April 21 marks the 7th anniversary of the listing of Guangdong pilot free trade zone. The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Department of commerce that at present, the Guangdong pilot free trade zone has formed 584 institutional innovation achievements, copied and promoted 146 reform and innovation experiences in the province, and released 245 institutional innovation cases, including 41 national initiatives and 7 national best practice cases. The amount of cross-border CAITONG pilot business reached 486 million yuan On April 19, on the first anniversary of the inauguration of Guangzhou Futures Exchange (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou Futures Exchange"), the official website of Guangzhou futures exchange was officially launched and fully disclosed the 16 futures varieties approved to be listed by the CSRC for the first time. Guangqi said that in the future, it will continue to enrich the product system, strengthen the market service capacity and better meet the needs of risk management of the real economy. The "several measures on promoting the reform and innovation of trade and investment facilitation in Guangdong pilot free trade zone" issued in February proposed to build Guangzhou futures exchange with high standards. One belt, one road, one is to strengthen the joint operation between Guangzhou futures exchange and Hongkong exchange and Shenzhen stock exchange, attracting international investors to participate in the development of the platform, and building an important platform for the development of the high quality service, the big bay area and the "one belt and one road" construction in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. In the seven years since its listing, the system innovation of Guangdong pilot free trade zone has made new breakthroughs, including the orderly promotion of opening-up and innovation in the financial field and the exploration of a number of landmark projects. The facilitation level of cross-border capital flow has been continuously improved. Nansha area was approved as the first batch of high-level opening-up pilot of cross-border trade and investment in China, and China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. was approved to carry out domestic operating leasing and payment of foreign currency rent. Meanwhile, the free trade (FT) account business in Nansha area was approved to expand the scope of pilot banks and services. As of 2021, the amount of FT account business reached 752.8 billion yuan. Financial cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao continued to deepen. The pilot business of "cross border financial link" was carried out in the three areas of Guangdong pilot Free Trade Zone, and the remittance and transfer funds reached 486 million yuan by the end of 2021; The pilot Hong Kong and Macao agents witnessed the opening of individual bank accounts in the mainland. As of 2021, 178000 individual bank accounts in the mainland had been opened. Characteristic financial services continued to be optimized. By the end of 2021, a total of 2209 financial leasing enterprises had been registered in Nansha area, and 178 aircraft and 81 ships had been leased. Qianhai District deepened the pilot of cross-border two-way equity investment, with the scale of qflp fund reaching 40 billion yuan and the approved qdie quota of 1.9 billion US dollars; Qianhai joint trading center has launched 8 trading varieties, with a cumulative trading amount of 47.58 billion yuan. Hengqin district has attracted 33 Macao related cross-border financial enterprises or service institutions to settle in the Guangdong Macao cross-border financial cooperation (Zhuhai) demonstration zone. In the first quarter, the scale of foreign trade reached 102.67 billion yuan In the Nansha warehouse of ZhuoZhi cross-border e-commerce supply chain company, "overseas shopping" packages are sorted, packaged, loaded and sent to thousands of households. "At the peak of this year, 200000 packages will be packed every day, and at least 60 container trucks will enter and leave the area. After consumers place an order, they can receive the goods on the same day as soon as possible." Said Yang Haiming, customs manager of Guangdong ZhuoZhi cross border e-commerce supply chain service Co., Ltd. In the Guangdong pilot Free Trade Zone, new trade forms such as cross-border e-commerce and "bonded +" are booming, injecting new momentum into the construction of a strong trade province. In the first quarter of this year, the import and export scale of Guangdong pilot Free Trade Zone reached 102.67 billion yuan, accounting for 5.6% of Guangdong's foreign trade import and export in the same period, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. In terms of cross-border e-commerce, Nansha District promoted the "new model of supervision on export returns of cross-border e-commerce". In 2021, the import and export value of cross-border e-commerce was about 36 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 73%. Qianhai district is making every effort to build a full business center for cross-border e-commerce. In 2021, the customs declaration form of the country's first ticket 9810 (export overseas warehouse of cross-border e-commerce) will be checked and released, so as to realize the whole chain development of "purchase exhibition sale return" of cross-border e-commerce. In terms of bonded business, Nansha District innovated the supervision mode of "bonded trade distribution center warehouse" and supported the construction of Asia Pacific plastic particle distribution center. In 2021, the import and export of basic rubber particles and other materials increased by 32% year-on-year. Build ICT (electronic components) material supply chain center in Qianhai area to attract Huawei, ZTE, Dajiang, Xiaomi, glory and other enterprises to settle in. In 2021, Qianhai comprehensive protection zone achieved import and export of 158.11 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8%. Behind trade facilitation is the further opening of sea and airport resources and the smoother flow of goods. The provincial customs carried out innovative pilot projects such as "combined port in Dawan district" and "one port in Bay district" in Nansha and Qianhai, so as to realize the mutual recognition and integrated operation of cross customs supervision between hub port and branch port. According to customs statistics, under the mode of "one port in the bay area", the overall cargo clearance cycle of import and export enterprises is reduced by 60%, and the customs declaration cost is saved by about 30%. "The integrated development of maritime logistics not only improves the timeliness of port customs clearance, but also unblocks the logistics of hub ports and their hinterland. The interconnection of port groups promotes the linkage development of the pilot free trade area and the Great Bay area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao." The person in charge of the comprehensive business office of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs said that at present, 12 lines have been opened, covering Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhaoqing and other major port cities in the Pearl River Delta, and a total of about 100000 TEUs of goods have passed the customs clearance mode. Last year, it won 68 provincial management authorities On April 12, Tiago Vilhena, a partner of mdme Co., Ltd., a Macao legal professional enterprise, used self-service licensing equipment to print on site and obtain the business license in the Macao Office of Hengqin Guangdong Macao deep cooperation zone. "This will provide an important boost for Macao investors to start businesses in Hengqin." Tiago Vilhena said that previously, he applied to the commercial service bureau of the cooperation zone for the establishment of a new enterprise through the cross-border handling mechanism of commercial registration. The whole establishment process, from consultation, submission of documents to printing of licenses, was completed in the Macao Office of the cooperation zone. In the seven years since its listing, Guangdong pilot free trade zone has actively promoted the connection with the registration rules of Hong Kong and Macao market entities and established a highly convenient market access system. Among them, nearly 14600 enterprises benefited from the pilot simplified notarized documents of Hong Kong investors. By continuously optimizing the level of government services, Guangdong pilot free trade zone has promoted the continuous improvement of the business environment. At present, the negative list of foreign investment in the pilot free trade zone has been further reduced, the restrictive measures have been reduced to 27, and the manufacturing projects have been cleared. In 2021, the Guangdong Provincial Government delegated the third batch of 68 provincial management authorities to the pilot free trade zone. Today, in Nansha District, 160 government service items have been "all-in-one in the bay area", innovatively building a "letter to do" examination and approval service system, so as to "do it immediately, complete it on the spot and take immediate action". In Qianhai District, the three-year action plan for optimizing the business environment has been formulated and implemented, and the "one-time application and certificate issuance on demand" for engineering construction project approval has been implemented. The processing time has been reduced from 49 days to 13 days. One belt, one road area in Nansha, is speeding up the construction of the "Guangzhou area" legal service gathering area in the past year. It has vigorously promoted the Internet arbitration "standard", and completed the first trial of the "free trial" area to solve disputes by means of "temporary arbitration". Qianhai district has set up the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Bay International Arbitration Center, which supports Hong Kong enterprises to choose to apply Hong Kong laws to resolve civil and commercial contract disputes without foreign factors. 91 cases have been heard in 2021. Hengqin area has set up a Zhuhai Macao cross-border arbitration platform to enable Macao arbitration institutions to accept Macao related arbitration cases in Hengqin using Macao law. (Xinhua News Agency)