Exchanging experiences and enhancing comprehensive cooperation between Hai Phong city and Yunnan province (China)
(Haiphong.gov.vn) - Within the framework of a working trip to China, on August 9, a delegation of Hai Phong city leaders led by comrade Le Tien Chau, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hai Phong National Assembly Delegation, visited the Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone, Kunming sub-region ; Kunming International Ornamental Plants Trading and Auction Center; Hai Phong-Yunnan Business Connection Seminar and worked with the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (China).
The delegation included members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and leaders of city departments, branches and sectors.
Sharing experiences in building Free Trade Zones
On the morning of August 9, the delegation was introduced to the construction, operation and operation of the Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone , Kunming Sub-area. The Free Trade Zone was established in 2019 and includes sub-areas such as: Kunming Economic Development Zone, Guandu District, Kunming Airport Economic Zone and Kunming Comprehensive Tariff Zone. Thanks to its effective operation, the above Trade Zone has facilitated investment and trade, financial opening and innovation, institutional innovation and business environment optimization. According to the plan, by the end of 2025, the GDP of the Kunming Area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone strives to reach 100 billion yuan, accounting for about 10% of Kunming City's GDP and tax revenue will reach 22 billion yuan, creating about 434,000 jobs.
The city leaders hope that representatives of the Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone , Kunming Sub-region, will share and exchange experiences in selecting locations and planning free trade zones to attract manufacturing and logistics companies, industrial parks; the ability to connect free trade zones with airports, ports, distribution complexes and cargo terminals to ensure the creation of a synergistic effect by connecting businesses; requirements for businesses; preferential policies of free trade zones; management and operation processes, appraisal and licensing processes of agencies when establishing free trade zones; management regime of customs agencies, tax incentives and the level of automation, application of IT in free trade zone activities, etc.
Next, the city delegation visited and surveyed the Kunming International Ornamental Flower Trading and Auction Center. This is a company that operates based on flower auctions, builds standards for flowers, develops and promotes new varieties. Currently, the Center has more than 2,000 types of fresh flowers with more than 40 varieties through auctions to major cities in China and exports to over 40 countries and regions in the world such as: Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), Russia, Australia ...
Hai Phong-Yunnan (China) Business Connection Seminar
On the afternoon of August 9, in Kunming city, comrade Le Anh Quan, member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong City People's Committee and Mr. Jason Choi , General Director of Sunwah Group Hong Kong (China) co-chaired the Hai Phong-Yunnan Business Connection Seminar.
Speaking at the Seminar, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong City People's Committee emphasized: In recent years, Hai Phong has been one of the localities with the highest growth rate in the country. Hai Phong is also a bright spot in attracting FDI investment. With advantages in geographical location; synchronous and convenient infrastructure system; favorable investment and business environment along with preferential policies for enterprises, Hai Phong city has become an attractive destination for large corporations, domestic and foreign enterprises, and a successful destination for many foreign investors, including many Chinese enterprises.
Regarding investment attraction, Hai Phong is actively establishing 15 more Industrial Parks to be ready to attract new investors, along with researching the establishment of the Southern Coastal Economic Zone of Hai Phong with projects such as: Tien Lang International Airport, Nam Do Son Port, Free Trade Zone, Industrial Parks, Industrial Clusters, New Urban Areas... Regarding economic corridor cooperation between the 5 provinces and cities of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Lao Cai (Vietnam) and Yunnan (China), Hai Phong actively participates and effectively promotes the role and position of an important growth engine of the North. The city welcomes and welcomes enterprises from Yunnan province to survey the situation, promote the implementation of investment projects in Hai Phong, and commits to accompany and create the most favorable conditions for enterprises.
Mr. Jason Choi , General Director of Sunwah Group Hong Kong (China) emphasized that Sunwah is a multi-industry international corporation headquartered in Hong Kong (China), owning more than 100 subsidiaries. Since signing the "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement" with Yunnan Province in 2016, cooperation between the two sides has been constantly developing. Sunwah Group also established a Representative Office for the Southwest Region in Kunming City. With strengths in developing tourism, culture, healthcare projects ; food processing; real estate, financial services; communications and environmental technology, Sunwah Group wishes to research and learn about the investment environment as well as mechanisms and policies to attract investment in economic zones and industrial parks of Hai Phong City with outstanding advantages, preferential tariffs and industrial park infrastructure. Along with that, Sunwah also committed to playing a role in connecting businesses from Yunnan province and Hong Kong (China) to learn about the investment environment and promote trade exchanges with Hai Phong city.
At the Seminar, businesses from Kunming City, Yunnan Province also provided information on business areas such as: Trade, aviation, import-export, logistics and were interested in the possibility of connecting trade with businesses from Hai Phong in the supply chain of imported goods to China through border gate economic models; infrastructure construction; the city's support policies for the Hai Phong-Lijiang flight route to develop tourism and attract investment...
In response to the interest and proposals of Yunnan Province enterprises, Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Anh Quan openly shared about Hai Phong's preferential policies in Dinh Vu-Cat Hai Economic Zone, an industrial park with outstanding incentives for FDI enterprises. The Vice Chairman emphasized that Hai Phong always creates favorable conditions and maximum support for FDI enterprises, including Chinese enterprises, to invest with the motto "The success of enterprises is also the success of Hai Phong city".
Strengthening comprehensive cooperation
Late afternoon on August 9, in Kunming city, the delegation worked with comrade Wang Yuba, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Governor of Yunnan province, China. Also attending was comrade Hoang Minh Son, Consul General of Vietnam in Kunming, China .
At the meeting, Comrade Wang Yuba, Governor of Yunnan Province, introduced to the Hai Phong City delegation an overview of Yunnan Province. Yunnan has a long history, rich culture, majestic mountains and rivers, and abundant resources, and is known as the garden of the world. Yunnan's geographical advantage includes the ancient Southern Silk Road and the later miracle of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. In 2023, the province's GDP will reach more than 420 billion USD, with total import and export turnover reaching about 36.8 billion USD. Currently, Yunnan is embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building socialist modernization, vigorously developing resource economy, industrial park economy and seaport economy, while continuously developing industrialization and modernization. Comrade Vuong Du Ba expressed his impression of Hai Phong's strong breakthrough in recent times and affirmed that Hai Phong has many advantages in attracting foreign investors, including Chinese investors. Hai Phong City and Yunnan Province are two localities participating in the economic corridor cooperation mechanism of 5 provinces and cities (Lao Cai, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh (Vietnam) and Yunnan (China). The Governor of Yunnan Province believes that the visit and work of the Hai Phong City delegation will open up many opportunities for cooperation and development in the fields of: Party building, government building; connecting trade and economic development; attracting investment and developing tourism, railway and road transport...
Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, sincerely thanked the leaders of Yunnan province for their warm welcome and congratulated the results that the Party Committee and government of Yunnan province have achieved in all aspects in the recent past. The Secretary of the City Party Committee hopes that Hai Phong can learn from and exchange experiences in construction and development of Yunnan province. In particular, continuing to concretize the Joint Statements that senior leaders of the two Parties and two countries have reached during state visits of each side, promoting the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between Hai Phong city and Yunnan province signed in December 2023. Thereby, further deepening the friendly relations between the two localities in all aspects. In the economic field, the Secretary of the City Party Committee hopes that Yunnan province will strengthen cooperation between the Hai Phong Economic Zone and the Free Trade Zone in Kunming; promote the reopening of the Hai Phong - Yunnan flight route to enhance connectivity and attract tourists; Speed up the construction of the railway from Hai Phong to Lao Cai connecting with Yunnan; promote tourism development, which is the strength of the two localities.
At the meeting, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee also introduced the achievements of Hai Phong in Party building work; outstanding results in socio-economic development. At the same time, he expressed his hope that under the guidance of the leaders of the two localities, especially the Governor of Yunnan Province, and the support of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Kunming, the friendly and cooperative relationship between Hai Phong and Yunnan will further develop.
On this occasion, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee respectfully invited the Governor of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and leaders of Yunnan Province to visit and work in Hai Phong to exchange and further promote the cooperative relationship between the two localities, as well as achieve many positive results in the coming time./.
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