Expansion of Zhejiang Free Trade Zone: Construction of an international trade center and distribution center for chemicals

On the morning of September 21 , the State Council announced the overall plan for the Beijing, Hunan, and Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zones and the expansion plan for the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone.

On the morning of September 21 , the State Council announced the overall plan for the Beijing, Hunan, and Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zones and the expansion plan for the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone.

China ( Zhejiang ) free trade area experimental area expansion program ( hereinafter referred to as "Program" ) display, Zhejiang Free Trade Zone will test the existing approximately 120 additional square kilometer, based on the total area of nearly 120 area three square kilometers, focus Build a bulk commodity resource allocation base centered on oil and gas, a new international trade center, an international shipping and logistics hub, a digital economy development demonstration zone, and an advanced manufacturing cluster.

According to the "Plan", the implementation area of ​​the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone is 119.

The "Plan" requires that foreign investment implement a pre-entry national treatment plus a negative list management system, support the establishment of a "single window" for international investment, and study the relaxation of strategic emerging industries such as the oil and gas industry, digital economy, life and health, and new materials in the region Access to the cluster market.

The "Plan" proposes to build a global resource allocation base for bulk commodities centered on oil and gas.

Support the development of pilot oil and gas reserve reforms, support the undertaking of more government reserve tasks, vigorously develop enterprise reserves, increase reserve varieties, and enhance reserve capacity, so as to become an important base for guaranteeing national energy and food security.

The plan also proposes to create an advanced manufacturing cluster.

Focus on advantageous industries such as high-performance magnetic materials, new membrane materials, and advanced carbon materials, forward-looking deployment of intelligent composite materials, new marine materials and other emerging fields, accelerate the key core technology research and achievement transformation of the new material industry upgrade, and actively promote the innovation of the advanced materials industry Center construction to create an important platform for participating in the innovation and competition of the global new material industry.