
Li Keqiang: Explore the construction of a free trade port and actively expand imports
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2018-03-24 16:48
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According to news on March 5, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress opened at 9 a.m. in the Great Hall of the People to listen to Premier Li Keqiang's report on government work. Li Keqiang pointed out that it is necessary to actively expand imports and lower import tariffs on automobiles and some daily consumer goods. At the same time, we will comprehensively replicate and promote the experience of the free trade zone, explore the construction of a free trade port, and create a new highland for reform and opening up.
Li Keqiang said that we should promote the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up. We will further expand the scope and level of openness, improve the structural layout and institutional mechanisms of openness, and promote high-quality development with high-level openness.
Promote "the belt and road initiative" international cooperation. Adhere to joint discussion and sharing, and implement the results of the "the belt and road initiative" International Cooperation Summit Forum. Promote the construction of major international corridors and deepen cooperation in customs clearance along the route. Expand international production capacity cooperation to drive Chinese manufacturing and Chinese services to go global. Optimize the structure of foreign investment. We will increase the opening up of the western region, inland and border areas and expand new space for economic cooperation.
Promote the steady growth of foreign investment. Strengthen the interface with international economic and trade rules and build a world-class business environment. We will fully liberalize the general manufacturing industry and expand the opening up of telecommunications, medical care, education, pension, new energy vehicles and other fields. We will open up markets such as bank card clearing in an orderly manner, liberalize restrictions on the business scope of foreign insurance brokerage companies, relax or abolish restrictions on the proportion of foreign shares in banks, securities, fund management, futures and financial asset management companies, and unify the market access standards for Chinese and foreign banks. Implementation of deferred tax on reinvestment of domestic profits of foreign investors. Simplify the procedures for the establishment of foreign-funded enterprises, and "one-stop processing" for business filing and industrial and commercial registration ". Fully copy and promote the experience of free trade zones, explore the construction of free trade ports, and create a new highland for reform and opening up.
Consolidate the momentum of steady and positive foreign trade. Expand the coverage of export credit insurance, and reduce the overall customs clearance time by 1/3. Reform the service trade development mechanism. Cultivate new trade formats and new models. Promote the processing trade to the central and western gradient transfer. Actively expand imports, successfully host the first China International Import Expo, and lower import tariffs on automobiles and some daily consumer goods. It is necessary to open the market more vigorously, promote industrial upgrading and balanced trade development, and provide consumers with more choices.
Promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation. China will unswervingly promote economic globalization and safeguard free trade, and is willing to promote the process of multilateral trade negotiations with relevant parties, conclude the negotiations on the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement at an early date, and accelerate the construction of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area and the East Asian Economic Community. China advocates the settlement of trade disputes through consultation on an equal footing, opposes trade protectionism and resolutely safeguards its own legitimate rights and interests.
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