General

In recent years, Kunming Area (Guandu District) of China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone has integrated the policy and resource advantages of the pilot free trade zone, such as RCEP tariff advantages, China Laos railway transport capacity advantages, to create an international trade cluster for South and Southeast Asian countries. From the establishment of the Pilot Free Trade Zone in August 2019 to the end of 2022, Guandu District has achieved a cumulative foreign trade import and export volume of 37.72 billion yuan.

The free trade pilot zone in Guandu District accounts for about 50% of the total approved area in Yunnan Province. It is adjacent to open economy zones such as Kunming Airport Economic Zone and Comprehensive Bonded Zone, with obvious regional advantages. The vitality of market entities in the region continues to increase, and industries such as headquarters economy, digital economy, and foreign trade are developing well, making them an important window for Yunnan's foreign economic and trade cooperation and international exchanges.

The construction of the gathering area is centered around the Luoshi Bay International Trade City. It is planned to build an industrial development layout of "1 platform+8 centers+N parks" within 3 to 5 years. By continuously improving international trade information services, we aim to create a trade oriented international logistics distribution center, market procurement and trade center, foreign trade enterprise gathering center, trade settlement center, cross-border e-commerce center, and business exchange and cooperation center for South and Southeast Asia Exploring the establishment of multiple foreign trade industrial parks, including the Osdi Enterprise Cluster Park, as a talent gathering center and an international selection center.

It is understood that the supporting functions of service trade in the agglomeration area are becoming increasingly perfect, with elements such as the Kunming Market Procurement and Trade Comprehensive Service Center, Customs Supervision Place, Free Trade Digital Port Industrial Park, China (Kunming) Intellectual Property Protection Center, Legal Service Park, Accounting and Audit Center gathering; The business format is mature, with 109 specialized markets. Among them, Kunming Junfa · New Luosiwan International Trade City has been successfully approved as the fifth batch of national market procurement trade mode pilot market, Yunnan Kangle Tea Cultural City has been rated as the national intellectual property protection standardization market, Yunnan Mushui Flower Wild Fungus Trading Market, Chrysanthemum Garden Chinese Medicine Wholesale Market and other unique Yunnan characteristics. The agglomeration area will rely on 109 factor markets in Guandu District to form a cargo agglomeration, connect China Europe trains through the China Laos railway, provide a centralized transit place for goods trade in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Europe, gradually form a new pattern of regional integration and centralized transit, and further expand international trade markets in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe.

At the same time, Guandu District will actively build a leading demonstration zone for RCEP in Yunnan Province, increase cross-border institutional innovation and open environmental pressure testing efforts, focus on rules such as RCEP tariff reduction, investment, origin, service trade, cross-border e-commerce, and intellectual property protection, enhance the advantages of characteristic industries facing South and Southeast Asian countries, improve RCEP comprehensive services, enhance the ability of enterprises to enjoy RCEP policies, and help enterprises expand international trade markets, Build an RCEP trade center.