Tuesday, June 02, 2020

CCP's desperately trying to emulate Hong Kong by making Hainan the new Hong Kong

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-06-02/60-policies-about-hainans-planned-free-trade-port-101561993.html


China on Monday released a plan (link in Chinese) for building the southern island province of Hainan into a high level free trade port by 2050. The following are 60 key measures of the plan posted on an official social media account. A free trade port policy system is set to be “basically established” in Hainan by 2025 and grow “more mature” by 2035, according to the plan.

1.Personal income tax cap of 15% for eligible talent

2.Corporate income tax of 15% on encouraged industrial enterprises

3.Enterprises exempt from import duties, import value-added tax and consumption tax on imported production equipment for their own use

4.Enterprises exempt from import duties, import value-added tax and consumption tax on imported operational vehicles and yachts

5.Enterprises exempt from import duties, import value-added tax and consumption tax on raw and auxiliary materials imported for production

6.Enterprises exempt from import duties, import value-added tax and consumption tax on imported goods purchased by island residents

7.Increases the quota for offshore duty-free shopping to 100,000 yuan ($14,020) per person per year and increases the number of categories for duty-free products

8.Until 2025, enterprises will be exempt from corporate tax on income from new foreign direct investment for tourism, modern services and high-tech industry enterprises

9.Qualified capital expenditures eligible to receive full tax deductions or accelerated depreciation and amortization

10.Tax exemptions on imports and sales of overseas exhibits during exhibitions

11.Products originating from Hainan, including output products whose added value exceeds 30% after the domestic processing of imported intermediary products, are exempt from taxes when entering the rest of China

12.Allow flights in and out of Hainan to refuel with bonded aviation fuel

13.Export tax rebates on domestically built ships that are registered at Yangpu Port of China and engaged in international transport

14.Allow ships (those engaged in domestic and foreign trade) that transit at Yangpu Port of China to refuel with bonded fuel

15.Build Yangpu Port of China into an international port of registry

16.Adopt a trial policy of tax rebates at the port of departure on goods that use Yangpu Port of China as a transit port for final departure from China

17.Adopt an import and export management system featuring “free flow through the first line and efficient control at the second line” in Yangpu Port Bonded Area and other qualified zones

18.Allow high-level overseas universities and vocational colleges with specializations in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine to open branch schools independently in Hainan

19.Build Hainan into an island featuring innovative and international education

20.Establish a multifunctional free trade account system

21.Replace pre-audit with post-audit for the banking sector on authenticity review of cross-border and new international trade

22.Conduct the negative list of cross-border trade in services for Hainan Free Trade Port

23.Grant enterprises access to the market with a prior commitment

24.Conduct the special list of market access to the Hainan Free Trade Port

25.Conduct the negative list of foreign investment access to Hainan Free Trade Port

26.Treat domestic and foreign enterprises as equals in government procurement

27.Implement a more convenient visa-free entry policy

28.Salary ranges employed as main indices to evaluate talents

29.Conduct a negative list management system on the issuance of work permits for foreign employees

30.Permit foreign personnel to serve as legal representatives in legal bodies, public institutions and state-owned enterprises

31.Remove restrictions on overseas ship and aircraft financing

32.Decentralize the registration management of foreign debts issued by enterprises to Hainan

33.Expand the scope of cross-border asset transfer

34.Prioritize the support of listing Chinese enterprises overseas

35.Allow enterprises listed overseas to handle foreign exchange registration directly at banks

36.Establish Hainan International Intellectual Property Rights Exchange

37.Support overseas securities, funds, and futures institutions to set up wholly-owned or jointly-owned institutes in Hainan

38.Support the establishment of property insurance, life insurance and reinsurance companies, mutual insurance organizations and self-insurance companies

39.Support to develop cross-border medical insurance products in cooperation with overseas institutions

40.Support the construction of trading venues for international energy, shipping, property rights and equity stakes

41.Enable nonresidents to participate in trading and fund settlement at trading venues

42.Develop over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives services

43.Conduct cross-border asset management services

44.Issue Hainan provincial bonds globally

45.Open up value-added telecommunications services

46.Conduct services of online data processing and transaction processing

47.Open up basic telecommunications services in a safe and orderly fashion

48.Conduct the International Internet Data Interaction Pilot Project

49.Expand air traffic rights, including the Fifth Freedom and Seventh Freedom

50.Build an international aviation hub

51.Build a new international land and sea transport hub to connect Western China with the world

52.Build a regional medical center

53.Build a national base featuring China’s blockchain technology and industrial innovation

54.Build a pilot zone for cruise tourism

55.Build a pilot zone for reform, development and innovation of the yacht industry

56.Build Hainan into an International Design Island

57.Build a national Sino-foreign culture and trade exchange base

58.Authorize the Hainan government to manage and adjust the use of cultivated land, permanent basic farmland, forestland and land for construction

59.Grant greater autonomy to various industry organizations

60.Formulate laws and regulations based on the reality of Hainan’s free trade port construction