the temporary entry of overseas tourists into go on road trip. "Last year, the third round of pilot projects proposed 122 task initiatives, of which 33 were piloted in Hainan alone or in some pilot areas such as Hainan."
Caption: Every reporter asks questions at the press conference. Source: official website, Ministry of Commerce.
WangdongtangIn response to a question from national business daily, it was pointed out that in the Notice jointly issued by various departments, 15 practical measures were put forward to promote the liberalization and facilitation of Hainan’s service trade.
WangdongtangHe said that he would support the development of exhibition industry in Hainan and allow foreign institutions to hold foreign-related economic and technological exhibitions independently in Hainan except for the words "China" and "China". In terms of technology trade, the qualification scope of technology import and export operators is relaxed according to law, and foreign trade operators are no longer required to register in technology import and export activities. At the same time, it also actively explores the cancellation of the establishment of auction enterprises for examination and approval and commercial franchise filing.
In the development of characteristic service industry and service trade, it is proposed to support Hainan Free Trade Port to develop modern service industry such as tourism, and support the Consumer Expo to build an exhibition with international influence; Support Hainan Free Trade Port to develop digital trade, cultural trade and technology trade and gather high-quality service trade enterprises by relying on the pilot of innovative development of service trade and various characteristic export base platforms.
"In terms of strengthening international cooperation in the field of service trade, we will support the establishment of international cooperation mechanisms between local governments and relevant countries at the provincial and municipal levels in Hainan, support Hainan Free Trade Port to hold various international cooperation activities in service trade, and innovate international cooperation models in service trade. Increase the overseas promotion of key service trade fields and projects. "WangdongtangSay.
In an interview with national business daily, Li Jun pointed out that the service trade strongly supported by the state is modern and high-tech, which is the most active and fastest growing. We usually measure the level of service trade in a region by the proportion of service trade and added value of service industry. "For Hainan, it is also an important direction encouraged by the state to focus more on developing digital service trade, such as online medical care, online education and online travel."
At the same time, the reporter noted that before,Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy Representative of International Trade NegotiationsAt the press conference of the State Council Office, it was said that the drafting of the negative list of cross-border service trade in Hainan Free Trade Port has been completed and the corresponding procedures are being implemented.
In Li Jun’s view, the introduction of this negative list will directly benefit Hainan’s development of cross-border digital service trade and form better policy support for Hainan’s cultivation of new modern service trade formats.
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