楊艷

“這是加快建設(shè)內(nèi)陸開放高地的又一重要舉措，更彰顯了重慶落實中央要求、堅持?jǐn)U大開放、參與全球化發(fā)展、與外資企業(yè)共同成長的堅定決心?！?月18日，在《重慶市進一步做好利用外資工作若干措施》（以下簡稱《若干措施》）政策解讀新聞發(fā)布會上，市商務(wù)委主任張智奎作出權(quán)威解讀。

重慶作為我國中西部唯一直轄市，是西部大開發(fā)的重要戰(zhàn)略支點，處在“一帶一路”和長江經(jīng)濟帶的聯(lián)結(jié)點上，是外商投資的熱土，外商投資在全市經(jīng)濟社會發(fā)展和內(nèi)陸開放高地建設(shè)中起著重要作用。

《若干措施》助力穩(wěn)住外貿(mào)外資基本盤

《若干措施》由5個部分25條措施組成，包括進一步擴大對外開放、進一步加大投資促進力度、進一步優(yōu)化營商環(huán)境、保護外商投資合法權(quán)益、強化組織保障等內(nèi)容。從具體措施看，主要有三個方面的特點：

優(yōu)化營商環(huán)境有新舉措。進一步深化外商投資“放管服”改革;提出外資項目規(guī)劃用地審批“多審合一”“多證合一”“多測合一”“多驗合一”;支持跨國品牌連鎖企業(yè)食品經(jīng)營許可在實行“申請人承諾制”后集中辦理注冊登記;對建筑面積3000平方米以下的外資項目不再開展施工圖審查而實行告知承諾制和建設(shè)、勘察設(shè)計單位人員終身負責(zé)制;將全口徑跨境融資宏觀審慎調(diào)節(jié)參數(shù)由1上調(diào)至1.25。

推動投資促進有新思路。建設(shè)“行政服務(wù)管家”隊伍;建立外商投資服務(wù)清單制度;創(chuàng)新招商考核激勵機制，鼓勵專業(yè)化的社會組織、招商機構(gòu)引進外資項目，各區(qū)縣（開發(fā)區(qū)）可給予一定獎勵，預(yù)留政策空間;建立市領(lǐng)導(dǎo)與重要外國商協(xié)會、境外跨國公司及在渝重點外商投資企業(yè)定期溝通機制等。

保護外商合法權(quán)益有新作為。建立健全“一口受理”的外商投資企業(yè)投訴工作機制，加強誠信政府建設(shè)，強化監(jiān)管政策執(zhí)行規(guī)范性，提高行政規(guī)范性文件制定透明度，以及發(fā)揮知識產(chǎn)權(quán)司法保護重要作用;強化打擊假冒偽劣商品犯罪偵查總隊（市知識產(chǎn)權(quán)刑事保護中心）職能職責(zé)，加大侵犯知識產(chǎn)權(quán)案件偵辦力度;支持外資參與國家及行業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)制定、外資依法平等參與政府采購等。

吃下“定心丸” 外商企業(yè)堅定在渝投資信心

6月22日，重慶市商務(wù)委召開政策解讀會。來自德、美、韓的多家外資跨國企業(yè)代表接受媒體采訪時表示，《若干措施》的出臺有效提振了企業(yè)的投資信心，進一步提升了重慶市場的吸引力，堅定了逆勢投資的勇氣。

“《若干措施》的出臺加快促使外商投資產(chǎn)業(yè)集群化發(fā)展?！苯騾^(qū)商務(wù)委主任代杰表示，最近投資4億元的益海嘉里中央廚房在江津正式開工，投產(chǎn)后預(yù)計實現(xiàn)工業(yè)產(chǎn)值22億元，帶動當(dāng)?shù)鼐蜆I(yè)900人。二期加工項目也將于第三季度投產(chǎn)，預(yù)計益海嘉里在整個江津的生產(chǎn)基地年產(chǎn)值將達到百億。

重慶市外商投資企業(yè)協(xié)會秘書長匡衡表示，《若干措施》簡化了跨國品牌連鎖企業(yè)審核登記程序，優(yōu)化了重點外資項目工程建設(shè)審批，有針對性地呼應(yīng)了外企發(fā)展的訴求。這種基于企業(yè)視角“做減法”的新招、實招還包括規(guī)劃用地、跨境融資、外籍人士工作居留便利等方面的舉措，既實現(xiàn)了具體辦理流程的簡化，也體現(xiàn)了政策的創(chuàng)新和突破，不僅及時回應(yīng)了企業(yè)關(guān)切，更是激活市場主體活力、優(yōu)化營商環(huán)境的具體措施。

生產(chǎn)座椅的北汽岱摩斯汽車系統(tǒng)（重慶）有限公司是一家中韓合資企業(yè)，其財務(wù)總監(jiān)余攀登明確表示，公司最初的注冊資本金8000萬，預(yù)計增資到1.2億元，經(jīng)過此次新冠肺炎疫情，公司考慮把更多的供應(yīng)商放在重慶，預(yù)計未來本地供應(yīng)商的占比有望達到90%以上，“在北汽岱摩斯看來，擴大增資計劃，體現(xiàn)了對重慶經(jīng)濟發(fā)展與市場潛力的長期看好?！?/p>

此外，家樂福、道達爾、肯德基、美團、鄉(xiāng)村基、沃爾瑪?shù)绕髽I(yè)也計劃加大在重慶的發(fā)展力度。沃爾瑪相關(guān)負責(zé)人表示將在渝新開3家山姆會員制賣場，其中兩家分別選址兩江新區(qū)和九龍坡區(qū)，位于兩江新區(qū)禮嘉的沃爾瑪山姆會員店將于今年內(nèi)開業(yè)。

數(shù)據(jù)顯示，目前重慶累計引進外商投資超千億美元、落戶世界500強企業(yè)293家，全市6000余家外商投資市場主體貢獻了全市二分之一以上的進出口總值、十分之一以上的就業(yè)人口和稅收，已經(jīng)成為國民經(jīng)濟的重要組成部分。

"This is another important move to build an open highland in the inland. It exemplifies Chongqing's commitment to implementing the central government's guidelines， adhering to opening up further and taking part in globalization， and working side by side with foreign-funded enterprises for shared development." At the briefing on the Measures to Further Improve the Utilization of Foreign Capital in Chongqing （"Measures"） on June 18th， the explanation of Mr. Zhang Zhikui， director-general of the Chongqing Commerce Commission， should be regarded as an authoritative expression.

The only municipality under the direct leadership of the central government in central and western part of China， Chongqing serves as the strategic pivot of the West China Development Drive， the juncture of the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt， and magnet for foreign investment. Foreign investment unmistakably plays a critical part in the city's economic and social development and the construction of an inland open highland.

The Measures to help stabilize the fundamentality of foreign trade

The policy consists of 25 measures in five parts， including further expanding opening up to the rest of the world， further enhancing investment promotion， and further optimizing business environment， protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors， and strengthening organizational guarantee. Three main highlights are， to be specific， as follows.

New measures to improve the business environment. Our reforms to streamline administration， delegate powers， and improve regulation and services for foreign investment will add pace. We will adhere to the principles - "multiple approvals in one"， "multiple certificates in one"， "multiple inspections in one"， and "multiple acceptances in one" in reviewing the construction land approval for foreign-funded projects. We will ramp up efforts to support multinational brand chains to take centralized registration in applying for "Food Business License" after implementing the "Applicant Commitment System". We will not review the construction plan of foreign-funded projects with floor area of less than 3，000 square meters rather the notification of "Applicant Commitment System"， and lifelong responsibility of construction， surveying， and design units personnel as well. The macro-prudential adjustment ratio for full-caliber cross-border financing is raised from 1 to 1.25.

New ideas to attract investment. These include building up a team of "housekeepers of administrative service"， establishing a list of services for foreign investment， innovating an incentive mechanism for investment promotion， and encouraging professional social organizations and investment institutions to attract foreign-invested projects. The districts and counties （development zones） may give certain incentives and reserve room for preferential policies. Also， it includes the establishment of regular communication mechanism between municipal leaders and key foreign associations and chambers of commerce， multinational corporations from abroad and leading foreign-invested companies in Chongqing to strengthen the institutional arrangements for foreign investment.

New efforts to protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors. Progress must be made in establishing and improving a mechanism with "one window " to handle complaints from foreign-invested enterprises， strengthening the building of an honest and credible government， and enhancing the lawful implementation of regulatory policies， reinforcing transparency in the development of administrative normative documents， and giving play to the important role of judicial protection of intellectual property rights. Work must be done to strengthen the functions and responsibilities of the brigade of investigating and combating crimes related to counterfeit and shoddy goods （Chongqing Intellectual Property Criminal Protection Center） and put much weight on the investigation of cases of intellectual property rights infringement. Foreign investment is encouraged to take part in the formulation of national and industrial standards and the government procurement on an equal footing in accordance with the law.

The measures to shore up foreign enterprises confidence of investment in the municipality

A briefing on policies that Chongqing Commerce Commission organized on June 22nd received a number of representatives of foreign-funded multinational enterprises from Germany， the United States， and South Korea. They believed that the introduction of the measures is bound to boost the confidence of businesses， add extra allure to the Chongqing market， and firm investors courage to invest in the municipality in the recovery of Chinas economy.

"The issuance of the Measures has made the clustering of foreign-invested industries further headway，" noted Mr. Dai Jie， director of the Jiangjin District Commerce Commission， the newly-invested 400-million project under the auspices of Yihai Kerry Central Kitchen has broken the ground recently， and is expected to achieve an output value of 2.2 billion yuan and create 900 new jobs in local after it is run into operation. The second phase of the project will also be put into operation in Q3， and it is expected that the annual output value of the Jiangjin-based facilities of Yihai Kerry will soar to 10 billion yuan.

Mr. Kuang Heng， secretary-general of the Chongqing Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment， held that the Measures have simplified the procedures and steps for chain businesses of multinational brands. It has optimized the construction approval of key foreign-funded projects， specifically responding to the demands of foreign enterprises for development. Such new and practical measures of "subtraction" from the perspective of businesses also include land use planning， cross-border financing， and facilitation of foreigners' work and residence. It has not only embodied policy innovation and breakthroughs but also addressed businesses concern in a timely fashion. It is， moreover， a pragmatic move to help market entities burst with vitality and better the enabling environment.

BAIC DYMOS Automotive Systems （Chongqing） Co Ltd， a Sino-Korean joint venture， is specialized in seats. "The company's initial registered capital of 80 million yuan is expected to be increased to 120 million yuan. The company considers forging partnership with more suppliers in Chongqing after the COVID-19， local suppliers are expected to account for more than 90 percent in the future，" explicitly stated Mr. Yu Pandeng， financial director of the branch. "In the eyes of BAIC DYMOS， the capital increase plan reaffirms the companys optimism about Chongqing's economic development and market potential in the long run."

Also， enterprises such as Carrefour， Total， KFC， Meituan， CSC （Country Style Cooking）， and Wal-Mart intend to strengthen their presence in Chongqing. Leaders of Wal-Mart disclosed that it will open three new Sam's Club stores in Chongqing， two of which will be located in Liangjiang New Area and Jiulongpo District. The former one will open this year.

According to the data， Chongqing has introduced a total of over $100 billion of foreign investment and 293 of the world's top 500 enterprises have settled down in the city. More than 6，000 foreign-invested market players have contributed over a half of the municipality's total import and export， over one tenth of jobs and tax revenues， an integral part of the economy.