China Ministry Commerce Tender

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the regular press conference of the Ministry of Commerce. I have no information to share with you today. Now I would like to answer the questions raised by journalists.Please ask below.Economic Information Daily reporter The Ministry of Commerce previously stated that this year it will select areas with remarkable achievements in the pilot projects of innovative development of trade in services and upgrade and build a national demonstration zone of innovative development of trade in services. How is the current progressShu Jueting In the two years since the pilot work of comprehensively deepening the innovation and development of trade in services the Ministry of Commerce together with relevant departments has guided the pilot regions to focus on key tasks adhere to innovation and lead and explore and carry out pilot projects which have achieved positive results. Up to now the implementation rate of the 122 specific measures proposed in the overall pilot program has exceeded 90. The State Council approved the implementation of 5 laws and regulations in the pilot areas involving market opening such as travel commercial franchise patent agency services technology import and export and exhibition holding all of which have been implemented and achieved initial results. The 28 pilot regions have explored a number of institutional innovations in improving the management system expanding opening up improving convenience innovating development models improving promotion mechanisms and optimizing policy systems. A total of 33 best practice cases were approved to be promoted nationwide.In the next step the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council steadily promote the completion of the pilot tasks summarize and promote more institutional innovation achievements and ensure the high-quality completion of the pilot work. On this basis we should promptly formulate and improve the overall plan for the national service trade innovation and development demonstration zone and do a good job in the creation of the demonstration zone. thanks.Macau-Asia TV reporter The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on the 23rd that the U.S. added seven Chinese-related entities mainly related to aerospace to its export control list. What is Chinas response to this Will there be countermeasuresShu Jueting The United States has repeatedly generalized the concept of national security abused measures such as export control and used state power to suppress and contain enterprises and institutions in other countries and included seven Chinese entities on the entity list for export control. China firmly opposes this. What the U.S. has done has seriously damaged the normal economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and U.S. companies seriously undermined market rules and the international economic and trade order and seriously threatened the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain. The US side should immediately stop its wrong practice. China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and institutions. thanks.Shanghai Securities News reporter In August 2019 the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and six pilot free trade zones in Shandong Jiangsu Guangxi Hebei Yunnan and Heilongjiang were established and operated. It has been three years now. In the past three years what has been the effect of the construction of these pilot free trade zones and what aspects are their characteristics reflected inShu Jueting In the past three years since the establishment of the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and the six pilot free trade zones in Shandong the Ministry of Commerce together with relevant localities and departments has thoroughly implemented the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and solidly promoted the implementation of the pilot tasks of the overall plan. the 713 pilot tasks identified in the seven overall plans have been basically implemented. The respective pilot trade zones have carried out in-depth differentiated and integrated institutional innovations around strategic positioning and development goals launched a number of in-depth reform items and high-level opening-up measures and played an exemplary and leading role. The construction results are mainly reflected in the following aspectsFirst an institutional system with investment and trade liberalization as the core has been basically formed in the Lingang New Area. The Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone focuses on investment freedom trade freedom capital freedom transportation freedom personnel freedom of employment and rapid information connectivity in-depth innovation and continuous improvement of the institutional system. For example in terms of trade the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone has been constructed and a new customs supervision system represented by first-line clearance second-line one-sided declaration and no account books in the zone has been established. In terms of investment capital and other aspects it took the lead in implementing the registration and confirmation system for market entities and took the lead in launching the pilot program of a cross-border capital pool combining local and foreign currencies.