General

On August 16, the press conference on the theme of Hunan building a highland for reform and opening up in the inland area introduced that in the past ten years, Hunan has continuously accelerated the pace of "bringing in" and "going out", and has continued to explore, practice and innovate on the road of opening up, and promote economic and trade cooperation. Outstanding results.

Foreign trade has taken a new step. The total import and export volume increased from 138.57 billion yuan in 2012 to 597.28 billion yuan in 2021, an increase of 3.3 times, with an average annual growth rate of 25.2% in the past five years, ranking first in the country. From lighters and bags to construction machinery and rail transit, the scale and value of "Xiangpin" have continued to expand.

Introducing investment to achieve a new leap forward. In 2021, the actual use of foreign capital will be 2.41 billion US dollars, an increase of 72.3%. Over the past ten years, Hunan has introduced foreign capital, with scales ranging from small to large, projects from small to large, and diversified industrial fields. Bosch, Schaeffler, BASF, Continental, Aeon and other Fortune 500 companies have come to invest in Hunan. There are 188 Fortune 500 companies.

New breakthroughs have been made in foreign economic cooperation. Hunan's economic and trade "circle of friends" covers 227 countries and regions around the world. With the acquisition of Dow AgroSciences in Brazil by Longping Development, and the acquisition of Spanish Eye Hospital by Aier Eye Hospital, more than 1,700 Hunan enterprises have entered the market. It has entered 109 countries and regions, and the province's foreign direct investment is firmly ranked among the top ten in the country and the first in the central region.

Further breakthroughs have been made in the construction of free trade zones. Adhere to the trial system for the country, seek development for the local area, and increase the well-being of the people, and continue to promote institutional innovation. The implementation rate of 121 reform pilot tasks in the overall plan is 95%, and 47 institutional innovation achievements (23 first in the country) have been established. The number of enterprises exceeded 20,000, and 237 major projects of more than 200 million yuan (30 million U.S. dollars) were introduced, with a total investment of 352.5 billion yuan.

Further solidification for non-platforms. The China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo has been successfully held for two sessions. The China-Africa in-depth economic and trade cooperation pilot area and the China-Africa cross-border RMB center have made steady progress, and substantial progress has been made in the construction of the "one mechanism, one pilot, and six centers" in the pilot area. In the past three years, the average growth rate of Hunan's trade with Africa has exceeded 28%, reaching 44% in the first half of this year. Up to now, Hunan has invested in 145 enterprises in Africa, and the Chinese investment amounted to about 1.2 billion US dollars. Cooperation in advantageous production capacity in equipment manufacturing, non-ferrous mining, infrastructure, and agricultural development continues to deepen, and the hybrid rice project is well-known in Africa. The overseas parks in Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar and other countries are steadily advancing.

Further smooth international logistics. Build "upward" Changsha (linking with Zhangjiajie) international air freight, "eastward" Yueyang river-sea combined transport, "southward" Zhuzhou (linking with Hengyang) Hunan-Guangdong non-rail-sea transport, "westward" Huaihua (linking with Yongzhou) ASEAN freight, The five international logistics channels of the Changsha China-Europe Railway Express Assembly Center to the north have shortened the distance between Hunan and the world in time and space, and provided convenient channels for buying and selling from all over the world.