挂牌百日，重庆自贸试验区迈出坚实一步！

□ 文、图/本刊记者 曾睿

挂牌百日，重庆自贸试验区迈出坚实一步！

□ 文、图/本刊记者 曾睿

重庆自贸试验区4月1日挂牌以来，在进入试验区区域的干道入口上矗立起多座彩色拱门，直观地提示着人们重庆已进入自贸试验区时代。

2017年4月1日，重庆自贸试验区正式挂牌。7月，重庆自贸试验区迎来正式挂牌100天。

自4月1日正式成立挂牌以来，短短三个多月时间内，社会各界高度关注重庆自贸试验区的发展建设，在自贸试验区内和周边地区，每隔一段距离就可以看到醒目“中国（重庆）自由贸易试验区”路牌，在城市主干道上的自贸试验区交界处，还耸立起多个彩虹一样的多层拱门，一些为自贸试验区提供配套商业服务的机构也在争先恐后地将自己的企业名称和标志“自贸化”。

短短100天中，新生的重庆自贸试验区在产业集聚、促进投资贸易便利化、明确发展方向、对外形象构建等多个方面迈出了坚实的一步，令外界看到了重庆自贸试验区务实高效的第一步，让人们对重庆自贸试验区和重庆的未来更加充满期望。

集聚效应与开放功能初步显现

重庆自贸试验区全域面积为119.98平方公里，分为两江、西永、果园港3个片区。在区域选择和划分上，重点突出海关特殊监管区域和保税监管场所的核心功能、重庆综合交通枢纽和开放口岸功能、服务贸易产业聚集和开放创新。两江片区着力打造高端产业与高端要素集聚区，西永片区着力打造加工贸易转型升级示范区，果园港片区着力打造多式联运物流转运中心。

吸引投资与形成产业集聚效应，是评价自贸试验区发展的最重要指标。但是，对于重庆自贸试验区而言，能否延续重庆对外开放与发展外向型经济的强劲势头，是各界评价重庆自贸试验区的又一关注重点。

区域内交通的高度便利化是重庆自贸试验区的一大特点。

在今年6月召开的重庆最重要的经贸展会—第二十届渝洽会的成果目录上，重庆自贸试验区所产生的积聚效应得到直观体现：涉及重庆自贸试验区的签约项目就达744个，涉及工业、新能源、现代服务、金融、电子信息等多个领域。

7月初，重庆市自贸办公布了重庆自贸试验区2017年上半年经济数据，数据显示：2017年1—6月，重庆自贸试验区范围内新增企业6492户，占整个重庆市新增企业比重10.3%，所涉及人民币资金总额449.29亿元，占全市比重14.3%；其中新增内资企业户数6386户，占全市比重10.2%，人民币资金总额395.81亿元，占全市比重14.5%；新增外资企业户数106户，占全市比重23.2%，资产总额7.75亿美元，占全市比重17.6%。

数据表明，自今年1月重庆自贸试验区挂牌前的筹备准备到挂牌后3个月的实际运行，在短短6个月时间内，新增外资企业数目占全市同期两成以上，外资企业资产总额也达到了全重庆总量的17.6%，重庆自贸试验区的集聚效应与开放功能得到初步显现。

投资贸易便利化建设务实推进

重庆自贸试验区挂牌100天来，重庆“新政”不断，实实在在地促进投资贸易便利化与区域联动发展：

在重庆自贸试验区挂牌之初，重庆市工商局、重庆市发展改革委、重庆市口岸办、重庆市公安局出入境管理局、重庆市高级人民法院、重庆市知识产权局、重庆市金融办等10余部门集中公布相关扶持政策。7月初，重庆市国税局又发布了《关于服务中国（重庆）自由贸易试验区十项税收措施的通告》，其中，共有5大类71条税收优惠政策，为企业提供“清单化”的税收优惠政策。在自贸区实现支付宝、微信等第三方支付机构的扫码支付缴税，在12366重庆纳税热线设立自贸区政策专席解疑答惑；通过税邮（邮政）合作，纳税人足不出户领取发票；扩大电子发票应用范围，自贸区内企业可自行申请领用增值税电子普通发票等内容受到企业广泛关注。在各种公开宣传中明确提出“营造自贸区发展良好营商环境，让投资人更加轻松做生意。”重庆已将国务院给予重庆自贸试验区在各个方面的帮扶政策在各个部门逐条“落地”，让重庆自贸试验区在投资贸易的多个方面与国际接轨。

据了解，截至今年7月初，国务院发布的51项可复制、推广的先进经验重庆自贸试验区已落实48项，“融资租赁海关监管制度”已形成飞机融资租赁海关监管流程，正引入机源开始测试，“企业设立单一窗口”“国际贸易单一窗口”等正加紧推进。西永综保区在全国首创的多项通关机制创新有望成为诞生在重庆自贸试验区的，可向全国复制推广的先进经验。记者注意到，在第三批各家自贸区对外公布的“办事时间”中，唯有重庆是以“小时”作为计时单位，重庆自贸试验区对效率的提倡由此可见一斑。

不断增加的写字楼使得重庆自贸试验区区域内的商务气氛日益浓厚。

现在能够看到的重庆各个部门对于自贸试验区推出的具体政策都非常务实，主要是集中解决企业在自贸试验区内投资便利化，非常实际、有针对性。这些在很大程度上应该得益于重庆近年来在对外开放、发展外向型经济发面积累的大量经验和资源。重庆已有的“三个三合一”平台，以及重庆在“渝新欧”中欧铁路大通道基础上的不断延伸发展，尤其是以“渝桂新”为代表的南向通道的达成，都必然对重庆自贸试验区的成熟与发展带来众多的便利，也会大大提升重庆自贸试验区的外部吸引力—四川外国语大学国际商学院院长、重庆国际战略研究院秘书长杨柏如此评价道。

重庆自贸试验区的发展得到各界的广泛关注，从6月22日到7月7日，《中国（重庆）自由贸易试验区首届建设发展研讨会》《2017重庆自贸试验区投资合作创新发展峰会》等高级别论坛连续在重庆召开。重庆市领导、重庆自贸区的管理机构与国内外多位专家都在其中畅谈对重庆自贸试验区乃至重庆未来的期许与向往。在重庆自贸试验区明确了对香港自由贸易的学习对标后，香港特区政府和商界、金融界多位人士前来重庆进行专项考察与沟通，寻求重庆与香港更大的合作机遇。正如重庆市商务委自贸办制度创新处处长张葵一次会议发言中所说的那样，对重庆而言，自贸试验区还是一个新兴事物，当前重庆自贸试验区的发展仍处于摸索阶段。随着重庆自贸试验区的对外开放程度越来越高，越来越多的企业将汇聚在重庆这片投资热土上，带动重庆经济飞速发展。

100天，让我们看到了重庆开展自贸试验的坚定决心，与推进力度，也让我们感受到了重庆自贸试验区的务实高效，令我们对重庆自贸试验区的未来，对重庆更加开放的明天充满期望！

Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone was of fi cially listed on April 1, 2017. Three months later, Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone ushered in a listing of 100 days in July, 2017.

Since the formal establishment on April 1, the construction of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone has been highly concerned by all walks of life within this short period of three months. The eye-catching road sign of “China(Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone”could be seen at intervals in the trade zone and the surrounding areas. Several rainbow-like colorful arches with multi-layers are set at the junction of trade zone and the main road. Some institutions providing matching commercial services for the trade zone are also competing to “free-tradize” their business names and logos.

In just 100 days, the newborn Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone is taking a solid step in industrial agglomeration, promoting the facilitation of investment and trade, clear direction of development, construction of external image and etc. Therefore, the outside world has seen the pragmatic and efficient step took by Chongqing Free Trade Zone, which allows the people to hold more expectations of the future of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and Chongqing.

Preliminary reveal of agglomeration effect and opening function

Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, covering an area of 111.98 square kilometers, is divided into three areas including Liangjiang, Xiyong and Guoyuan Port. On the regional selection and division, it emphasizes the key functions of the special customs supervision area and bonded supervision place, the functions of Chongqing as a comprehensive transportation hub and open port as well as the agglomeration and open innovation of service trade. Liangjiang Area makes efforts to build an agglomeration area of high-end industries and elements; Xiyong Area to build a demonstration area for transformation and upgrading of processing trade; Guoyuan Port to build a multimodal transport logistics center.

Attracting investment and forming the effect of industrial agglomeration is the most important index for evaluating the development of pilot free trade zone. However, for Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, another important index for evaluating is whether it can sustain the opening-up of Chongqing and its strong momentum of developing the export-oriented economy. On the most important economic and trade exhibition held in Chongqing in June, 2017—the 20th CCISF, the agglomeration effect produced by Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone is intuitively re fl ected. The contracted projects involving Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone reached 44 covering various fi elds including industry, new energy, modern services, finance and electronic information.

At the beginning of July, the of fi ce of free trade zone in Chongqing announced the economic data in the first half of 2017. The statistics show that: in the fi rst half of 2017, 6,492 new enterprises settled in Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, accounting for 10.3% of the total new enterprises in Chongqing. It involves a capital investment of 44.929 billion yuan, accounting for 14.3% of Chongqing. 6,386 domestic-funded new enterprises of the new enterprises accounts for 10.2% of the total new enterprises in Chongqing. It involves a capitalinvestment of 39.581 billion yuan, accounting for 14.5% of Chongqing. 106 foreign-funded new enterprises accounts for 23.2% of that of Chongqing and it involves a capital investment of 775 million dollars, accounting for 17.6%.

Picture Source: CFP

The figures show that since January this year, from the preparation before the listing of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone to the 3-month actual operation, the number of new foreign-funded enterprises accounted for more than the city's 20% in the same period while the total assets of foreign enterprises in Chongqing has reached 17.6% of the total in just 6 months. The agglomeration effect and open function of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone have been revealed.

To promote the facilitation of investment and trade

In the one hundred days after the operation of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, the new policies were put up constantly to promote pragmatically both the facilitation of investment and trade as well as the regional linking development:

At the beginning of the operation, related support policies were announced by over 10 authorities including Chongqing Administration for Industry & Commerce, Chongqing Development and Reform Commission, Chongqing Port Office, Bureau of Exit and Entry Control of Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court,Chongqing Intellectual Property Office, Chongqing Financial Affairs Office and etc. In early July, Chongqing Municipal Of fi ce, SAT issued a “Noti fi cation on Ten Tax Measures Serving China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone”, in which there were 5 categories and 71 tax preferential policies, providing a inventorylike tax preferential policy for enterprises. The free trade zone has realized to pay tax by scanning yard of the third party like Alipay, WeChat and etc. The special service hotline of free trade zone is set in 12366 which is the Chongqing Tax Hotline to eliminate confusions. Through the cooperation of tax and post office, taxpayers can receive invoices at home. Enlarging the scope of the application of electronic invoices, enterprises in the free trade zone can apply VAT electronic plain invoice. All the above contents have attracted large attention. The slogan “To create a good business environment for the development of free trade zone so that investors can do business easily.” has been put up in various kinds of publicities. Chongqing has implemented the supporting policies given by the State Council in Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, which allows Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone to dock with the world in many aspects.

It is understood that until the early July in 2017, 48 of the 51 reproducible and propagable advanced experiences issued by the State Council are implemented by Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone.“Systems of finance lease and customs supervision”has shaped a process of finance lease and customs supervision for plane, which will be officially tested. Rules like “enterprises set up a single window”,“international trade set up a single window” have also been sped up. Innovation of several entry mechanisms created fi rst by Xiyong Comprehensive Bonded Zone is expected to be an advance experience that is born in Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and reproducible to the whole nation. The reporter also noticed that among the “business hour” published by the third batch of each free trade zone, only Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone uses “hour” as the timing unit from which you can see the ef fi ciency advocated by Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone.

Now the specific policies to the zone produced by various departments of Chongqing are all rather pragmatic and pertinent, mainly focused on the solution of investment facilitation in the trade zone. Those greatly benefit from the extensive experience and resources accumulated by Chongqing in recent years in opening up and developing export-oriented economy. Chongqing has the platform of “three threein-one” and Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe International Railway that is still under development. Especially the completion of south-ward channels represented by“Chongqing-Guangxi-Singapore” will all bring a lot of convenience to the development of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and greatly enhance the external attraction of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone. Yang Bai, Director of the International Business School of Sichuan International Studies University and Secretary-General of Chongqing International Institute of Strategic Studies, said.

The development of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone has received extensive attention from all walks of life. From June 22 to July 7, high-level seminars were held in Chongqing like “The First Construction and Development Seminar of China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone”, “2017 Investment Cooperation, Innovation and Development Summit of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone”. Leaders of Chongqing Municipality, administrators of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and many experts at home and abroad had talked about the expectations and anticipations to the future of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and even Chongqing. After confirming the benchmarking from Hong Kong, several experts from the HKSAR government, the business sector and financial circle came to Chongqing for special investigation, communication and seeking greater opportunities for cooperation between Chongqing and Hong Kong. As stated by Zhang Kui, director of the innovation department of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, Chongqing Commerce Commission, in the first meeting, “To Chongqing, free trade zone is still a new thing and the development of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone is still in the exploration stage.”With the opening up of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone, more and more enterprises will converge on this land in Chongqing, driving the rapid development of Chongqing’s economy.

The one hundred days have let us see the firm determination and promotion efforts made by Chongqing to develop Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone as well as the pragmatic and efficient working style of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone. We are hopeful about the future of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone and the more open tomorrow of Chongqing!

Listed One Hundred Days, Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone Takes a Solid Step!

Article/Journalist Zeng Rui