(Haiphong.gov.vn) - Within the framework of a business trip to China, on August 9, a working delegation of Hai Phong city leaders led by comrade Le Tien Chau, Member of the […]
(Haiphong.gov.vn) – Within the framework of a business trip to China, on August 9, a working 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-division; Kunming International Ornamental Flower Auction and Trading Center; Seminar connecting Hai Phong - Yunnan businesses and working with the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (China).
Participating in the delegation were members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and leaders of the city's departments, branches and branches.
Comrade Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hai Phong National Assembly Delegation and other city leaders visited the Yunnan pilot free trade zone.
Share experiences in building a Free Trade Zone
On the morning of August 9, the Delegation was introduced to the process of construction, operation and operations of the Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone, Kunming sub-division. The Free Trade Zone was established in 2019 and includes subdivisions such as: Kunming Economic Development Zone, Guandu District, Kunming Airport Economic Zone and Kunming General Tariff Area. Thanks to its effective operation, the above commercial zone has facilitated investment and trade, opened and innovated finance, innovated institutions and optimized the business environment. 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.
City leaders want representatives of the Yunnan Pilot Free Trade Zone in Kunming to share and exchange experiences on choosing locations and planning free trade zones to attract manufacturing, logistics companies and industrial parks; the ability to connect the free trade zone with airports, ports, distribution complexes and cargo terminals to ensure a synergistic effect by connecting businesses; requirements for businesses; preferential policies of free trade zones; operation management process, appraisal and licensing process of agencies when establishing a free trade zone; Customs management regime, tax incentives and level of automation, IT application in free trade zone activities...
Next, the city's delegation visited and surveyed the Kunming International Ornamental Flower Auction and Trading Center. This is a company that operates based on flower auctions, develops flower standards, and develops and promotes new varieties. Currently, the Center has more than 2,000 types of fresh flowers with more than 40 varieties through auction to major cities in China and exported to over 40 countries and regions around the world such as: Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong (China), Russia, Australia...
Business connection seminar between Hai Phong and Yunnan (China)
On the afternoon of August 9, in Kunming city, Mr. Le Anh Quan, Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City People's Committee and Mr. Jason Choi, General Director of Hong Kong Sunwah Group (China) co-chaired the Hai Phong-Yunnan business connection discussion.
Speaking at the Seminar, the Standing Vice Chairman of 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 the advantages of geographical location; synchronous and convenient infrastructure system; Favorable business investment environment and preferential policies for businesses, Hai Phong city has become an attractive destination for large corporations, domestic and foreign businesses, and a successful destination for many foreign investors, including many Chinese businesses.
In terms of investment attraction potential, Hai Phong is actively establishing 15 more Industrial Parks to be ready to attract new investors, along with researching the establishment of Hai Phong Southern Coastal Economic Zone 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 5 provinces and cities of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Lao Cai (Vietnam) and Yunnan (China), Hai Phong actively participate and effectively promote the role and position of important growth drivers of the North. The city welcomes and welcomes businesses from Yunnan province to conduct field surveys, promote the implementation of investment projects in Hai Phong, and at the same time commit tooperate and create the most favorable conditions for businesses.
Mr. Jason Choi, General Director of Hong Kong Sunwah Group (China), emphasized that Sunwah is a multi-sector 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 continuously developed. Sunwah Group also established a Southwest Region Representative Office in Kunming City. With strengths in tourism, culture, and health care project development; food processing; real estate, financial services; communication and environmental technology, Sunwah Group wishes to research and learn about the investment environment as well as mechanisms and policies to attract investment into economic zones and industrial parks of Hai Phong city.Room with outstanding advantages, tax incentives and industrial park infrastructure. Along with that, Sunwah also pledged to play 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 in Kunming city, Yunnan province also informed about business fields such as: Trade, aviation, import-export, logistics and were interested in the ability to connect trade with Hai Phong businesses in the supply chain of goods imported into China through border gate economic models; infrastructure construction; The city's support policies for the Hai Phong-Lijiang route to develop tourism and attract investment...
Faced with the interest and suggestions of businesses in Yunnan province, Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Anh Quan openly shared about Hai Phong's preferential policies at 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 businesses is also the success of Hai Phong city".
>Comrade Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the Hai Phong National Assembly Delegation worked with Comrade Vuong Du Ba, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Governor of Yunnan Province.
Strengthen comprehensive cooperation
Late afternoon on August 9, in Kunming city, the delegation worked with comrade Vuong Du Ba, 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 Vuong Du Ba, 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 rich resources and is known as the garden of the world. The geographical advantage of ancient Yunnan was the Southern Silk Road, later there was the miraculous Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. In 2023, the province's GDP will reach more than 420 billion USD, and the total trade import-export turnover will reach about 36.8 billion USD. Currently, Yunnan embarks on a new journey of comprehensively building socialist modernization, vigorously developing the resource economy, industrial park economy and seaport economy, and continuously developing h...oh, modernization. Comrade Vuong Du Ba expressed his impression of Hai Phong's strong breakthrough recently and affirmed that Hai Phong has many advantages to attract 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). Comrade Governor of Yunnan province believes that the visit and working visit of the Hai Phong City Delegation will open up many opportunities for development cooperation in the fields of: Party building, government building; connecting trade and economic development; attracting investment). and develop tourism, rail and road transport...
Speaking at the meeting, comrade Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, respectfully thanked the warm welcome of the leaders of Yunnan province and congratulated the results that the Party Committee and government of Yunnan province have achieved in all aspects in recent times. Comrade Secretary of the City Party Committee hopes that Hai Phong can learn and exchange experiences in construction and development of Yunnan province. In particular, continue to concretize the Joint Declarations that senior leaders of the two Parties and two countries have reached during state visits to 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 relationship between the two localities in all aspects. In the field of economics,Mr. Secretary of the City Party Committee hopes that Yunnan province will strengthen cooperation between Hai Phong Economic Zone and the Free Trade Zone in Kunming; Promote the reopening of the Hai Phong - Yunnan route to increase connectivity and attract tourists; Accelerate the roadmap to build a railway from Hai Phong to Lao Cao connecting with Yunnan; Promote tourism development, which is the strength of the two localities.
At the meeting, the Secretary of Hai Phong City Party Committee also introduced Hai Phong's achievements in Party building work; Outstanding results in socio-economic development. At the same time, he expressed his hope that under the attention and direction of the leaders of the two localities, especially the Governor of Yunnan Province, the support of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Kunming will contribute to promoting the increasingly friendly and cooperative relationship between Hai Phong and Yunnan.
On this occasion, the Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee respectfully invited the Governor of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the leaders of Yunnan province to visit and work in Hai Phong to interact, 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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