Strategic positioning of "radiation center"
In from January 19th to 21st, Xi Jinping, chairman of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, put forward three strategic positions on Yunnan's development in Yunnan. In the aspect of building a radiation center facing south and Southeast Asia, Yunnan Province has implemented a series of vigorous measures in key areas such as building regional economic center, breaking through infrastructure bottlenecks, building an open economic system, strengthening the construction of public service platform, and deepening good neighborly friendship and practical cooperation.
2. Cross border economic cooperation zone under construction
On August 31st, under the testimony of China's president Xi Jinping and Laos president Julie China, China's commerce minister Gao Hucheng and Lao Vice Prime Minister Songsava Linshava formally signed the "joint plan for the construction of the economic cooperation zone of Mohan and moding in Laos, China, respectively" in Beijing, respectively. This is the second cross-border economic cooperation zone established by China and neighboring countries after the establishment of China Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center with Kazakhstan. Today, the commercial and financial area, tourism and cultural area, logistics processing park, etc. in the park on the side of boten, Laos, have been basically completed, and some of them have been put into use, laying a solid foundation for the development of the cross-border economic zone, and providing more convenience for the increasing number of personnel and logistics in and out of China and Laos through the port.
In addition to Mohan moding Economic Cooperation Zone, the joint working group on early stage promotion of China Myanmar Ruili Mujie cross border economic cooperation zone has held its first meeting on December 14. Preliminary consensus has been reached on the site selection, area, cooperation mode and cooperation content of the cross border economic cooperation zone in the joint overall plan of China Vietnam cross border economic cooperation zone (Draft) The consultation and communication on the "common overall plan" are being carried out in an orderly manner.
3 Lancang Mekong cooperation foreign ministers' meeting held
On November 12, the first foreign ministers' meeting on Lancang Mekong cooperation was held in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. The six foreign ministers of China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam conducted in-depth discussions on Further Strengthening the cooperation among Lancang Mekong countries, reached a broad consensus, and agreed to officially launch the Lancang Mekong cooperation process, and will carry out cooperation in three key areas, namely, political security, economic and sustainable development, and social and cultural development.
The Lancang Mekong cooperation mechanism is an effective platform for exploring and promoting South South cooperation, and is the first concrete action in the world to take the lead in responding to the post-2015 development agenda adopted by the UN Development Summit. Lancang Mekong cooperation and other regional cooperation mechanisms complement and promote each other, which will vigorously promote the construction of ASEAN community, promote the process of regional integration, add new connotation to China ASEAN cooperation, and bring tangible benefits to the people of all countries.
4. Launch of "railway Silk Road"
In December 2nd, the foundation laying ceremony of the old fellow railway project was held at Vientiane. The boten Vientiane railway project is an important part of the central line of the Pan Asian Railway, with a total length of 418 km. It is connected with the Kunming (Ming) Mohan (Han) railway in the north, and reaches Vientiane, the capital of Laos, via Nanta, Luang Prabang and Vientiane provinces in the South. The design speed is more than 160 km / h and the bridge section is more than 60 km / h. The project, with a total investment of nearly 40 billion yuan, will be jointly constructed by China and Laos with a share ratio of 70% and 30%. It is expected to be completed and open to traffic around 2020. The whole line of the railway adopts Chinese technical standards and uses Chinese equipment, which is also the first modern railway in Laos.
Following the foundation of the old fellow railway, the Sino Thai railway cooperation project was officially launched in Thailand's Dali City in December 19th. The two sides will work together to build the first standard track double track railway in Thailand. The total length of the Sino Thai railway cooperation project is about 845 km, with a design speed of 180 km / h, and the conditions for speed increase of 250 km / h are reserved. The railway line is divided into 4 sections: Bangkok Kangui, Kangui MATAB, Kangui khorat and khorat Langkai. It passes through 10 Thai prefectures, namely, ayutthayu, salawuli, Nakhon Nayu, chachunsao, chunburi, Luoyong, khorat, kongjing, Wulong and Langkai. China Thailand railway will be connected with China Laos railway to promote the connection of the middle passage of Pan Asian Railway and build a safe and smooth railway transportation network between China and ASEAN.
5 opening of new exhibition hall of China South Expo
The 3rd China South Expo and the 23rd Kunming fair were held in Kunming from June 12 to 16. Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center was put into operation for the first time in this South China Expo. The scale of the exhibition was greatly expanded, the level and level of the exhibition were significantly improved, various activities were active and pragmatic, and the economic and trade promotion effect was remarkable.
The total amount of foreign trade and economic transactions reached 25.19 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 19.8%; 903 foreign investment projects were signed, with a contract amount of 785 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%. The series of activities are wonderful and pragmatic. The 10th China South Asia Business Forum, the 7th GMS economic corridor forum, the GMS economic corridor governor forum, the first China South Asia technology transfer and innovation cooperation conference, the third China South Asia think tank forum, 2015 China South Asia Art Week and other important activities were successfully held, resulting in a large number of consensus and achievements.
6 completion of the one belt, one road grid project
In November 29th, one belt, one road, the first electricity grid cooperation project, the 230 thousand volt northern Laos power grid project transfer ceremony was held in Laos Luang Prabang. The project was started in March 2014 and completed on September 27 this year. It is contracted by Yunnan International Company of China Southern Power Grid. It covers four provinces in northern Laos with a contract amount of US $302 million. The completion of the project will promote Laos from a natural economy to a production-oriented economy, change the mode of production and improve people's living standards. This project will also provide power protection for the construction of the old fellow railway and a key project of Laos's national energy strategy.
Liu Huiyan, vice governor of Yunnan Province, said that Yunnan is willing to comprehensively strengthen cooperation in electric power with Laos and hopes Laos can help promote the settlement of GMS Power Coordination Center in Kunming. Vice Minister of energy and mineral resources of Laos, willapen vilaon, said that Laos and China share common interests and needs in power cooperation, and the two sides have broad cooperation space. At present, Laos is making efforts to enhance power investment and improve power supply pattern. Laos is willing to actively help communicate the settlement of GMS Power Coordination Center in Kunming, further deepen power cooperation and achieve mutual benefit Win win.
7 China Europe freight trains are two-way opposite
On November 30, Yunnan, loaded with apple juice, blackcurrant juice, brandy and other well-known Polish goods, made a return trip to China Europe train, which arrived at wangjiaying railway container center station in Kunming after a journey of more than 10000 kilometers. So far, the China Europe train (Kunming Chengdu Rhodes) has officially realized two-way opening, which is another international logistics channel for China to link up the economic and trade interaction between Asia and Europe.
The China Europe train starts from wangjiaying station in Kunming, passes through Chengdu, Baoji and Lanzhou to Alashan port in Xinjiang, and goes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and other countries directly to Europe. The total length of the line is 10956 km, and the operation time is 13-15 days. After arriving in Europe, the train can be quickly distributed to all parts of Europe within 1 to 3 days. The train has five advantages: efficient direct, fast and good price, regular departure, fast customs clearance, safe and reliable. The transportation time is one-third of the traditional rail sea intermodal transportation time, and the freight is only one fourth of that of air transportation; facing the social organization of goods sources, accepting the whole container consolidation business; implementing the "one-time declaration, one-time inspection, one-time release" rapid customs clearance mode; running the whole GPS tracking, real-time tracking and query. The China Europe train opens up a new and fast logistics channel for the export of materials from Southwest China to Europe, and also provides new convenience for materials from South Asia and Southeast Asia to European countries.
8. Operation of Comprehensive Bonded Zone
On May 8, 96 heavy-duty trucks loaded with more than 3000 tons of goods passed through the customs checkpoints of Honghe Comprehensive Bonded Zone, marking the official closure and operation of the first comprehensive bonded zone in Yunnan Province in Mengzi city.
At present, the comprehensive bonded zone has completed the construction of internal and external main roads and patrol roads, fence, temporary customs declaration hall and supporting rooms, supervision warehouse, fumigation treatment place and facilities, bayonet, monitoring and perimeter alarm and information system, with an investment of 530 million yuan. We have completed the compilation of policies for Honghe Comprehensive Bonded Zone, guide for investment promotion of Honghe Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and publicity manual for investment promotion of Honghe Comprehensive Bonded Zone, etc., and established a complete set of investment promotion policy system. Since the start of construction, in accordance with the overall framework of "one center, three axes and nine pieces", the comprehensive bonded zone takes bonded logistics as the core, processing and manufacturing, R & D and testing as the main body, and features commodity display and international trade. It has continuously improved the supporting functions of infrastructure, unblocked customs declaration and customs clearance network, made efforts to build a comprehensive service information platform for cross-border e-commerce and foreign trade, and vigorously carried out investment promotion To expand foreign trade import and export business, actively declare foreign exchange settlement center, parallel import automobile trade, duty-free bonded shopping mall and other projects. According to the calculation, the Honghe comprehensive bonded zone will complete the fixed assets investment of 10 billion yuan in five years; in 2015, the task target is to complete the import and export trade of 1 billion US dollars; by 2020, the annual total import and export trade of the park will not be less than 10 billion US dollars.
9 electronic customs service platform opened
On December 4, the launching ceremony of Yunnan E-port customs clearance service platform was held in Kunming.
Based on the principle of co construction, joint management and sharing, Yunnan E-port customs clearance service platform integrates customs declaration and inspection, customs status inquiry, logistics, government affairs and other functions, aiming to greatly improve the level of port customs clearance facilitation, further reduce the operating costs of international trade enterprises, and reduce the dependence of port management departments on human resources. At present, the platform has completed the central platform of Yunnan Provincial E-port clearance thematic promotion project of the Provincial Department of Commerce (provincial port office), Kunming customs regional node construction and transformation project, Yunnan entry exit inspection and quarantine pre exchange and declaration platform, provincial public security frontier inspection online application system and provincial investment promotion cooperation Bureau collaborative application system. Before the operation of the platform, it takes about 7 working days for foreign trade import and export enterprises to complete the inspection and customs declaration procedures through the traditional way. After the platform is online, enterprises can easily and quickly complete customs clearance procedures such as customs declaration, reduce 30% of customs inspection repeated declaration items, shorten the processing time to less than 3 working days, simplify the customs clearance procedures and reduce the cost of customs clearance.
China and Laos hold a special news issue
On December 23, the special issue of China Yunnan (English) jointly launched by Yunnan Daily newspaper group and Vientiane times, the largest English newspaper in Laos, was launched in Vientiane. The orientation of Laos's China Yunnan news magazine is to report the new climate of innovation, green, coordinated, open and shared development of China and Yunnan, the new achievements of China and Yunnan in ensuring and improving people's livelihood, the implementation of China's diplomatic concept of "pro, sincere, beneficial and tolerant" in neighboring countries, as well as the new life of Yunnan's ethnic unity and border harmony, and to show China, Yunnan and the "one" concept The "belt and road" initiative aims to build a community of common destiny by the countries along the belt and road; enhance the depth and breadth of Lao People's understanding of China and Yunnan, so that the Lao people can grasp the relevant information of China and Yunnan's investment, business, tourism, vacation, exchange and investigation at any time; and enhance the old friends of China, Laos and Yunnan