Hangzhou plans to introduce the construction plan of the core area of the global digital trade port: strive to obtain national support to give more authority to Hangzhou in the management of online games

The Hangzhou Municipal Government has publicly solicited opinions on the implementation plan for the construction of the core area of the global digital trade port in Hangzhou (2025-2027). It mentioned supporting the development of the Alibaba digital trade headquarters in Yuhang, the digital game base of West Lake Art and Innovation Town, the digital film and television base in Linping, the digital culture base in Liangzhu, the digital fashion base in Shangchengli, and the digital e-sports base in Gongshu. Develop large-scale models for digital technology services trade. Optimize digital financial, digital cultural tourism, visual intelligence, and other digital service trade. Strengthen digital media, digital film and television, animation and game, and other digital product trade. Simplify the approval process for digital content issuance permits and the administrative approval for domestic sales of digital content exclusively for export, and seek national support for granting Hangzhou greater authority in the management of online games, increasing the number of Hangzhou online game licenses.

Hangzhou City promotes the implementation plan for the construction of the core area of the global digital trade port (2025-2027)

In order to implement the opinions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on the reform, innovation and development of digital trade, and in accordance with the spirit of the conference on building a high-energy-level open and strong province, our city has proposed to build the core area of the global digital trade port and formulated this implementation plan.

1. Development Goals

By leveraging the synergistic effects of ‘Digital Free Trade Zone + Global Digital Trade Expo’, the core area of global digital trade port will significantly enhance its brand influence, driving leading scale, optimized structure, active entities, upgraded formats, and leading standards in digital trade throughout the city, and basically establishing a national demonstration zone for innovative development of digital trade. By 2027, the city will achieve a digital trade volume of 440 billion yuan, with more than 350 outbound brands in the field of digital trade, over 1600 scale-above enterprises, and more than 35 platform enterprises with global competitiveness.

Second, Development Layout

Forming the development layout of the global digital trade port core area of “using the Global Digital Trade Expo as a traction, with three free trade blockchain zones as industrial carrying zones, and six digital trade characteristic bases as key points” of “one meeting, three zones, and six bases”.

(1) “One meeting”

The Global Digital Trade Expo will permanently settle in Hangzhou, held at the Hangzhou International Expo Center every September. Within a two-square-kilometer area around the Expo Center, a digital trade innovation port integrating high-end trade exhibitions, trade headquarters economy, digital expo, and trade services will be created, forming a ‘trade + exhibition’ industrial cluster. Leveraging the hub role of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport and the Aero Economy Demonstration Zone, it will establish a national industrial fund of billions of dollars and high-level public service platforms to serve digital trade and implement major digital trade projects.

(2)“Three Zones”

Binhai District: Relying on the national characteristic service export base, Internet of Things town, Internet town, and China’s Digital Valley, develop data resources and property rights transactions, Internet-related services, digital finance, and “digital +” service direction, to build a digital service center, payment settlement center, and service outsourcing center.

Xiaoshan District: Relying on platforms such as China Digital Valley, Information Port Town, Turing Town, etc., to develop cross-border e-commerce, digital finance, visual intelligence, music and film, digital logistics, and increase innovation exploration in the industrial cross-border e-commerce and cross-border platform fields.

Qiantang District: Relying on Hangzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone, China Medicine Port, and Dachuang Town, develop cross-border e-commerce, “bonded+” business, “digital+” services, and metaverse. Deepen innovation in cross-border e-commerce business and build a smart manufacturing trade center.

（三）“Six Bases”

Support the development of Alibaba Digital Trade Headquarters in Yuhang, Digital Game Base in West Lake Art and Innovation Town, Digital Film and Television Base in Linping, Digital Cultural Base in Liangzhu, Digital Fashion Base in Shangchengli, and Digital Esports Base in Gongshu, gathering enterprises in the digital trade industry to create the most optimal development ecosystem.

Three, Key Development Areas

(1) Building the world’s leading exhibition for digital trade

1. Build a global digital trade innovation achievement display window. Gather global high-end exhibition resources, with the internationalization rate of participating enterprises not less than 30%. Set up special zones for artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, low-altitude economy, aerospace, and aviation, etc., each session driving a digital trade turnover increase of over 10% for participating trade enterprises. Collaborate with internationally renowned exhibitions to achieve ‘exhibition-led expansion,’ promoting the participation of market entities from over a hundred countries and regions. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, Municipal Transportation Bureau, Aerotropolis Economic Demonstration Zone Management Committee, Municipal Aerotropolis Construction Investment Group, Municipal Travel Group)

2. Building a platform for the issuance of global digital trade standard rules. Strengthen cooperation with international organizations and authoritative institutions, upgrade the night of digital trade, continuously release global digital trade development reports, top 100 lists, and other major achievements. Organize and participate in economic and trade negotiations with member countries of RCEP, CPTPP, DEPA, etc., to strive for the right to formulate digital trade rules for the country. (Responsible unit: Municipal Bureau of Commerce)

3. Build a bridge for global digital trade industry cooperation. Organize a series of innovation competitions to promote project landing, product application, and result transformation. Attract leading enterprises in the global digital trade industry to set up exhibitions and invite countries in the global south to participate, releasing the green and inclusive dividends of digital trade. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, Air Economic Demonstration Zone Management Committee, Municipal Air Construction Investment Group, various district and county (city) governments]

(2) Building the first city in the country’s digital trade full industry chain

4. Seize five digital trade sub-sectors. Support various digital trade platforms in innovating one-stop services such as supply chain finance and logistics, developing digital ordering trade represented by cross-border e-commerce. Develop large-scale overseas digital technology services trade. Optimize digital financial, digital cultural tourism, visual intelligence, and other digital service trades. Strengthen digital media, digital film and television, animation and game, and other digital product trades. Establish a multi-level data element trading market and ecosystem with China Shugu as the core carrier. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Municipal Party Committee Financial Office, Municipal Culture, Radio, Film, Television and Tourism Bureau, various district and county (city) governments]

5. Build digital trade characteristic parks. Relying on the airport economic demonstration zone, characteristic towns, national-level characteristic service export bases, build the first batch of 12 digital trade characteristic parks, leading the coordinated development of digital trade with animation games, traditional Chinese medicine, intellectual property rights, film and television, technology services, artificial intelligence, security, etc. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Propaganda Department, Municipal Health Commission, Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, Municipal Airport Development Investment Group, various district and county (city) governments]

6. Promote the expansion of digital trade market entities. Cultivate leading enterprises in digital trade, attract headquarters of digital trade, incubate growing enterprises in digital trade, transform traditional trade enterprises, and drive thousands of traditional trade enterprises in the city to use digital trade to achieve brand expansion globally, with the core area of global digital trade port leading the way. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau, various districts, counties (cities) governments]

(3) Building the first area of ​​digital trade system innovation in the national free trade zone

Focus on the full chain innovation of digital cultural trade. Simplify the approval process for digital content issuance permits and the administrative approval for the domestic sales of digital content specially designated for export, strive for national support to grant more authority to Hangzhou in the management of online games, and increase the number of online game version numbers in Hangzhou. Explore the negative list management of digital international cooperation in various fields. (Responsible Units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department)

Focus on the innovation of the entire data trading chain. Carry out a pilot project for the entry of data assets, and innovate the service model for the assessment of data assets. Cultivate a data circulation ecosystem, support the Hangzhou Data Exchange in exploring the international version of data trading. Strengthen the construction of the standard system for cross-border data circulation, and establish a center for policy consultation on data export. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Data Resources Bureau, Municipal Committee Network Information Office, Municipal Finance Bureau, Municipal Financial Investment Group, Binjiang District)

Focus on the full-chain innovation of the digital trade basic institutional system. Accelerate the launch of the first domestic digital trade statistical system. Support the establishment of a legal guarantee system adapted to the reform and innovation in the field of digital trade. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, Municipal Judicial Bureau)

Focus on the full-chain innovation of the digital business environment. Strive to create a digital comprehensive bonded zone, develop new offshore trade. Iterate the digital free trade comprehensive application system, carry out a pilot project for the international professional qualification recognition of digital trade, and innovate the new model of mediation for digital trade disputes. (Responsible units: Municipal Commerce Bureau, Qianjiang Customs, Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, Municipal Judicial Bureau, Municipal Trade Promotion Association, various district and county (city) governments)

(4) Building the first national comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce

11. The first to release the 2.0 plan for the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone. Strive for national support to release the 2.0 plan for the cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone in Hangzhou, form a new list of institutional innovations around cross-border pharmaceutical OTC imports, and facilitate 9810 tax refunds for cross-border e-commerce, promoting a new round of national-level comprehensive reform of cross-border e-commerce. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, Qianjiang Customs, Municipal Taxation Bureau)

12. Promote the integration of ‘live streaming + platform economy + cross-border e-commerce’. Promote the cooperation between MCN institutions, cross-border e-commerce sellers, and platforms, and build provincial live streaming demonstration bases. Support WEB3.0 and large-scale enterprise to provide digital solutions for the entire industry chain for cross-border e-commerce enterprises, forming a demonstration case of ‘cross-border e-commerce + artificial intelligence’. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, governments of various districts and counties/cities]

13. Promote a doubling of the scale of cross-border e-commerce exports. Add five new clusters of cross-border e-commerce export industries with a total investment of 10 billion RMB, and build five cross-border e-commerce parks with a total investment of 10 billion RMB. The cross-border e-commerce export scale of Xiaoshan District exceeds 20 billion RMB, and the export scale of Binjiang District and Qiantang District exceeds 10 billion RMB, driving the export of 9610, 9710, and 9810 cross-border e-commerce in the city to double again on the basis of 2024. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Qianjiang Customs, various districts, and county (city) governments]

（Five）Building a global cross-border payment and settlement center

14. Develop commodity investment and trade settlement services. Seize the opportunity of building a hub for the allocation of bulk commodity resources in the entire province, attract the headquarters, procurement and sales centers, supply chain management centers, and risk management centers of bulk commodity enterprises to settle in, launch various types of spot-futures combined bulk commodity indices, develop cross-border payment, data collection, and business services for commodity investment and trade, and build an innovation center for commodity investment and trade services. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Financial Office, Zhejiang Branch of the People’s Bank of China)

Support the global layout of cross-border payment institutions. Support the exploration of cross-border payment applications for digital RMB, support cross-border payment institutions in Hangzhou to apply for global payment licenses, by 2027, the settlement amount of cross-border e-commerce payments will exceed 1 trillion yuan, and establish a global cross-border payment settlement center. (Responsible units: Municipal Party Committee Financial Office, Municipal Bureau of Commerce, PBOC Zhejiang Branch)

16. Promote the facilitation of cross-border trade, investment, and settlement in emerging markets. Promote the facilitation of cross-border investment and financing, carry out pilot projects for domestic reinvestment by foreign-invested enterprises and direct registration of foreign debt by banks. Support the exploration of diversified settlement methods such as new types of barter trade in emerging countries. (Responsible units: Municipal Financial Office, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Commerce Bureau, People’s Bank of China Zhejiang Branch)

(VI) Building a comprehensive global digital trade service center

17. Landing digital trade international service agencies. Support the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Industry Accelerator, the United Nations International Trade Center Digital Innovation and Sustainable Development Center, and other institutions in Hangzhou, actively strive for the landing of functional branches of BRICS organization and Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Hangzhou, and carry out global digital trade innovation incubation, information exchange, and risk warning cooperation. (Responsible unit: Municipal Bureau of Commerce)

18. Promote the interconnection of digital ports. Strive to explore the establishment of a “digital enclosure” in the Hangzhou comprehensive bonded zone. Support Zhejiang Electronic Port to assist in the construction of the Khorgos smart port in Kazakhstan, and accelerate the connection of the international trade “single window” between the two countries. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Qianjiang Customs, Qiantang District)

19. Build a public service platform for digital trade. Promote cooperation with provincial cross-border e-commerce public service platforms, upgrade the Hangzhou cross-border e-commerce public service platform. Accelerate the introduction of leading domestic and foreign trade comprehensive service platform enterprises, cultivate a batch of digital service agencies for customs clearance and bonded supervision, tax compliance, intellectual property rights, brand certification, etc. (Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Qianjiang Customs, Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, Municipal Taxation Bureau, Municipal Council for the Promotion of International Trade)

(7) Building a global digital logistics hub

20. Enhance the level of aviation logistics hub. Encourage the opening of more fifth freedom routes and strive for seventh freedom rights. Utilize the role of the aviation logistics public information platform, link up with international intelligent cargo stations, and innovate the pilot of electronic air freight. (Responsible units: Municipal Transportation Bureau, Municipal Commerce Bureau, Xiaoshan Airport Customs, Zhejiang Civil Aviation Air Traffic Control Division)

21. Support the global layout of the digital trade hub (eHub). Encourage leading digital trade enterprises to set up public overseas warehouses and establish overseas localized service networks in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. Support leading enterprises such as Cainiao to establish digital trade hubs (eHub) at global logistics hub nodes, and build a ‘123’ express logistics circle. [Responsible units: Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Transportation Bureau, various district and county (city) governments]

22. Develop multimodal transportation by sea, land, air, and water. Utilize Xiaoshan Port and Dongzhou International Port, develop transit business with Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Shanghai Yangshan Port, and Jiaxing Zapu Port, develop ‘air-railway-road’ transportation at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, ‘railway-road-water’ transportation at Xiaoshan Bailutang, and build an international air-land transportation hub radiating internationally and a public-rail-water transportation hub connecting the Yangtze River Delta. (Responsible units: Municipal Transportation Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Municipal Commerce Bureau, Lin’ao Economic Demonstration Zone Management Committee, Municipal Investment Group, Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Xiaoshan District, Qiantang District, Fuyang District)

4. Development and Security

23. Establish a specialized operational mechanism. Establish a specialized operational mechanism for city-district linkage and government-enterprise collaboration, formulate annual work plans, compile lists for important indicators, major projects, and key tasks, hold regular meetings, and coordinate the resolution of major issues.

24. Introduce a supporting policy. Introduce relevant supporting policies, providing financial support for the introduction of leading enterprises, the cultivation of market operators, brand promotion, land and energy use, credit financing, etc.

25. Fight for a special empowerment. Around the pain points, difficulties, and obstacles of the entire industry chain of digital trade, actively strive for the state to grant special empowerment in the field of digital trade, leading the way in opening up the digital trade system.

26. Make good use of an industry fund. Give full play to the role of the second phase of the national service trade fund for serving digital trade landing in Hangzhou, establish sub-funds in the field of digital trade, and support the development of small and medium-sized digital trade enterprises in the core area of global digital trade ports.

Cultivate a group of digital trade talents. Cooperate with Zhejiang Gongshang University to establish the first digital trade college in the country, and set up a training and practice base for digital trade college in the air economic demonstration zone. Support Zhejiang Media College and other universities in Hangzhou to establish majors in digital cultural trade and other digital trade. Support qualified digital trade talents to be recognized as high-level talents in our city, and enjoy corresponding benefits and facilitation services according to policies.

(Article Source: Jiemian News)

Source: East Money

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