Jiangsu promotes foreign trade "optimal structure" to continuously improve the quality and level of investment

Affected by the complex and severe international environment, the pressure to stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment has been increasing this year. Our province has recently issued Several policies and Measures to promote the continuous recovery of the economy, and made special arrangements for promoting the stability and quality of foreign trade and foreign investment, and clearly put forward a series of measures such as jointly building and sharing overseas warehouses, ensuring land use for major foreign investment projects, and improving the convenience of entry and exit.
Continuous "optimal structure",
Opening a new pattern in foreign trade
In the face of the weak recovery of the world economy, the contraction of external demand and other adverse effects, the province's foreign trade face up to the difficulties and show resilience and competitiveness in the "headwind" -
From January to July, the province's foreign trade improved marginally. The scale of import and export in a single month increased for three consecutive months. The trade of private enterprises and markets along the "Belt and Road" kept increasing. At the same time, the export of lithium batteries, electric manned vehicles and solar cells "new three" totaled 121.23 billion yuan, ranking first among all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the country, with a year-on-year growth of 23.4%, driving the province's export growth of 1.2 percentage points, of which the export of lithium batteries and electric manned vehicles increased by 51.4% and 4.1 times respectively.
Force the new market, the new pattern of foreign trade in our province is reshaping, "good" behind a series of strong support policies. Since the beginning of this year, we have introduced policies such as "14 measures to promote the stable scale and optimal structure of foreign trade", "one million exhibitions and one million enterprises to expand the market", and solid progress in the construction of 13 cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in the province and the pilot innovation and development of market procurement trade methods.
How to further stabilize the scale and adjust the structure of foreign trade? "We will stick to the problem-oriented approach, make greater efforts to strengthen the long and complement the short, form synergy, do everything possible to reduce the stock, and go all out to find new growth." Wang Cun, the second-level inspector of the provincial Department of Commerce, said that in accordance with the "28" policy requirements, multiple measures will be taken to support enterprises to stabilize orders, stabilize expectations and develop new forms of business. This year, Jiangsu will give up to 80% subsidies to enterprises participating in provincial key overseas exhibitions. At the same time, it will promote banks to include more qualified and high-quality enterprises into the scope of trade and foreign exchange payment facilitation policy according to the principle of "should enjoy, should pay as much as they can", and focus on supporting "specialized and special new" enterprises and service trade enterprises. We will strive to increase the number of enterprises enjoying this policy by 2,000 in 2023.
And work harder to make the foreign trade "wagon" run faster, and promote enterprises to build and share overseas warehouses -- "where the market is, the warehouse is built. Take our home textile industry as an example," overseas warehouses "can reduce the intermediate links, realize local sales and local distribution, and help improve the competitiveness of" going out "enterprises. Shi Zhouzhou, general manager of Nantong Sungai Bo E-commerce Co., LTD., recently went to the United States. In addition to striving for new orders, he also specially rushed to the provincial public overseas warehouse set up by the company in California. He admitted that in the past, foreign trade enterprises loaded the goods on the ship, which was equivalent to completing the trade. Now this mode has been unable to keep up with customer demand and the development of The Times, and there are problems such as difficult return and replacement, long logistics time, and the emergence of overseas warehouses has helped solve the "last mile" problem of cross-border e-commerce.
"Overseas warehouse 'chain dynamic' global trade, jointly build and share overseas warehouse has become a new track for foreign trade enterprise development." According to the relevant person in charge of Nantong Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the city has brought out "real money" to help foreign trade enterprises "break the waves and go to sea". On the one hand, it has established a gradient cultivation mechanism to guide the construction of overseas warehouses to export Nantong characteristic industrial products through cross-border e-commerce. On the other hand, the establishment of a system support policy, the approved provincial warehouse, municipal warehouse support accumulative more than ten million yuan, help public overseas warehouse "upgrade".
Strengthen the magnetic field,
Foreign investors' vote of confidence
"Aiming at the direction of new energy vehicles, an additional investment of 160 million yuan, the layout of the third base project in Nanjing." On September 7TH, THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHOENIX CONTACT AND THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PHOENIX China WERE HELD IN NANJING. Frank STERNBERG, CEO OF PHOENIX CONTACT, BROUGHT NEW INVESTMENT PLANS.
Phoenix's firm trust in Jiangsu reflects the "magnetic attraction" of Jiangsu's opening up to the outside world. In 2022, the actual use of foreign capital in Jiangsu was the first to exceed the US $30 billion mark and reach US $30.5 billion, an increase of 5.7% year-on-year, and the scale remained the first in China for five consecutive years.
How to strengthen the "magnetic field" and continuously improve the quality and level of investment? Article 28 provides explicit support for major foreign-funded projects, foreign-funded research and development centers, and foreign-funded headquarters. The policy is clear. For major provincial and municipal projects with a total investment of not less than 100 million US dollars that meet the key direction of industrial development in our province, the indicators in terms of land use and forestry will be coordinated and guaranteed by the provincial level. At the same time, eligible foreign R&D centers will be guaranteed to enjoy additional deductions for enterprise R&D expenses, tax agreements, income tax incentives for high-tech enterprises and tax deferment for reinvestment of profits. We will revise and improve policies to encourage foreign headquarters, identify a new batch of regional headquarters and functional institutions of provincial-level multinationals, and provide financial support.
"In the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign capital in Wuxi was 2.88 billion US dollars, an increase of 34% year-on-year, ranking first in the province. Multinational companies are accelerating the development of headquarters and base in Wuxi." Huang Guoping, director of the foreign investment Department of the Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, said that the city has established a system of government service commissioners for 222 key foreign enterprises. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce has led the establishment of special classes for foreign enterprises, covering development and reform, industry and information technology, human resources and social security, self-regulation, environmental protection and other departments, and created a "Top 100 foreign enterprise service group". We will build a "24-hour, 360-degree" system for attracting and protecting foreign investment to help foreign enterprises solve problems and ensure that key foreign investment projects are successful and run well.
We will implement the "28" policy requirements and make greater efforts to attract and utilize foreign investment. Next, Wuxi will formulate and implement a series of policies to boost foreign investors' confidence, including Measures to Support the development of foreign Enterprises and build the most satisfactory City for Foreign Investment, Policies and Measures to further innovate Ways to improve the level of foreign investment Utilization, and Ten Measures to Improve the quality and Efficiency of foreign investment Utilization. Through symposia and on-site visits, we will coordinate and solve the problems and difficulties encountered in the operation and development of enterprises in land, talent, environmental protection, logistics, financing and other aspects. We will take the initiative and provide advanced services to further strengthen the confidence of foreign enterprises in investment.
Improve "convenience",
Optimize the Business Environment
Bosch has invested more than $1 billion in Suzhou, and started the R&D and manufacturing base of core components of new energy vehicles and autonomous driving. The US Amprius high energy density lithium-ion battery production and research and development base signed a contract to settle in Zhangjiagang, with a total investment of $700 million; Brembo Group has more than doubled its revenue in Jiangsu. It has not only set up a research and development center in Nanjing, but also actively applied for the establishment of a Chinese headquarters... Since this year, keywords such as "research and development", "center" and "headquarters" have appeared at high frequency, which is enough to illustrate the gold content of foreign investment in Jiangsu.
Integration of innovation, foreign investment is not "outside". In August this year, the Jiangsu provincial government approved the implementation of the "Measures on Encouraging and Supporting Foreign Investment in the establishment and development of R & D Centers". With 22 measures in five aspects, it encourages foreign investment to set up R & D centers in combination with the industrial development direction of Jiangsu, promotes original innovation, integrated innovation, open innovation, and encourages foreign investment to integrate into the local innovation system.
The "28 Articles" issued this time further increase the "intimacy" between foreign investment and Jiangsu, and clearly improve the convenience of exit, entry and residence permits. For foreign personnel in foreign-funded R&D centers, the exit and entry departments of public security may issue multiple entry visas with valid period not exceeding 1 year and stay period not exceeding 180 days. At the same time, the application process of APEC business travel card will be optimized to increase the number of enterprise personnel holding cards.
Not long ago, Mr. Raffarin from France and his party went to Zhenjiang Municipal Government Service Center "Special Window for Foreigners to work and residence Permit Joint Office", and got two permits for foreigners to work in China and work residence permit at one time, becoming the first batch of foreign talents in Zhenjiang to enjoy the green channel of overseas service introduction. At the beginning of this century, Mr. Raffarin was sent to Zhenjiang as a senior executive of Italy's TecX Group to establish East China Tecx Auto Casting Co., LTD. After leaving the post of general manager of the company in 2022, he has always been nostalgic for Zhenjiang. After confirming that he meets the conditions for the introduction of foreign talents in Jiangsu, he returned to Zhenjiang again to continue to promote the friendly exchange and cooperation between China and France.
"Jiangsu's utilization of foreign capital has always been at the forefront of the country. Entering the new era, Jiangsu's utilization of foreign capital has paid more attention to the combination of investment, technology and wisdom." Zhang Erzhen, a professor at the Yangtze River Delta Economic and Social Development Research Center of Nanjing University, said that Jiangsu is guiding foreign investment to participate more in the domestic economic cycle through appropriate system design and policy guidance, promoting the integrated development of foreign and domestic enterprises, helping to build a modern industrial system, and a series of policies and measures to promote high-quality utilization of foreign investment. We will further promote the institutional opening of our province and promote the steady improvement of the quality of foreign investment utilization.