[CCTV quick review] Building a free trade port with high quality and high standards

Recently, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made important instructions on the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, stressing that it is necessary to uphold the leadership of the Party, adhere to the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, meet the international high-level economic and trade rules, promote the free and convenient flow of production factors, and build a free trade port with high quality and high standards.

General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly grasped the two overall domestic and international situations, and personally planned, deployed and promoted the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port from the grand perspective of promoting reform and opening up in the new era. The important instructions of the General Secretary highlight China’s will and determination to comprehensively deepen the reform and opening up in the new era, and will surely promote the comprehensive upgrading of the regional breadth and content depth of the reform and opening up of Hainan Free Trade Port, and constantly move towards the "deep water area" and grow into a new highland for opening up and high-quality development.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has comprehensively deepened the big chess game of reform and opening-up, and constantly led the new process of globalization. At the macro level, launch the "Belt and Road Initiative", set up a free trade pilot zone, build a Hainan free trade port, and hold two China International Import Expo(CIIE) sessions; In specific areas, strengthen intellectual property protection, substantially relax market access, and increase financial opening up. A series of major measures have effectively promoted the formation of a new development pattern of domestic and international dual-cycle mutual promotion, and also made China contributions to the world trade as soon as possible.

At present, faced with a great change that has never happened in a century, we are facing major risk challenges such as weak global economic recovery, increased geopolitical risks, and sudden major public health incidents, but the trend of globalization is unstoppable. The more difficult it is, the more we must strengthen our confidence and determination in reform and opening up, persist in being an advocate, supporter and contributor to globalization, and welcome investors all over the world with open arms.

As an important gateway to China’s opening to the outside world, Hainan should be a pioneer, shoulder heavy burdens and achieve great success in the new round of opening to the outside world. To explore a "free trade port", we should plan from a high starting point, have a broad vision, benchmark the world’s high-level open form, connect with international high-level economic and trade rules, promote the free and convenient flow of production factors, and fully stimulate the vitality and creativity of development. We should adhere to the construction of high quality and high standards, embody the characteristics of China, give play to Hainan’s comparative advantages, and take the development of tourism, modern service industry and high-tech industries as the leading factor. It is necessary to put system integration and innovation in a prominent position, explore experiences that can be replicated and popularized, form a business environment ruled by law, internationalized and convenient, and a fair, unified and efficient market environment to promote the innovative development of the socialist market economy in Hainan.

Hainan was born because of reform and opening up, and prospered because of reform and opening up. In the new era, the central government has drawn a grand blueprint of "three steps" for Hainan Free Trade Port. Hainan Province should profoundly understand the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, conscientiously implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, carry forward the fine tradition of bold trials and bold ventures, and consolidate the foundation of free trade port construction with the spirit of nailing nails. According to the specific goals of 2025, 2035 and the middle of this century, we should integrate the entrepreneurship of officials into the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The central government and relevant state departments should proceed from the overall situation, support Hainan’s bold reform and innovation, and promote the construction of Hainan’s free trade port to achieve new results.

We believe that under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, Hainan will certainly be able to build a free trade port with high quality and high standards and make contributions to comprehensively deepening reform and opening up.