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國務院總理李克強3月30日主持召開國務院常務會議,《成渝城市群發(fā)展規(guī)劃》獲中央批復。會議認為,培育發(fā)展成渝城市群,要走出一條新型城鎮(zhèn)化和農業(yè)現代化互促共進的新路子。這是目前獲中央批復的第四個城市群。此前已有長三角、珠三角、長江中游城市群獲批。這預示著,中國西部將產生一個巨大的經濟增長極,有專家稱,成渝城市群將撐起中國經濟“第四極”。
3月23日,捷克駐成都總領事館總領事諾子博透露,于4月起陸續(xù)在成都、重慶和昆明設簽證申請中心,此舉將方便這三個城市的居民在其所在城市遞交簽證申請。
3月24日,貴州檢驗檢疫局消息,長江經濟帶12個直屬檢驗檢疫局啟動檢驗檢疫通關一體化模式至今,以促進地方經濟社會及外貿經濟發(fā)展為主線,顯著提高了區(qū)域貿易便利化水平,推動了貴州外向型經濟實現跨越式發(fā)展。
3月25日,南寧海關在全面深化改革新聞發(fā)布會上表示,今年南寧海關將在“三互”大通關建設、深化海關通關一體化改革、邊民互市貿易改革升級等方面統(tǒng)籌實施11類27項重點改革,力助廣西推進新一輪高水平對外開放。
3月26日,中國西南國際進口商品直銷中心在云南大理開業(yè),是西南首家面積最大的進口商品直銷中心,主要經營天津東疆港進口商品、東南亞進口商品、云南本土特色出口商品、平行進口汽車等。
3月28日,由阿姆斯特丹直飛西安的國內首條“陸空聯運”跨境電商貨運包機抵達西安,100噸從荷蘭、英國等地網購的貨物運抵西安國際港務區(qū)洋貨碼頭。這標志著西安港“海陸空”國際綜合聯運樞紐已經成型。
經國務院批準,自2016年4月8日起,我國將實施跨境電子商務零售(企業(yè)對消費者,即B2C)進口稅收政策,并同步調整行郵稅政策。目前,個人自用、合理數量的跨境電子商務零售進口商品在實際操作中按照郵遞物品征收行郵稅。政策將對跨境電子商務零售進口商品按照貨物征收關稅和進口環(huán)節(jié)增值稅、消費稅。
3月30日,歷時一年多建設的貴州省貴安綜合保稅區(qū)順利封關,并正式運行。貴安綜合保稅區(qū)將作為構建內陸開放型經濟新高的主陣地、主戰(zhàn)場,堅持高起點定位、高效率運營,創(chuàng)新發(fā)展模式,打造在國家層面具有競爭力和影響力的生態(tài)型、“升級版”綜合保稅區(qū)。
昆明鐵路樞紐王家營西火車站線路于4月12日撥接完畢,滬昆、南昆鐵路與中越、中老鐵路實現互聯互通,進出滇東、滇南、滇東北方向的貨物列車可以在該站快速解編和始發(fā),標志著云南面向東南亞的鐵路貨運樞紐站和現代鐵路物流園區(qū)正式投入使用。
湖南省發(fā)布消息稱:外國駐華大使訪湘人數居近年同期最高水平、接待重要外賓團組逾百批、結交友城60余對……在中國各省市爭搶搭乘“一帶一路”戰(zhàn)略順風車、助推對外開放之際,內陸省份湖南依照“以大外事推動大開放,以大開放促進大發(fā)展”的“良方”,巧打外事僑務港澳“三張牌”,提速融入“一帶一路”步伐,加快構建連接世界的對外開放新格局
The premier Li Keqiang chaired a State Council executive meeting on March 30thwhich approved of Urban agglomerations’ development plan in Chengdu and Chongqing. The meeting held that the urban agglomerations in Chengdu and Chongqing should be developed so as to blaze a new trail of mutual promotion between new urbanization and agriculture modernization. This is the fourth one that was approved by the central government after the urban agglomerations of Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and middle reaches of Yangtze River. That means there will be a huge economic growth pole in west China and some experts claims that this urban agglomeration will be the “fourth economic pole” in China.
On March 23rd, the consular of Czech consulate general to Chengdu Mr. Zbynek Noha said that three visa application centers will be set up in Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming and it will be more convenient for the citizens in these three cities to apply a visa.
On March 24th, according to the inspection and quarantine bureau of Guizhou Province, since the launch of integration of inspection, quarantine and clearance in all the 12 bureaus in Yangtze River Economic Belt, they takes promoting local economy and society and foreign trade economy as main development line so that to distinctively facilitate the regional trade and, at the same time, achieve great-leapforward development on the export-oriented economy.
On March 25th, Nanning custom expressed in the comprehensively deepening reform press that it will carry out 27 reforms of 11 categories on sea-land-air transportation development, deepen the reform of integration of custom and clearance, and trade reform between frontier areas to advance a high-level opening-up.
Southwest international imports outlet center opened in Dali on March 26th. The outlet center possessing the largest area, mainly sells the imports from Dongjiang port in Tianjin, the imports from Southeast Asia, export commodities of local Yunnan Province and import cars etc.
On March 28th, the fi rst domestic “train-air-truck transportation” for cross-border e-commerce cargo from Amsterdam landed in Xi’an with 100 tons of cargo shopped online from Netherlands, Britain and other cities. It signifies that Xi’an sea-land-air international integrated transportation hub has been formed.
Authorized by State Council, China will implement the import duty policy for cross-border e-commerce retail business (B2C) from April 8th, 2016 and will make some adjustments on mail tax. At present, the crossborder e-commerce imports for personal use within a reasonable quantity will be taxed according to postal matters in practice. The policy implemented will levy on cross-border e-commerce imports according to the standards of cargo and also the added-value tax and consumption tax will be collected in their import linkage.
Guian comprehensive bonded zone started operation after over one-year construction on March 30th. As the main position building inland open economy, it insists on its orientation of high starting point, efficient operation, and innovation of development model to forge an ecological and upgraded comprehensive bonded zone with competitiveness nationwide.
The lines of Kunming railway hub, west Wangjiaying rail station completed its dial-up connection on April 12thso that Shanghai-Kunming railway, Nanning-Kunming railway are connected with China-Lao railway. Freight trains to east Yunnan, south Yunnan and northeast Yunnan can quickly breakup here and departure again, which means that the Yunnan railway transportation hub connecting Southeast Asia and the modern railway logistic park offi cially come into service.
On March 17th, the ambassadors to China visiting Hunan reached its highest level in recent years. Hunan has received more than one hundred foreign guest delegations and made more than 60 ally cities with foreign cities. Most of the provinces and cities tried to take advantages of “Belt and Road” to promote their opening-up and Hunan, a inland city, making the most of its Foreign Affairs, Hongkong and Macau communication, quickens its pace integrating into “Belt and Road” initiative and speeds up building a new pattern communicating with outside world in accordance with “Foreign communication promotes further opening and thus achieve greater development”strategy.