In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the meeting on coordinating the prevention and control of the Newcastle pneumonia epidemic and economic and social development, conscientiously implement the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and coordinate the work of preventing and controlling the Newcastle pneumonia epidemic and the development of national-level economic development zones this year, on March 24, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Circular on Coordinating the Prevention and Control of the Newcastle Pneumonia Epidemic and Economic Development to Comprehensively Improve the Work of National-level Economic Development Zones The notice", from the active response to the epidemic orderly promote enterprises to resume work and production, increase policy support and implementation, improve the assessment and evaluation mechanism, in-depth promotion of "management and service" reform, strengthen investment promotion work and other ten aspects of the work requirements.

I. The notice proposes

National-level economic development zones should actively respond to the epidemic, promote the resumption of production in an orderly manner, and coordinate to solve the practical problems enterprises encounter in investment, production and operation. Encourage collaboration between national-level economic development zones to resume production in parallel around the industrial chain and jointly solve upstream and downstream supporting problems to ensure the stability of important industrial chains and supply chains. We should sort out and package the policies introduced by the state and local authorities to help enterprises alleviate difficulties, strengthen the propaganda and interpretation, and send the policies to the doorsteps to ensure that domestic and foreign enterprises can enjoy them in a timely and timely equal manner.

II, the notice specifies

To streamline and optimise the assessment and evaluation index system of the comprehensive development level of state-level economic development zones, increase the weight of foreign trade and foreign investment assessment and evaluation indexes, and play the role of demonstration and driving the work of stabilising foreign trade and foreign investment in state-level economic development zones.

III. The notice requires

To further promote the reform of "management and service" and increase the empowerment of national-level economic development zones. To do a good job during the special period of investment promotion, security, stable business work, innovation and optimisation of investment promotion methods, the use of foreign trade and economic development special funds, and strive for a number of new landing investment projects. Support qualified national-level economic development zones to build international cooperation parks at a high level.

National-level economic development zones are important open platforms and industrial clusters in China, accounting for about one-fifth of the country's foreign trade, foreign investment and industrial value-added, and playing an important supporting role in stabilising the basic foreign trade and foreign investment, stabilising industrial chains and supply chains. The Ministry of Commerce will actively promote the innovation and upgrading of national-level economic development zones and play a greater role in the "six stable" work, especially in stabilising foreign trade and foreign investment.

 Annexe: General Office of the Ministry of Commerce on the coordination of the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic and economic development to do a good job in the work of the national economic development zone notice.

Original text.

 In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the meeting on coordinating the prevention and control of the Newcastle pneumonia epidemic and the deployment of economic and social development, conscientiously implement the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and coordinate the prevention and control of the Newcastle pneumonia epidemic (hereinafter referred to as the epidemic) and the development of national-level economic and technological development zones (hereinafter referred to as national-level economic and development zones) this year, we hereby notify the following on relevant matters.

1. Actively respond to the epidemic to promote the orderly resumption of enterprises to resume production

Under the leadership of the local party committee and government, focus on the prevention and control of the epidemic on the one hand and economic development on the other, improve the work plan, classify the work in a graded manner and according to local conditions, strengthen refined management, coordinate and solve the practical problems encountered by enterprises in investment, production and operation to resume production and minimise the impact of the epidemic. Conscientiously do a good job of implementing the policy documents issued by the Ministry of Commerce, such as the Notice on Actively Responding to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic to Strengthen Services for Foreign Investment Enterprises and Attract Investment, the Notice on Responding to the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic to Do a Good Job of Stabilising Foreign Trade, Stabilising Foreign Investment and Promoting Consumption, and the Notice on Promoting the Orderly Resumption of Work and Production by Enterprises in the Business Sector on the Premise of Preventing the Epidemic, to key leading enterprises and foreign trade and foreign investment enterprises in the region. Increase services and guarantee efforts to achieve the resumption of production as soon as possible; encourage collaboration among national-level economic development zones around the synchronous resumption of industrial chains, and jointly coordinate and solve the problems of resumption of upstream and downstream supporting facilities to ensure the stability of key industrial chains and supply chains.

2. Increase policy support and implementation

 Sincerely implement the Opinions of the State Council on Promoting Innovation and Upgrading of State-level Economical and Technological Development Zones to Build a New Highland of Reform and Opening-up (Guo Fa [2019] No. 11) and the spirit of Guangzhou's Live Meeting on Promoting Innovation and Upgrading of State-level Economical and Technological Development Zones, sort out and pack the policies introduced by the State and local authorities to help enterprises to alleviate difficulties, increase policy publicity and interpretation, send policies to doorsteps, ensure that domestic and foreign enterprises enjoy the same in a timely manner, and enhance The policies will be disseminated and interpreted to ensure that domestic and foreign enterprises enjoy the same benefits in a timely manner and enhance their sense of access. All localities can introduce relevant supporting policies to support the development of national-level economic zones and enterprises in the zones, taking into account the actual local response to the epidemic.

3. Improve the assessment and evaluation mechanism

 Focus on the development orientation of national-level economic development zones, adhere to the new development concept, highlight high-quality development, highlight the orientation of opening up to the outside world, streamline and optimise the assessment and evaluation index system of the comprehensive development level of national-level economic development zones; increase the weight of foreign trade and foreign investment assessment and evaluation indexes, play the role of national-level economic development zones in stabilising foreign trade and foreign investment; establish and improve the dynamic management mechanism, strict entry criteria for national-level economic development zones, and further strengthen The mechanism of reversal. Do a good job in the assessment and evaluation of the comprehensive development level of national-level economic development zones in 2020.

4. Deepen the reform of "management and service"

Increase the empowerment of national-level economic development zones, evaluate the acceptance of provincial and municipal approval authority by national-level economic development zones, and explore the development of a national list of empowerment of national-level economic development zones. Encourage localities to promote the "management and service further" reform of national-level economic development zones and incorporate national-level economic development zones into the pilot scope of the "separation of licenses" reform where possible. Encourage national-level economic development zones to implement "no meeting approval" during the epidemic, and effectively promote "Internet + government services", "approval without leaving the district", " The most run once" and other reforms to improve administrative efficiency and service levels, to create a market-oriented, legal and international business environment.

5. Strengthen investment promotion work

We will do a good job of investment promotion, business security and business stability during special periods, innovate and optimise the way of attracting investment, vigorously promote online investment promotion, video investment promotion, online promotion and online signing, etc., strengthen investment promotion work, and strive to land a number of new investment projects. For major investment projects under construction, including foreign investment, special teams should be established, green channels should be opened, and timely coordination should be made to solve outstanding problems such as guaranteeing elements so as to strive for smooth completion and operation. Further, play the role of bilateral investment promotion mechanisms, encourage national-level economic development zones to explore the establishment of exchange mechanisms with foreign local governments or investment promotion agencies, take advantage of investment attraction, and focus on introducing large foreign investment projects and key enterprises. Actively organise exchange activities such as dialogue between development zones and the Top 500 and briefing sessions on multinational companies' investment plans to promote regular cooperation between national-level economic development zones and multinational companies.

6. Continuously improve the level of external cooperation

Support qualified national-level economic development zones to build international cooperation parks at a high level and strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation with relevant countries and regions while creating high-quality platforms for attracting investment. Encourage international cooperation ecological parks to strengthen the construction of exchange platforms with foreign parties and institutionalise external cooperation. Further, play the role of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Coordination Council, and support the Suzhou Industrial Park to actively explore in opening up and innovation, and form more replicable and extendable experiences.

7. Make good use of special funds for foreign trade and economic development

Increase the support of special funds for foreign trade and economic development to the national-level economic development zones in the central and western regions and the northeastern region to stabilise foreign trade and foreign investment. Provincial commerce departments should combine the results of the comprehensive development level assessment and evaluation of national economic and trade development zones, increase the proportion of funds allocated to the top ranking national economic and trade development zones in the region, allocate funds in place as early as possible, track the effect of the use of funds, improve the use of funds, and make full use of the special funds for foreign trade and economic development.

8. Promote mutual learning and learning by building and supporting each other

Deeply promote the national economic development zone to help Xinjiang industrial clusters, border (cross) cooperation zone, the eastern region of the national economic development zone and the southern region of Ganzhou national economic development zone twinning and other work, and further deepen the exchange and cooperation between the two sides. To give full play to the role of the Shanghai and Kunshan bases of the Industrial Transfer Promotion Centre, encourage the construction of "one zone with multiple parks" and "parks within zones" in accordance with the principle of "market-led and government-led", and promote The relevant industries in the national-level economic development zones in the eastern region will be transferred to the national-level economic development zones in the central and western regions and the northeastern region in an active and orderly manner. Strengthen the positive interaction between national-level economic development zones and other national open platforms and important parks, actively replicate and promote the pilot reform experience of the pilot free trade zones, encourage national-level economic development zones to actively create comprehensive bonded zones, new-type industrialisation demonstration bases, national eco-industrial demonstration parks, etc., and improve the comprehensive competitiveness of national-level economic development zones.

9. Effectively grasp the work of production safety

Firmly establish the production safety "red line awareness" and "bottom-line thinking", prevention and control of epidemics and economic development. The heavier the task, the more attention should be paid to production safety work. Provincial business departments and national economic development zones should follow the unified deployment of local party committees and governments, actively cooperate with emergency management departments, fully implement the production safety responsibility system, compact the main responsibility of enterprises for production safety, carry out good industrial parks and other functional areas of production safety special rectification of the three-year action, forming a synergy of production safety work, and resolutely curb the occurrence of serious production safety accidents. Continuously include the work of production safety in the assessment and evaluation of the comprehensive development level of national economic development zones, and inform the assessment results.

10. Increase policy support and implementation

Timely summarise and refine the practical experience, innovative initiatives and typical practices of national-level economic development zones in co-ordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic development, and publicise, replicate and promote them in various forms to establish a good image of national-level economic development zones adhering to high-quality development. Compile and publish annual reports on the development of national-level economic and technological development zones, and publicise and promote the development achievements of national-level economic and technological development zones. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, organised the 2020 National Network Job Fair for College Graduates from State-level Economical and Technological Development Zones to improve the employment of college graduates under the impact of the epidemic and attract more outstanding college graduates to join the construction of State-level Economical and Technological Development Zones. Organise four training courses for middle and senior management personnel in national-level economic development zones. In conjunction with the provincial commercial authorities, establish a mechanism to monitor the stability of foreign trade and foreign investment in key national-level economic development zones, to reflect timely and accurate economic development and foreign trade and foreign investment operations, and to coordinate and solve difficulties and problems in a graded and classified manner. Improve and implement the statistical survey system of national-level economic development zones, incorporate the statistical work into the assessment and evaluation of the comprehensive development level of national-level economic development zones, ensure that the statistical data of national-level economic development zones are timely, accurate and true, and provide a scientific basis for decision-making.